Goodwill

Goodwill helps refugees understand the cultures of new locations so they can connect with locals and start becoming a part of the community in a better way.

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Inspiration

Living in one of the nations with a high volume of people traveling to foreign countries illegally as refugees, It was hard to watch the way they were treated on arrival. We figured it would be better to provide a messenger bot for these people to provide some information about the nations they are traveling to as most of them are already using the Facebook platform in some way.

What it does

  • Connecting people who want to volunteer their homes or help them find affordable houses
  • Guiding how the health care system of that country works and help them find hospitals that focus on refugees
  • Explain the schooling system of the country and help connect refugees with nearby schools
  • Connect refugees with local employers
  • Easy to use language translator to learn the language

How I built it

The basic infrastructure was made with a simple tech stack like node.js and relational database. The data collection was done for entities around my neighborhood for testing.

Challenges I ran into

Data collection was the hardest task as we are in the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic,

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

The completion of the first version of this bot is the proud moment for us. It can be used right now for some of the tasks we planed to help with.

What I learned

It doesn't require to have a sophisticated implemented solution in order to try to solve a problem.

What's next for Goodwill

We are planning to expand its reach by adding more languages.

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