Ask HN: What are you learning?

Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by shivekkhurana on Sunday April 05, 2020 @10:48PM (#22790541)

I have lost my contract as a developer and am helping a non-profit [1] streamline their operations. The organization aims to provide food and heath kits to the marginalized. We have already distributed over 600 kits and are on track to reach a 1000 in this week. Each kit is designed to support a family of 4 for 1 month.

I was introduced to them by a friend who was helping them build an open platform [2], open in the sense that all processes, donations, procurement and guides are public.

Although my core competency is building and managing Saas, I took up the task of setting up their operations. I find a striking similarity b/w managing Saas and not-for-profit distribution.

We are relying heavily on Airtable.

Despite of being jobless, I feel less worried. The situation on ground is much worse than mine.

--- [1] https://karuna2020.org [2] https://open-data.karuna2020.org

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by david_w on Monday April 06, 2020 @08:49AM (#22793227)

Each kit is designed to support a family of 4 for 1 month.

That's some freaking "kit" !!!

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by shivekkhurana on Monday April 06, 2020 @09:05AM (#22793338)

For the curious, we also published how we assemble these kits: https://karuna2020.org/guides/ration-and-safety-kit-assembly...

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by ankit70 on Monday April 06, 2020 @08:15AM (#22793022)

Wow! I think why most people don't donate in India because they think their money doesn't make any impact.

https://open-data.karuna2020.org this is game changer. I wish more NGOs in India would do it.

And good luck!

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by vinay_ys on Monday April 06, 2020 @02:36PM (#22796470)

That's changing. People in India did donate in flying colors in the last one week. To help with Covid19, PM-CARES fund was announced by Prime Minister Modi on March 28th. In a week since then, it has raised almost a billion USD. The super rich did donate well. But so did the common people - via UPI digital payments. See news coverage here: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/pm-cares-fund-her...

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by niyazpk on Monday April 06, 2020 @02:41AM (#22791379)

>> For just ₹750, our food and wellness kit can feed a family for a whole month.

750 INR = 9.84 USD

It would be nice if you can make it easy to provide donations from outside India.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by shivekkhurana on Monday April 06, 2020 @03:02AM (#22791451)

We are working on that!

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by manoj_venkat92 on Monday April 06, 2020 @08:50AM (#22793231)

Nice work. I'm a indian dev. Let me know if there's any work for me to do.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by dgb23 on Monday April 06, 2020 @07:51AM (#22792863)

This is inspiring and I also like the pragmatic technological approach.

I wish you all the best!

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by square_usual on Monday April 06, 2020 @01:02AM (#22791025)

Thank you for your service!

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by MAMAMassakali on Monday April 06, 2020 @03:16AM (#22791510)

How can I contribute on the software side?

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Re:Ask HN: What are you learning? by shivekkhurana on Monday April 06, 2020 @03:26AM (#22791546)

The software has been built already. We might have minor updates.

There are other operations that you can help with, like blurring beneficiary faces using opencv before posting them on the internet. You can read more on the website.

Application and On-boarding Guide: https://karuna2020.org/guides/volunteer-application-and-onbo...

Volunteer Application: https://karuna2020.org/volunteers/

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