nmmu-emmanuel haven living lab
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Darelle van Greunen, Professor at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityTRANSCRIPT
NMMU-‐EMMANUEL HAVEN LIVING LAB
Prof Darelle van Greunen School of ICT
What happens at Emmanuel Haven? • Established primarily to deal with the growing number of adults and children
infected or affected by HIV and AIDS. It func?ons with strategic partners and is funded through a Trust founded by Dr Mamisa Chabula-‐Nxiweni in 2004.
• Provide preven?on, treatment, care and support to the community. • To create an enabling environment for mi?ga?ng the health, psychological and
socio-‐economic impact of HIV and AIDS on the family and community.
• To provide preven?on, treatment, care and support to the community using ICT and social media.
• To create an enabling environment for mi?ga?ng the health, psychological and socio-‐economic impact of HIV and AIDS, TB and diabetes on the family and community.
• To establish an ac?ve community hub which will contribute to poverty allevia?on in the Motherwell community at large through skills development, enterprise establishment and good healthcare services.
Our Mission
• Community ownership and buy-‐in • Support and leadership from sponsors • Power of apprecia?on for what you have – not en?tlement
• Change management & impact assessment • Some government support • High profile patrons – Bishop Desmond Tutu – PJ Powers
Success factors
• Using mobile technologies as enabler:
• Home based care workers
– Consulta?on with medical prac??oner
• Nutri?onal educa?onal programmes for members of the community
– Interac?ve games
– RSS feeds • Skills programmes for disabled, specific focus on Deaf
and hearing impaired
– Sign language on mobile devices
InnovaBon
– Appropriate contextual technologies – Lack of infrastructure and good connec?vity
– Lack of access – Social issues • Poor community
• Low cost solu?ons to current problems
• Low literacy levels
• Community of orality
• Must meet basic needs first
BoClenecks
• The Living Lab methodology is only successful in the African context when applied as a real-‐life interven?on and not a research methodology.
• The Living Lab methodology requires a careful plan for sustainability coupled to good change management prac?ces followed by an assessment of the impact of the interven?on.
• Solu?ons must be contextually relevant.
• A dona?on of infrastructure/project funding without adequate training and con?nuous mentoring results in failure.
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Contact details:
Prof Darelle van Greunen
School of ICT
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +27 82 5642 356