Culture, Charity, & Covalent Global
“ Whether in a rural village in western Kenya or Greenwich village in New York, PamojaConnect gives everyone an opportunity to be part of the conversation.”
The purpose of PamojaConnect is
to reduce the cultural gap between America and Africa by providing an
accessible and open channel of communication. This is done through a
simple message service (SMS) on the web and on a mobile phone.
 To register SMS: “REGISTER: [FirstName LastName]” to 12063307974
PamojaConnect is accessible by low-end mobile phones. Once registered, You can
send questions and comments to the same number under three categories:
- Idlike2know: questions about things you would like to know.
Something you've been wondering about.
- General: make a general statement, inform people about your
organization's work, where you live, what you're doing, what's important to you
- Ushould: tell Covalent Global what you think we should be
doing
(Example)
To: 12063307974
“Idlike2know: If the current economic crisis will effect giving to Africa and your ability to help fight AIDS”
 “I invented the Internet.” “It's a series of tubes.” “I've used The Google.”
PamojaConnect is completely integrated with modern inter- tube technologies.
Joining is free and takes seconds! You can: start a conversation; contribute a comment or follow-up
question; or read, browse, and learn.
 Views and opinions of users are important!
Marking comments and questions as important “This
is important to me!” is key to learning and
providing two-way communication and cultural learning. Covalent Global
forwards the most important comments on to our mobile users. Now you
have reached a real person. What was once imagery of people far far
away is now very real, and closer than you may expect.
 The world lies flat — on a Google map.
How close are we? Well PamojaConnect conversation comments from across
the world integrate seamlessly with Google Maps. Not sure what you want
to say? Go exploring on Google Maps, zooming and panning
until you find important topics and comments.
 Twitter? Really? — Well, let's ask better questions: I would like to know, OR I Think You should
You can also fly on over to Twitter. Follow comments contributed from
PamojaConnect members on Twitter. The Idlike2know and Ushould
categories are posted live to Twitter in real-time. This opens
PamojaConnect up to the greater public by broadcasting and
crowdsourcing ideas.
As high-tech as it might seem, the low-end
features are what keeps PamojaConnect accessible even in the truly
poorest communities. While open to everyone, Covalent Global targets
community-based organizations in the urban slums, rural villages, and
remote towns of Kenya. It is grassroots community organizing that
brings PamojaConnect to the source of African-led social improvement.
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