OKA – a Compass of Public Services is an Android and iOS mobile phone app for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, as well as internally displaced persons in Brazil.

 

The app allows users to know their rights and explains how to access federal public services as well as, initially, municipal services in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and Boa Vista (RR).

The programs mapped out by OKA cover the following categories:

• documentation

• housing

• education

• employment

• health

• social assistance

• legal assistance

 

The application also includes:

• support communities

• emergency contacts

 

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The app will be initially available in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English..

The application can be used even without internet access.

See also:

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The Observatory of Forced Migration

The Observatory of Forced Migration is an online platform that allows users to visualize geo-referenced data on the spatial distribution of internally displaced people and refugees in Brazil over time.

 

The platform incudes emblematic case studies of disasters and infrastructure development that caused major displacement in Brazil.

Access the platform