Donatable

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  Signup Screen

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  Create Campaign

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  Welcome Screen

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  List of causes

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  Login Screen

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  Splash Screen

Inspiration

Our team has diverse members from all over the globe, so when we decided to build an app, we agreed it must be something for social good because from where our members come from they all have some specific localized problem (other than COVID) that the world needs to hear and support.

One of our members is from the US, where #BlackLivesMatter needs support. Another member is from Punjab in India where debt-laden farmers are suiciding. All this pointed that we need to build something that (1) streamlines the process of supporting them for people who want to help and (2) make a one-stop solution for people who need to start a campaign for fund-raising.

TLDR; small actions x a lot of people = BIG CHANGE

Contact Us: https://farahnada1000.wixsite.com/online

What it does

Currently, our app does the following :

• For a donator :
  • A donator can see all the currently posted Campaigns and see their story requiring fundraising
  • Contact the Campaign via email or send money via email through PayPal
• For a fundraiser :
  • Create and manage Campaigns requiring funding

How we built it

We did our entire built during the hackathon and wanted to make it in a simple, quick method so we have decided to use the following technology :

• Kodular.io was used to develop the entire app. We didn't have to use a specific language because of Kodular's block layout for development
• Firebase for the database of logins

Challenges we ran into

We ran into quite a few challenges during this hack but were happy it provided us with an opportunity to learn more.

• Initially we had trouble fixing the way we were to build this project a few of us were good at Java for Android, others at Flask or Flutter
• Our members were from different time zones: the US, the UK, India, and China. We even had a time difference of 12 hours between the members
• Collaboration was an issue in Kodular as the platform did not natively support it. We created a new common email and logged in to Kodular together, with it to solve this
• We initially used Firebase for the backend but this was causing problems but we eventually solved it

Accomplishments that we're proud of

It was the first hackathon for some of us, so we're proud of many things.

• Most of all we got to meet and collaborate with people all over the world
• We built a working app and that can later be built upon
• The app is of great use to people all over the world. We're happy to be helping changemakers all over the world.

What we learned

• Build and deploy apps super quickly and easily with Kodular
• Gained so much experience collaborating
• We learnt about many new services like Repl.it, Firebase, Agile development, and many features we hadn't used in GitHub

What's next for Donatable

Currently, our app is in something like a prototype or a closed alpha state, we're hoping to improve on the app and add following features

• Make it a one-stop-solution for campaigns like manage details from Change.org and other campaigning services
• Add features like how impactful is the topic and hashtags on Twitter, Facebook
• Show the statistics and demography of users who have funded the cause through the app
• Users who can fund projects will see projects available near them
• Verification of campaigns and their causes
• Categorize and sort campaigns according to priority
• Give those who want to start a new campaign an opportunity to do so. The created campaign will run not only on our app but also on social media, Change.org and other services
• Give awards and recognition to best contributors
• The project will run as a non-profit with every feature and additional support for free. We intend to implement another donation feature for us, to cover the operating costs.

Built With

• android
• firebase
• kodular