GoDonate Food Donation Mobile App

 COVID-19 has elevated global food shortages and caused disruptions in the supply of food to underserved population across the world. My GoDonate app will resolve this issue and enrich their lives.

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When the hackathon began, I immediately knew I wanted to focus on serving underserved populations and fostering communication among them. Among the populations that suffered the most from the virus, minorities living in rural areas across the globe don’t just face the adverse effects of the virus, they also face a major issue of food shortages.

That is why I set out to come up with an incredible idea of solving this issue by leveraging the technology that everyone can use in order to participate in solving global hunger without leaving their home. Once the hackathon began, I sat down and started designing the “GoDonate,” mobile app.

Here is what I created since the Hackathon began: Partnering with my non-profit organization ShareandChange.org and its own mobile application that is currently fostering blood donations, I have access to a wide breadth of partnerships with reputed organizations such as VITAS hospice and the Shepherd’s Gate Foundation. Since I was implementing an additional module, I was able to code and implement it directly into the app – all by requiring another simple application update. This food donation module is an extension of my already developed application called “Donate Blood”. Since I had only a short time to come up with this idea of solving global hunger issues by leveraging a technology that everyone can use, I minimized my cost by implementing open source technologies to accomplish my goal.

Using my mobile app, people can send out their donation request to nearby registered volunteers as well as to nearby food banks and other non-profit organization based on their choice. Once the organization or individual volunteer receives the request to their mobile phone will send their representatives to come pick-up the food item and provide it to a homeless shelter, food bank, or other institution that feeds currently food insecure people. The process to donate is, simply put, efficient and secure. In under two minutes, anyone across the globe can fill out a food request form and have a nearby volunteer in their area come and pickup their food items.

As previously mentioned, I used Swift Language, Apple X-Code, Google Places API, Mongo DB Database, Apache Tomcat Server, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Photoshop to develop my project.

Specifically, I used X-Code IDE from Apple to develop the application using the Swift programming language. I additionally utilized the open source Mongo DB to store the information for easy retrieval and global scalability. Another open source application server from Apache, called Apache Tomcat Server, was also implemented. I used Google Places API, which enable users to find their current location as well as search for nearby food banks and non-profit organizations. I developed the front end UI screens with Adobe photoshop. I have secured the database access in AWS from hackers so that no one else other than me can access the data to ensure user security for potential users of my service.

Built With

  • amazon-web-services-(aws)
  • apache-tomcat-server
  • apple-x-code
  • google-places
  • mongo-db-database
  • photoshop
  • swift-language
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