BeeHealthy
Mobile App
Our client has 20 years in the marketing field, helping people live healthy and happy lives, acting as Research Associate at Berner Fachhochschule BFH. The client is very passionate about the idea of creating a mobile app for kids on their health and well-being. And we joined in to help make this idea a reality. BeeHealthy is the first Ukrainian-Swiss mobile app for children about healthy eating, mental health, and physical activity.
COLLABORATION PERIOD: MARCH 2023 – NOW
INDUSTRY: KIDS EDUCATION
Business context
A mobile app to support Ukrainian refugee children in Switzerland and Ukraine. It supports Ukrainian children in learning practical skills for dealing with stress and challenges through playful engagement with nutrition, stress reduction, and exercise in 3 languages – Ukrainian, English, and German.
Product description
Together with Ukrainian refugee children in Switzerland and the Swiss Lung League, the Bern University of Applied Sciences Health (BFH-G) is developing a mobile app. With this app - "Bee Healthy" - they aim to support Ukrainian refugees aged 11 to 15 in dealing with their physical and mental health. Nutrition (EAT), stress and social skills (BREATHE), and exercise (MOVE) are addressed in a playful way. Several learning units are planned for each topic area, consisting of questions/answers, playful exercises, audio files, videos, and fun activities.
The Technologies
The solutions
Based on initial focus group interviews with Ukrainian mothers and children in Switzerland, a digital tool (mobile app) was selected as the best medium for the program. It is intended to efficiently reach the target group, minimizing barriers to access. The program will be developed with a pragmatic, participatory, and agile approach. The content will be structured as follows:
Nutrition (EAT)
Based on the Ukrainian program " Healthy Nutrition for School Children," this section will be further developed with the expertise of the BFH's Nutrition and Dietetics Department, findings from a cooking workshop and interviews with the target group.
Stress and social skills (BREATHE)
The content will be based on the Swiss Lung League’s "ready4life" app. The strategies developed for this coaching app as well as tips and tricks for dealing with stress will be discussed and adapted with the target group. In this section of the app, children will learn, for example, how to reduce stress with the help of breathing, meditation exercises and physical exercises. Learning healthy stress management strategies reduces the risk of tobacco or nicotine use and thus also reduces the development of lung and respiratory diseases.
Movement (MOVE)
The content will be developed with the knowledge and experience of Anastasiia Nahorna, a Ukrainian who now lives in Switzerland and works at the BFH-G. Currently, an initial version (prototype) of the app "Bee Healthy" is being developed, and Ukrainian IT specialists have been recruited for its programming. The development of the app is also supported by the Ukrainian NGO "BeHealthy." This prototype will be continuously tested with representatives of the target group, evaluated and adapted where necessary.
Admin panel
The admin panel for the Harness mobile banking system serves as a comprehensive management platform designed to streamline and optimize the operational aspects of the banking application. With intuitive user interfaces and powerful functionalities, the admin panel empowers bank administrators to efficiently oversee and control various aspects of the system
The result
The mobile app developed by us helped Ukrainian refugee kids aged 11 to 15 improve their healthy eating, mental health, and physical activity spheres of life.