>> From Santa Clara, California,
in the heart of Silicon Valley, it's theCUBE.
Covering Technovation's World Pitch 2018.
Now here's Sonia Tagare.
>> Hi welcome back.
I'm Sonia Tagare,
here with theCUBE in Santa Clara, California,
covering Technovation's World Pitch Summit 2018,
a pitch competition in which girls develop apps
in order to create positive change in the world.
This week 12 finalists are competing for their chance
to win the gold or silver scholarships.
With us we have, all the way from Egypt,
Team Thunderins, and with us is Yara Elkady and Rahma Medhat
with their mentor Karim Abdallah.
So congratulations and welcome to theCUBE.
>> Thank you.
>> So your app is called Stray Paws.
Tell us more about it.
>> So our app aims to solve the problem of street animals.
It basically gives the user the ability to adopt animals
through our app because in our hometown
the adoption process is very difficult,
and it also helps to rescue injured animals in the street.
>> So what inspired you to create this app?
>> Because in Egypt there are several campaigns
that are launched every year to poison any street animals
which leaves hundreds of cats and dogs dying.
So we just want to help the animals
because there are no specific rules to protect them,
and they are growing in number,
like in every street there will be stray animals,
so we want to help them to have a better life.
And we want stop the killing of them.
>> Well that's a great cause to be a part of.
So how would a user use the app?
>> Okay first of all we have two features
the adoption and the rescue.
The user could open up our app
and there will be three buttons.
For the first button is the adopt button
and the second is the rescue.
He will just pick adopt if he wants to adopt
and then he can pick to add a pet for adoption.
If you have a pet to offer for adoption,
he can add them and all its information in our app,
and then other users who wish to adopt
could enter another button in our app,
and open the screen and just look through a gallery
of pets that are available for adoption.
And then pick the pet he wants,
and then he can contact the owner of the pet directly.
>> Wow.
So Rahma, maybe you can tell us,
how did you guys get involved in Technovation?
>> We first of all we have known the competition at March
and we only had a month and a half to finish our project.
Yes, so we known Karim and he has helped us a lot.
Yes and that's all.
>> And Karim can you tell us more about
how it was mentoring these two?
>> Yeah I met them last March.
Met them once in physical
and after that we did all the job online
by online meeting via Skype or messenger
or something like that but they did a great job
in very short time.
>> And how excited are you for their pitch tomorrow?
>> Very exciting, we hope to win tomorrow.
>> And so how did you all find out about Technovation?
>> We found that we were in a workshop
for teen entrepreneurs and then they told us
about the competition and we found out
and we registered the next day.
>> Okay.
So how do you think Technovation
is going to help you in your careers?
>> It's going to help me greatly
because I wish to be an entrepreneur
in the future and make a business,
and it inspired me by showing me how it's very possible
to make your own business and create your own
and fight for what you want,
for what you believe in and it's not that hard.
If you want it you can do it.
And it's very inspirational to be able to make
a whole project in a short time and that it works.
And it's really great.
>> And what advice would you give to young girls
who want to join Technovation some day?
>> I highly advise them to join
because it will inspire them a lot,
and show them that it's not impossible
to create something that you are proud
of and it will be an experience you won't forget.
>> And last question, what are you most excited about
this week for the competition?
>> The pitch because we have been practicing for a long time
and I want to just show our project to the world.
And we're very excited to pitch in front of many people.
>> Well that's great.
Thank you so much for being on theCUBE.
I am really excited by your app
and I hope your pitch goes well.
>> Thank you.
>> We're here at the Technovation's World Pitch Summit 2018,
stay tuned for more.
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