Panaji: When a rape report on the Benaulim Beach broke, Rebello Nestinka felt they had to do something.
The attack on two small girls really hit the house for Techie based in Margao, who wanted to do something to help women stay safe.
Rebello, Director and Chief Technology Officer Fintech Startup Codemax, realized that smartphones were the best weapons for those who would find themselves in danger.
Each iOS and Android smartphones have settings that can send SOS, including attacker images with just one click button.
Most people, Rebello said, don’t know this feature.
Rebello started an online initiative, Safeus.life, to teach women to use the default tool on their cellphones to get help as soon as possible.
He put a step-by-step process to help anyone with a smartphone to set an emergency locator feature on a device that can send a warning and location by pressing the power button.
“When I heard about rape in the neighboring village, it really about the house and we decided that it was time at any time everyone had to be able to protect themselves,” Rebello said.
He found that many people, including young people, did not use emergency locator features which were default on each smartphone.
That’s when he set up a website and campaign #Safeus to create awareness about the feature.
As part of the campaign, after someone activates the settings on their smartphone, they must promise to teach their family members how to do it too.
Depending on the brand of smartphone, this setting is known as an emergency locator, SOS, security or panic.
After the preset button is pressed, the warning with your current location is sent to relative.
Some cellphones even send pictures and audio to emergency contacts.
“From the codemax it is more than a conscious program.
Basically, I would say that our girl must be stronger to deal with such incidents.
At the school level, self-defense needs to be taught to every child.
Every child has a telephone today and they and people Their old must be made aware of this feature, “Rebello said.