When minutes matter most

Ambulance response times can be long, and in a medical emergency every minute counts. MAATLA is building a network of trained healthcare professionals who can register to help someone nearby while an ambulance is on the way.

Trained responders near you. Nurses, doctors and CPR-certified volunteers will be able to register their location, so nearby responders can be notified when someone triggers SOS.

They respond only if they choose. No obligation. Responders will be free to ignore an alert, pause their availability, or leave the network at any time, with no penalty.

Help while you wait. Calling 112 always comes first. A nearby trained responder is a supplementary layer of support while the ambulance is on its way, never a replacement for emergency services.

In every home language. MAATLA already runs in all seven official South African languages: Sepedi, English, Setswana, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Tshivenda and Xitsonga. Responders will register the languages they speak, so an alert can reach someone who can talk to the family in theirs.

Registering here does not connect you to a live service yet. It adds you to the database we'll use to launch it.