Predatory crimes on the rise and an app has been created in Sicily that tells you city by city if you are in a risk area

We live in an increasingly dangerous and violent country. It was Il Sole24Ore that put it down in black and white at the end of 2023, placing Milan at the top with over 6,000 crimes reported per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Rimini and Rome. And Sicily? It is no better off: in the top 30 cities with the most reported crimes, in fact, there are Catania, Palermo and Syracuse. A situation of insecurity widely perceived even by young people to the point of pushing them to create an App aimed precisely at monitoring the riskiest areas of cities with innovative systems. Thus was born “Safe Life”, the business idea developed by the second year students of Ettore Majorana in Milazzo, the institute run by the head teacher Bruno Lorenzo Castrovinci, who participated in the “Ideas in action” project, the entrepreneurial education program of Junior Achievement Italia, the NGO present in 120 countries, leader in excellent training on strategic assets, principles of self-entrepreneurship and business culture, and promoted by the Young Entrepreneurs Group of Sicindustria Messina, led by president Davide Blandina .

The students were followed by the teacher Stefano Gitto and experienced “team work”, learning to think critically and increasing their “problem solving” skills, but above all they were able to count on the constant support of the Young Entrepreneurs of Messina, and above all from the «Dream Coach» Claudio Faccini, Gabriele Saija and Federica Mangano, who followed them step by step.

Geolocation

In particular, Safe Life provides, through a system based on geolocation, that users receive real-time notifications on the safety of the areas they are passing through. «The reports – explained Adele Italiano and Andrea Arnao, the two guys who presented the project today – are examined by a team of experts based on the reports of our users, who obtain rewards for them».

The project will now participate in the business competition to be held in Catania on 23 April.