Useful App That Fights Against Corruption

This app, awarded by Google as part of the Global Impact Challenge, is empowering young generations by helping prevent corruption. Check it out!

How often do you see new buildings or structures under construction in your neighborhood? Often times it feels like this building process is going on forever and never seems to come to an ending. Usually before cities start these big projects, they give an estimated finish date that is usually always wrong and usually very far off than the actual finishing date.

Most people wish there was some way to hold these workers and the city accountable for the never-ending construction. This video discusses a Brazilian app that is used for tracking the progress of city buildings and lets the city know about its progress. It sounds like a great idea and it’s definitely beneficial to the people of the city!

This app called “Ta de Pe” by Transparency Brazil allows the user to take pictures of buildings that are under construction and send them to track the progress. In the video users are taking pictures of an under-construction kindergarten building. The app will recognize the area and the building you are taking a picture of and will then give the information about the deadline and tracks to see if it is reaching the set goals. You can even leave comments on the pictures you sent! This seems like such a useful app!

The photos are then sent to Transparency Brazil, and with this information they decide whether their building is behind scheduled or on schedule. With this information they can change the deadline, work more diligently, or change the way they construct the building. You can see in the video that all ages are using this app to make sure their city buildings are actually built on schedule.

Most of these buildings seem to be kindergartens and schools, so it is amazing to see kids being proactive about the buildings. Since young adults always have their phones on them it is very convenient to be walking by a building and take a quick picture. The kids claim it is extremely easy to use which is very important!

The company that runs the app, Transparency Brazil, is an organization that has been around for 17 years and fights against corruption in Brazil. They created this app because of all the money that was being invested into schools but there were few buildings to show for all the money that was being invested. This app is giving more power to the people of the society, which is exactly how it should be! It makes the people actually feel like they have a voice and a say in what happens in their city.

Transparency Brazil actually joined Google’s Social challenge in 2016, a challenge to impact society. This app definitely seems to do that in a big way! Apparently, they got a lot of backing from Google, who really enjoyed their idea and their plan for change. They have partnered with a sector of their government which will help keep the information flowing. This is such a great idea and it should be implemented in many different societies around the world! Great job Transparency Brazil!