Definition of a Refugee

A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of

race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the

country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the

protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former

habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to

it.

Problem

• People are fleeing• get away from conflicts, wars etc• running away from dangerous situations• to find protection

• Loosing touch with• family• Friends

• Imagine losing your wife or children because you had to flee the country to save your life...• Imagine loosing your children to save their lives • Tracing currently is done manually by the NGOs:

• Laborious• Costly• Not effective

Solution

• We need something to connect each other• We believe in having an anonymous identity on the web• After creation of account

• Connect with family• Connect with friends

• Allows refugees to get key information in a:• Simpler• Quicker• Cheaper way than ever before• NGOs are more efficient

How it works

• Register with the website• Pinpoint your current location

• Before• When arriving at a destination

• Contact Family & Friends• Send username to trusted family & friends

• Approve/Decline Family & Friends to follow you• Friends & families will follow your journey from the day they have accepted you• Block

Potential Use

• Gathering of data & statistics• Can be used by NGOs to provide refugees with an online platform for family tracing -

empowerment• Analyse data and share it for future reference, knowledge& study• Family reunite• Friends reunite

Statistics

Reference: http://businesstech.co.za/news/mobile/49334/sub-saharan-africa-wins-at-mobile/

Statistics

Reference: http://www.oafrica.com/mobile/african-smartphone-usage-driven-by-savvy-young-south-african-kenyan-and-nigerian-consumers/

Statistics - Mobile Usage

Reference: http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/infographic-2013-mobile-growth-statistics/

No Cell Phone

Other Cell Phone

SmartPhone

17% - 9%

May 2011 to May 2013

35% - 56% 48% - 35%

• 91% of all people on earth have a mobile phone• 56% of people own a smart phone• 50% of mobile phone users, use mobile as their primary Internet

source• 80% of time on mobile is spent inside apps• 72% of tablet owners purchase online from their tablets each week

Future Enhancements

• Register as a group & automatically get connected with them• Implement for mobile devices - initially for Smart Phones• Implement whole process for basic phone:

• user send bank sms• user will receive username• Send friend request• friend will Approve/Decline it from the website

• friend will receive sms saying that someone has asked to share his pin points• User sends sms including:

• user phone number• Username • FriendUsername

• User will receive pinpoints of friend.• NGOs will register their organisation on the website so that users can search for which organisation

can help them• Statistics Page - NGOs will use to gather data• Website Translation in various languages

Clive CiapparaJoseph CauchiClayton Lautier