[liberationtech] Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good

[Yosem Companys]

Dear friends and colleagues,

   - How should the Puerto Rican government use technology to improve
   quality of life and socioeconomic development, especially in the poorest
   and most vulnerable communities?

I would appreciate your emailing me as soon as possible one-sentence
proposed actions in the format of "Do X with Y to achieve Z." Feel free to
share links to any case studies or articles that may show their successful
implementation elsewhere.

Your proposed actions could apply to any societal sector including and not
limited to:

   - Accountability;
   - Affordable access to Internet, Web, mobile, or mesh, among others;
   - Agriculture;
   - Disaster relief;
   - Economic growth and development;
   - Education and training, whether primary, secondary, higher education,
   vocational, or online;
   - Entrepreneurship;
   - Environment;
   - Food;
   - Health;
   - Housing that's affordable but can resist storms;
   - Jobs;
   - Manufacturing;
   - Open data;
   - Open governance;
   - Pharma/Biotech;
   - Privacy;
   - Public safety;
   - Security, physical or cyber;
   - Transportation; and,
   - Water.

Please share with your closest 1-million friends, post on all your social
media accounts, or email to all your other lists.

I truly appreciate your help.

Thanks,
Yosem
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Re: [liberationtech] Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good

[elham gheytanchi]

1. Provide cheap durable mobiles to farmers and blue-color workers —> allows 
these communities to stay connected and know the market for the goods they 
provide without the involvement of the middle-man

2. Conduct short, concise workshops/ podcasts easily accessible on Radio for 
all involved in the agricultural sector —-> to increase awareness about food 
security and clean water.

Thank you Yosem.



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On Apr 8, 2018, at 4:20 PM, Yosem Companys 
mailto:ycompa...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Dear friends and colleagues,

  *   How should the Puerto Rican government use technology to improve quality 
of life and socioeconomic development, especially in the poorest and most 
vulnerable communities?

I would appreciate your emailing me as soon as possible one-sentence proposed 
actions in the format of "Do X with Y to achieve Z." Feel free to share links 
to any case studies or articles that may show their successful implementation 
elsewhere.

Your proposed actions could apply to any societal sector including and not 
limited to:

  *   Accountability;
  *   Affordable access to Internet, Web, mobile, or mesh, among others;
  *   Agriculture;
  *   Disaster relief;
  *   Economic growth and development;
  *   Education and training, whether primary, secondary, higher education, 
vocational, or online;
  *   Entrepreneurship;
  *   Environment;
  *   Food;
  *   Health;
  *   Housing that's affordable but can resist storms;
  *   Jobs;
  *   Manufacturing;
  *   Open data;
  *   Open governance;
  *   Pharma/Biotech;
  *   Privacy;
  *   Public safety;
  *   Security, physical or cyber;
  *   Transportation; and,
  *   Water.

Please share with your closest 1-million friends, post on all your social media 
accounts, or email to all your other lists.

I truly appreciate your help.

Thanks,
Yosem
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Re: [liberationtech] Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good

[Stephen Michael Kellat]

At this point I seriously question if the time is ripe for this.  The 
territorial government is in receivership and cannot make payments on roughly 
$69 billion in debt.  Getting it on a stable footing first would create a more 
favorable environment in which to make technological solutions available.

Stephen Michael Kellat

On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 04:20:17PM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote:
> Dear friends and colleagues,
> 
>- How should the Puerto Rican government use technology to improve
>quality of life and socioeconomic development, especially in the poorest
>and most vulnerable communities?
> 
> I would appreciate your emailing me as soon as possible one-sentence
> proposed actions in the format of "Do X with Y to achieve Z." Feel free to
> share links to any case studies or articles that may show their successful
> implementation elsewhere.
> 
> Your proposed actions could apply to any societal sector including and not
> limited to:
> 
>- Accountability;
>- Affordable access to Internet, Web, mobile, or mesh, among others;
>- Agriculture;
>- Disaster relief;
>- Economic growth and development;
>- Education and training, whether primary, secondary, higher education,
>vocational, or online;
>- Entrepreneurship;
>- Environment;
>- Food;
>- Health;
>- Housing that's affordable but can resist storms;
>- Jobs;
>- Manufacturing;
>- Open data;
>- Open governance;
>- Pharma/Biotech;
>- Privacy;
>- Public safety;
>- Security, physical or cyber;
>- Transportation; and,
>- Water.
> 
> Please share with your closest 1-million friends, post on all your social
> media accounts, or email to all your other lists.
> 
> I truly appreciate your help.
> 
> Thanks,
> Yosem

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Re: [liberationtech] Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good

[Kate Krauss]

Hi Yosem,

Good questions--

Generally speaking, the way to help people in distress is to ask them what
they need (rather than guessing or assuming, which often results in a tool
without a user base and a lot of people who desperately needed something
else).

