Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 31: Vodafone Foundation announced the 4th edition of ‘Mobile for Good Awards 2014’, a flagship initiative that recognizes and supports emerging talent and innovative mobile solutions from NGOs/NFPs that facilitate community empowerment and inclusive growth.
Applicants from NGO/NFPs can submit their mobile application ideas at http://www.vodafone.in/mobileforgood. The application process will be open through the portal till August 31.
The Mobile for Good Awards 2014 will select five best-practice NGOs / NFPs for providing mobile application solutions in five critical areas of Governance, Health, Education, Agriculture & Environment and Women Empowerment & Inclusive Development. Adding another milestone to the M4G Awards this year, the “Special Awards” category have been introduced that will recognize winning ideas or concepts using mobile solutions in the defined focus areas.
Similar to the last three years, the M4G Awards 2014 will provide funding and mentorship to winning NGOs/NFPs. This year, the total funding grant has been increased to INR 6,000,000 (sixty lakh); providing 5 winning NGOs/ NFPs access to crucial funding of INR 12, 00,000 each, over one year, through the Main Category Awards.
In addition, the Main Category Awardees will receive structured mentoring, monitoring and impact evaluation support from credible institutions, incubators, etc. to upscale and build greater capacity of their projects.
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