DoVio :)

Our final project for this course were meant to solve a prominent social problem in our society today. One of the projects was an app to help those who are suffering from domestic violence. This was one of my groups first ideas as we brainstormed what to do our project on. We also thought about an app, but then we decided on another idea.

I feel as though many people are battling against domestic abuse in their homes and don’t speak up about it. This app was names DoVio. The name was made to be used in a sort of disguise so the abuser at home won’t identify it as a form of you trying to get help to escape. The app is connected to you location services in case of an emergency happening and you send a message or press the SOS button. Someone will be notified and will be on the way to help you. It can also be just help as in phycological help or therapy, not just the authorities. The app is set us as the template of Instagram, where you can share your stories to help find support of to give advice and support to others, kind of like an underground railroad. I really liked this part of it because people can come out of their nutshells and speak up about what they are going through. It can also boost self esteem enough to where they can actually defend themselves.

I think that the group also did well in presenting their project, but should have also included maybe more statistics of domestic violence today and how it has grown. The comebacks for the questions asked from people in our class were good too. overall, I think an app like this should really exist. There might be similar one to it but I think this one would be more effective to help those who need support