Bridges to Prosperity: AI Models Help Connect Disconnected Communities
Cisco Systems and its foundation are supporting Bridges to Prosperity, a nonprofit organization, in developing AI models to help build bridges in isolated rural communities. The initiative, part of Cisco's One Billion Lives campaign, focuses on using artificial intelligence to strategically plan and map rural infrastructure development. The technology leverages public data to identify optimal locations for bridge construction, helping communities like Uganda's Bundimulinga village gain better access to essential services such as schools, healthcare, and markets.
Cisco Systems e la sua fondazione stanno supportando Bridges to Prosperity, un'organizzazione non profit, nello sviluppo di modelli di intelligenza artificiale per aiutare a costruire ponti in comunità rurali isolate. Questa iniziativa, parte della campagna One Billion Lives di Cisco, si concentra sull'utilizzo dell'intelligenza artificiale per pianificare e mappare strategicamente lo sviluppo dell'infrastruttura rurale. La tecnologia sfrutta dati pubblici per identificare le posizioni ottimali per la costruzione di ponti, aiutando comunità come quella del villaggio Bundimulinga in Uganda a ottenere un migliore accesso a servizi essenziali come scuole, assistenza sanitaria e mercati.
Cisco Systems y su fundación están apoyando a Bridges to Prosperity, una organización sin fines de lucro, en el desarrollo de modelos de inteligencia artificial para ayudar a construir puentes en comunidades rurales aisladas. La iniciativa, parte de la campaña One Billion Lives de Cisco, se centra en utilizar la inteligencia artificial para planificar y mapear estratégicamente el desarrollo de infraestructura rural. La tecnología aprovecha datos públicos para identificar las ubicaciones óptimas para la construcción de puentes, ayudando a comunidades como la del pueblo Bundimulinga en Uganda a obtener un mejor acceso a servicios esenciales como escuelas, atención médica y mercados.
시스코 시스템즈와 그 재단은 브리지를 투 프로스페리티라는 비영리 단체를 지원하여 고립된 농촌 지역 사회에 다리를 건설하는 데 도움이 되는 AI 모델을 개발하고 있습니다. 이 이니셔티브는 시스코의 10억 생명 캠페인의 일환으로, 인공지능을 사용하여 농촌 인프라 개발을 전략적으로 계획하고 맵핑하는 데 중점을 두고 있습니다. 이 기술은 공공 데이터를 활용하여 다리 건설을 위한 최적의 위치를 파악하여, 우간다의 분디무링가 마을과 같은 지역 사회가 학교, 의료 및 시장과 같은 필수 서비스에 더 나은 접근을 할 수 있도록 돕습니다.
Cisco Systems et sa fondation soutiennent Bridges to Prosperity, une organisation à but non lucratif, dans le développement de modèles d'intelligence artificielle pour aider à construire des ponts dans des communautés rurales isolées. Cette initiative, qui fait partie de la campagne One Billion Lives de Cisco, se concentre sur l'utilisation de l'intelligence artificielle pour planifier et cartographier stratégiquement le développement des infrastructures rurales. La technologie utilise des données publiques pour identifier les emplacements optimaux pour la construction de ponts, aidant des communautés comme celle du village Bundimulinga en Ouganda à accéder plus facilement à des services essentiels tels que les écoles, les soins de santé et les marchés.
Cisco Systems und seine Stiftung unterstützen Bridges to Prosperity, eine gemeinnützige Organisation, bei der Entwicklung von KI-Modellen zur Unterstützung des Brückenbaus in isolierten ländlichen Gemeinschaften. Diese Initiative, Teil von Ciscos One Billion Lives-Kampagne, konzentriert sich auf den strategischen Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz zur Planung und Kartierung des ländlichen Infrastrukturaufbaus. Die Technologie nutzt öffentliche Daten, um optimale Standorte für den Brückenbau zu ermitteln, und hilft Gemeinschaften wie dem Dorf Bundimulinga in Uganda, besser auf essentielle Dienstleistungen wie Schulen, Gesundheitsversorgung und Märkte zugreifen zu können.
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When residents of rural Uganda's Bundimulinga village wanted to walk to school, access healthcare, or provide for their family, they had to prepare for a trek through thick forests and deep valleys which isolates their small community.
Every morning, Karabiyo had to cross rivers of varying depths to access and work on her own cocoa farm, all the while worrying if her granddaughters made it to school safely. And during rainy season, it was not uncommon for high flooding to make school, work, and healthcare inaccessible for days on end.
Nonprofit Bridges to Prosperity considers this kind of rural isolation to be a root cause of poverty for villages like Bundimulinga. With a core belief that safe access is a basic human right, their goal is to build bridges that better the lives of those who live in disconnected communities.
Turning toward technology for more efficient bridge planning and development, Bridges to Prosperity created their own AI models with supporting funds from the Cisco Foundation, as part of the One Billion Lives campaign. In working with a robust set of publicly available data, AI can more strategically plan and map out future rural infrastructures, and Bridges to Prosperity can focus their energy on creating safer passages for villages in need.
Watch the BBC StoryWorks segment to hear from Karabiyo herself about how a single trail bridge changed her life.
For more information about Cisco and their successful mission to impact one billion people, visit One Billion Lives.
To learn the specifics about Bridge to Prosperity's groundbreaking "Fika Map" AI tool, explore their website.
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