All Global Development Projects

To enhance access to literacy among children of school-going age in the developing world. In particular, we aim to complement the formal schooling system by applying mobile learning technology to augment educational opportunities in out-of-school settings. In order to make the literacy challenge more tractable, we are currently focusing on English language literacy in rural India. But we expect our lessons to be applicable to other languages and to other developing regions throughout the world. English is widely seen as a key to socioeconomic success in India. English is taught in almost all schools: as a second language in public schools, and as a first language and the medium of instruction in most private schools. Fluency in English can almost be equated with membership in the middle and upper classes. A recent article states that mastery of English is the “single most influential factor that determines access to elite educational institutions, and hence to important avenues of economic and social advancement.” Language competency is also the biggest barrier to technology empowerment, e.g. 90% of the indigenous web content in India is in English. Learn more

Prepare students in the research, project management, and design of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D). Build on and integrate the existing efforts at Berkeley in ICT4D Learn more

To develop a working prototype of a microscopy device that will perform rapid optical screening for diseases by collecting and transmitting images via a camera cell phone. Learn more

Our goal is to implement a safe and reliable source of water for the residents of Paposo in order to improve their quality of life and economic opportunities. Learn more

1.To boost awareness of the citizens of the world to come together as a collective intelligence. 2. Think globally, act locally. Teach through example rather than words. Pragmatic ideas (see "Things you can do ") Learn more

To design an effective community-based water treatment system to provide affordable arsenic-free water to rural villagers. To develop a financially sustainable business strategy for implementation of treatment systems. To devise a plan for social marketing of the proposed system and educational outreach relating to the importance clean water. Learn more