Impact Hackers
Make great social impact
Join our Hackathon on the 27th, 28th and 29th of September.
Spend a weekend of meaningful work with us to brighten the lives of kids in fostering environments
Isn't hacking illegal?
No, and you don’t even need
a technical background
Social hackathons often bring together people from diverse backgrounds, including designers, marketers, social workers, educators, and more. The focus is on creating innovative solutions to social issues, so having a variety of skills and perspectives is actually a huge advantage.
Here are some roles you might find at a social hackathon:
- Project Managers :
- To keep the team organized and on track.
- Designers :
- To create user-friendly interfaces and visuals.
- Marketers :
- To develop strategies for reaching the target audience.
- Subject Matter Experts:
- To provide insights into the social issues being addressed.
- Developers :
- To build the technical aspects of the solution, if needed
What we work to solve
We are looking for a paradigm shift in foster care, aiming to select and train a new generation of foster families with humanitarian motivation, who are temporarily willing to take in children who are not living in a family environment. The goal is to change paradigms in policy formulation and work practices, increasingly oriented towards promoting quality of life. It is urgent to create conditions so that all children who need to be fostered are taken in by families.
AIPAR, Associação de Proteção à Rapariga e à Família, based in Faro, has been a Private Social Solidarity Institution since 1988. Its main aim is to support young girls and their families, including those in vulnerable situations due to violence or abandonment. Under its statutes, it can create services such as shelters, leisure activities, and promote meetings and seminars. Its mission is to protect and empower, regardless of the social, economic, ethnic, or religious status of the people it serves.
Day 1 - Ideathon
- 18:00- Check-In
- 18:30- Presentation | Ice Breaker
- 19:15- Problem Presentation
- 19:40- Team Formation
- 20:00- Dinner
- 20:45- Ideathon
- 00:00- Doors close
Day 2 - Hackathon
- 08:00- Doors opening
- 08:30- Breakfast
- 11:50- Disrupt Meal
- 12:20- Lunch
- 19:15- Disrupt Meal
- 19:30- Dinner
- 00:00- Doors close
Day 3 - Hackathon/Pitch
- 08:00- Doors opening
- 08:30- Breakfast
- 11:50- Disrupt Meal
- 12:20- Lunch
- 14:00- Final Submit
- 15:00- Presentations
- 16:00- Bye Party
- 19:00- Enjoy rest of weekend
Event Location
Site
: UALG TEC CAMPUS
Address
: University of the Algarve, Estr. da Penha, 8005-139 Faro
Event Format
Impact Hackers Hackathon
A problem-solving event where volunteers collaborate to devise and implement TECH solutions for local not-for-profit organizations, allowing participants to connect with new communities and develop valuable skills products.
- Rules
- The social impact hackathon follows similar rules to a normal hackathon, but it is meant to be more collaborative, as the outcome is to output as many ideas with big potential as possible
- Pitch your Ideas
- After an icebreaker for participants to get familiar with each other, ideas are pitched
- Build your Team
- Teams are formed around the top ideas. We encourage multi-disciplinary teams and to have members that haven’t worked with each other before.
- The Idea Bearer
- Each idea that will be worked on needs to have a coordinator - The Idea Bearer. The Idea Bearer is responsible for providing 1-minute updates and to ensure the idea moves forward during the weekend
- Submit your Idea Team
- After a team is formed around an idea, it should submit it on the form.
- Mentors will guide you
- During the weekend, mentors are available to help guide the teams, both in the venue and online through discord. Mentors are experts in several areas and can help teams unblock any issues they have.
- Disrupt Meals
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Before each meal, the Idea Bearer should point out the Top 3 Needs on a post-it and stick it to the Needboard.
During the meal, members from different teams are encouraged to help another team on one of their needs. If the need is met, the post-it can be moved. - Sunday is the final day!
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On Sunday after lunch, teams must submit their final project.
The final ideas will be presented by the facilitators, with the Idea Bearer (or another team member) on stage to answer any questions. - Idea Evaluation!
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Each idea will be evaluated based on its long-term impact.
- Categories will be awarded on the ideas
- Fun prizes
- Chance for one mentorship session
Interested in fostering?
If you are interested in fostering kids and want to know more or how to get started please get in touch directly with AIPAR.
AIPAR, Associação de Proteção à Rapariga e à Família
[email protected]
www.protecaoarapariga.pt
+351 966 683 137
Meet our team
We’re a dynamic group of individuals who are passionate about what we do.
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Priscila Sousa
Psycologist at AIPAR
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Karla Diniz
Technical Coordinator at AIPAR
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Patricia Nunes
Social Worker at AIPAR
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Rita Gonçalves
Executive Director at AIPAR
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Vanessa Nascimento
Mentor and Operations Architect and People Culture at Local.Foundation
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Lenz Gschwendtner
Facilitator and Resident Community Builder at Local.Foundation
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Penélope Gonçalves
Facilitator and Unicorn Community Builder at Local.Foundation
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Levin Gschwendtner
Mentor and Lead Geek and Software Engineer at Local.Foundation
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Cristina Tulcildas
Mentor and PxDesigner and Festival Princess at Local.Foundation
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Sérgio Henriques
Head of Logistics and Software Engineer and Community Builderat Local.Foundation