33% of teenagers are facing mental health issues. Most of them wait up to 12 months to get help. The number of therapists is going down, but the number of teenagers that need help is going up.
Mission & Objectives
The Safe Zone is a social VR platform that improves teenagers’ mental health. The goals are:
For teenagers
Providing a safe environment for teenagers to interact with like-minded people, therapists, and get help faster.
For therapists
Providing a place for young therapists to work with teenagers from all over the world, hone their craft, and possibly become digital nomad therapists.
the possibility of becoming digital nomad therapists
Impact
society
Mental health is a $387 bn. problem increase chances of teens succeeding in society
NGOs
New tech and solutions accomplish their missions
Teens
Deal with mental health challenges
Get professional help
No waiting times
New bonds
FAMILIEs
Better quality of life
Fewer reasons to worry
Therapists
Onboard new patients
Build trust
COMMUNITY
Empowered community services
Uniting everyone in the fight for better m. health
Academia
New research territory in VR and therapeutics
Our background
We became concerned after seeing mental health challenges in our environment. This lead to an extensive research that shows:
Young people struggling to access therapy, especially in rural areas
Environmental factors such as disintegrating family structures, social media bullying, and lack of trust are keeping teenagers stuck
Rising mental healthissues amongst teens
Meet the team
Our age groups, cultures, areas of expertise, and fields of work differ. But one common idea unites us: using our skills and new technology opportunities for The Safe Zone.
Dumitru pascu
Technology
20+ years techical expertise, including CTO for one of the largest software teams in Romania and building complex telemedicine solutions
Extensive experience in marketing for distruptive tech startups, capable of handling multiple areas of marketing & growth directly as an equity partner with the entire Promocrat team
We’re collaborating with HTC to develop a prototype on the Viverse platform for initial testing. Several universities and colleges already support our project, as it will improve mental health science.