RefAid = Refuge

In response to the growing number of refugees coming to Europe and the need for greater coordination among aid organizations that are stretched beyond way beyond their limit, RefAid was created to transform the way aid is delivered. Two years later it is clear that the problem is universal and that there are more and more refugees, internally displaced people, migrants and asylum seekers. It solves 3 key problems: 1) the challenge most aid organizations have in making their own services available to colleagues and throughout the organization - RefAid serves as a central database that maps services by location and type 2) the lack of visibility of services provided by all aid organizations - RefAid serves as a central database of all aid, including the largest international aid organizations as well as those on a national or local level, creating the de facto source of aid for refugees and migrants 3) the difficulty refugees and migrants have finding appropriate aid that is available where they are RefAid’s simple web-based content and communication system allows official NGOs, public entities and aid organizations who serve the refugee/migrant population to post aid resources by location and category (food, shelter, medical care, water, etc.) so they and other organizations can see on a map what is available where. For the communication of urgent information, the RefAid platform allows NGOs to send push notification to specific locations. The RefAid app is available to refugees on Android and iOS the US, Europe and Turkey: For iphone: bit.ly/refaid-iphone For android: bit.ly/refaid-android RefAid was developed by trellyz (www.trellyz.com) as a passion project. We are looking for funding and sponsorship.