Find a Camp
By: Sarah-Joyce Battersby Staff Reporter, Published on Fri Jan 01 2016
Eric Wieder could teach a master class in kindness.
He’s been taking lessons since he was in diapers, when he was stump-height to a Christmas tree, and his parents trotted him out to the annual lighting at Queen’s Park.
Now in Grade 6, the 11-year-old has developed an app to help Syrian refugees find a safe and welcoming place to stay in Canada.
Wieder developed a prototype for his app, named “Refug.e,” at the Future Design School, a youth entrepreneurship program he attends on Saturdays at the MaRS Discovery District.
Night after night, he watched news stories about the plight of Syrian families fleeing a violent civil war.
“I just thought, I need to do something about it,” he said.
