Facebook Unseen
Team: Francin Cruz | Robin Soukvilay
Indonesia have the largest case of cataracts in the world.
It is a curable form of blindness that millions of Indonesians have to live, as their poor healthcare makes the 20-minute surgical procedure unaffordable.
Facebook Messenger has a feature that lets you know when a person has "seen" your messages
and among the 1.71 billion active users, it has cause some serious social anxiety for many people. Feelings have been hurt, friendships broken and even love lives ruined.
Yes, it’s true. Yes, it’s a first world problem, but one that could possibly aid a third world one.
For the cost of $1,
Facebook will offer users the option to finally disable the "seen" feature in their conversations.
Every dollar will be donated to partner foundations fighting together against preventable blindness.