The SHM Foundation works globally to bring about positive social change through projects in learning, citizenship, health and the arts.

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About The SHM Foundation

The Foundation aims to provide communities and individuals with the practical tools they need to develop innovative solutions. It uses knowledge from the humanities and social sciences to understand human motivation, and draws on academic disciplines, from philosophy to anthropology, to address social challenges.



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The SHM Foundation wins Partnership with Africaid Zvandiri funded by ViiV Positive Action Challenges

The Zvandiri programme aims to support national HIV systems to provide a comprehensive package of care for children, adolescents and young people living with HIV.

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Technology

From Rubik's Cube to Khuluma Data - A Mathematician's View on 160 Characters

For the second instalment of this blog series, mathematician and Natural Language Processing engineer, Hector Durham, explores what the abstract field of group theory can do with the Khuluma text message data.

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Literature

In Praise of Ineffectiveness - Literature's View on 160 Characters

What is good communication? Professor Susanne Kord writes on the importance of miscommunication and imagination in language, as part of the 160 Characters Project blog series.

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