Rappler's latest stories on HackSociety
WATCH: Pinoys invent app to help kids with autism
Named Emerald District, the app aims to bridge health practitioners and people with autism
This #HackSociety idea could change the lives of kids with autism
Henry Lachica, Nesty Tumbaga, and John Chua want to launch an app that connects parents of children with autism to health practitioners, tracks autistic children's progress, and provides them with their own learning tools
Young civil servants push for digital transformation in LGUs
#HackSociety winner AI4GOV wants local governments to use artificial intelligence to improve delivery of services. They also want to empower LGUs to champion digital methods
These Filipino high school kids are out to end bullying
These iAcademy students won in the 'Peace' category of #HackSociety 2018
Young Pinoy innovators want to make affordable biotech lab kits
Only 3 out of 10 high schools in the Philippines have a science laboratory. #HackSociety winner, team BTBox, is looking to address the problem by making portable, affordable lab kits that high school students can use
#HackSociety 2018: What to expect
(Updated) On Monday, October 29, at least 22 groups of students and young professionals will be in the Rappler newsroom for a two-day ideathon, where they will think, create, and make the first step in building their innovative ventures
Rappler Talk: Why is it important to #HackSociety
Rappler talks to previous #HackSociety winners Pamela Mejia and Robi del Rosario at 5pm on Friday, October 5
Rappler Talk: Future-proofing young Filipinos through innovation, social enterprise
Rappler sits down with UNDP's Andrew Parker and statistician Dr Jose Ramon Albert
#HackSociety 2018: Build Tomorrow
How can we build the future through accountable innovation? How can we design scalable solutions and achieve impact without 'breaking things'?
2 PH start-up teams win global awards
Philippine start-up teams Arooga Health and Phinix bag two of the five 2018 Asia-Pacific Youth SDG Innovative Awards in China
PH startups win international youth competition
Startups LawKo, AroogaHealth, and Phinix bag 3 of the 4 awards
Call for Applications: ChangemakerXchange Indonesia 2018
Join the upcoming #ChangemakerXchange summit in Indonesia from June 26 to July 1, 2018
UNDP, PBE launch SDG monitoring app
'If you do good, you can do well,' says UNDP Philippines Country Director Titon Mitra
UNDP, Citi Foundation launch youth innovation program
Youth Co:Lab aims to catalyze youth innovation towards solving the world’s biggest social challenges
PH mental health startup wins int'l prize
(UPDATED) Rappler-UNDP #HackSociety 2017 winner AroogaHealth wins at the Global Entrepreneurship Community Summit in Malaysia
Women Who Code Manila holds ladies' hackathon on November 24
From November 24 to 26, Women Who Code Manila will hold its biggest event of the year, designed to boost the confidence women in programming
ASEAN+SocialGood Forum: Building an inclusive ASEAN
On Monday, November 13, Rappler and the ASEAN Impact Challenge talk about innovation as a catalyst for an inclusive ASEAN
Startups, investors meet at the ASEAN Slingshot
DTI leads the biggest government-initiated startup event in the Philippines and the ASEAN region
On questions about the #HackSociety 2017 champion
Innovation is not just about creating something totally new but also building around existing ideas and improving on them.
LawKo named grand champion of #HackSociety 2017
The winning idea for this year's #HackSociety is LawKo – a social media chatbot that aims to bridge the gap between the Philippines' legal processes and the ordinary Filipino
HIGHLIGHTS: Social Good Summit 2017
Check out the highlights from this year's Philippine leg of the Social Good Summit 2017
#2030NOW, #HackSociety trend during 2017 Social Good Summit
The hashtags #2030NOW and #HackSociety become consistent trending topics in the Philippines from September 14 to 16
HIGHLIGHTS: #HackSociety Day 1
The two-day ideathon aims to crowdsource 'hacks' or innovative solutions to today's pressing social problems
HIGHLIGHTS: #HackSociety Day 2
Here are the highlights from the pitching session on Day 2 of HackSociety 2017
#HackSociety 2017: Using tech to help the marginalized
Five finalists for this year's HackSociety propose ideas to help persons with disabilities, juvenile delinquents, depressed individuals, and ordinary people with limited knowledge of the law
A tip for startups: Dare to Fail
Entrepreneurs share the failures they had to go through before reaching success
Save and share: The key to affordable organic produce
For Kai Farms' Karla Delgado, organic doesn't have to be expensive
Do good, feel good at The Giving Cafe in Mandaluyong
At the Giving Cafe, it's all about good coffee, good food, good vibes, and good intentions
#2030Now Innovate with Purpose: Leave No One Behind
The Philippine Social Good Summit 2017 will challenge us to examine the purpose of innovation and ask the critical questions: Where are we? Where do we want to go? How do we get there?
Home solar panels: a beginner's guide to saving electricity
When is a roof more than just a roof?
#HackSociety 2017: Innovate with purpose, leave no one behind
We received a number of requests to extend the deadline for entries to HackSociety Because of this we are extending the deadline to no later than 5:00 pm Thursday Sept 7
WATCH: Empowering housewives through social enterprises
Student organization Enactus UPLB helps the housewives of Bayan ni Juan in Calauan Laguna with running small scale businesses
#NotOnMyWatch: Reporting corruption made easier
People can now submit online reports on good or bad experiences including bribery in government
Social Good Summit 2016: Using tech to hack PH progress
Technology today provides all the tools needed to spur development exponentially but a better educational foundation and a whole of society approach is needed to drive it forward says a panel of the country’s premier tech thinkers
Social Good Summit 2016 in the Philippines trends
Usually unsexy topics like tech innovation and social good do not gather much attention on social media but this summit helps prove there continues to be hope
The winning ideas from #HackSociety
A look at some of ground up projects judged to have the most potential to drive progress
SGS 2016: UN exec says new hacks needed for world's problems
No contribution is too small to make a difference says UN resident coordinator Ola Almgren
Crowdsourced, 'hacked' ideas for peace coming to NDF negos
Peace negotiators intend to collect and present the best crowdsourced ideas for peace when talks with the National Democratic Front resume in October
#HackSociety: 6 ideas for a climate-resilient PH
An app to connect bikers to people needing emergency assistance charging stations powered by the sun? Here are ideas that might just change the world
Bots, paid trolls are 'purveyors of artificial ignorance'
The Internet is not so much as public debate anymore as it is a screaming match says Vince Lazatin of the Transparency and Accountability Network
Technology, transparency, and the SK
A group of 3 young Filipinos want to create a transparency portal to help restore trust in the Sangguniang Kabataan
Hacking agriculture: Promote landless, water-based farming
A group of professionals proposes to build communities that use aquaponics an agricultural technique that cultivates plant products in water infused with nutrition
Innovation +SocialGood: #2030Now #HackSociety
Save the date On September 24 2016 Rappler in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme UNDP will once again host the annual Social Good Summit This year we want you to HackSociety
What is #HackSociety and how can you join?
We are looking for 50 ideas that aim to address key issues in education jobs; food poverty alleviation; accountability governance; environment disasters; and peace development
