Every year we challenge girls around the world to solve problems in their communities. This App Gallery showcases some of the top solutions from recent years. We hope they inspire you to solve a problem you care about in your community!
JOIN US connects young people and the elderly. Through JOIN US young people have the opportunity to live in another country with lodging expenses covered, in return for spending time with their elderly hosts and helping with tasks like housekeeping and shopping.
Program:Girls
Topic:Sustainable Cities and Communities
2018 Finalist
Care For Me - Alzheimer
by EDUTEC
Mexico
Care for Me - Alzheimer aims to improve and strengthen the relationship between elderly patients with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Primarily oriented towards caregivers, Care for Me - Alzheimer also allows patients to be listed as honorary users so that their needs are taken into account.
Program:Girls
Topic:Good Health and Well-Being
2018 Finalist
Alleviate
by FemStem
United States
Alleviate is a mobile app designed to help individuals with autism improve their social interaction skills and reduce anxiety in times of stress. Interaction features work for both verbal and non-verbal users. A relaxation feature includes a customizable breathing simulator.
Program:Girls
Topic:Good Health and Well-Being
2018 Finalist
Stray Paws
by Thunderins
Egypt
Stray Paws is an animal adoption and safety app that connects shelters with people who want to adopt a pet. Stray Paws also has a “search and rescue” GPS feature that allows people to post images of injured animals to the app so that animal emergency services can quickly navigate to the site.
Program:Girls
Topic:Sustainable Cities and Communities
2018 Social Justice
Lady Justice
by Future is Female
United States
Lady Justice aims to give victims of the criminal justice system a second chance. Users can round up all of their past transactions and donate their spare change to organizations seeking to improve the lives of current and former inmates.
Program:Girls
Topic:Social Justice*
2019 Finalist
Spiky!
by The Innovators
Uzbekistan
Spiky is a mobile application that helps adults recognize when a child is being bullied. The invention uses machine learning to analyze communications from a child to guess the probability of bullying. Spiky will send an alert to parents if action is needed.
