Rdvp.org is a digital vision program at Stanford University

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Each year, the RDVP hosts an elite group of seasoned professionals from around the world at Stanford. These Fellows work on interdisciplinary projects that utilize information and communication technologies (ICTs) to address real needs in underserved communities. RDVP Fellows bring a unique understanding of the realities of a particular emerging market or community to the Program. During their nine-months on campus, they collaborate with Stanford faculty and students, private sector firms, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to translate this market knowledge into culturally relevant and sustainable product and service concepts. The end goal of the RDVP is two-fold: accelerate community development and acquire valuable market knowledge.

Since its inception in 2001, Stanford has hosted 53 RDVP Fellows, who have worked on 49 projects in 15 countries. Approximately half of the RDVP projects were sustained after the Fellowship period and are being pilot tested and/or implemented in the field. At least 20% of the projects received significant funding. RDVP projects have been recognized internationally by entities such as the World Bank (Development Marketplace Awards), the Tech Museum (Technology Benefiting Humanity Award), governments (India’s Manthan Award for e-Learning), and Stanford University (Social e-Challenge Business Plan Competition for Social Entrepreneurship).

Projects have a practical emphasis: fellows produce proof-of-concepts by working closely with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including Reuters Foundation’s AlertNet — an online community of 170 international disaster relief NGOs in 34 countries — and visiting the affected areas. The flexibility of the Program makes it possible for fellows to use their creativity in determining the nature of the project and its practical aims with guidance from the Program Director.