We are pleased to introduce today Patricia Frei and her start-up ONEDU supported by BRIDGE Proof of Concept and hosted by the Berner Fachhochschule BFH.
What is your BRIDGE Proof of Concept project about?
For many migrant families, access to birth preparation courses or midwifery care during pregnancy is very difficult due to language, bureaucratic, but also organisational obstacles. Therefore, ONEDU is planning the online antenatal course „Migrant Birth Kit“, designed in the form of a video-based application. The video material produced is translated and synchronised into 16 different languages to make the course accessible to as many people as possible. Due to its low-threshold character, it will be possible for families to participate flexibly in terms of time and location. The long-term goal is to increase the health literacy of asylum-seeking and migrant families in Switzerland and improve their quality of life.
Your start-up was already founded when you applied. How is BRIDGE Proof of Concept supporting your project?
With Lynn Huber, you are working as a team. Was the single applicant requirement BRIDGE Proof of Concept a difficult limitation to organise your project?
Even though BRIDGE Proof of Concept requires one person to submit a project, it is open to teams. The person submitting the project has to commit a 100% to the project. One of us simply had to sign up as project manager, but it was no problem at all that we work as a team, and we felt very supported in the process. This is perfect for us, as we can both still pursue our work as midwives. Even now that one of us is pregnant, BRIDGE has supported us without any problems in hiring a maternity replacement for 4 months so that the product can be completed within a year.