Inspiration
During difficult times like the Covid-19 crisis, local organizations face numerous challenges. For example the work of social organizations like soup kitchens is needed more than ever and therefore more supporting volunteers are necessary. Another pressing problem is that small companies and start-ups might face financial challenges and struggle to pay new employees. Volunteers can help them with specific tasks. Last but not least many people feel powerless during this crisis and want to help with their specific skillsets - unfortunately, it is not obvious which organizations need their help.
What it does
Here helps HeroConnect - we connect heroes with opportunities! On the one hand local organizations can post their specific work offers conveniently easy and fast. On the other hand volunteers can create a profile with their personal information and skills and can easily browse through specific activity fields and functions in their local area. This solves the challenges mentioned above. Organizations which are in need of support get matched with volunteers looking for help.
How we built it
The frontend is based on Vue.js, a JavaScript based framework to build responsive websites. Gorilla/Mux is used to build a REST API to allow communication between front and backend. The backend itself uses Google's Golang in combination with a PostgreSQL database to persist userdata
Accomplishments that we are proud of
Within only two days we accomplished to create a solid prototype which can be rolled out really fast into reality. We are sure that our platform can generate a great impact in order to support local social organizations and small companies during the crisis.
What's next for HeroConnect
HeroConnect needs both people who want to make a change and local organizations offering volunteer work. Therefore, we will start to contact social organizations to help reaching more people and advertise the platform trough multiple channels. Before that, one last step for guaranteeing functionality is connecting the database with our frontend and hosting the platform on an open webpage.
(HeroConnect was formerly called VolunteerPlacement.)
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