DataKind

🚀Calling Data Scientists & ML Practitioners! Want to use your skills to make a real impact in education across sub-Saharan Africa? Datakind Singapore is looking for volunteer data professionals to join a meaningful project with our impact partner in sub-Saharan Africa, analyzing 5+ years of learning and classroom data to: - Identify learning gaps across countries - Model risk factors affecting foundational education - Build dashboards & predictive insights for policy-makers If you’re into data-for-good, education, or working on real-world multi-country datasets, we’d love to collaborate! More details in the link : https://lnkd.in/gNHqgGvc Apply by email to : singapore@datakind.org #DataScienceForGood #MachineLearning #qualityeducation #SDG4 #DataForGood #Education #VolunteerOpportunity

In honor of World Health Day this week, we’re proud to highlight the research-driven foundation of the Data Observation Toolkit (DOT)—developed by DataKind in partnership with Medic, and recognized as a certified Digital Public Good. DOT goes beyond one-time audits or frontline-only support. It’s a modular, open-source, platform-level solution designed to strengthen data quality and trust across the entire health ecosystem. Whether used by governments, NGOs, or digital health platforms, DOT is built to be: ✅ Deployable across systems to flag problematic data or care gaps in real time ✅ Adaptable to diverse technical environments ✅ Human-centered—empowering the health workers who generate and use the data Grounded in research from 7.7M+ health encounters and shaped by community insight, DOT is already driving impact in Uganda and Lesotho. Stay tuned for more! 🔗 In the meantime, explore how data trust starts with thoughtful design: bit.ly/3DZrdQB #worldhealthday #worldhealthday2025 #datakind #digitalpublicgood #datascience #AI #opensource #dataquality #frontlinehealth #healthdata

Heading to the ASU+GSV Summit 2025 in San Diego? We have exciting news: our Founder and CEO, Joseph Licata, will be a speaking on an exciting topic there in higher education! He’s joining the panel “Data Readiness for Holistic Student Supports” to discuss how improving data infrastructure, driving interoperability, and strengthening data governance can enable holistic student support – especially at under-resourced institutions. The panel will also explore how predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence, can help drive proactive student success initiatives. Joe will share the stage with Caitlin Augustin (DataKind) and B. Tyler Walsh (University of Central Florida), in a discussion moderated by Sonia J. (Gates Foundation). Joe is a thought leader in higher education technology and innovation, with 20+ years of experience at the intersection of tech and education. At Canyon GBS, we offer affordable and compliant AI-first technology including CRM purpose built for student service teams, and helpdesk technology designed to improve service management. We’re excited for Joe to bring our insights to the ASU+GSV stage and to learn from fellow innovators on the panel. If you’re attending ASU+GSV Summit, mark your calendar: Wednesday, April 9, 2025, from 10:00 – 10:45 AM PT at America’s Cup C/D (Level 4). Come join the conversation on building data-ready, AI-powered support systems in higher education. Whether you’re an educator, administrator, or edtech champion, this discussion will offer valuable perspectives on the future of student success. Session Link: https://lnkd.in/gDP7teTB We hope to see you there! Feel free to wish Joe luck and stay tuned for insights from the session. We’re proud to be at the forefront of data-driven innovation in higher ed and can’t wait to engage with the community at #ASUGSV2025. Let’s innovate together for every student! #ASUGSV2025 #StudentSuccess #EdTech #AIinEducation #CanyonGBS #HigherEd

Each year, the Skoll Foundation recognizes a select group of social innovators who are driving transformative change on urgent societal challenges. The five recipients of the 2025 Skoll Awards for Social Innovation are a remarkable group of bold organizations that have designed groundbreaking solutions to improve the lives of millions of people around the world. What unites our 2025 Awardees is their commitment to harnessing collective action to create a brighter future. This year, we are thrilled to recognize the contributions of: Apis & Heritage Capital Partners is restoring the American Dream by helping low- and middle-income employees become owners of their businesses when sellers are ready to retire. Community Health Impact Coalition is a global movement working to make professional the norm in community health—ensuring community health workers are salaried, skilled, supervised, and supplied to deliver quality care. EarthEnable improves the health and living conditions of rural African families by developing more affordable, sustainable housing materials. Healthy Learners trains teachers as school health workers, increasing access to health services, reducing absenteeism, and enabling students to learn and thrive. Pacto pela Democracia (Pact for Democracy) is coordinating the pro-democracy movement in Brazil, facilitating a broad coalition that bridges ideologies and interests to counter autocratic forces. These leaders are proving that we go further when we go together. Learn more about the Skoll Awards and this year’s Awardees here: https://lnkd.in/gfBejbm9 #SkollAwardee

We're looking forward to returning to Open Data Week! We'll showcase our open-access community health indicators software designed to illuminate hyperlocal needs. We collaborated with a diverse group of health and wellbeing experts to create a tool that empowers social service providers, policymakers, and community stakeholders with standardized data. Key features include: • Access to 11 public data sources, harmonized at tract, zip, and county levels • 49 unique data indicators from a database of six million rows • Free, secure accounts for individual and team collaboration • Ability to upload and analyze custom datasets • Exportable analyses, including maps Join our session to learn about the community-centered design process, see live use case demos, and engage in a facilitated discussion with end-users from social impact and government. We'll also cover question formulation, asset mapping, and data interpretation. 🗓️ Register here: https://bit.ly/3DvVZQV ❓ Submit questions in advance: https://bit.ly/4isVciB BetaNYC, New York City Office of Technology & Innovation, Data Through Design #datakind #opendataweek #opendata #openaccess #datascience #AI #dataforgood #communityhealth #wellbeing #economicopportunity #socialimpact