As the son of political exiles, Dr. Andrei Serbin Pont’s passion for justice and the protection of human rights runs deep. We sat down to talk about his latest projects at CRIES, the social and environmental research organization he is leading, and about his experience and vision of how AI can transform the work of nonprofits working with advocacy for vulnerable communities.

MedCycle Network, a San Francisco nonprofit, has moved more than $4 million worth of these surplus supplies to local partners in the past two years to increase access to care. Now it is building an AI Matching Engine so community clinics get what they need sooner.

Travel Hands is a UK charity that pairs blind and partially sighted people in London with volunteer guides. Its volunteers have walked alongside more than 400 people on 1,500 journeys across 22 London boroughs.

Founded by Bill Drayton and inspired by the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and the Civil Rights Movement, Ashoka has been working with nearly 4,000 social entrepreneurs, each with the potential to spark systemic change. From revolutionizing education to combating climate change, Ashoka’s network includes trailblazers tackling the world’s most pressing issues.

This impactful project is part of a larger partnership between Tech To The Rescue Foundation and Twilio to empower nonprofit organizations in disaster management through technology.

Project 1 – Automated Information Extraction This project was to automate data extraction from delivery supply notes – a tedious, manual process that was fraught with difficulty. With the new system, the correct data was easily extracted and consolidated into reports. Project 2 – A new CRM system This project served to replace Excel spreadsheets that stored all the information about beneficiaries and the food they obtained. Previously, all this data had been collected manually with no way of cross-referencing data between the different food bank outlets. The CRM is designed for social stores, which is the flagship venture for Tricity Food Bank.