EMPOWERING OPPORTUNITY EMPOWERING JOBS EMPOWERING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT EMPOWERING HEALTH CARE THE EXPERIENCE TO EMPOWER 1
iempowerment IEmpowerment is in the business of empowering people in rural Africa with a technology platform for data collection, skills/education development and local employment. IEmpowerment s CEO, Pat Montani, previously founded Bicycles for Humanity which has delivered a total of over 125,000 bicycles, to eleven countries, in sub-saharan Africa and trained technicians to maintain the Bicycles. Built on this base, local communities have built self-sustained, local businesses maintaining and selling bicycles. Local people see a similar opportunity to benefit from iempowerment s applications and skills development content and are strongly behind its deployment. DATA IS CRITICAL IEmpowerment and Local Initiative Ensure Success. 2
IEmpowerment Background Experience B4H developed a sustainable Business Model: Bikes, collected in developed world, are delivered in containers. Local labour turns the containers into bike shops Local technicians are trained to maintain the bicycles. The bikes are given away or sold to raise the money to enable the bike shop to stock spares and maintain the bikes. This program has been successful for over 12 years. Multiple, sustainable, local bicycle businesses have been started with tremendous benefits to the local economy IEmpowerment has proven, in Karamoja, Uganda, that a technology platform and local initiative leads to success Proof of concept was iempowerment delivering the front end of iempowerment s technology platform to Karamoja, and Having local technicians install the technology and train others to use the technology. Locals using the technology in the field Technology has now spread virally with Mountain of the Moon University and others installing it on their main servers iempowerment s approach has been validated 3
TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT The Back End Sophisticated: -Web services -Security -Data Management Customer portal to review registered devices and licences A Complete environment: - Front end data collection, no internet requirement - Generic and custom applications - Upload data to secure databases when internet available - Access to merged database by authorized personnel Merge data from Tablets Local People: - Install front end apps - Collect data The Front end remote data collection Customer Access To their uploaded data Collect data with iempowerment apps on Android tablets Upload data to secure database only when internet is available Only when WiFi available 4
FIELD DELIVERY of FRONT END APPS & SKILLS EDUCATION Note: All IEmpowerment provided content runs on standard components: (PCs, Projectors, tablets, wifi router.) These are not supplied by iempowerment - View skills development Content on Computer, one on one - Use Projector to teach audiences - Use tablets for multiple self learning Projector No internet requirement WiFi Skills Empowerment Centre is a registered trademark of iempowerment ANDROID Tablets 5
GENERIC APPLICATIONS Health Census Patient information Location, family, education Medical history, treatments, medications, etc. Collection done on Android Tablets Data kept locally (no internet requirement) Download and merge only when internet available Education Tracking Student information Keeping track of tests, completed, grades, attendance, next levels etc. Collection done on Android Tablets Data kept locally (no internet requirement) Download and merge only when internet available Agriculture Management Keeping track of seed type, fertilizer, crop rotation, yields, etc. Collection done on Android Tablets Data kept locally (no internet requirement) Download and merge only when internet available 6 DATA COLLECTION IS CRITICAL TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRATION
Community App Education App Agriculture App Generic Data Collection Apps Delivered: Additional Data collection apps can be developed: Quick to build front end app Interface to Bluetooth devices Efficient back end database Database queries easily accommodated Have iempowerment add your requirements Town Town Town District District District Country Country Country First Name First Name First Name Last Name Last Name Last Name Phone Number Phone Number Phone Number Email Address Email Address Email Address Work or in School Education Level Education Level Date of Birth Date of Birth Date of Birth Gender Gender Gender Occupation Community Land Owned Health Education Size of Plot High level of detail defined General Health Attendence Agriculture Height/Weight Overall