Inspiration:
During lock down, in France 24 there was a news explaining the increase in domestic harassment by 30%
Problem:
Women & children's suffering from Domestic harassment, needs to call SOS or inform someone in time of emergency, it makes it harder since both those medium of communication needs voice over and also busyness or availability of those medium.
Solution :
SASO offers an Android & iOS app along with a small embedded chip or a key chain like device which can be used to trigger alarm and send notification to friends, SOS and also to local NGO's
SASO offers chat support for quick support to those who are in trouble.
The device/app also has voice recording and trigger facility which triggers alerts community/NGO without alerting the perpetuators.
SASO uses community power to solve domestic violence.
Team composition:
Emily Cristina - Design Lead
Kateryna Deb - UX designer
Ali Raza - Tech lead
Ehsan El - iOS developer
Gopala Sutharsan - Embedded programmer
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1.0 Introduction
1.1 Problem and Background (200 words max)
SASO inspiration is from France24 news which reported that Domestic harassment increased by 30% during lock down time.
Women & Childrens on average from domestic harassment and most of them are kept silent in the fear or not able to know what to do in those situations.
1.2 Solution summary in simple terms (150 words max)
SASO offers a simple solution to stop domestic violence, with the help of community power.
SASO offers a mobile, web and hardware device to notify when someone goes through harassment, the harassment could be of different degree, the platform provides support and chat functionalities.
1.3 Solution summary in technical terms (200 words max)
SASO has an iOS and Android app, the app is done in SWIFT and Java.
SASO has a additional hardware - A small key chain like device to notify harassment to Friends/families/NGOs this is done using Embedded programming - C
1.4 State of advancement of the project (100 words max)
We have already completed most part of the project on the Victim side, we however need to do a web admin portal to link NGOs, community to People.
We are also looking for product designers to design and release the hardware.
1.5 Project Timeline
- We have a functioning prototype on hardware that needs to be designed for public release. This will take a week of work.
- Creating a web interface for NGO/community support - A week work there.
- Project can be released in a month's time if the above two things are done and tested.
2.0 Project Implementation
2.1 Solution, research, or intervention? (choose accordingly) (1000 words max)
- Solution:
- An android & iOS app which will notify friends, families, NGOs,Community when someone complains of harassment.
- The victims of domestic violence will be using the product.
- We will first release the product in France and Sweden then after controlled testing, it will be released all over the EU.
- Research:
- According to the EU 4 out of 5 women are not complaining using any services like health care/Social service.
- We conducted user interview with 5 victims of domestic violence during the process
- Intervention:
- For next one month
- Product design and release the app
- Web space for NGO and communities to get notification when someone is harrased.
- For next 3 months
- Collect user feedback and retireate to rerelease.
- 112 API integration, currently when we enquired there is no way to integrate app to SOS so we want to continue to see if we can integrate to 112 in some way.
- The backup plan if SOS fails is to use Private/Alarm companies to check their interest to work as partner for immediate rescues.
- We are also doing data mining of NGO to operate locally in different countries in the EU.
- For 3 to 9 months
- We want to use a different version of hardware, which is a chip from Siemens, they are small but expensive so we cannot integrate them in the hardware device now.
- We will integrate it after we have some financial backing.
- We will also expand it to Asia & South America where this is needed the most.
2.3 Methodology (500 words max)
There are three parts
1) Apps
2) Hardware
3) Web admin portal
Apps :
In the app we used Swift and Java code, so it is straightforward to clone and run them.
For communication with hardware we used BLE 4.0
The app communicates to the hardware if needed using Bluetooth device, then the alarm can be triggered from device to the app, then the app sends notification to community, Friends for now.
Hardware :
The hardware uses BLE4.0 and it has the ability to trigger audio recording in the phone, which can be used in the law for later, if needed.
Web Admin
The web admin portal is a monitoring service where the people such as NGOs, Local heros, Friends will be notified through an email which they can immediately act on.
2.4 Results/Expected results (500 words max)
We want to beta test this once the product design is ready by releasing it to a closed circle of people.
Since the area is sensible we would like to perform lots of testing and mark it with CE certification standards before releasing to public.
The impact can be measure in two different ways
1) Big data on harassment
The big data will really help local institution in a country to perform decision making based on this data
Policies and security companies can monitor and help people or identify potential areas to monitor.
2) Behaviour change on user side
The user behaviour could change, so they are more active in reporting a case, even in case of minor harassment.
We will have different measures of harassment so people will be able to complain or ask for help without fear of thinking if they are overreacting to a scenario in their life.
