Viens t’asseoir je t’écoute (Come and sit down, I’m listening) is a non-profit association of volunteers which offers freely a confidential listening space in the public area, to the passers-by who want to participate. The project is apolitical and non-religious.
Mobility for Africa locally assembles custom-built electric tricycles that run on li-ion battery packs, powered through solar-charging stations. These electric tricycles are aimed at all sectors of the community, including small scale farmers and women’s organisations. The tricycles have been particularly impactful when used by healthcare workers, where they have enabled improved access to health services.
Comunitaria is an app available on both Android and Apple devices that allows, through blockchain technology, to make donations so that people residing in marginalised neighbourhoods can access fresh products from local stores. Now, it is going to expand its reach by adding a new area of green energy to its bottom line goal.
In November 2022, the Humanitarian Technology Unit of the Japanese Red Cross and Disaster Management Institute, jointly conducted Japan's first demonstration experiment on Real-time monitoring of tsunami evacuation status. This was carried out by using human flow data and AI acquired by a smartphone app, used in the Tsunami disaster prevention drill organised by the Cabinet Office in Nemuro City of Hokkaido.
“Cruz Roja te escucha” (Red Cross listens to you) is a service that offers support and psychosocial accompaniment to the most fragile members of our society, those especially affected by the COVID-19 sanitary crisis.
