- By the “The Smile of the Child” organization, with the technological support of COSMOTE
The new mobile app “Missing Alert App” that helps locate missing people faster in Greece is now available for free download on the App Store and has also been available on Google Play. The advanced app, designed and developed by COSMOTE for The Smile of the Child organization, gives all citizens the chance to contribute in the search to locate fellow citizens in real time, but also protect their loved ones – children and older individuals who run a high risk of disappearing – therefore expanding their social solidarity circle.
Users may download the mobile app on Google Play store or App Store- and:
-Receive information in real time about children and adults currently missing, while finding out how the search is going.
-Assist in the efforts of The Smile of the Child by providing information on a case at any time, wherever they are, via chat or phone.
-Carry out a missing person case search based on different criteria (e.g. date of missing case, distance from their location).
-Share missing person cases on their personal social media accounts, therefore, mobilising other volunteers.
-Protect people close to them who belong to vulnerable groups and run a high risk of disappearing (e.g. due to dementia, intellectual disability), by proactively declaring their personal details through the app, so that the missing persons’ alert and search operation are expedited if the need arises.
The app is being exclusively managed by a special team of The Smile of the Child, which channels all user information to the Hellenic Police, as well as other institutional bodies responsible for managing missing people cases in Greece.
The idea for the Missing Alert App sprang from a COSMOTE innovation contest
The idea sprang from Hackathon, COSMOTE’s internal innovation contest, by a team of young people who had all experienced the disappearance of a person in their family. The company undertook the design and development of the app, using The Smile of the Child’s technical know-how on missing people cases.
COSMOTE takes advantage of technology and innovation to create solutions and apps so as to make the world a better place for all.
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