From Reuters:
"Kenya’s Sengwer people will have hi-tech help fighting forced evictions in their forested homeland - an app that will share a $1 million prize announced on Monday by a U.S. philanthropic organization.
Dubbed “This Is My Backyard” (TIMBY), the app was created in Kenya and is being customized with the Sengwer in mind, although it is being used in 25 more countries and works in 11 languages, the developers said.
TIMBY was among five winners of a global competition that awards ideas that address urgent community challenges, according to the Minneapolis-based GHR Foundation, which runs the yearly contest. The winners will share the cash prize."
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"Kenya’s Sengwer people will have hi-tech help fighting forced evictions in their forested homeland - an app that will share a $1 million prize announced on Monday by a U.S. philanthropic organization.
Dubbed “This Is My Backyard” (TIMBY), the app was created in Kenya and is being customized with the Sengwer in mind, although it is being used in 25 more countries and works in 11 languages, the developers said.
TIMBY was among five winners of a global competition that awards ideas that address urgent community challenges, according to the Minneapolis-based GHR Foundation, which runs the yearly contest. The winners will share the cash prize."
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