About townshipmom.org

Township Mom is an open platform pilot project developed and managed by Countryman Media. The site invites users to address social issues challenging women living in the townships of Africa.

'For social Change to take place technology needs to be appropriate and rooted in local knowledge.' Sokari Ekine - SMS Uprising

Open development goals

1. Enforce standards for developing reusable widgets/applications.
2. Develop Service Oriented Architecture so that the applications/widgets can communicate with each other.
3. Provide users with widgets/applications for visualizing feeds and mashups.
4. Provide developers with tools for developing widgets.
5. Builders can connect to problem owners through an available marketplace.