TECH AT DISTRIBUTE AID
Open-Source Solutions For Global Aid Delivery
Our diverse, volunteer-driven tech team works hard to develop solutions that improve Distribute Aid’s efficiency and scalability, despite the resource limitations faced by NGOs. We provide solutions that can be replicated across the sector, which is one of the reasons why our work is open-sourced.Read on to learn more about our tech team and our Open Source Explorers program.What we are working on
Here are some of the ways our team of volunteer contributors currently supports Distribute Aid and the global aid work community with tech-based solutions.
Distribute Aid Website
Since relaunching our website, we have been continually developing new ways to share information and insights from our projects, for example, through data visualisations.
The website repo on GitHub
Needs Assessment
The goal of this project is to provide a way for Distribute Aid to run needs assessments using forms that can be modified using a low-code or zero-code approach.
The Needs Assessment repo GitHub
Shipment Data Reporting Pipeline
Our Shipment Data Reporting Pipeline ingests data that we record for each shipment, processes it into impact stats, and presents it through a public API that is consumed by our landing site and shared with researchers and other third parties.
The SDR Pipeline repo on GitHub
Documentation Platform
We always encourage people to be diligent with documentation. To make it easier for developers to create documentation, we are currently setting up a centralized platform to streamline the documentation process.
The docs repo on GitHub
How To Join Our Tech Team!
We continuously grow our diverse and international team of frontend, backend, and design volunteers!
We’re looking for experienced engineers, but you don’t need to know our entire stack, as long as you’re self-motivated and happy to expand your skills. Some experience contributing to open-source software is helpful.
Our team meets once a month for a sprint meeting. We also host two casual weekly tech hangs on Zoom to give folks a chance to collaborate. Contributors are expected to join at least 1x tech hang per month and 1x sprint meeting per quarter. You can read more about how we run our tech team on GitHub.
If you’re interested in joining our team, please tell us a bit about yourself, why you want to join Distribute Aid and your skills. A link to your GitHub profile would also be helpful!
Our Tech Stack
We use the following technologies (and more). No need for deep familiarity with each — this just gives you an idea of what to expect.
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