David Clark Cause and IBM invite applications for the Call for Code Global Challenge, a worldwide, multi-year initiative that inspires developers to solve pressing global problems with sustainable software solutions. The Call for Code Challenge for 2018 is a competition that asks you to outthink natural disasters and build the solutions that will significantly improve the current state of disaster preparedness in your community and around the world.
The Issue
The inaugural Call for Code Challenge theme is Natural Disaster Preparedness and Relief. How will you answer the call?
The Call for Code Global Initiative is a rallying cry to developers to use their skills and mastery of the latest technologies to drive positive and long-lasting change across the world with their code.
For 2018, the Call for Code Global Challenge asks developers to create solutions that significantly improve preparedness for natural disasters and relief when they hit. This competition is the first of its kind at this scale, encouraging developers who want to pay their skills forward for a specific mission to alleviate human suffering.
One team will win the first annual Call for Code Global Prize, supported by the United Nations Human Rights Office and the American Red Cross’ International team. The winner will also earn several other awards that foster adoption of their application as an open source project (through the The Linux Foundation), scale its impact, and accelerate deployment in areas of greatest need.
Winners will be announced at the Call for Code Global Prize Event and Concert, which will benefit UN Human Rights and the American Red Cross, and be held on October 13th, the United Nations International Day for Disaster Reduction.
Prizes
Answer the Call for Code by building global solutions for disaster preparedness. The most impactful project will be implemented with the help of IBM, The Linux Foundation, UN Human Rights, and American Red Cross.
The winner of the inaugural Call for Code Global Award will receive:
First and second runner-up will receive:
Eligibility
Deadline: August 31, 2018
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