SAWBO

About SAWBO

Turn your Android phone into a portable global extension and training system with the SAWBO App; a training system with content in hundreds of languages from around the world. Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) has produced over 150 topic-area educational animations targeted to international development audiences available in over 280 language variants. These animations are co-created and vetted with topic global experts and are available free for educational distribution and training. SAWBO video content focuses on Research for Development (R4D) innovations and breaks them down into easy-to-understand steps placed in a user-friendly format understandable by people of all literacy levels. This App allows you to quickly access SAWBO’s ever-growing library of topics and language variants. Just select the country, language, and general topic area you are interested in and immediately see the animations produced by SAWBO and collaborators. Simply download videos of interest for use offline or share them with others through WhatsApp, phone-to-phone transfer by Bluetooth®, or other sharing platforms. The App itself can be shared through WhatsApp® and various social media platforms as well. Downloaded videos can be shared from the phone when you are away from Internet access, such as in remote villages. This App may be useful for missionaries, other international development volunteers, extension agents, etc. SAWBO works with global experts to take Research for Development (R4D) innovations and place them in a format understandable by people of all literacy levels. SAWBO works with ministries of health and agriculture, international research centers, national agricultural research services, and other experts globally to create this content. SAWBO animations have a total documented viewership of over 60 million people with known use in at least 130 countries. This App is produced and maintained by SAWBO; currently a Purdue University-based program (formerly at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Michigan State University).