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Sava

Never walk alone.

Sava gets Ohio University students around campus together, any time of day: the library at midnight, a party, a late shift uptown. Walk with someone heading your way, call a volunteer, or go solo with help close by.

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How a walk with Sava works

  1. 1

    Pick your walk

    Tell Sava where you're going, then choose: walk with a student heading your way, call a trained volunteer, or walk solo when neither is available.

  2. 2

    Get connected

    With a student, meet in public and swap a code; your phones confirm you're together. With a volunteer, they pick up and stay on the line. Solo, hold the screen as you walk.

  3. 3

    Get there safe

    If you choose, trusted contacts get a text when you set off and when you arrive, and an alert if something's off. They're never told who you walked with. The emergency button is always one tap away.

Three ways to get around

Walk With Me

Find a student who’s heading your way right now, or plan a walk for later from a busy spot on campus, like the library steps.

  • You only match when you’d both walk most of your own route together.
  • Until you both say yes, you see first names and timing, never anyone’s exact location.
  • You can choose to walk only with women.

Walk With a Volunteer

Nobody heading your way? Call a trained student volunteer instead.

  • They stay on the line until you get there.
  • Volunteers never see your exact location.
  • Every volunteer completes a short training before taking calls.

Walk Solo

For when no walking partner or volunteer is available.

  • Hold your finger on the screen as you walk.
  • Let go, and a short countdown starts. Cancel it if you’re okay.
  • If you’re not, your trusted contacts get an alert with your location.

Emergency button on every walk: call 911 in one tap, or send your trusted contacts where you are. Sava never calls 911 for you.

Why we’re building Sava

Most walks are fine. Sava is for the ones that don’t feel that way: the library closing at midnight, a long stretch with nobody around, a friend who already went to bed.

Asking someone to come get you can feel like a big favor. But on any given night, other students are already walking the same streets at the same time. Sava connects them, so walking together is the ordinary choice instead of something you have to arrange.

It also gives students who want to help a concrete way to do it, by taking calls from anyone walking on their own.

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