mobile monday cape town
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Presentation I am doing this evening at the Mobile Monday Cape Town launch.TRANSCRIPT
Mobile Phones
For Community
Empowerment
By Marlon Parker
4.4 Billion Cellphones
WellbeingEducate
EmpowerCommunity
“Demand for substance abuse counselling services has put
treatment facilities under pressure as the waiting list for
treatment increases” Medical Research Council,2008
Low Cost
Portable
Reach
Advice
Easy Access
Anonymous
Mobile Counselling
DebtCounseling HIV/AIDS
Substance Abuse
Careers
Sample Chat #14:17 PM @mxit: i need support me: how can i help4:19 PM @mxit: im using tik and desperately need help coz I have
a 9 month old baby.4:20 PM me: well we are here to help4:21 PM @mxit: r u there me: yes how long hav u been using?4:22 PM @mxit: 6 years nd im only 18 nw me: well are you willing to come and see someone in person?4:23 PM @mxit: yes i am. where me: we are based in Bridgetown 66 Tarentaal Rd4:26 PM u free during the day?@mxit:yes i did nd thanx i'll come in next week.
3:41 PM @mxit: i've got this friend of mine i don't know whats wrong with her she tried commiting suicide a couple of times and she smokes weed how can i help her?3:46 3:42 PM me: hw old is she? how old is your friend3:45 PM @mxit: She's 14PM me: do her parents knw dat she tryd 2 commit suicide?3:47 PM I c.Do you know why your friend wants to commit suicide? that is young so does her parents know she is smoking3:50 PM @mxit: Ja her parents know they caught her smoking it so she tried 2 commit suicide and i want to help her but i don't know how3:52 PM me: Does she mix with friends who smoke?3:53 PM @mxit:Ja we are 6 in the group 4 of them are smokers its just me and my sister who dont smoke3:54 PM me: Wil she spk 2 sum1 in person if she cn get help?3:53 PM @mxit:Ja she wants hlp and I dnt know what 2 do3:55 PM me: which area do u live?3:56 PM @mxit: In pta3:56 PM me: we will gt sum1 in pta 2 help. Can u wait online 4 da numbers? 3:58 PM @mxit: k
Sample Chat #2
Drug Counselling
# of Subscribers: +10,000
# of Messages/Interactions: +1,000,000
# of LIVE Conversations : 50,685
Average # of conversations: 245
Maximum # of conversations: 473
Digital Divide?
Senior Mobile Session
SMSAddressBook
Mobile Web
Airtime
Please Call Me
Chat Speak
Calls Media
Angel & Red24 Hour Service
Easy Access
Advice
Buddy List
Help at your Fingertips
WellbeingEducate
EmpowerCommunity
Leap of faith
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek.”
Thank Youwww.rlabs.org
www.marlonparker.co.za
Marlon Parker
@marlonparker
marlonct
+2721 469 1138 +2721 637 4037 +2776 403 4920