Thatmate

Thatmate was founded to help teenagers and adolescents understand the changes that their bodies are undergoing. Usually this is not discussed and is c Read moreonsidered a topic which should not be talked about. It combines technology and class room teaching to help adolescents make knowledgeable choices. It has developed comics and age appropriate content to guide them and also has an application which can be downloaded to mobile devices. The application presents stories to the adolescents and encourages them to practice decision making. Through games the adolescents are assessed on their learnings and using Bolo-AI they are engaged by a human driven chat bots. Topics like sexually transmitted diseases, puberty, relationship, gender, bulliying, addiction, social media influence, self esteem, personal safety, communication, time management are all are discussed and shared to make the adolescents equipped and aware. It involves doctors and counsellors to provide customised guidance through the application and also in person if required. It is encouraging schools to include these topics as part of their teaching and syllabus besides sensitising parents on this stage of life of an adolescent. It also offers counselling services to corporates wherein workshops are held for employees to understand their emotional and behavioural issues and one on one sessions are held to help resolve them. This helps to unclog minds and open up to build a better workplace and a healthier organisation. The organisation has been recognised for Its services and has been among the finalists at the Sandvik India Gender Awards, Awarded the 3M – CII Young Innovators Challenge Award, Awarded the Gruhini Gaurav Puraskar, was invited to attend the global conference on The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.