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Estuary: Mobile Support Service is a company that provides the Kensington community with the essentials to maintain and sustain overall health. We provide clean needles, food, water, clothing, and information/resources to help individuals with addiction, unemployment, housing etc. Our vision is to collaborate with several organizations within the Philadelphia area, such as Philabundance, and medical centers to provide the community with the best care.

Nexus Maximus V

The 2018 Challenge: "Improving Lives Through Healthy Communities" Teams will evaluate and seek innovation that supports the health and well-being of specific local community populations. The team’s project work will be supplemented with workshops on innovation, entrepreneurship, and content relevant to the theme, delivered by experts throughout the weekend.

Teams will also explore opportunities to leverage that data in meaningful ways that benefit and protect individuals and society. The team project work will be supplemented with workshops on innovation, entrepreneurship, and content relevant to the theme, delivered by experts.

Potential Areas of Exploration:

  • Improving health care access
  • Healthy community design
  • New policies or business models to deliver sustainable value to the community
  • Community diversity

Publication Date

9-24-2018

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

safety, support, housing, unemployment, mobile, needles, Nexus Maximus, Thomas Jefferson University

Disciplines

Industrial and Product Design | Medicine and Health Sciences

Document Type

Poster

Estuary: Mobile Support Service

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