Lazy Saturday - much enjoyed!

Being back at the 5-day a week work grind has been hard on me -- but when things start to come together, it feels really good!

I have been working on a really cool program that we hope to launch soon in targeted areas of Suriname. Yesterday I presented this information to the Sur 15s at their Mid-Service Conference.


WHAT IS TEXT TO CHANGE?
Text to Change (TTC) is a non-profit organization, founded in 2007. It uses state of the art mobile phone technology to collect and disseminate health information. TTC has been one of the pioneers in using mobile phones for health monitoring and advocacy in Uganda reaching out to the general public at a large scale. TTC work is demand driven and sets up complete programs with local and international partners. The aim of TTC is to make life saving knowledge easily available to the general public and to community and family level caregivers. TTC is specialized in interactive and incentive based SMS programs addressing a wide range of health issues such as HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Reproductive Health. The website for TTC is http://www.texttochange.org/

TEXT TO CHANGE AND UNICEF SURINAME:
UNICEF and TTC are working to launch an HIV/AIDS awareness quiz for youth age range of 14- 30 in Suriname. This program will run for four months – beginning in September and ending in December, in alignment with World AIDS Day (December 1st). Each month participates will receive a number of multiple choice questions via text message. They then respond back via text. Correct answers are rewarded with a top-off. If a participate responds with an incorrect answer, they will receive the correct answer back via text message. Participates that complete the 4 month long program will be rewarded with free airtime. All text messaging is free to the participants.


As this moves along - I'll be sure to updated you all on the progess.

Today was hot, so I napped and then around 5 (when it cooled off) went off to fly my new kite! Enjoyed a nice easy day. xoxo