By the People, For the People Mobile App ; Mankiwaa

People are taking charge. With the initiation of a ground breaking app, Mankiwwa has entered Sri Lanka.

Mankiwwa is a mobile app which is made with sole purpose for us the public to report day to day incidents to your local authorities.

This helps you reports day to day incidents like garbage or leaks of the road, emergencies on the road due to an accident or the collapse or a tree, the is taking steps into disaster management and even more serious issues like missing persons.

The app is truly simple basically take a picture of video under the specific incident, e.g.: robbery, broken road, landslide, or an unrecognized parcel and submit. It picks up you location (where location has to be on, on your smart mobile) and app informs the relevant authority.

Due to the sensitivity of the reports submitted the user shall always remain anonymous. The dashboard shall alert you on incidents that require announcements but no images or videos shall be ever displayed.

This is empowering us the public to take charge of our immediate surroundings. ManKiwwa is on the go on approaching government bodies, and other official authorities to make way to this by people for the people mobile app island wide.

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First came the floods, then came the cyclones – Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has been the victim of floods, and now of cyclones now. Sri Lanka has been effected atleast by 03 natural disasters per year. This is the time for General Public and the Government to take precautions on a Disaster Management Crisis. Each natural disaster is sadly struck in the same given areas and districts, leaving 1000s displaced each time. The settling reoccurs in the same given areas, making them prone to the next natural disaster.

Sri Lanka took step number one where the Met Dept. issued a bad weather warning. This was not taken seriously by the General Public even though warned earlier, this includes me as well. This would be people losing trust in the system and not taking such statements seriously.

This is greatest of times for the Government or a Public entity to have an effective Disaster Management Crisis team which would be ready for action anytime the country needs.

Environmental disaster has had a frequency, it is high time we listened to Mother Nature and took the necessary precautions.

Cheers!

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