The Freedom Social Technology application is available for Google Play and Apple Store.
As a result of the wave of Venezuelans who are leaving their country, the Venezuelan Movement emerged, which through the technology platform Freedom Social Technology seeks to strengthen and support the Venezuelan community and propose new spaces for discussion to generate face-to-face solutions. to the crisis that the country is going through.
The Venezuelan Movement decided to carry out its strategy of uniting the Venezuelan community through the application of Freedom Social Technology, of which the movement has been part of for two months.
The user must enter the application and access the section that has Venezonalistas to propose ideas or projects that point to how to resolve the crisis that crosses the country. In addition, those who enter the App can vote with a 'like' or 'I do not like' for the proposals that are on the platform.
"Freedom Social Technology is the platform that is allowing us to connect Venezuelans worldwide, although people who are not Venezuelan and want to help with this cause can also enter the platform," says Tatiana Mendoza, project leader.
It is estimated that there are more than 4 million Venezuelans dispersed as a result of the massive mobilizations abroad that have been presented in recent years as a result of the economic crisis facing the country.
According to figures from the American Community Survey (ACS), in the last fifteen years the migration of Venezuelans to the United States increased by 139%. In the case of Chile, the figure has multiplied 13.8 times, in Colombia a growth of up to 11.3 times more Venezuelan migrants was reported in 2017 than in 2015 and in Brazil the records indicate a 9-fold increase.
Information supplied from the newspaper The Time.