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Most of us use apps every day to talk to friends, listen to music or play games. But some apps were made for a different reason: to help people who need it.

One example is an app for people who are blind or cannot see well. When they need help, for example to read the date on a milk carton or to choose the right shirt, they open the app. The app connects them, through a video call, with a volunteer somewhere in the world. The volunteer looks through the phone's camera and tells them what he or she sees. Millions of volunteers have already joined.

In Israel, many volunteer medics have a special app on their phones. When somebody near them is hurt or sick, the app sends them a message with the address. Because the volunteers are often very close, they can sometimes arrive before the ambulance.

Other apps help people save food. Restaurants and shops use them to sell food at the end of the day at a low price, so it does not go into the rubbish.

Of course, an app cannot do everything. Behind every one of these apps there are people who give their time. "The phone is only the tool," says Ayelet, a medic from Haifa. "The help comes from people."

Most of us use apps every day to talk to friends, listen to music or play games. But some apps were made for a different reason: to help people who need it.

One example is an app for people who are blind or cannot see well. When they need help, for example to read the date on a milk carton or to choose the right shirt, they open the app. The app connects them, through a video call, with a volunteer somewhere in the world. The volunteer looks through the phone's camera and tells them what he or she sees. Millions of volunteers have already joined.

In Israel, many volunteer medics have a special app on their phones. When somebody near them is hurt or sick, the app sends them a message with the address. Because the volunteers are often very close, they can sometimes arrive before the ambulance.

Other apps help people save food. Restaurants and shops use them to sell food at the end of the day at a low price, so it does not go into the rubbish.

Of course, an app cannot do everything. Behind every one of these apps there are people who give their time. "The phone is only the tool," says Ayelet, a medic from Haifa. "The help comes from people."

Most of us use apps every day to talk to friends, listen to music or play games. But some apps were made for a different reason: to help people who need it.

One example is an app for people who are blind or cannot see well. When they need help, for example to read the date on a milk carton or to choose the right shirt, they open the app. The app connects them, through a video call, with a volunteer somewhere in the world. The volunteer looks through the phone's camera and tells them what he or she sees. Millions of volunteers have already joined.

In Israel, many volunteer medics have a special app on their phones. When somebody near them is hurt or sick, the app sends them a message with the address. Because the volunteers are often very close, they can sometimes arrive before the ambulance.

Other apps help people save food. Restaurants and shops use them to sell food at the end of the day at a low price, so it does not go into the rubbish.

Of course, an app cannot do everything. Behind every one of these apps there are people who give their time. "The phone is only the tool," says Ayelet, a medic from Haifa. "The help comes from people."