Android app
ClimatCheck
ClimatCheck in your pocket: receive the climate alerts of your city or municipality as notifications (heavy rain, storm, flood) and report a climate problem or a disaster with photos and the place on the map.
For the residents of Sud-Kivu and Tanganyika, the local authorities and the agents who follow climate risks.
Also report by WhatsApp: +243 82 733 2229
Write the problem and the place, in your language: ClimatCheck sends it to the right service (Municipality, City or Province) and you receive the reference and the answers on WhatsApp.
SMS: coming soon
What’s new in version 1.2.9
- First version of ClimatCheck: climate alerts (rain, storm, flood) as notifications on the phone
- Choose your city or municipality in « Profile »; without a choice you receive the alerts of every place
- Report a climate problem or a disaster with photos, a voice message and the place on the map
- Alerts arrive in the language of the app (French, English, Swahili)
What the app does
- Climate alertsA notification as soon as an alert is issued for your place, in French, English or Swahili; choose your place in « Profile ».
- Report a disasterFlood, torrential rain, storm, landslide, fire, collapse, shipwreck: published at once, without your name, and sent to your Municipality.
- Climate problemsBlocked drain, erosion, felled trees…: the authorities in charge are alerted and you get a reference.
- Works offlineDrafts and submissions stay on the phone and are sent automatically when the network returns.
- Photos and GPSPhotos are compressed before sending, to save your data bundle.
- Follow-up« My submissions » shows the status of each submission; a notification tells you when it changes.
Install the app
- Tap « Download the app » on your Android phone.
- Open the downloaded file. If Android asks, allow your browser to install apps from unknown sources (« Allow from this source »), then go back and tap « Install ».
- Open ClimatCheck and sign in with the phone number (or e-mail) and password of your account.
- Download the lists (places, questionnaires) once on Wi-Fi: then the app also works without a connection.
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Privacy
The app only sends what you fill in. No personal data of the people interviewed is collected. You can sign out a lost phone from your profile, tab « Mobile devices ».
SHA-256 of the file: 7a7ffb0877e374296c95ffb29e742cc411bca9854eca0141b5ac4881d584c9e8