walk with yeshi
To shine light on the global water crisis, Lokai and Charity Water partnered up to develop a Facebook Messenger Experience like no other. Walk With Yeshi was an AI chatbot that dynamically generated texts, images, and audio based off the user’s responses.
The chatbot was personified as Yeshi, a young girl in Africa who walks 2.5 hours each day to get fresh water for her village.
It’s easier to understand the water crisis when you meet someone affected by it.
WorlD Changing Idea, Honoree
— Fast Company 2017
Almost 100 water wells have since been funded from the Walk with Yeshi initiative and Lokai’s supporting product campaign. In addition to the Fast Company World Changing Ideas recognition, Walk With Yeshi won Gold by VentureBeat as the best of 34,000 branded chatbots that were launched in 2016.
Fast Company's first-ever World Changing Ideas drew more than one thousand entries. Walk With Yeshi made it through to the final round of judging as an honouree, and was featured in the April 2017 issue of the magazine.
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