Asking people what they need can be accomplished by reaching out to people
and groups in Puerto Rico by phone or even on Twitter. Here is a link to
the list of mayors in Puerto Rico with their phone numbers.
https://www.hud.gov/states/shared/working/r4/fbci/localcontactspr-vi
Once we know what they need most, we can figure out how to help with
technology.

I know there is an effort to install solar panels while they also fix the
antiquated and expensive electrical grid they have.

Here is an app I found that helps individuals calculate how to plan solar
panels for their house. It's in arabic but could be translated into
Spanish.
https://www.fastcompany.com/40417060/how-a-man-with-no-coding-experience-built-an-app-thats-bringing-solar-power-to-yemen

Step 0 here would be to make sure there is no other useful Spanish app that
does the same thing (I don't speak Spanish so am not right for that task).
Step 1 would be to look around on Twitter and Facebook to see who is
working on solar power, individuals and companies, and contact them to
listen to their needs.
Step 2 (if it still makes sense to do so) Make the Spanish app!

Thanks for getting the ball rolling, Yosem.

Cheers,

Kate





@aidspol
about.me/katekrauss

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On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 7:20 PM, Yosem Companys  wrote:

> Dear friends and colleagues,
>
>- How should the Puerto Rican government use technology to improve
>quality of life and socioeconomic development, especially in the poorest
>and most vulnerable communities?
>
> I would appreciate your emailing me as soon as possible one-sentence
> proposed actions in the format of "Do X with Y to achieve Z." Feel free to
> share links to any case studies or articles that may show their successful
> implementation elsewhere.
>
> Your proposed actions could apply to any societal sector including and not
> limited to:
>
>- Accountability;
>- Affordable access to Internet, Web, mobile, or mesh, among others;
>- Agriculture;
>- Disaster relief;
>- Economic growth and development;
>- Education and training, whether primary, secondary, higher
>education, vocational, or online;
>- Entrepreneurship;
>- Environment;
>- Food;
>- Health;
>- Housing that's affordable but can resist storms;
>- Jobs;
>- Manufacturing;
>- Open data;
>- Open governance;
>- Pharma/Biotech;
>- Privacy;
>- Public safety;
>- Security, physical or cyber;
>- Transportation; and,
>- Water.
>
> Please share with your closest 1-million friends, post on all your social
> media accounts, or email to all your other lists.
>
> I truly appreciate your help.
>
> Thanks,
> Yosem
>
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Re: [liberationtech] Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good

[Kate Krauss]

PS: I overedited Step 1:

Step 1 would be to look around on Twitter and Facebook to see who is
working on solar power, individuals and companies *i**n Puerto Rico*, and
contact them to listen to their needs.

On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 1:02 AM, Kate Krauss  wrote:

> Hi Yosem,
>
> Good questions--
>
> Generally speaking, the way to help people in distress is to ask them what
> they need (rather than guessing or assuming, which often results in a tool
> without a user base and a lot of people who desperately needed something
> else).
>
> Asking people what they need can be accomplished by reaching out to people
> and groups in Puerto Rico by phone or even on Twitter. Here is a link to
> the list of mayors in Puerto Rico with their phone numbers.
> https://www.hud.gov/states/shared/working/r4/fbci/localcontactspr-vi
> Once we know what they need most, we can figure out how to help with
> technology.
>
> I know there is an effort to install solar panels while they also fix the
> antiquated and expensive electrical grid they have.
>
> Here is an app I found that helps individuals calculate how to plan solar
> panels for their house. It's in arabic but could be translated into
> Spanish. https://www.fastcompany.com/40417060/how-a-man-with-no-coding-
> experience-built-an-app-thats-bringing-solar-power-to-yemen
>
> Step 0 here would be to make sure there is no other useful Spanish app
> that does the same thing (I don't speak Spanish so am not right for that
> task).
> Step 1 would be to look around on Twitter and Facebook to see who is
> working on solar power, individuals and companies, and contact them to
> listen to their needs.
> Step 2 (if it still makes sense to do so) Make the Spanish app!
>
> Thanks for getting the ball rolling, Yosem.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kate
>
>
>
>
> 
> @aidspol
> about.me/katekrauss
>
> ​
>
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