Inspiration
It is no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted societal activities across the world. It has led to the death of many, the lockdown of countries, and the unemployment of hundreds of thousands, to say the least, and in a twist, decreased the level of air pollution in the world. It is clear that many suffer from the effects of the pandemic, as airline companies are laying off thousands, universities are laying off student workers and large amounts of individuals are been laid off work in the hospitality companies, these are only a few examples of the effects of the pandemic. It is based on those effects the idea of Connect came to be, it is a platform that allows people to stand in solidarity with one another in this trying times to better the survival of many people who cannot survive on their own.
What it does
My submission for this hackathon is for the solidarity and elderly track. Connect is an application that connects those in need to those who are willing to give. It allows users to login as either a receiver or a giver. Givers can donate products or services posted by receivers. Products could include food to help the hungry, clothes to help the needy, laptops or internet connection to help underprivileged children adjust to online education and much more, while services could include medical services like helping the mentally ill, engineering services to fix or set up things like good electricity for the needy, veterinary skills to help save animals, and much more. If givers don’t have products and services to give they have the option of donating through affected businesses, like a giver donating by paying affected restaurants to cook food and paying affected courier services to deliver the food to those in hunger. This would have a double charitable effect, by helping multiple parties involved. Also Connect has the option of giving recommendations to givers who aren’t sure of what to donate, by showing them the most needed things, and in the spirit of connecting people in solidarity Connect has the option of connecting NGOs or institutions to people who want to help such bodies in carrying out charitable works during this pandemic, thereby increasing the impact of such organizations on various levels
How I built it
Connect is currently an android application, so I built it using the android studio application made by Google and IntelliJ. I used the Java programming language to program the application and XML for the mobile design rendering.
Challenges I ran into
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am proud of participating in such a hackathon which opened me up to the effects of the coronavirus and allowed me to apply my skills to solving some of the effects. I am proud I created an application that greatly helps people in need
What I learned
This hackathon improved my programming skills all round. I learned that if we all stand together in solidarity, we can all heal and make the world a better place.
What's next for Connect
Getting it to save as many lives as possible, and on various devices.
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