Berkeley City College Service Community

2011 Big Ideas Winner, 1st Place Co-Winner

Improving Student Life

BCCSC brings UC Berkeley and Berkeley City College students together to develop leadership and assist prospective transfer students.

Dynamic GIS Mapping of Hepatitis B

2011 Big Ideas Winner, 3rd Place Co-Winner

Information Technology For Society

The Hep B Project provides free Hepatitis B education, screenings, and vaccinations to the low-income and underserved API populations of Alameda County.

Future Scientist

2011 Big Ideas Winner, 2nd Place

Scaling Up

Future Scientist is a student led organization that helps to create flourishing, stable communities by incorporating science education into developmental projects.

Haath Mein Sehat ("Health in Hands")

2011 Big Ideas Winner, 2nd Place

Safe Water Enterprise

HMS seeks to design/implement/evaluate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions that enable community members to invest in improvements to their health.

MobileWorks
2011 Big Ideas Winner
3rd Place Co-Winner, Information Technology For Society
and 2nd Place Co-Winner, Global Poverty Alleviation
 

MobileWorks is a simple employment solution for low-income mobile-phone owners in India that allows users to earn a supplemental income by completing simple data entry work sent via the mobile web.

Mobilizing Health

2011 Big Ideas Winner, Honorable Mention

Global Poverty Alleviation

Mobilizing Health is committed to increasing access to emergency and preventative health care for rural populations through the use of mobile technology.

NextDrop

NextDrop provides households with accurate and timely information about local piped water delivery, over cell phones already widely in use in India. 

Student‐Community Collaborative Design Challenge (CARES)

2011 Big Ideas Winner, 2nd Place Co-Winner

Social Justice and Community Engagement

This project is focused on the use of Design Challenges for providing solutions to underserved communities.

Suitcase Clinic (A Healthy Smile)

2011 Big Ideas Honorary Winner

Social Justice and Community Engagement

The mission of the Suitcase Clinic is to promote the health and overall well-being of underserved individuals through service, learning, and collective action.

Vietnam Tooth Project

2011 Big Ideas Winner, 2nd Place Co-Winner

Emerging and Neglected Diseases

The Vietnam Tooth Project (VTP) addresses the serious problem of early childhood tooth decay, or dental caries—among the most prevalent neglected infectious disease worldwide.