“Hackathon4Ukraine”: a coding challenge to support Ukraine
On 19 March 2022, Hackathon4Ukraine
[https://m.facebook.com/events/1132043360669520], a coding event took
place, challenging data enthusiasts from all around the world to
develop apps to help Ukrainian population affected by the Russian
invasion. This initiative was organised by a group of programmers and
students from the Warsaw University of Technology
[https://www.pw.edu.pl/engpw] and the Imperial College London
[https://www.imperial.ac.uk/]. 

With the support of professional programmers, participants developed
mobile or web applications within 24 hours. To facilitate the creation
of impactful solutions, volunteers dealing with problems in Ukraine
were present throughout the event, sharing their insights about
critical areas in need of support.

The winning teams of the hackathons were:

 	* “Search4Ukraine
[https://github.com/stankevichea/Hackathon4Ukraine/tree/main/team_03]”
simplifies internet search in Ukrainian language for citizens in
foreign countries. 
 	* “Damage Map
[https://github.com/stankevichea/Hackathon4Ukraine/tree/main/team_12]”
allows residents who remained in Ukraine to report damage to public
buildings and apartment blocks.
 	* “Disinfo Fighter
[https://github.com/stankevichea/Hackathon4Ukraine/tree/main/team_14]”
serves as a propaganda filter and flags social media posts with high
probability to be fake news.

Want to know more about these apps? Documentation
[https://github.com/stankevichea/Hackathon4Ukraine] is available on
GitHub. Donations collected during the event will go to an NGO with
the aim to help affected people from Ukraine.

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Publication Date/Time
2022-04-06T09:00:00+00:00
The hackathon encouraged the development of applications to help
people in Ukraine affected by the war