hello friends, I am with you with a new and different article. You know that there was an earthquake that affected many regions in my country a short time ago. In this process, I knew that people needed many things. A lot of help was coming from many countries, from different parts of our country.
meanwhile, it was very difficult for people to find help because communication was a problem. If anyone has lived before, it’s a pretty complicated process.
powerbank, water, accommodation. they all come for help, but most people did not know where to get them from people.
it occurred to me to use maps here. how? There were many points that distributed these aids. We immediately created a list about them. For example, the places where powerbank was distributed. We marked them on the map and made them a list. And we shared them with people through social media accounts and applications such as WhatsApp. You could see. This made our job a lot easier.
As a local guide, I never thought that I would use maps for such a purpose. The google maps I used to travel and discover new dishes suddenly turned into a life-saving application. Yes, natural disasters happen all over the world. If you encounter such a thing one day, you can use this process. I hope no one encounters such a situation.
Hi @SholaIB thanks fot comment. hard times sometimes produce better ideas. we have removed the lists now. I guess the points will be deleted. It doesn’t matter anyway
Necessity is the father of inventions they say in English.
Oh yes. It doesn’t matter anyway point or no points. It served the purpose it was meant to serve. Wonder should it have been left for future references !
Thank you @MortenCopenhagen The purpose was to add it quickly. And we constantly updated it. For example, I made a needs list. Another friend of mine shared another list. And we shared the link immediately. I think the most important thing for us was to be fast. And when we were done, we removed the list.
If I can add a tip I suggest you to keep the lists alive, and just to keep them updated, including flagging as “done” what has been already delivered, moving them on the bottom of the list.
This will help people who wants to help to know what has been done already.
Also, instead of creating multiple lists, you can add a trusted editor, to make possible to have everything in the same list. This will avoid duplication.
When I moved in central Italy with a van full of goods, I was organised the people who wanted to donate exactly following a list delivered to me, but as more people was trying to help, they had an excess of some item and a lack of others.
Unfortunately many people will remain in needs for a long time. Some will be moved on another part of the country, but for farmers, especially if they have animals, they don’t want to move, they wants a temporary place where to stay near to where they are, and this is perfectly understandable, so keeping a list alive could help.
Hi @ErmesT Thank you very much for the comment. Italy is a country with plenty of earthquake movements like Turkey. In fact, a friend of mine who went to Erasmus from Turkey to Italy was under a building during the earthquake. Teams were formed. Therefore, we can understand each other very well. There are no teams that we have made a list for now. But my new goal is on the map. creating and publishing lists of such fixed places. As I mentioned in my article, I have used maps for such a purpose many times. I hope none of us will have to use them for such a purpose.
