Intro to the HelpWeb

"Change is coming. And its name is the HelpWeb for Students. Coming to TDSB Schools Near You in Fall 2024"

The HelpWeb is a large scale project currently in progress, founded by SATEC @ W.A Porter Grade 11 Student, Saheel Siyam. 

It plans to provide all the resources that high schoolers need in one place, one centralized, integrated, site system. Health, education, creativity,  innovation promoting, world issues, resource portals, connections with other students. All in one place. Together. "Everything" a teenager could possibly need. On this one site system. As a gated community for high schoolers, to prepare them sufficiently for the outside world.  It is a group of websites, an easy to search database of resources for things high schoolers will need (like help sites for coursework, information about Driver’s Ed, where to get a job, what sports leagues exist, wellness and art resources, where to get volunteer hours, and loads more!) combined with an online community/forum structure 

Approximately 1 in 5 of all teenagers  across the world suffer from some kind of mental illness. These effects have been exacerbated due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The HelpWeb plans to at least halve that number

Most university students struggle to get a job due to disparities between the university application system and  employment systems in the industry. The HelpWeb hopes to reduce that trend, not while in university, but when those students are still in high school, by using a proactive system of upskilling and global citizenship skill development

Starting with the late information age: 2010+, leading up to the coronavirus outbreak of 2019+, the emotional health and well being of most people has been deteriorating rapidly, especially for the youth generation. And the coronavirus only exacerbated everything. Social isolation. so many posts on Instagram about world issues, and so many things going on in the world. Everyone confined to the virtual dimension. 

Once the pandemic is over, the problems we face will still exist. And this site hopes to combat and reverse these negative trends. It will initially serve only TDSB students, then it will expand to Ontario, then Canada, and then hopefully internationally. Because our population, especially our youth, Gen Z and the upcoming Gen Alphas, cannot go further along this negative pathway without serious repercussions (which we already see, an unprecedented increase in stress , anxiety, mental illness, academic stress, feelings of inadequacy, and suicide rates in recent years). 

This site system hopes to combat these trends. By offering many services in one convenient place. A place where high schoolers can become prepared for the real world, and experience learning and teenagerhood as the fun it should be. Not as the stress and anxiety and pressure that it is now. 

Without any further ado, start your journey and gain the maximum use of this community and site system: 

Click the below button to be sent to the directory page, where you can select what kind of service you need: educational, resources, mental health/stress relievers, and more.