Here’s an update on Atma Connect’s 5-year partnership with ISC and USEPA to empower environmental justice via tech and community engagement among grassroots organizations. (See Atma’s 2023 press release.) Grassroots environmental groups across the U.S. now have a dedicated platform to help them access technical assistance in their region and apply for grants — at […]

Atma Connect, a Puerto Rico and U.S. non-profit public interest organization, will work with community leaders and residents to improve water quality and health in Puerto Rico via an innovative new project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The project, Grassroots Leadership, Education, and a Safe Water Quality Network in Puerto Rico, will […]

Atma Connect is excited to embark on a 24-month program to improve digital literacy and economic opportunity for women entrepreneurs in Indonesia via a new grant from the Internet Society Foundation (ISF). The work will be done under the ISF’s Strengthening Communities / Improving Lives and Livelihoods (SCILLS) grant program. “We’re glad to partner for […]

Atma Connect, in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), will establish infrastructure and support for locally led change across the United States in underserved populations. The work to remove barriers and improve accessibility for communities is part of the EPA’s recently announced program, Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (EJ TCTACs). The […]

Ashoka, the world’s largest network of changemakers and social innovators, has named Atma Connect CEO Meena Palaniappan to its alliance of changemakers as a Special Relationship (Virtual). It is the latest honor for Palaniappan, founder of Atma Connect, an award-winning global tech nonprofit that created and launched an innovative platform enabling people in vulnerable communities […]

Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ and Atma Connect are pleased to announce that they will be co-hosting an event in Jakarta on July 17, 2019 on Innovations in Community-Based Disaster Resilience and Social Cohesion. This event will launch the impact report from Center for Innovation in Policy Governance on AtmaGo, and discuss the larger role of mobile […]

We have grown five-fold since our inception in 2015 and owe so much of this success to you. Thank you for joining us in our efforts to use technology to empower millions of people so they can help each other, share information, and build better lives. This year, we are particularly proud of our growth to over 1.5 million users and an independent, evidence-based, impact study about AtmaGo, which we released worldwide in October 2018.

Can Mobile Phones Improve Disaster Preparedness?, was independently conducted by the Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG) in Indonesia and released in October 2018 at the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference by Atma Connect. Read the report and impact evaluations here.

New partnership aims to integrate mobile technology into programs that support community-led development and prepare vulnerable communities to withstand disasters MARCH 22, 2018 The global organization Mercy Corps and nonprofit technology company Atma Connect are embarking on a new partnership to integrate mobile technology into humanitarian response and development programs. The partnership aims to help […]