Organizations across the healthcare ecosystem rely on Lyft to provide access to reliable rides for their patients.

Lyft is a fast growing ridesharing company in the U.S. and is available to 95 percent of the US population. The company designs, markets, and operates a mobile application that matches drivers with passengers who request rides, and also allows payment through the app. It also allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance. Its services is primarily focused on college, university, and corporate communities. Lyft was founded in June 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer.

To mitigate the effects of coronavirus we need to do more for each other: grocery shopping for people with symptoms, collect medication, walk the dog, etc. Only by helping each other can we reduce the spread of the virus. At Deedmob we’re working closely together with 1,000+ organisations and local authorities to enable people to volunteer easily. With our technology we enable local authorities and initiatives to mobilise people and coordinate the local response to the virus effectively.

Deedmob, a social tech startup from the University of Oxford launched local coronahelpers platforms in the Netherlands among others coronahelpers.nl Thanks to the success in the Netherlands, various local organisations and hospitals across the globe have reached out to us to set up a similar volunteer, help coordination and analytics platforms free of charge in their respective communities. Currently, we are working together internationally with the County of Somerset and local NHS's departments in the UK via corona-helpers.co.uk (more than 100 organisations are being helped). Furthermore, local platforms are being launched in Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago and Niger We're offering our technology for free to any hospitals or organisations that are looking to mobilise volunteers.