- Communities & information
Aidai
An app with a live map showing Cyclone Idai survivors where to find relief.
- Period
- 2019
- Status
- Archived
- Role
- Solutions architect and technology coordination
Problem
Cyclone Idai devastated central Mozambique in March 2019. Pop-up clinics, food distribution points and school shelters kept moving, and survivors struggled to find them.
Solution
Even without reliable electricity and internet, the Equip Mozambique tech team quickly built and launched AIDai, an app with a live map of relief points (shelters, clinics, food), plus a guide and a report form. According to Equip Mozambique, the World Food Programme said the app was useful and was using it for other disasters too.
Images
Open full-size imageAIDai app: map of Beira with markers for shelters, clinics and food points
SDGs
SDG 11 · Sustainable Cities and Communitiesprimary
A live map of shelters, clinics and food points after Cyclone Idai, with use acknowledged by the World Food Programme, which also used it in other disasters.
SDG 13 · Climate Actioncomplementary
Relief information that worked without stable electricity or internet — the typical situation climate disasters leave communities in.