Web

End user environments:

http://smallbizhowdoi.herokuapp.com/

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

RHoK Global June 2013

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Small Business How Do I

Website/App store links:

Summary:

The Census Bureau receives large numbers of calls daily from small business owners wanting information that can help them evaluate future locations for their businesses. The Bureau currently has an enormous amount of data. The project task is to find a way to extract specific data by county and deliver it in a user-friendly interface on the web.

Why we are working on this problem:

Our Group Members:

Yolanda Davis

Erica Baity

Randi Miller

Charles Hardnett

Nigel Cruce

GQ Lewis

Genora Barber

Monica Dukes

Barbara Guillory

Ann Thomas

Maurice McFarland

Judson Stacer

Abdul Idriss

What we accomplished during the event:

We found that the current API in use to extract data from the Census Bureau's datasets was not efficient. We created an additional webservice that worked with elements of the API. We also created a website that utilizes our webservice. As of now, it is only a prototype as it has limited functionality. An added plus is that the web service we developed may be used to support other applications that may need data from the Census Bureau.

Code Repository:

http://github.com/randi2kewl/censuslink

Category:

Status:

Java; python; JavaScript; PHP

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

Twitter Bootstrap

Google Charts

End user environments:

https://github.com/Chuukese/learningchuukese

Server requirements:

PHP5

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Atlanta, GA, USA

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Chuukese Picture Dictionary - Solution

Summary:

The picture dictionary application was an opportunity to learn about a different culture, language challenges and how Peace Corps volunteers have challenges with very little resources. Our goal was to design a simple web app that would display pictures with translation of English and Chuukese text on either side.

Our Team

Daniel Flores (DTM Creative Genius)

Gopi Jayaprakash (airwatch)

Rose Robinson (Anita Borg Institute)

Rosario Robinson (American University)

Bernard "Sid" Robinson (Campbell High School)

Why we are working on this problem:

This picture dictionary application would be great to have this web application available for all countries where Peace Corps volunteers are struggling with language as they become integrated into the communities.

What we accomplished during the event:

We identified some of the key components necessary not only to deliver basic functionality, but we accomplished a lot of the conceptual design.

1. We completed conceptual design of the web application.

2. Designed tech design architecture to support application framework

3. Held customer discovery with Peace Corps volunteer in Micronesia who submitted challenge

4. Published initial code to our github

Landing Page Design

Progress made since the event:

We collaborated on concept and design of the application. Peace Corps arranged for us to have a customer discovery with volunteers in Micronesia and we were able to design the technical architect. Most of the plugs are in place, but just need to connect everything.

Next steps:

Need to pull all the components together (art work, design, code and database access) to produce prototype.

Code Repository:

Category:

Status:

paas (amazon web services

Programming languages:

PHP

wordpress

Frameworks:

appscale)

End user environments:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chuukese4peacecorps

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

RHoK Global June 2013

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Seeking people with skills in:

Mailing list:

Atlanta Fertile Crescent Map

Website/App store links:

https://atlfertilecrescent.crowdmap.com/

Why we are working on this problem:

http://www.rhok.org/problems/fertile-crescent-urban-ag-data-hack

Code Repository:

https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web

Category:

https://github.com/WonderN/eTransfer.git

Status:

Operational

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

RHoK Global June 2013

Images and Video:

eTransfer

Summary:

eTransfer

Cloud storage solution for academic institution to support the latest mobile students. Accessing academic material where ever one is at is of utmost importance in today's highly active society.

Dropbox is the cloud storage of choice because of mainly two reasons, viz it's popular and secondly, it has a clear to the point API.

Why we are working on this problem:

Wonder Nkosi

Joe Masango

Nobuhle Soyipa

Nhlonipho Gumede

Mpho Thobakgale

What we accomplished during the event:

we managed to analyse and develop a cloud storage system based on dropbox

we managed to build a local database server that will store the files that will later be uploaded to dropbox.

we managed to communicate and load files to drop box

Progress made since the event:

We started this solution here and were able to clearly define an build a working prototype

Code Repository:

Category:

Status:

Concept

Programming languages:

Python; PHP; MySQL

End user environments:

http://www.seasonwatch.in

Images and Video:

Season watch

Website/App store links:

Summary:

Data visualization is done using 2 libraries

-D3

-highcharts

Code Repository:

https://github.com/Naveenkhasyap/Seasonwatch

Category:

Status:

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Bangalore, India

Images and Video:

APPLICATION WEB ET SMS POUR SOUMETTRE ET FAIRE SUIVIE DES PLAINTES DE CAS DE CORRUPTION

Why we are working on this problem:

We are working on this because it will help Burundian citizens to present theirs problems easily using modern technology such as web application and sms based

system.This will facilitate them to provide information by using those tools and make follow up according to the status of their cases.