Rating Specialized Agriculture Training Parents Aid Status Grades by Subject Comments High Blood Pressure Subject1 Grow for Self or Sell Diabetes Subject2 Comments Parents Alive Subject3 Eye Exam Subject4 Crop Grown 1 Last Eye Exam Subject5 Do you have irrigation Dental Exam Proximity to a well General Examination Seed Type Last Doctor Visit Method of Cultivation HIV Status Fertilizer HIV Drug Treatment Type Health Notes School Fees paid Size of Plot Uniform Paid Yield per Acre Education Uniform Size Comments School Shoe Size Crop Grown 2 Current Grade Do you have irrigation Years in School Students goals Proximity to a well Favorite Subjects Comments Seed Type Educaton Notes Method of Cultivation Fertilizer General Info Type School Fees paid Size of Plot Reading Skills Yeild per Acre Writing Skills Comments Likes to work with animals Animals Enjoys working with numbers Oxen Enjoys Playing Sports Pigs Has used a computer Chickens Family has a computer/tablet Cattle History General Notes Goats Vaccination Program Type of General Comments 7
SKILLS EMPOWERMENT CONTENT MULTIMEDIA Education and Skills Development Content Examples: (video and textual material) IEmpowerment Packaged Content (see www.iempowerment.org for complete list and samples) Water treatment, wells, quality, maintenance, management Sanitation excreta management, wastewater management, drainage, food preparation Farming raising livestock, market gardening, fertilization Entrepreneur skills, training, opportunities Women s issues Animation and learning Huge amounts of Health data Dentistry Midwives Medicines Rachel Education World Possible Thousands of Khan Academy video lectures on Math and Science Full Medical Encyclopedia, MedlinePlus, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine The latest Medical publications and Health Guides from Hesperian. Teachers resources from the UNESCO Institute for Capacity Building in Africa And much more... You can see a live online sample of a RACHEL server content at rachel.worldpossible.org Content and local web services (running on local pc no internet requirement) delivered on USB memory stick Note: Content is provided bundled free with iempowerment Education Tracking, Agriculture Management and Health Census generic Applications 8
JOB CREATION - THE COMMUNITY IT COORDINATOR Installs USB Memory stick files on PC Shows how to access content on PC, via wifi, from a tablet Teaches others how to collect data on tablets Teaches others to connect blue tooth medical devices Uploads data to secure database when internet is available Teaches authorized person how to access merged data Loum Crinima, of ADP, teaching how to use iempowerment platform Example of Job Creation and Sustainable Legacy 9
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER Accesses health related content Uses tablets in the field Collect health census data Record health issues Use Bluetooth connected devices Continuously augment patients information Utilizes specific skills for special studies (eyes, dental, malaria, etc..) Community IT coordinator Maintains Tablets 10 HELP CREATE 1M NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
EXPANDING THE HORIZON - TELEHEALTH Data collection done on Android Tablets Data downloaded to secure, cloud based servers and merged Only when access to internet available (low speed) IT coordinator downloads to HIPPA compliant database Secure access to servers provided to authorized personnel Over the internet Research causative factors Track treatment results Applications will be built on iempowerment Kernel DATA AGGRAGATION ESSENTIAL FOR ANALYSIS AND PATIENT INTERACTION 11
BENEFITS LOCALLY Create Sustainable Employment Enhance community IT skills Fuel entrepreneurialism Collect health care data necessary to: Enable community health care worker effectiveness Use technology platform to make advance to telehealth Make data available to health care professionals Data availability will encourage doctors to come to the community Professionals will identify problems and prescribe treatments from the data Research on data to identify causative factors Manage education progress Track Agricultural experiments and progress Continuous learning (does not require internet) Educate community health care workers Educate community at large Skills development for the resource industry iempowerment S PROGRAM IS EXPONENTIAL 12
EMPOWERING OPPORTUNITY EMPOWERING JOBS EMPOWERING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT EMPOWERING HEALTH CARE THE EXPERIENCE TO EMPOWER 1 Contact: Pat Montani pat@iempowerment.org +1 (604) 902-3452 Contact: Monty Richardson monty@iempowerment.org +1 (705) 888-2411 13