At a glance
Hurricanes and typhoons are growing stronger as a result of climate change, and together with earthquakes they continue to disproportionately impact people living in emerging nations where substandard housing is exceptionally commonplace. Build Change, through their open source project, ISAC-SIMO, offers a mobile app that can help more people detect construction issues before they become life-threatening.
Deployment location
Nepal, ColombiaTechnologies used
- IBM Watson
- Django
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- React Native
State of readiness
- In testing
The Build Change solution story
In 2018, an international group of developers and problem solvers from Kathmandu, Nepal, and Bogotá, Colombia, working at Build Change made the decision to get involved in the Call for Code Global Challenge. Their solution was a machine learning mobile app with a main objective to improve the safety conditions of houses and reduce human and economic loss after the occurrence of a disaster like an earthquake. The application — Post-Disaster Rapid Response Retrofit: PD3R — won second place in the inaugural competition.
The Agrolly team won the $200,000 USD grand prize, and is currently receiving comprehensive support from IBM, the Linux Foundation and the Call for Code ecosystem to further test and develop the solution in communities spanning Brazil, India, and Mongolia. They have continued to speak to small farmers across the globe to better understand their needs and build out a database of crop information, from climate conditions to soil and watering requirements.
Looking ahead, the Agrolly team aims to enhance their solution with other information useful for small farmers, and expand its user base. At a macro level, the team is confident that this solution will not only provide assistance to the small-scale farmers and their families, but bolster food security and economic growth globally.
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