#HackPoverty23

#HackPoverty

Alleviating Poverty Through Deep Partnerships in the Name of Jesus

Digital Hot Sauce Inc.

<h1>#﻿HACKPOVERTY23</h1><h2>V﻿alues</h2><p>#HackPoverty is <strong>likely not a good fit i﻿f you are</strong>: just looking to get by, only interested in improving your resume, and think the world is headed to destruction and there's nothing we can do about it.</p><p>B﻿ut if you are a person of excellence, impact, and hope, we would <strong>be excited</strong> to work with you.</p><h3>E﻿xcellence</h3><p>W﻿e <strong>compare ourselves to our potential</strong>, not to our peers.</p><p>W﻿e strive to build <strong>brilliant and beautiful tech </strong>that will be honoured even when it becomes outdated.</p><h3>I﻿mpact</h3><p>W﻿e are <strong>other-focused</strong>.</p><p>W﻿e seek to <strong>advance our careers </strong>AND we are <strong>willing to put others before us</strong>.</p><h3>H﻿ope</h3><p>W﻿e face the <strong>brutal facts </strong>of reality while fully convinced <strong>we can change the world</strong>.</p>

<h3>S﻿ounds Like You?</h3><p>Are you a developer, designer, product manager, or industry expert?</p><p><strong>Self-managed </strong>and <strong>highly motivated? </strong>Love to work <strong>with little guidance yet works well in teams?</strong></p><p>If so, we would love to have you!</p><ul><li>Have at least <strong>1-2 years </strong>of professional experience in your field: r<strong>egister as a Professional.</strong></li><li>Have at least <strong>6-9 months</strong> of professional experience in your field: <strong>register as an Emerging Professional</strong>.</li></ul><p>If cost is an obstacle, p﻿lease use the promo codes "RFS33X" (professional) or "Y5EE8A" (emerging).</p><p>H﻿ave any questions? Reach out to Nathan at hackpoverty@kentronetwork.ca</p>

<h2>P﻿rojects</h2><h3>Poverty Alleviation Tastes Like Chicken - <a href="https://www.partnersworldwide.org/our-work/where-we-work/africa/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">P﻿artners Worldwide</a></h3><p><strong>Project Owner</strong>: Jamene Sangalakula, Southern Africa Regional Partnership Manager</p><p><strong>The Idea</strong>: Helping Mozambican Egg Producers Lift their Country out of Poverty.</p><p><strong>Summary</strong>: Partners Worldwide (PW) believes that business is the way to end poverty. Through #HackPoverty23, PW wants to help egg producers easily move money with transaction fees + quickly communicate with stakeholders during disease outbreaks. PW is interested in investing in the project long term.</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J7DpIIuyWCMIq0ejzmVas949HWyIIQG8cdSrf4xToyc/edit#" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">View a Google Doc with more Details</a>.</p><h2>R﻿ough Agenda</h2><ol><li>S﻿at, Feb 18th - Meet in person at Digital Hot Sauce (All Day, doors open at 8 am)</li><li>﻿Through the Week - Work from home. Daily standups around 9 pm.</li><li>S﻿at, Feb 25th - Meet in person at Digital Hot Sauce (All Day, doors open at 8 am)</li></ol><h2>S﻿ponsors</h2><p>A HUGE thank you to our sponsors:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.addsomehotsauce.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hot Sauce D﻿igital  Marketing</a></li></ul><p>I﻿f interested in sponsoring, please contact Nathan at hackpoverty@kentronetwork.ca.</p>

<h2>Overview</h2><h3>M﻿ovitation</h3><p>We seek to alleviate poverty through deep partnerships in the name of Jesus*.</p><h3>Mission</h3><p>This year at #HackPoverty, the tech communities of Vancouver and Beira, are partnering together to alleviate poverty in Mozambique.</p><h3>W﻿ho We Are</h3><p><strong>This hackathon is led by Christians</strong>, meaning two things:</p><ol><li>We will pray at the hackathon: inviting Christ into our work.</li><li>We will work with hope: longing with eager expectation for the world as Christ designed it: </li></ol><p>A world where a chicken farmer in Mozambique can wake up without worry or hurry, exit his home and be greeted by friends all around, and eat dinner with his family in joy and peace.</p><p><strong>O﻿rganizations Involved</strong></p><p>#﻿HackPoverty is hosted by <a href="https://africa.globalfinder.org/program_page/start-space" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Start Space</a>, the <a href="https://kentronetwork.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kentro Network</a>, and <a href="https://faithtech.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FaithTech - Vancouver</a>.</p><p>O﻿ther partners include: <a href="https://www.partnersworldwide.org/our-work/where-we-work/africa/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">P﻿artners Worldwide</a></p><h2>#HACKVAN2022 - A Sneak Peak into a Previous FaithTech Hackathon</h2><p>Here are some pictures and images from the last hackathon FaithTech hosted, <a href="https://bit.ly/HACKVAN2022" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#HACKVAN2022</a>, partnering with <a href="https://hack.indigitous.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Indigitous</a>.</p><p>T﻿hese photos were taken during the user testing session when we brought in people to test the prototype we had built.</p><p>Photos:</p><ol><li><strong>Setting up for user testing session.</strong> Back: Edward, Andi, Nathan, Jun; Front: Matthew &amp; Edward</li><li><strong>B﻿ethany (Sr. PM at EA) pointing out a confusing portion of the design</strong>: People: Edward, Matthew, and Bethany</li><li><strong>S﻿ome Instructions for testers. Biggest message: "This is a test of the design, not of you". </strong>Hands: Edward, Matthew</li><li><strong>A semi-candid photo people watching Matthew lead Edward (E2T) through a design scenario</strong>. Back:<strong> </strong>Eddie, Jun, Andi, Nathan. Front: Bethany, Matthew, and Edward.</li></ol>

<p>Then some unfiltered clips of people hacking:</p><ol><li> <strong>Jun </strong>+ <strong>Nathan </strong>brainstorming the WC prototype on a whiteboard.</li><li><strong>Matthew </strong>building the third iteration of the WC prototype in Figma.</li><li><strong>Andi </strong>+ <strong>Jeongin </strong>hacking away in a soundproof, INBOX Booth.</li><li><strong>Funan </strong>starting the 3rd iteration of the E2T prototype. <strong>Angelo </strong>testing the API's of the E2T prototype on Postman.</li></ol>

<p>A﻿nd finally, some ducks. (For <a href="https://rubberduckdebugging.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">debugging purposes</a>, of course)</p>

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