Serviceplan announced today that it will receive Phase II funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables individuals worldwide to test bold ideas to address persistent health and development challenges. Serviceplan will continue to pursue an innovative global health research project, titled BeHere-BeThere. BeHere-BeThere is a project that takes advantage of the people’s existing habits, such as “checking-in”, and turns it into a donation, without actually asking the users to donate money. They donate with their physical and digital presence. They are there for the Sierra Leone children, for example, while being here in Berlin (London, Paris, Madrid, etc.)