Meet Maawa, the innovative ‘ Suitcase House’ for People in Need

This smart house folds from a suitcase and provides ideal shelter in a matter of mere seconds

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Filling the gap between instant sheltering and rapid housing, Maawa X is a smart, eco-friendly product that provides shelter. This smart house folds from a suitcase and provides ideal shelter in a matter of mere seconds.

Seeing the need for instant housing, Maawa X was created to help the people and the planet. Being an IoT startup, Maawa has designed and shared the alpha release of a solution that is going to put an end to plastic tents and uncomfortable living within these tents.

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Maawa's pop-up houses are designed to solve the four main challenges faced by rapid housing: portability, protection, sustainability, and cost. The units are built as temporary or first-response shelters, making them perfect for emergency situations, refugee camps, and disaster relief efforts. The units are constructed to be eco-friendly, with features such as solar panels, connected, and weather protection, Maawa should help to reduce the environmental impact of the housing solutions.

 

Maawa X is a solid-structured pop-up smart house. This revolutionary product is also reusable, so if the resident wants to set it up at a different location, at a different time, that can be done as well. Maawa X is lightweight, portable, recyclable, and to be sold for the price of a tent, making it affordable and ideal for rapid sheltering. Maawa expands 12-14 times its size instantly and provides a solar-powered, waterproof, fire-resistant, and insulated living space.

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Maawa X provides protection against weather conditions and theft. This problem is a major issue in open living spaces. Being a highly-innovative product, Maawa X solves the environmental sustainability problem. Rapid sheltering is also not cost-effective. Maawa X is a cost-effective solution that requires much fewer logistics, instant setup time, and no huge effort.

The units are extremely lightweight and easy to assemble and disassemble, weighing only 13.7 kg, it can be assembled and disassembled in less than one minute with no need for tools. This makes them perfect for people who need to move frequently or for emergency situations where speed and efficiency are crucial.

“Our goal is to create a dignified and secured living space by building a lean solution with a seamless user experience that can solve the challenges of portability, protection, sustainability, and cost.” Abdallah Al Raggad - CEO and Founder.

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Maawa X is way more than a shelter. The Maawa cloud-based platform enables B2B partners and organizations to analyze, control and communicate with the Maawa units. The platform supports features such as GPS, panic buttons, notifications, content broadcasts, and surveys. The Maawa platform Provides valuable data which can't be acquired from anywhere else.

 

The partnership with Madfooatcom will allow Maawa to expand its reach and impact, providing much-needed housing solutions for even more refugee families and individuals in need. The units will be deployed and distributed by the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO) to support refugees and empower those who are facing housing challenges, helping them with a dignified and secure living space.

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About Maawa:

Maawa is a mission-driven London-based IoT startup with an aim to revolutionize rapid sheltering through design and technology.

 

 

 

 

 

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