Itwillbe.org

Itwillbe.org (stylised as it-willbe.org) is a Spanish non-governmental organisation for international development cooperation, founded in 2008. Its stated mission is to work actively in education and innovation as methods to optimise resources in the social sphere. The organisation operates in Spain through awareness-raising and in developing countries, with its international cooperation projects currently centred on India. The NGO is best known for its technological solution PPa (Protection People app), which provides digital identity to undocumented people. PPa is an application linked to a biometric recognition and data-processing system that operates both on mobile devices and desktop computers, facilitating and making social intervention more efficient by collecting key personal data and, above all, identifying individuals with very high reliability. It uses a Fujitsu biometric engine that reads the pattern of hand veins, which does not change from childhood. The application addresses the difficulty of identifying unaccompanied minors, immigrants, refugees and survivors of natural disasters and wars, and specifically tackles the problem of these minors becoming victims of criminal networks. The technological development of the application, produced by NEORIS, allows identification through fingerprint, facial and palm-print biometric analysis. Another long-standing project is a professional sewing workshop for women in the communities where the organisation has operated since 2008, aimed at improving the economic situation, independence and freedom of the beneficiaries through employment. The workshop allows women to reconcile employment with household duties, since culturally it is unviable for them to travel long distances or undertake other training compatible with their family situation. Itwillbe.org has received several awards and recognitions, including the EU Women Innovators Award 2020 from the European Commission, awarded to founder Arancha Martinez for her work with Child PPa; the UNICEF Lab 2020 Demo Day champion as best social innovation project for child protection; the Humanitarian Technology award 2019 from the Red Cross; recognition as Digital lead Accenture 2020 for Child PPa; the World Summit Awards 2019 champion 2020 as one of the best 40 technological solutions worldwide to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals; and the GOODS! 2019 (SDG 1) and go!ODS 2020 recognitions for its contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The organisation also collaborates with AWS, as seen in the #AWSPioneers campaign, and works with a strong and consolidated network of collaborators.

Itwillbe.org was founded in 2008 as a Spanish non-governmental organisation for international development cooperation. From its inception, it sought to work actively in education and innovation as methods to optimise resources in the social sphere. One of its earliest projects, a professional sewing workshop for women in the communities where it operates, dates back to 2008 and continues to aim at improving the economic situation, independence and freedom of the beneficiaries through employment. Over time, the organisation expanded its focus to include technological solutions for social challenges. Its flagship project, PPa (Protection People app), was developed to provide digital identity to undocumented people. The app uses a Fujitsu biometric engine that reads hand vein patterns, which do not change from childhood, and was technologically developed by NEORIS. It allows identification through fingerprint, facial and palm-print biometric analysis, operating both on mobile devices and desktop computers. This application addresses the difficulty of identifying unaccompanied minors, immigrants, refugees and survivors of natural disasters and wars, and specifically tackles the problem of these minors becoming victims of criminal networks. The organisation's work has been recognised with several awards. In 2019, it received the Humanitarian Technology award from the Red Cross, which promotes the humanitarian use of technology. In 2020, founder Arancha Martinez was awarded the EU Prize for Women Innovators by the European Commission for her work with Child PPa. Also in 2020, it was named UNICEF Lab Demo Day champion as best social innovation project for child protection, received recognition as Digital lead Accenture 2020 for Child PPa, and was a World Summit Awards 2019 champion 2020 as one of the best 40 technological solutions worldwide to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It also received the GOODS! 2019 (SDG 1) and go!ODS 2020 recognitions for its contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The organisation has collaborated with AWS, as seen in the #AWSPioneers campaign, and works with a strong and consolidated network of collaborators. Its international cooperation projects in developing countries are currently centred on India, while in Spain it focuses on awareness-raising.

• 2020

  Founder Arancha Martinez awarded EU Prize for Women Innovators by the European Commission.

• 2020

  UNICEF Lab Demo Day champion 2020 as best social innovation project for child protection.

• 2020

  Digital lead Accenture 2020 recognition for Child PPa.

• 2020

  go!ODS 2020 recognition for contribution towards the SDGs.

• 2019

  Received Humanitarian Technology award from the Red Cross.

• 2019

  World Summit Awards 2019 champion 2020 as one of the best 40 technological solutions worldwide to achieve the SDGs.

• 2019

  GOODS! 2019 (SDG 1) recognition.

• 2008

  Founded as a Spanish NGO for international development cooperation.

• 2008

  Professional sewing workshop for women established in communities where the organisation operates.

Technology-driven development cooperation NGO focused on digital identity for undocumented people and social innovation.

• PPa (Protection People app)

  An app linked to a biometric recognition and data-processing system that operates both on mobile devices and desktop computers, facilitating and making social intervention more efficient by collecting key personal data and identifying individuals with very high reliability. It uses a Fujitsu biometric engine that reads hand vein patterns, which do not change from childhood. It addresses the difficulty of identifying unaccompanied minors, immigrants, refugees and survivors of natural disasters and wars, and tackles the problem of these minors becoming victims of criminal networks. The technological development was produced by NEORIS and allows identification through fingerprint, facial and palm-print biometric analysis.

• Child PPa

  An app that uses biometry to identify street children, refugees and migrant populations safely managing their data for social organizations in the field. It was recognised as Digital lead Accenture 2020 and contributed to the EU Prize for Women Innovators awarded to founder Arancha Martinez.

• Professional sewing workshop for women

  A sewing workshop for women in the communities where the organisation operates since 2008, aimed at improving the economic situation, independence and freedom of the beneficiaries through employment. The workshop allows women to reconcile employment with household duties, since culturally it is unviable for them to travel long distances or undertake other training compatible with their family situation.

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