We choose this project because it will give choice to citizens to use either mobile or web application instead of going CAJAC office or CAJAC mobile to announce their problems.

What we accomplished during the event:

We have learn how to provide solutions in short time according to the requirements of an institutions,

This will take us in the future to bring efficacity solutions in a short delay using needs of beneficiaries.

Code Repository:

http://www.gumaho.co.rw

Category:

Status:

End user environments:

http://www.pcmedsupplies.org

Images and Video:

Simple Peace Corps Medical Supplies Order Form

Website/App store links:

Summary:

Single Channel for Peace Corp Volunteers to make requests for personal medical supplies.

Why we are working on this problem:

Because the Peace Corps asking for it.

What we accomplished during the event:

SMS input is working.

Progress made since the event:

N/A (We are in the middle of the event)

Traction:

N/A (We have not released it yet)

Next steps:

The Peace Corps will review our curent implementation and provide feedback from the field and HQ.

Community help:

N/A (We are in the middle of RHOK event)

Code Repository:

https://github.com/atlrug-rhok/rhok-rails

Category:

Status:

ruby javascript angular css

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

ruby on rails

End user environments:

https://groups.google.com/group/atlrug-rhok

Server requirements:

TBD

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Atlanta

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

n/a

Mailing list:

Issue Tracker:

https://github.com/atlrug-rhok/rhok-rails/issues

Canada Without Poverty - Resource Library

Summary:

Canada Without Poverty is a federally incorporated, non-partisan, not-for-profit and charitable organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty in Canada. They have a growing resource library featured on their website, www.cwp-csp.ca (a WordPress site). The library documents are currently organized into six broad categories and listed in alphabetical order. Canada Without Poverty is looking for a more user-friendly library that lets users to search documents by category, tag or keywords, and that provides them with document summaries and further reading suggestions.

The new library was built with Drupal to take advantage of already existing open source solutions. The Drupal contributed modules used include views, search api, facetapi, search api db and search facetapi. Fields were added (to the resource content type) so that date, tags, category, publisher, author, province/territory, title and summary could be used to help locate a resource.

Why we are working on this problem:

To help Canada Without Poverty with its goals of:

drawing more people our site, which helps us educate more people on poverty and establish ourselves as the 'go-to' organization on poverty issues in Canada/economic and social rights
offering visitors an easy site to use with accessible resources in a number of categories. Should be a giant NPO document hub/library (mainly for Canadian NPOs, government and advocates)

What we accomplished during the event:

We built the structure (content type, fields, taxonomies, views, search index) for the library and entered some content so that the functionality was there to search for a document by keyword and to filter documents by facets (eg. category, tag, province/territory, publisher), narrowing the result set with each additional facet selected. Within the result set, clicking on a document title brings the user to the document page, which also shows suggestions for related reading. The related documents shown are those that are tagged with the term which is listed first on the main document being viewed. The menu on the new Drupal site mirrors the menu on the main Canada Without Poverty site, and links back to it. The goal was to have a seamless transition between the WordPress site and the Drupal resource library so that the user would not be aware of any change when moving from one to the other. However, we were not able to complete the theming by the end off the RHoK weekend.

Progress made since the event:

Coming soon!

Next steps:

Complete the theming to have a seamless transition between the new Drupal resource library site and the main CWP site.

Import all the documents from the existing resource library and add additional information about the documents.

Test. Set up subdomain for the resource library and deploy.

For the future, consider migrating the rest of the WordPress site to Drupal.

Code Repository:

https://github.com/sheilaj/cwp-library

Category:

Status:

Programming languages:

PHP

HTML/CSS

Frameworks:

Drupal

End user environments: