SaveForward Lending App
Preferred learners
- Canada
- Academic experience
Categories
Skills
Project scope
- What is the main goal for this project?
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About SaveForward
So many of us wish we could afford to make more of a difference and don't believe our donations are being used efficiently anyways. What if we spent a little less here and there to empower another person directly?
The SaveForward app helps you spend less on guilty purchases and puts a portion of the savings toward empowering someone else. When you avoid a purchase, tap it in the app to immediately put the money away so you can't spend it. When you've hit your goal, you can choose someone living in an underbanked region of the world to empower with a life-changing loan. Borrowers use the funds to start a business or go to school, and create a better future for themselves. When the loan is repaid, you can re-lend it or add it to your own savings.
Not an impulse spender? Set a monthly amount to contribute instead. Gone over budget this month? No problem! You can lower or cancel your contribution anytime.
The Project
The primary focus for the student will be:
- Implement end-to-end mobile and backend platforms using React Native and Node JS.
Our goal at the end of this experience is:
- For the students to create a fully functioning application.
- For students to gain experience in developing a RESTFul API and platform.
Other duties the student may complete could include: (indicate other duties as exemplified below)
- Cloud computing
- Microservices
- Unit and integration testing
We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: Slack, Whatsapp, Phone, Google Meet, Email
Student's primary contact: Celyn Brown, CEO & Co-Founder
Secondary contact: Susahosh Rahman, Interim CTO
Resources
We will provide students with access to the following systems and tools: Slack, Jira, Bitbucket
- What is the main goal for this project?
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About SaveForward
So many of us wish we could afford to make more of a difference and don't believe our donations are being used efficiently anyways. What if we spent a little less here and there to empower another person directly?
The SaveForward app helps you spend less on guilty purchases and puts a portion of the savings toward empowering someone else. When you avoid a purchase, tap it in the app to immediately put the money away so you can't spend it. When you've hit your goal, you can choose someone living in an underbanked region of the world to empower with a life-changing loan. Borrowers use the funds to start a business or go to school, and create a better future for themselves. When the loan is repaid, you can re-lend it or add it to your own savings.
Not an impulse spender? Set a monthly amount to contribute instead. Gone over budget this month? No problem! You can lower or cancel your contribution anytime.
The Project
The primary focus for the student will be:
- Implement end-to-end mobile and backend platforms using React Native and Node JS.
Our goal at the end of this experience is:
- For the students to create a fully functioning application.
- For students to gain experience in developing a RESTFul API and platform.
Other duties the student may complete could include: (indicate other duties as exemplified below)
- Cloud computing
- Microservices
- Unit and integration testing
We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: Slack, Whatsapp, Phone, Google Meet, Email
Student's primary contact: Celyn Brown, CEO & Co-Founder
Secondary contact: Susahosh Rahman, Interim CTO
Resources
We will provide students with access to the following systems and tools: Slack, Jira, Bitbucket
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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No deliverables exist for this project.
About the company
- https://wesharechange.com
- 2 - 10 employees
- Technology, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Banking & finance
The ShareChange app gives people creative ways to fund life-changing loans. These loans empower underbanked individuals to start a business, expand their farm, or go to school, and ultimately lift themselves out of poverty. Through ShareChange, you can choose who to fund, and receive credits to empower someone again as they repay!
1.7 billion people are unbanked, meaning they don't have access to tools like credit and student loans to create a better future for themselves. These loans often improve the lives of their children and future generations, and may even create jobs for others in the community.
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Mission: Motivate people to create financial opportunities for underbanked individuals around the world.
Vision: Everyone will have access to fair and empowering financial services, regardless of where they are born.