vdomestic

Landing Page
Home Page - Bottom Half - Live Chat
Learn More Page - Top Half
Learn More Page - Bottom Half
Survivors Page - Bottom Half
Survivors Page - Top Half
Resources Page

Try it Out

Link to Qoom Project - https://gentlesky79.qoom.space/vdomestic/Home.html

Inspiration

It was shocking to find out that back in 2014, statistics indicate that over 3 million "children in the U.S. each year that witness violence against their mother or female caretaker by a family member" and roughly "every 9 seconds, another woman in the U.S. is beaten." Furthermore, the numbers for domestic violence cases have increased over the years and many cases remain unreported. Some of the core issues that were a part of our main focus include the lack of education related to domestic violence and the lack of resources for victims experiencing domestic violence. It was important for us to address these problems because, during our educational experiences in high school, we had minimal exposure to the topic of domestic violence and resources weren't notably accessible or well-known in our local community.

What it does

We created an online platform to help educate others on the topic of domestic violence, specifically to address that domestic violence could be carried out in different forms that could relate to both physical and mental abuse. There is link in domestic violence which relates to power and control which perpetuates into a cycle that could often last months or even years. In addition, the platform aims provide assistance to victims through a live chat which is available 24/7 to connect with a live specialist, resources from local communities (food banks, shelters) and legal help to assist with reporting domestic violence cases.

How we built it

We used qoom.io to build vdomestic which consists of using HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

Challenges we ran into

It was our first time using qoom.io so we experienced a steep learning curve with utilizing the software and getting started with our project.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We persisted in learning how to operate Qoom and incorporated HTML, CSS, and Javascript after attending the workshop provided by the speaker in the hackathon and looking through tutorials