What's interesting this week...
Tech for Good - Issue 96
Happy Friday!
I hope your week has gone well! Things in Phnom Penh appear to be slowing down due to the latest COVID outbreak, I hope you’re able to stay safe! This week I’ve found some great #tech4good reads that might interest you. I wanted to highlight a fantastic article on web3 and Philanthropy DAOs, which is an area I’ve been exploring at Glean Asia. There is amazing potential for web3 to impact how we do our #tech4good work!
I hope these articles help your work. As always, if you have something you’d like to share, please send me an email!
Stay Safe!
Jesse
What’s interesting this week…
Philanthropy DAOs — The future of giving?
‘Next up in our series on web3 use cases are ‘Philanthropy DAOs’. This label covers a wide array of web3 and DAOs used as vehicles for giving. There are interesting diverse models emerging, ranging from the facilitation of giving cryptocurrencies over making giving an incremental part of business models to the development of new and sustainable models of giving.’
To app or not to app? How migrants can best benefit from the use of digital tech
‘UN agencies, donors, and civil society organisations have invested considerable time, money and effort in finding novel ways through which migrants, and especially refugees, can benefit from the use of digital technologies. Frequently this has been through the development of apps specifically designed to provide them with information, advice and support, both during the migration journey and in their destination countries. All too often, though, these initiatives have been short-lived or have failed to gain much traction. The InfoAid app, for example, launched by Migration Aid in Hungary amid considerable publicity in 2015 to make life easier for migrants travelling to Europe, posted a poignant last entry on its Facebook page in 2017: “InfoAid app for refugees is being rehauled, so no posting at the moment. Hopefully we will be back soon in a new and improved form! Thank you all for your support!”’
Calls for Cambodia to Invest More in Digital Education
As Cambodia embraces the Fourth Digital Revolution, organisations are urging the government to invest in ICT education at all levels to fill the widening skills gap.
Technology, Conversations, and Other Tools to Build Inclusive Workplaces
The changes over the last two years have more people examining their relationship with their work. With this increased awareness of the role of work in our lives — and the role of our lives in the workplace — comes an increased awareness of the importance of creating workplaces where all people feel valued and heard.
Enhancing Poverty Measurement through Big Data
‘Ending poverty in all its forms is the first of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While significant progress to reduce poverty had been made at the global and regional levels by 2019, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has partly reversed this trend. A significant share of the population in Southeast Asia still lacks access to basic needs such as health services, proper nutrition and housing, causing many children to suffer from malnutrition and treatable illnesses.’