ROADMAP · HELPMAP

Roadmap

HelpMap is LIVE and working. It began as a citizen response to the June 2026 earthquake in Venezuela; today we're turning it into a replicable civic platform, so any community or country can deploy it in an emergency. Below: what already works and where we're headed.

Current phase: Consolidation & sustainability — keep the operation running in Venezuela and open the platform to allies, funders and other countries.

DoneIn progress · LaunchNextLater

Phase 1 · Foundation

Done

Interactive map: explore by state, municipality and centre.
Search by name, surname or ID, with status filters.
Records with shareable pages (WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram).
Works offline: open it once with data and consult it without signal.
"Upload info" form — reviewed by the team before publishing.
Reinforced protection of minors: never their photo or ID.

Phase 2 · Launch

Done

Launched and in use.

App live at helpmapvzla.net, installable on your phone (PWA).
Coverage of Distrito Capital, La Guaira and Miranda, with expanded states enabled.
Admin panel: manage centres and people.
Volunteering: roles, volunteer onboarding and "upload lists" (photo of lists).
Donations: partner organizations and an "add my organization" CTA.
Damage / felt-intensity layer of the quake (USGS + field data).
Multilingual app: Spanish, English and Portuguese — for the diaspora and allies.

Phase 3 · Living network & trust

Done

Features already in production after launch.

Rescued: an "alive, was rescued" network before transfer to a centre.
Shelters and donation centres with "what they receive / need today" + directions and WhatsApp (AcopioVE integration).
Public contributions: put a face and details to an existing record, with team moderation.
Report a missing person: families ask the team to search someone in the database.
Trust: per-centre counts, a visible "last updated" and an audit log of changes.
Public read-only API (verified records) so other humanitarian efforts can reuse the confirmed data.

Phase 4 · Consolidation & sustainability

In progress · Launch

We are here — seeking allies and funding.

Funding and sponsorship to sustain and scale the operation: infrastructure, field verification and the team.
Call to the private sector: in-kind support (connectivity, hosting/cloud, medical and logistics networks, outreach).
Ally network: organizations, media and citizens who multiply the civic action.
Expand verified coverage to more states as confirmed data arrives.
OCR of handwritten lists into the review queue (automate digitization).

Phase 5 · Replicable platform (multi-country)

The goal: any country can deploy HelpMap in an emergency.

Generalize beyond Venezuela: configurable geography, languages and centres, without touching the code.
Easy deployment: stand up an instance for a new emergency in hours, not weeks.
Reusable civic-participation model: vetted volunteers, public contributions and local allies.
Deployment guide and privacy best-practices for new teams.

Phase 6 · Future

Later

Morgues handled with dignity: contact channel only, no public lists.
"Persona buscada" reverse search — after a safety review.
Shareable image of a centre's list, respecting privacy.
Expanded accessibility: high contrast, voice search.

Feedback or want to collaborate? info@helpmapvzla.net

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