The problem SHARE the FARE solves

"7M people died of hunger in 2020, World Food Programme says"... We may not always think of this fact. But we can't forget that there are so many people who are starving for days without even a tiny food to eat. When we race to eat yummy food everyday, there are people fighting them-selves to feed their children. World is moving forward every day, but those people are not. Sometimes, that's how they were born. And sometimes, people fall in to that situation on their own. But, whatever it is they are still humans. And as humans, we all should take care of each other to the maximum we can. A glass of milk may not be a big deal to us. But for those people who are in hunger, that glass of milk is like a million dollar ticket to fill their gut.

So, during this Thanksgiving time period, why can't we at least try to do something for those who are in hunger? Being humane is one the most valuable things in life, isn't it? There are so many people around us who are unable even to find a little food to eat while some people have big dinner treats. So our intention is to share at least a small piece of food among those people who are in hunger...

As the first step, we did develop an Android application during the Hackathon. From the app we mainly allow people who are in need of food to request food, while people who are willing to share food can see the people who are in hunger and donate them food or even invite them over for a meal.

Challenges I ran into

Limited Time - 2 members of the team are new comers and the team was formed some hours after the event started. And we only had about 24hrs at max to complete the project. So we limited the features of the application to only providing the essential functions needed for now.

Lack of experience and knowledge - Most of us did not have much experience related to app development. So we had to learn some things during the project time while using that knowledge to complete the project.

Database Management - We wanted to maintain a database to complete the project. And finding the relevant platforms was confusing until one of the members allowed to use his personal server space.

Technical errors - While developing the application so many technical issues raised and sometimes it took a lot of time to solve the issue.

Project initialization - We wanted to find a platform to connect the hungry people and the donators. So we planned on coming up with a mobile app.

Assumptions - We assumed that almost all the people will be having smartphones and that those who don't have one can use someone else' smartphone and request for food.