BlaBlaHelp

2020: Start of BlaBlaHelp service in Russia

On April 16, 2020 the BlaBlaCar company  announced start in Russia of free service for search of assistants. The new service received the name BlaBlaHelp.

In this application users can look for volunteers for the product delivery of a power supply and rendering other help to persons in need in the period of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

BlaBlaHelp connects users of BlaBlaCar with neighbors who need the help in purchase of essential goods (that who is limited in movement, is in a zone of the increased risk of a disease of pneumonia, etc.), declared in the company.

BlaBlaCar started in Russia the application for search of assistants

The application is installed separately (by April 16, 2020 it available in the beta for devices running iOS and Android), but it is possible to log in to it through BlaBlaCar account. At the same time information on the rating of the user will also be saved. If the person is registered as the assistant, his icon is displayed on the card, and the user who needs the help, for example, in purchase of products can select the assistant and to leave him a request.^[1]

It is noted that service was developed in a week.  His creators note high potential of the project, considering  the size of community of fellow travelers of BlaBlaCar in Russia. BlaBlaHelp can have 25 million users, consider in the company. At the same time the BlaBlaCar service to the middle of April, 2020 is disconnected in the Russian Federation because of a coronavirus.^[2]

Mutual assistance - one of key values of BlaBlaCar. We wondered also members of our community as we can be useful in such hard time, - the CEO and the cofounder  of BlaBlaCar Nicholas Bryusson says. — Now to show queue of community what it is capable of. The more people will be ready to help each other, especially our service will be useful, the it will be easier for us to overcome this crisis.

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