Urban refugees make up 80 percent of the 650,000 registered Syrian refugees living in Jordan, and two-thirds of refugees worldwide. Yet their access to aid is far below the level of camp-based refugees. A group of university students in Boston, Massachusetts decided to band together and leverage innovative technologies to develop a mobile, cross-platform app that will be used by non-camp, urban Syrian refugees living in Amman, Jordan, to locate non-governmental organizations and service providers. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes the team from Urban Refuge as they describe how they worked with a team of Microsoft Technical Evangelists to help create this cross-platform app using Xamarin. [6:48] Tell us about Urban Refuge. What do you do?[10:20] How has smart phones impacted refuges?[12:25] Let's talk about what's powering this app. How did you go about building an app that could run on any device?[17:42] How can you service this type of world-wide app?[22:30] What part of this app do you think will make the biggest difference?[28:26] What's the future for Urban Refuge?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogJames Sturtevant’s BlogUrban Refuge