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Saahas

place India + 2 more

A mobile and web app and Facebook chatbot for survivors of Gender-Based Violence to find help anywhere in the world.

Survivors who have faced violence either don’t know where to go for help, or don’t have resources to find out where to go for help. The name Saahas, in Hindi, translates to mean “Courage.” The app recognizes that a survivor’s choice to stand up to violence and a bystander’s choice to intervene in a case of violence is an act of courage.

Overview

Information on this page is provided by the innovator and has not been evaluated by HundrED.

Web presence

2018

Established

-

Children

3

Countries
Updated
January 2018
One stop spot for a survivor to find help and for a bystander to be of support to a survivor.

About the innovation

What is Saahas

Saahas comprises a directory of support across 196 countries, a database of guidance notes on understanding gender-based violence and ways to respond to them. The directory of support comprises over 40000 organizations across 196 countries offering medical, legal, education / employment, resources (food, shelter, clothing, emergency support), consular and refugee-specific support, police and ambulance services for survivors of gender-based violence and child support services.

Survivors who have faced violence either don’t know where to go for help, or don’t have resources to find out where to go for help. Sometimes, their situation prevents them from finding help, and that can be extremely dangerous to their safety. The name Saahas, in Hindi, translates to mean “Courage.” The app recognizes that a survivor’s choice to stand up to violence and a bystander’s choice to intervene in a case of violence is an act of courage.

Saahas' web, mobile version and chatbot are now available in six languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish:

Arabic: http://saahas-ar.redelephantfoundation.org

Chinese: http://saahas-ch.redelephantfoundation.org

English: http://saahas.redelephantfoundation.org

French: http://saahas-fr.redelephantfoundation.org

Russia: http://saahas-ru.redelephantfoundation.org

Spanish: http://saahas-es.redelephantfoundation.org

Implementation steps

Train individuals to use the app in your community
We invite individuals to facilitate training sessions in their communities on how individuals can use the app to find resources and as bystanders to equip themselves with an appropriate approach towards creating meaningful impact by intervening on time.

We invite organizations to facilitate access to the resources on our app by being a liaison between the app and the people on ground who may not be able to access the app directly.

To facilitate a training, or to deliver our app on a service-model collaboration, please write to us on info@redelephantfoundation.org for details.

Add data to our app

We invite individuals to help add data to our app by identifying providers of resources across the eleven verticals:


  1. Police Help

  2. Ambulance Helplines

  3. Medical Help

  4. Legal Help

  5. Resource Help (Food, Shelter, Clothing)

  6. Education / Employment Help

  7. Consular support

  8. Support for Refugees who are Survivors of Gender-based violence

  9. LGBTQIA specific support

  10. Child Support

  11. Campus Helplines (Schools, Universities, Colleges and Workplaces)

To add data to our app, please write to us on info@redelephantfoundation.org for details on how to do so.

Verify data on our app

We invite individuals to help verify data that exists on our app by identifying providers of resources across the eleven verticals:


  1. Police Help

  2. Ambulance Helplines

  3. Medical Help

  4. Legal Help

  5. Resource Help (Food, Shelter, Clothing)

  6. Education / Employment Help

  7. Consular support

  8. Support for Refugees who are Survivors of Gender-based violence

  9. LGBTQIA specific support

  10. Child Support

  11. Campus Helplines (Schools, Universities, Colleges and Workplaces)

To verify data to our app, please write to us on info@redelephantfoundation.org for details on how to do so.

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