Presentation I am doing this evening at the Mobile Monday Cape Town launch.

1. Mobile Phones For Community Empowerment By Marlon Parker

5. 4.4 Billion Cellphones

9. Wellbeing Educate Empower Community

13. Low Cost Portable Reach Advice Easy Access Anonymous

14. Mobile Counselling Debt Counseling HIV/AIDS Substance Abuse Careers

16. Sample Chat #2 3:41 PM @mxit: i've got this friend of mine i don't know whats wrong with her she tried commiting suicide a couple of times and she smokes weed how can i help her? 3:46 3:42 PM me : hw old is she? how old is your friend 3:45 PM @mxit: She's 14 PM me : do her parents knw dat she tryd 2 commit suicide? 3:47 PM I c.Do you know why your friend wants to commit suicide? that is young so does her parents know she is smoking 3:50 PM @mxit : Ja her parents know they caught her smoking it so she tried 2 commit suicide and i want to help her but i don't know how 3:52 PM me : Does she mix with friends who smoke? 3:53 PM @mxit :Ja we are 6 in the group 4 of them are smokers its just me and my sister who dont smoke 3:54 PM me : Wil she spk 2 sum1 in person if she cn get help? 3:53 PM @mxit :Ja she wants hlp and I dnt know what 2 do 3:55 PM me: which area do u live? 3:56 PM @mxit: In pta 3:56 PM me: we will gt sum1 in pta 2 help. Can u wait online 4 da numbers? 3:58 PM @mxit: k

18. Digital Divide?

19. S enior M obile S ession SMS Address Book Mobile Web Airtime Please Call Me Chat Speak Calls Media

21. Angel & Red 24 Hour Service Easy Access Advice Buddy List Help at your Fingertips

22. Wellbeing Educate Empower Community

23. Leap of faith

24. “ Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

25. Thank You www.rlabs.org www.marlonparker.co.za [email_address] Marlon Parker @marlonparker marlonct +2721 469 1138 +2721 637 4037 +2776 403 4920