This system is for the Donkey Care workers, who are part of the Bahanwana Donkey Friends project, which focuses its efforts on holistically improving the welfare of donkeys and the well-being of people in rural communities.
This system is designed to make the lives and job of the DCW workers easier, and ensure they are able to capture insights with the app. You can view the Business Case to understand more about the business problem.
Below is how the User Interface looks and the overview of the application.
For the project, these are the following tools used:
- React Native
- Firebase
- Node.js
- Visual Studio Code
- Expo CLI (and Expo Packages)
- Git (Version Control)
- Sendinblue API (For SMTP)
The application has the following features:
- Creating User Account and Login 🔐
- Data Driven Updates 🔁
- Gamification Using Leaderboard 🤼
- Create, View, Edit and Delete Reports 🗃
- SMTP Email Notification 📩
- Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding 🗺
- Onboarding and Guiding Features 🔍
- And some cool animations ✨😎
Here is some slight demo of the app.
We as the team, have been fortunate enough to be on the Top 3 School of IT Showcase in the Information Systems department, and we have been placed on 3rd place for our Systems Development Project. This is a huge milestone and a very great appreciation. The team was comrpised of me (Software Developer), Thamsanqa Gaika (Soft Skills), Sinqobile Mngoma (Project Manager) and Sinenkosi Khumalo (Business Analyst). It was a great yet fruitful experience!
For more info about the project initiative, please visit this article