Yana.help provides a safe space to access canton-specific emergency contact information and support to help victims. Additionally, our participative web platform yana.help aims to connect domestic abuse victims, witnesses and professionals through discussion forums.
WINNERS OF TWO HACKATHONS
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Users can create an account to participate in discussions: this can be done with an alias for victims/other users, while experts can register with an accredited account. Altogether, yana.help will provide information, support and advice to anyone who needs it.
Who we are
A team of 9 passionate people from various fields who came together during the
Versus Virus Switzerland hackathon with the aim of domestic violence prevention. Over 48 hours, we created a prototype of our novel solution: yana.help (you are not alone), and were selected as one of the highlights of the event. From this, we secured a preliminary grant of 1000CHF with the possibility of further funding. As we are addressing this urgent topic, we have been interviewed by CNN Money Switzerland and Migros magazine.
Chloe is a user researcher (UXR) and designer (UXD) who is passionate about dance. At YANA, she is in charge of the user research, which involves understanding people’s needs to create an adapted product/service. She is also a part of the strategy team, to help decide how YANA will evolve. Chloe has found that not…
Tech Lead
I helped with the brainstorming and the design of the platform, as did the whole team. Then I focused more on the technical aspect when building the website, especially the blogging section. It was my first project with Angular and web tools in general, but I learned a lot during those two days.
Having just graduated from the University of Geneva with a degree in Information Systems and Science of Services, Marcy is now working in data analytics. She also loves drawing and sports. She is a part of the marketing team, and was part of the development and strategy team until she started working. She has also…
Sara is a Project Manager and Business Analyst at CreativMinds, and will soon be starting her Master’s of Science and Learning and Teaching Technologies. At YANA, she is a Swiss army knife and occupies several roles. During the first year, she managed the development team, was involved in development, organising workshops, and participated in research…
Tanika is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience, and is passionate about animals and social activism. At YANA, she is the treasurer, making her in charge of keeping accounts and keeping track of funds and funding. Since more recently, she is also the Marketing Lead, which involves social media posts, as well as growing our online…
Valentin is a Master’s student in communication systems, an astronomy enthusiast, and is passionate about singing. He also works as a customer service representative at Digitec Galaxus. As a more recent addition to the team, he is the secretary of YANA, and is also a part of the marketing team – involved in social media…
I was involved in a lot of tasks mostly leading the technical effort. This was a first for me and a role I didn’t expect to have to fill but it was really a pleasure working with amazing talents to bring this project from idea to realization in the form of a prototype. I also managed to implement a little bit of functionality and pitch the idea on our presentation. All in all most of what I did can be summarized in one word “learning”.