3.0 Safety, quality assurance and regulation
3.1 What steps have you taken to ensure your solution’s safety? How advanced are you in this process (if applicable)? Please check the Biosafety and Biosecurity guideline of OpenCovid19
We need to get CE certification for the hardware device.
We have already conducted meeting with few agencies who could help us, any help around this area is highly appreciated.
3.2 Have you planned the conduct of your manufacturing process that ensures quality, what are the steps you have taken? How advanced are you in this (if applicable)?
We are planning to use closed testing upto 50 people first from end to end service.
We would like to measure the real life scenario and how the system handles it.
We are measuring it with a score of 90% success to move to the next step of mass manufacturing.
3.3 Will you need assistance with the regulation system? If not, which regulatory system do you plan on using to distribute the product? Please elaborate (please see: Regulatory-Strategies) (if applicable)
Yes, help in this area is highly appreciated.
We need to get CE certification for the hardware.
3.4 Have you talked to medical staff about the feasibility of your project? What did they say?
The device is used by normal people and not in the medical industry
3.5 Have you planned the testing, verification and validation of your solution? How advanced are you? (if applicable)
We conducted 5 user testing who are victims of domestic harassment
We conducted 15 user testing on those who have never been harassed but can give feedback.
We spoke to NGOs in Sweden and institutions so far on potential collaboration.
We wrote to SOS on possible collaboration and it is not feasible currently so we are checking other ways of doing it.
We will test the product with 50 users in step 1, collect real life feedback.
In step 2, we will release in local municipality then to the country if the success rate of system is more than 90%
We are also planning to perform load security testing by end of the month.
The market feasibility is already done with help of local commune.
4.0 Impact, issues and risks
4.1 What impact do you feel your project could have? (100 words max)
The project will help people to change behaviour on reporting domestic violence or harassment without fear that they are overreacting on things.
SASO will also help identify and support people who need help.
4.2 What do you think would make your project a success?(100 words max)
SASO can be defined as success if it can channel both the decision makers and the victims on needful situations to develop a good society.
4.3 Please list the known issues, potential risks, grey-areas, etc in your project
The potential risk with SASO is organising the huge part of orchestra where the total society need to work together to help a victim, there are already many NGO doing it manually but to bring them all digitally and presenting the UX without causing fear to victim is important.
Legal support is a grey area in this zone, so we are also discussing with Lawyers who could offer free help and support.
Hardware certification is really where we need help as we do not have experience doing it earlier.
5.0 Originality
5.1 What other projects on JOGL are like yours? Search for them and Link them!
I cannot find any similar project in JOGL, the closet one is this - https://app.jogl.io/project/114 since they are working on child related area.
5.2 Is this an innovative project? What makes this project different if it’s unique on JOGL?
Yeah, the combination of more than one medium (app + hardware) makes it bullet proof to use and also the attempt of doing things digitally from a traditional approach on supporting victims.
5.3 Is there already an open source version of this project?
No, we are yet to complete them and needs to do clean up before making it open source,
6.0 Team experience
6.1 Please cite your team members and their roles in the project.
(if applicable) If the project involves several locations or labs, list them too.
Kay Nag - Project Manager and AI
Ali Raza - Tech lead & Full stack developer
Emily Cristina - Design lead
Kateryna Deb - UX designer
Ehsan El - Full stack developer.
Charlott stade - Product owner and Scrum manager.
7.0 Funding and Costs
7.1 Please provide a costing of your project be as detailed as you can, all funding requests must be transparent and be for specific needs. The maximum grant is 3000 euros. Smaller grants are more likely to be funded.
If no grant is required, request no funds in the form.
7.2 How is your project being funded so far?
Self funded
7.3 How much funding do you need and how do you plan to use that funding?
The next step in the process is to release the hardware device and an admin panel which monitors harrasement. which needs following funding
3D printing a prototype - € 50
Product designer material cost (Box, material purchase) - € 600
PCB manufacturing for hardware - € 120
BLE 4.0 bluetooth chip purchase - € 30
Testing the hardware to get CE certification - €250
On software side
API integration of Google Cloud/AWS to show realtime maps of cases - €500
Email & data hosting server (Infrastructure) - € 250
Data visualization and AI module integration for progosis based on data - € 1000
Total € 2800
Total funding needed to release the beta of product € 2750
- Short Name: #SASO
- Created on: May 18, 2020
- Last update: July 12, 2021
- Grant information: Received €2,800€ from the OpenCOVID19 Grant Round 3 on Invalid Date