by Farha Kareem

通过法哈·卡里姆(Farha Kareem)

我如何建立热线电话喀拉拉邦并为抗洪救灾做出了贡献 (How I built Helpline Kerala and contributed to flood relief)

In August 2018, severe flooding affected the south Indian state of Kerala due to unusually high rainfall during monsoon season. They were the worst floods in nearly a century. All 14 districts were placed on red alert.

2018年8月，由于季风季节降雨异常多，严重的洪灾影响了印度南部喀拉拉邦。 他们是近一个世纪以来最严重的洪水。 所有14个地区都处于红色预警状态。

I had always wanted to develop an action on Google, so I went to the website and checked out the codelabs created by ActionsOnGoogle. I learned about the codelabs from Mandy Chan and the Systers online workshop.

我一直想在Google上开发一个动作，所以我去了网站并检查了ActionsOnGoogle创建的代码实验室 。 我从Mandy Chan和Systers在线研讨会中学到了代码实验室 。

They conducted 2 workshops — you can listen to them here and here.

他们举办了2个工作坊-您可以在这里和这里听他们讲。

Both of these online workshops were curated and taught by Mandy Chan.

这两个在线研讨会都是由Mandy Chan策划和教授的。

I learned most of the basics from these resources, and they helped me build my action. I would recommend codelabs to everyone who wants to learn how to build one, too.

我从这些资源中学到了大多数基础知识，它们帮助我制定了行动。 我也会向所有想学习如何构建代码实验室的人推荐代码实验室。

I happened to be living in Aluva during the time of the floods. You can read my previous story to know how the floods affected me.

我正好在洪水时期住在阿卢瓦。 您可以阅读我以前的故事，以了解洪水如何影响了我。

I had this idea of making an action which could serve as a link to the website keralarescue.in. I discussed the idea with a couple of my friends and we thought about the different issues like language, the number of people who would be using google assistant, and their likely panicked state. These issues kept me away from going further with the plan.

我有这样一个想法，可以做一个动作来链接到keralarescue.in网站。 我与几个朋友讨论了这个想法，我们考虑了各种不同的问题，例如语言，使用Google Assistant的人数以及他们可能出现的恐慌状态。 这些问题使我无法继续执行该计划。

Later, I joined a Whats App group called Ernakulam relief camps. It was intended to help volunteers at various relief camps sort out excess or under-met needs at different camps in the Ernakulam district.

后来，我加入了名为Ernakulam救济营的Whats App小组。 目的是帮助各个救济营地的志愿者解决Ernakulam地区不同营地的过剩或未满足需求。

This group was later flooded with a lot of messages each day asking for help and sharing helpline numbers, both valid and invalid. At first, I took up the job to sort between valid and invalid messages in a Google sheet with the help of my 12-year-old cousin Adil AbdulKhader.

后来，该小组每天都充斥着大量消息，要求帮助和共享有效和无效的热线电话号码。 起初，我在12岁的堂兄Adil AbdulKhader的帮助下完成了在Google工作表中对有效消息和无效消息之间进行排序的工作。

But all these efforts went in vain. Then I decided to circulate a google form, but nothing seemed to work.

但是所有这些努力都是徒劳的。 然后，我决定分发Google表单，但似乎没有任何效果。

I had told my friend Joel Vilanilam Zachariah about my interest in developing an action. He messaged me telling me that it would be the perfect time to deploy my idea.

我已经告诉我的朋友乔尔·维拉尼拉姆·扎卡里亚 ( Joel Vilanilam Zachariah)我有兴趣采取行动。 他告诉我，这将是部署我的想法的最佳时机。

I decided then to take up the project seriously. Since I knew how difficult it was to get valid helpline numbers, I decided my action would be based on that. That’s how helpline Kerala took off!

然后，我决定认真承担这个项目。 由于我知道获取有效的求助热线电话号码有多困难，因此我决定基于此进行操作。 这就是热线电话喀拉拉邦起飞的方式！

I started collecting valid numbers of suppliers of different resources and then decided to put them up on my app. I built the app with my basic knowledge. Adil AbdulKhader helped me with the images necessary to deploy the app. With a little guidance from my friend Adarsh Menon, we got it deployed.

我开始收集有效数量的不同资源的供应商，然后决定将它们放在我的应用程序中。 我用我的基本知识构建了该应用程序。 Adil AbdulKhader帮助我提供了部署应用程序所需的图像。 在我的朋友Adarsh Menon的一点指导下，我们进行了部署。

My app was centered around two parts: Donations and Ask for help. So for the donation part, I asked Mandy Chan if there was an option for developers to ask for payments for donations. She told me that it was currently not supported and that she would share the idea with the team.

我的应用程序主要围绕两个部分：捐赠和寻求帮助。 因此，对于捐赠部分，我问陈慧琳(Mandy Chan)，是否可以让开发商选择支付捐赠款项。 她告诉我，目前尚不支持该功能，她将与团队分享此想法。

I got an email with a detailed explanation of why my app got rejected:

我收到一封电子邮件，其中详细说明了我的应用为何被拒绝的原因：

• The privacy policy URL was incorrect.隐私权政策网址不正确。
• My app left the mic open at times unnecessarily.我的应用有时会不必要地打开麦克风。

This was great motivation to do better. I connected on twitter with Wassim Chegham, who is the GDE for actions on Google, and asked him for help. He told me to add him as a collaborator so he could check out my work. He soon discovered what my issue was:

这是做得更好的巨大动力。 我在Twitter上与Wassim Chegham进行了联系 ，后者是Google采取行动的GDE，并向他寻求帮助。 他告诉我将他添加为合作者，这样他就可以检查我的工作。 他很快发现我的问题是：

• When sys.any is used, you can replace it with any word.使用sys.any时，可以用任何单词替换它。
• Follow up intents should be avoided because it would make it more complicated for my use case.应该避免跟进意图，因为这会使我的用例变得更加复杂。

He also provided me with a sample privacy policy from his app. With proper guidance I was able to develop my action, and then deploy it as well.

他还向我提供了他的应用中的示例隐私权政策。 在适当的指导下，我能够制定自己的行动，然后再进行部署。

The next day, I got an email saying that my app was approved!

第二天，我收到一封电子邮件，说我的应用程序已获批准！

Here is a demo of my action — please feel free to check it out :)

这是我的动作演示-请随时查看：)

Also, you can check it out on Google Assistant by asking to “Talk to Helpline Kerala.” I have provided the link here.

另外，您也可以在Google Assistant上通过询问“ 与Helpline Kerala交谈”来进行检查。 我在这里提供了链接。

This was definitely a wonderful experience!

这绝对是一次美妙的体验！

翻译自: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/helpline-kerala-aog-my-contribution-to-flood-relief-kerala-4b2d55b42b8f/