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Mapping the Hunger Gap

The Idea:

What will change in the world because this Project happens?

People will understand where poverty is, where the food bank distributes food, and the "Hunger Gap" is in their community. They will see geagrahically where it is most important to support service

What information will people interact with to make this change?

People will use the Google Mash-up to look at the data in communities relative to how much need there is for food, and how many hungry people there are. When they zoom into a city, or a census tract, they will get a picture of how many people in that area are suffering from hunger insecurity.

What else have you done in this Cause Area?

I am the CTO for Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. I have been using technology to better distribute food and measure our impact for 7+ years.

The Assessment

What kind of help or resources do you need to turn your project idea into a completed mashup?

Funding to take it to a national scale. Programming to make it real-time.

The Team

Comments

Understanding where poverty is

"Understanding where poverty is" - that is an interesting concept.

Good luck, Michael, I just gave the project a star.

I am interested in your project because I work with small businesses in developing countries. Look forward to telling you more about it.

Meanwhile, I have submitted a mashup project called Biz-o-mat which you can see here. It helps small businesses in developing countries.

If you like it, please give it a star before COB today.

Thanks! See you in California in May!

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