We started out a bit slow this year with two events. Two awesome events. :)
In partnership with the World Bank, GDGs all over the Philippines hosted Sanitation Hackathons in six cities: Bacolod, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Manila, and Zamboanga.
From the Sanitation Hackathon site:
From the Sanitation Hackathon site:
In dozens of countries around the world, IT and sanitation experts join forces for an intensive brainstorming and programming marathon to develop innovative applications that will help address the challenge of the 2.5 billion people who lack access to adequate sanitation.
Interest in the hackathon was more than what we expected. With amazing support from our host school, Colegio San Agustin and local sponsors GlobeLabs and SMART, 45 developers in the Bacolod site were able to roll out 10 solutions (out of 29 all over the Philippines!).
And now on to the good news...
To meet up with the hackathon winners and formally announce the news, World Bank representatives flew out to Bacolod last February. Out of the 10 apps that were developed, one caught the eye of the Organization --- WaterHole, created by Ian Divinagracia and the father and son duo of Walter Adrian and Walter Frederick Seballos, will be granted financial support to make their app a reality. Congratulations!
Team CSA & WaterHole with World Bank Representatives
1st Place: TrashIt
2nd Place: WaterWatch
3rd Place: WaterNess
A week later we were back in Bacolod to host Student Dev Day Bacolod, an event to introduce what's awesome in tech to 500 students and members of the academe from colleges and universities all over Negros Occidental. The event covered a wide range of platforms, including Android, HTML5, Sites, plus a talk on innovation and startups.
Check out the event photos at Google+!
Big thanks go out to Google for making the event possible, GlobeLabs for providing lightning-fast internet connectivity and our host, La Consolacion College.
Photo Credits: Aumar Daguia (SanHack), Hubert Gamboa (photos, c/o Google+)
