Due to incessant cases of rape and other Gender Based Violence being recorded in Adamawa State and other parts of Nigeria, an application that will help interface between a survivors and service providers has been officially launched in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
The mobile Application known as Smart RR was an innovation by a nongovernmental organization “Big Family 36 Foundation” and other developmental partners.
At the launch, the Founder Big Family Foundation Mr. Dirug Samuel explained that the essence of the innovation is to help survivors report Gender Based Violence cases and to be connected with service providers within their immediate communities confidentially.
“The application will automatically update referral cases and can within an hour help survivors accessed security agents, women collation, safe spaces among others, the application will not expose the survivors”. Samuel added
In a remark, the State Commissioner Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development Mrs. Lami Ahmad described the application as a channel to Lodge and file complaints as well as interface between survivors and service providers from the multiple sectors.
“So far one hundred and fifty (150) cases have been reported using the application and flow ups have also been made.
Ahmad, urged stakeholders and partners to put in their best in ensuring the innovation has drastically stopped the crime of Gender based Violence.
The commissioner commended Big family 36 Foundation for the laudable innovation hoping that they will continue to give the necessary attention and technical support to make the project effective and sustainable.
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