Projects - Tech for public challenges

Delete Nothing

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Delete Nothing aims to document technology-related gender-based violence in Sri Lanka, particularly but not limited to the experiences of girls, women, and queer and trans people in Sri Lanka.

OpenPV

Germany (Deutschland)

Currently a solar potential look-up tool for the German state of Bavaria. "We support the roll-out of more photovoltaic roof systems."

Climate action

FOROS

Vilnius, Lithuania

Foros is a forest management and investment platform.

Teplitsa Social Technologies

str. 1905, 10A, 3rd Floor, 127006, Moscow, p/58

Некоммерческий образовательный проект для гражданских активистов и IT-специалистов

A suite of tools designed to help survivors navigate barriers and define their own pathways toward healing and justice. Within Callisto Vault, survivors can access two tools: the Matching System and Encrypted Record Form.

harassment

Preptrack

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Volunteer part-time, full async and remote to contribute to Preptrack, the app that supports PrEP users. PrEP is a medicine that eliminates the risk of HIV when taken correctly.

A2J Author

United States of America (the)

A2J Author aims to improve access to justice for people who represent themselves. The service hosts simplified legal information and resources created by legal professionals.

Legal Health Check-up

Halton Community Legal Services, Dorval Drive, Oakville, ON, Canada

Halton Community Legal Services uses a guided process to help people who are living in poverty identify their legal problems and find a solution.

Justice Connect

Australia

Justice Connect provides legal help to people and communites at risk of being of left behind by the law. This includesa guided diagnostic, intake and triage tool, several online self-help tools, and a facility that allows other organisationsto refer people to Justice Connect.

My Legal Briefcase

Toronto

My Legal Briefcase helps individuals and businesses handle their legal cases with or without a lawyer. It also assistsusers in preparing simple legal documents.

Copernicus

Avenue d'Auderghem 45, Brussels, Belgium

The European Union Earth Observation Programme

TechSoup

435 Brannan St, San Francisco, California, USA

TechSoup equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally.

Find a legal aid adviser

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Find A Legal Aid Adviser is an online tool through which users can find a legal aid adviser or a family mediator.

Aspiration Tech Manifesto

Aspiration is a values-driven nonprofit technology organization.

Code for Australia ORBIT

Victoria, Australia

Helping staff and volunteers make accurate referrals across the legal assistance sector in Victoria.

PLP 2.0

Brazil (Brasil)

The PLP 2.0 mobile application allows victims of domestic violence to report violence

MyLawBC

British Columbia

Through various tools on its website, MyLawBC provides legal aid, legal advice, information and representation topeople facing a legal problem.

Code for Australia School Finder

New South Wales, Australia

School Finder is an online tool for parents or guardians to find the right school for their kids.

Quality education

Project Lemon Aid

Nigeria

Project Lemon Aid matches people awaiting trial behind bars with pro bono lawyers who can represent their case.

Bots for Charity

Direct Relief, 6100 Wallace Becknell Road, Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA

Direct Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.

Dear Landlord

Australia

Dear Landlord is an interactive app that helps tenants in privately-owned properties to understand their rights andeviction laws. It also helps users generate and review documents such as letters to their landlord or fill out a reviewapplication to the Civil Administrative Tribunal.

Legal Legends

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

Legal Legends allows small businesses to purchase legal services at fixed prices on its platform.

Steps to Justice

Ontario

Steps to Justice provides users with step-by-step legal information, practical tools, and referral information for legal and social services across Ontario.

Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data

2300 N Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20037, USA

PROGRAM ON PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION

reports

Illinois Legal AidOnline

Illinois

Illinois Legal Aid Online presents legal resources and information about legal aid in a simple and accessible manner.

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Austin, TX

3d printed homes

housing

Gavel

Lagos

Gavel is a not-for-profit organization focused on improving the pace of justice delivery in Nigeria through digital technology and citizen engagement.

PakAirQuality

Pakistan

Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی) provides community-driven air quality data to increase social awareness.

air quality

Matras 2

Qatar (Dawlat Qatar)

Matras 2 offers a range of services, related to matters such as vehicle registration, immigration and visadocumentation, and loss of documents.

Perimeter

Bay Area, CA, USA

Collaborative, real-time incident response tool for first responders.

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fires

Libre AI

Dublin, Ireland

Libre is a small design firm that employs AI to craft products and services for clients. "Our mission is to widely disseminate the benefits of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and make them accessible to the world."

Investigating digital tool re-use among UK organizations

The Engine Room, Albany Street, London, UK

We’re excited to share that over the next year, we’ll be carrying out a new research initiative looking at how UK charities re-use existing digital tools for service delivery.

reuse

Luftdaten

Stuttgart, Germany

Measure air quality yourself

air quality

Wonder.Legal

India (Bhārat)

Wonder.Legal provides users with a guided process to create legal documents for personal and business purposes.

Maryland Law HelpApp

Maryland

Maryland Law Help is a mobile application that connects Maryland citizens with legal information, tools and resources.

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Law Strive

Nigeria

Law Strive is a website through which individuals and businesses can get instant legal advice, and hire lawyers.

yAvo

The Republic of Moldova (Moldova)

yAvo is a free legal advice service where users can post legal or law related queries on the platform, which are thenanswered by lawyers and legal professionals registered on the site.

Justika

Indonesia

Justika offers real-time legal support over the telephone for a broad range of problems, such as marriage, inheritance, and employment.

Attorned

Canada

Attorned is a platform that links clients to lawyers through a bidding system. It increases access to justice by presenting a large pool of lawyers from multiple sectors.

Project Callisto

United States of America (the)

Project Callisto helps survivors of sexual assualt and harrasment on college campuses document sexual assault, seek counseling, and start an investigation.

harassment

Open Artificial Pancreas System project (#OpenAPS)

#WeAreNotWaiting to reduce the burden of Type 1 diabetes

diabetes

Lexcare

India (Bhārat)

Lexcare is an online forum where people can post legal questions and recieve advice. Users can also find lawyers andconsult them for a fee.

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005

HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.

OpenStreetMap

eBird

Ithaca, New York

eBird transforms your bird sightings into science and conservation. Plan trips, find birds, track your lists, explore range maps and bird migration—all free.

Data Cívica

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Más datos para más personas. Usamos datos, desarrollamos tecnología y capacitamos para construir ciudadanía y organizaciones más fuertes.

Facebook Safety Check

Crisis Response is a place on Facebook where you can find information about recent crises, use Safety Check to connect with friends and loved ones during a crisis, give or find help to people in the affected area, and create or donate to fundraisers to support recovery efforts.