COVID-19 neighbourhood help
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COVID-19

Problem:

If there is a suspicion of infection, old and young must quarantine themselves so that the virus does not spread further. This is where the first problems often arise. 

Who is going with the dog? 

Who can bring me food? 

How can I keep my child busy with schoolwork?


It is particularly difficult for older, but also very young people to bear this isolation.


Solution

The solution could be an application that connects neighbors and helps to manage these everyday things.
features:
1. neighbors nearby offering help like walking the dog or shopping.
2. calendar to arrange appointments with the neighbours
3. payment system with which these small services can be implemented for little money (with the dog go 0.30 cent for example)
4. video chat for children in the same class, so that they can do homework together, or just chat.

5. webshop for food, where affected people can put together their food and the supermarket packs it up and hands it to the helpers who then take it home.

2020-10-08 14-52-40
Lourenço Rodrigues

Hi Daniel, 

I like your idea, plus I think it could be extended, not only to assist neighbors but also between them and local services. 

If we think of neighborhoods as self-sufficient "cells", where neighbors and local businesses handle the local needs and required assistance, we might help promote better isolation and quarantine habits, reducing human contact to its minimum. This could help contain and limit the spread of covid-19.

So on the mentioned app, we could also find: 

- a list of all local businesses that provide home deliveries and takeaway services

- scheduling and queue options to limit visits in local businesses 


@Lourenco I really like that suggestion. Great, that you build on my idea. If its ok I would add that to the idea submit.

Merged this idea with 'Community Shopping/Errands' (created on 16 Mar 2020 13:04:33 by Nick Sanderson)

Create a portal where people can volunteer to go shopping or perform errands for sick/self isolating people who have nobody to help them. The portal could register new volunteers, match them to errands etc



This comment was:
- originally posted on idea 'Community Shopping/Errands' (created on 16 Mar 2020 by Nick Sanderson)
- merged to idea 'COVID-19 neighbourhood help' on 17 Mar 2020 19:51:56 by Rodrigo Coutinho

Similar with this one? https://www.outsystems.com/ideas/8257/food-and-basic-goods-delivery



This comment was:
- originally posted on idea 'Community Shopping/Errands' (created on 16 Mar 2020 by Nick Sanderson)
- merged to idea 'COVID-19 neighbourhood help' on 17 Mar 2020 19:51:56 by Rodrigo Coutinho