With support from European Union and German international development organization GIZ, SMART Myanmar – an initiative to promote sustainable practices in the Myanmar garment industry, has developed an educational smartphone app, Shwe Job, for industrial workers in Myanmar.
The app has generated lot of interest among the workers as it contains rich information on good practices for occupational safety & health in the workplace, and also counsels the workers on factory and labour laws. It also contains a salary calculator which is a tool for workers to understand how their monthly wages are calculated. This app uses a combination of stories, illustrations and voiceovers. As per the statement released by SMART Myanmar, the goal is to provide a useful and educational tool to workers in an accessible format.
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“When we started working with Myanmar’s garment workers, less than 1 per cent owned smartphones. Now, over 90 per cent do. This is an amazing shift in just 4 years. It is this incredible change that prompted us to create a teaching tool which can make full use of the latest and most relevant technologies,” averred SMART Myanmar Team Leader Jacob A. Clere.
