[GCompris-devel] Fwd: Innovation competition: Mobile literacy and psychosocial wellbeing tool for children affected by the Syrian conflict

[Johnny Jazeix]

Hi,

on my side, I'm not fond talking about competition when it involves helping
people in need... We can propose them GCompris as it is because it can
probably help the children to learn things and if they have ideas to make
it better, we can discuss them and see how to integrate them.

Johnny


2015-10-06 0:22 GMT+02:00 Bruno Coudoin <bruno.coudoin at gcompris.net>:

>
> Hi,
>
> GCompris is used by many organizations to help children in emergency
> situations. I am not personally involved in such project but for sure we
> all appreciate that our hard work helps these children.
>
> I just received the following proposal. I don't know anything more about
> this project than what is publicly available [1].
>
> I am not very motivated by this kind of competitions, It usually implies a
> lot of overhead just to manage the contest and it is hard for us to respect
> deadlines. Anyway, I would like your input, do you have ideas to propose
> and would you be interested in participating in a such event.
>
> I cross post to KDE-Edu as it may be of interest for other projects.
>
> Bruno.
>
> [1] http://www.norad.no/eduapp4syria
>
> -------- Message transféré -------- Sujet : Innovation competition:
> Mobile literacy and psychosocial wellbeing tool for children affected by
> the Syrian conflict Date : Thu, 1 Oct 2015 07:57:37 +0000 De : Nordhaug,
> Liv Marte <Liv.Marte.Nordhaug at norad.no> <Liv.Marte.Nordhaug at norad.no>
>
> *Dear Madam/Sir*,
>
>
>
> The government of Norway is leading an innovation competition to develop a
> smartphone application that can help Syrian children learn to read and
> improve their psychosocial wellbeing. Today, three million Syrian children
> are unable to attend school because of war. Many are coping with trauma and
> high stress levels which affect their ability to learn.
>
>
>
> Because of your relevant expertise I’m writing to alert you to this
> competition and invite your participation in our upcoming dialogue
> conferences.
>
>
>
> I also wanted to share some of the great benefits of participating in this
> competition:
>
>    - Funding for the development and testing of the best designs
>    - R&D input from world-class experts
>    - High visibility and showcasing of the best applications (and their
>    developers) to key players in the mobile industry
>    - Contribute to improved learning and psychosocial wellbeing of Syrian
>    refugee children
>
>
>
> I encourage you to visit our website <http://www.norad.no/eduapp4syria>
> for more information about the competition and dialogue conferences. We’d
> value your contribution and hope you will consider registering for one of
> our dialogue conferences:
>
> ·        Oslo (also live-streamed) on Oct 26 (register online here
> <http://www.norad.no/eduapposlo>)
>
> ·        Washington, D.C. on Oct 29 (register online here
> <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eduapp4syria-competition-dialogue-conference-invitation-tickets-18831236736>).
>
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Liv Marte Nordhaug,
>
> the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
>
>
>
> *On behalf of the competition partners: the Government of Norway, the
> Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), All Children
> Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development, the mobile network operator
> Orange and the Inter-Agency Network for Emergency Education (INEE).*
>
>
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