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ORGANIZATION: Comida For Familias, Inc.

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About Us

Comida For Familias, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2019. Our mission is to develop and improve communities through the innovative use of technology with the knowledge and skills of trained individuals. We are motivated by the idea that technology can be utilized to bring people and communities together to solve humanities’ most basic needs. For more information, please visit our website. https://www.comidaforfamilias.com

About the position

The organization is accepting volunteers that wants to gain experience working on team projects that would benefit the public within the organization's purposes. This opportunity is for inexperienced and experience developers. Use of the volunteer's skills will be tested in hackathons, and when we publish application on the apple store and Google play. Skills that will be improved are team collaboration, communication, how well you adapt to different coding languages, and how much you understand front end and back-end code.

Do you have the ability to?

  • Contribute actively to end-to-end development lifecycle from design to delivery and post-delivery support.
  • Follow best practices of development and optimize existing approaches used in our teams.
  • Write clean, modular, reusable, testable and scalable code including active participation in peer reviews.
  • Work with customers to troubleshoot blockers and propose efficient solutions.

Best if you have

  • Knowledge of object-oriented programming, development frameworks and expertise in programming languages like Java, NodeJS, and JavaScript.
  • Problem solving mindset and ability to collaborate or network across teams.

All volunteers strongly affiliated with Comida For Familias, Inc. are provided access to digital tools, services, and transportation benefits based on their profiles and needs. These resources incur regular operational costs as we develop the apps and services that support our scientific, educational, and charitable goals. Therefore, we encourage each applicant to fundraise for the amount of $270 to cover for the costs associated with this position. (We want to emphasize that we asking for volunteers to fundraise, and not directly asking for funds. We are being upfront about the costs associated with this position. Guidelines) Volunteers employed through matching gifts employeers may use their matching gifts for this opportunity. To show you what's possible and inspire you to dream big, Comida For Familias, Inc. has gathered some links and descriptions of projects we've published before.

Quisines: This is a food planning guide that presents recipes from all over the globe with calorie metrics and diet plans to make healthier choices. https://apps.apple.com/za/app/quisines/id1578552563

Blog: Comida For Familias, Inc. has a blog where our volunteers post about their experience working and completing their projects. This one is specifically about creation of comidaticket. https://medium.com/comidaforfamilias/comidaticket-the-flow-of-building-a-web-app-for-public-benefit-86b25032a785 While this is just a glimpse of what we accomplished, we want you, to come in with an open and innovative mind. You can start from scratch or improve upon an existing design. What's important is what we can accomplish together! If you would like to learn more or schedule an orientation, you can contact us via: - Email: info@comidaforfamilias.com
- Phone: 7077169325 We look forward to hearing from you!

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About Comida For Familias, Inc.

Location:

131 Sunset Ave, Suite E, PMB 254, Suisun City, CA 94585, US

Mission Statement

A 509(a)(2), 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that guides volunteers to utilize their skills to accomplish charitable activities. The organization primarily focuses on utilizing these skills to leverage technology to benefit the public.

Description

Comida For Familias, Inc. currently has community that is mainly made up of software engineers and designers that want to utilize their knowledge and expertise to develo technology for public benefit. Potential volunteers are suggested to go to our website project page ( https://comidaforfamilias.org/projectlist) to see projects that we plan to do, are currently working on, or have completed.
The organization also competes in hackathons and designathons to challenge volunteers and trainees to complete projects within the span of hours.

As a scientific research organization concerning food, we also encourage volunteers to post educational videos about exercise and nutrition to encourage a healthy lifestyle.

CAUSE AREAS

Board Development
Community
Computers & Technology
Board Development, Community, Computers & Technology

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

SKILLS

  • Website Programming
  • Web Design
  • Mobile Programming
  • Google Apps
  • SQL / MySQL

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 20
  • 50/year

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