Helping people help themselves
In disaster situations it always takes some time before authorities are able to react and send workers to the area. In the meantime, people affected can start to help themselves and people around them. The helptohelp.me service will enable communication, coordination and distribution of the skills and knowledge of the local people willing and capable of helping to the place or assignment where it is most beneficial.
The service consists of a toolkit of communication templates tailored for the needs of different catastrophes. These templates can be easily adapted and implemented to local situations and requirements. In a disaster situation this toolkit can be initiated for communication and information sharing by the authorities.
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Download documentation package
The documentation package (zip) contains the following items:
- keynote presentation about the concept
- poster about the service structure
- poster describing the background of the concept, including an inspirational scenario
- video demonstration of the application prototype
helptohelp.me is a concept designed during the New Media Concepts for WHO course at Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki, May 2009.