First of all, I would like to say that we are often in Quebec and we have volunteers out helping us pack aid, so I'd encourage you to come. We've worked with L'Oeuvre Léger, who have since changed their name. The next time we're in Quebec, I'll reach out. Please come out and help us pack some aid.
The drone program we call RescUAV, and we use drones for four reasons. One is to deliver aid into areas that are hard to reach. We are running a program right now with one of the first nations in Canada, on an island that's very hard to reach. We've launched an air bridge with a Canadian company, Drone Delivery Canada, where we have a drone that goes back and forth all day ferrying aid in. We can use that same principle to reach folks who are really hard to reach, whether they're the Yazidis on the mountain during the conflict a while back, or folks who are in the last mile after hurricane Matthew in Haiti. There are many people in tragic need, and drones will help.
The second reason we use the drones is what we call situational awareness—what road is out, what bridge is out and where populations have moved. After a crisis, we want to be able to tell emergency managers and give them better information so they make better decisions and aid is delivered immediately.
The third reason is that we support search and rescue teams. The fourth reason is that we take hundreds of thousands of photos, cross-stitch them and make maps, and then make comprehensive damage assessments. In countries like Bahamas after it was hit by hurricane Dorian, they say they have a hundred thousand homes that are damaged, and the World Bank has to give them money. The World Bank will ask them to prove it, and then we're able to offer them the evidence by producing the map.
It's excellent technology. It is Canadian—you'll notice a theme that I speak of often is delivering Canadian aid out there—and it's an excellent Canadian solution. By the way, we won an award from Google—I'm not sure if you've heard of them—but Google said we were great at using innovation and technology for good.