We’re absolutely delighted to welcome Shiny Chu to the team. She’s joining us as DataKind’s Associate, Operations! Shiny’s always been passionate about working in the social sector. Through marrying her interests in operations and nonprofits, she hopes to learn all aspects of nonprofit management and play a key role behind …
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We’re thrilled to welcome yet another stellar member to the DataKind team. Please join us in celebrating Caroline Charrow as DataKind’s Senior Manager, Network! Caroline comes to DataKind with over a decade of experience connecting geographically dispersed staff and volunteers at Teach For America and Khan Academy, and has seen …
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Note: This article originally appeared on Johnson & Johnson ‘s Center for Health Worker Innovation website . They’ve granted us permission to repost. A recent survey shows that a majority (56%) of a frontline healthcare worker’s time is spent accessing and updating patient records instead of caring for patients. Community …
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A lack of access to appropriate, affordable, and reliable motorized transport prevents millions of people from accessing healthcare services. Riders for Health (Riders) have created a unique system that guarantees healthcare services to 47 million people across five African countries, many of whom live in rural and remote regions. The …
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Meet Kelson Shilling-Scrivo! He’s a volunteer with DataKind DC and recently worked with the Red Cross to create a national fire risk score . As the Data Ambassador, he worked alongside the rest of the volunteer team to predict the locations in greatest need of intervention so that the Red …
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Let us introduce you to Priyanka Kalmane ! She started off as a volunteer with DataKind DC, but after returning to India, is now a volunteer with DataKind Bangalore. Harnessing the power of data science for good is what inspires her. Priyanka’s a Data Specialist at Quality Education and Skills …
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By Shanna Lee, Director, Global Volunteers, DataKind Time is a moment that occurs only once. People share their time in different ways with family, friends, community, or on their own. How we spend our time and who we share it with has become more important as we adjust in response …
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Benjamin Kinsella, Technical Project Manager & Rachel Wells, Senior Manager, Center of Excellence DataKind is on a mission to harness the power of data science and AI in the service of humanity. We do this by bringing together our international community of pro bono technologists with mission-driven organizations. We help …
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By Jackson Thomas, Project Manager, DataKind In early 2020, as part of its commitment to building the field of Data Science for Social Impact, data.org launched the $10 million Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth . DataKind served …
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We recently hosted our DataDive Report Back, keeping with the theme of Trust, Transparency, Togetherness: Powering Public Data for Communities , and we’re honored and humbled by the level of excitement and engagement that we received from our first first virtual DataDive event of 2021. When we call on our …
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