Innovative response
The TechChill Foundation is hosting a fully virtual hackathon for the online environment. HackForce is taking place from March 17 to March 19! Hackathon aims to find solutions to the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis by mobilizing volunteer resources at the community level. Organized by volunteers from the startup community, hackathon HackForce has gathered already 650 participants (and this number is increasing EVERY minute) from 18 countries. Hackers have formed 28 teams and are working on ideas (from the 71 originally submitted) to hack the virus
Specific issues addressed and anticipated impact
Emergency response, health, education, and economy ideas are being worked on
Organisations/institutions involved
TechChill Foundation
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Level(s) of government:
- Non-Profit/Civil Society
Issues being addressed:
- Crowdsourcing solutions
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Date Submitted:
21 March 2020