Shelterize

Nothing is as satisfying as watching a homeless person having a shelter to live and food to eat

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Inspiration

We believe that nothing is as satisfying as watching a homeless person having a shelter to live and food to eat. Considering the current situation wherein many natural disasters are happening in different states of our country. We came up with an Idea of a Web Application to help out the people in need.

What it does

This Web Application aims at providing shelter to the victims hit by natural calamities. It will help the victims to find nearby shelters where they can take refuge. It will also provide a platform to all the NGOs where they can easily approach the people in dire need.

How we built it

We used Reactjs to build the frontend along with Firebase as a Backend service. We used Google Places API, Google Autocomplete Places, Google Geocoding, and Reverse Geocoding to make the User Experience Easy to Understand.

Challenges we ran into

We had a little bit of trouble integrating Google Maps to React and Firebase Web Application.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are successfully allowing a homeless person home at the end of the day. As the person can check out its nearby shelter homes and also the Organizations can also contact him.

What we learned

We learned how to integrate Google Maps API, React-hooks, and firebase all together to make a dynamic web Application

What's next for Shelterize

We can add a feature called SOS in which a person can contact organizations by both website and a simple SMS or a missed call. We will also be able to add person detail in our database with the SOS feature so the organization can reach out to him/her.

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