What is your idea really about? (Keep it brief) Simple Application for managing Rescue and Relief operations and for connecting people who are interested to help with people who are in need of help (like basic amenities and rescue) during Diasters (eg Chennai floods). Amenities resource and human resource critical - better management During Chennai floods, lots of people were affected and lots of volunteers were willing to help. The rescue and relief operations were primarily done by Facebook posts, whatsapp messages and Google Sheets - but we feel it wasn’t consolidated. There were stale information about someone in dire need, but turned out they have been rescued long back. There wasn’t realtime information on which places need the most help. Contacts (email, mobile numbers) of people willing to help were misused. Fake and stale information were spread. Matching people who need rescue or basic amenities (food, medicine, water, clothes, blanket, blood) with people who are willing to help URL very shareable. This will be source of truth. Even if we find another person in need in whatsapp or facebook post, a volunteer can add it in this app for further sharing. NGO Team management Dashboard with people’s activity Realtime location-based information and analytics of which locations need more help Find nearby people to help Information on Safety precautions to follow, working contacts of government and NGO people to contact. Shareable. People upvote working numbers. We can call directly from app. Also data like number of people who have tried to call, number of people who have viewed the page will be available - for better informed decision. Ability to upload photo when relief is satisfied Credit page for team - with stats on their relief Works offline Feed of activities
Future possible features: Alias email (like emails used in craigslist) and (possibly) alias mobile number to protect people willing to help. Email and mobile numbers were misused, some sold to ad companies. Some women were harassed.
Advantages: Solves By-stander effect. Solves stale information Better decisions through data Rescue Team & inventory management
Tech advantages Works offline Low network
What kind of disasters: High frequency, low to medium impact Storm, heavy rain, extreme heat, hazards, disease, Low impact earthquake, cyclone, floods, snow
Why would you do this? Tell us your motivation to build this
In India we increasingly have more volunteers primarily youngsters willing to help during emergency. Our Government isn’t prepared to handle diasters at bigger scales. We get water-logged even for 2-3 days of rain.
Features: Ability for Individuals affected - to post the amenities they require - like food, clean water, rescue, medicine, blankets, etc - structured as possible Possibly ability to upload photo giving their situation for better understanding About page Ability for individuals for giving their location Ability to share the above requirement via url in social media. This could be source of truth - once it is satisfied this will be marked done. Possiblly ability to upload photo after relief is done Ability for disaster relief teams, NGOs to form and groups as teams to better manage their rescue operations Map view to have better understanding of places affected Ability to find nearby people to help Verified Emergency contact info of working government officials in the area - workflow to verify and add contact details - structured like electricity board, police, hospitals, etc