Team 9 [Let's Help]

Core Idea

Let's Help is an application to assist volunteering process. Both volunteering provider and volunteering seeker can communicate efficiently. The goal of this application is to link eligible volunteers where help is needed.

MDG Theme

This is our theme: People solve other people's problem

Our Theme is to help people solve other people's problem. Not everybody is perfect in this world but we all have some capabilities or skills. Therefore, our project will play a role of “gateway” to establish the relationship between the people.

Let's Help (hereinafter: LH) is an idea where people can “take initiative” to help others in case of disaster (earthquake, volcano eruption etc) and normal help (providing free services or volunteer work for others).

Develop a Global Partnership for Development

The Problem

Shortage of available Human resources in communities to support any araising need.

Needs in relation to

Natural Disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and drought

Reconstruction

Insurgency and insecurity

Charitable events

Community activities

Disease Outbreaks

Let’s Help Technology is one possible Solution!

Motivation

The world problems slapping us on the face every morning on the Breaking news.

The humanitarian spirit to help those in distressful parts of the globe.

The imbalance of skill distribution worldwide causing a sufficient lack in regions with developing economies.

Creating healthy environments for the communities.

Rebuilding communities that are disaster hit.

Connecting people to those who are in need of help and those who are eager to give the help.

Whatever your skill - there's a way to help from anywhere on Earth (and elsewhere if you can manage a phone, fax, Internet or e- mail connection).

GOAL (MILLENNIUM Development Goal)

* Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Interaction with the Users means the target aim which is the community is surely meet.

Bringing communities far and wide by distance to be closer by letting their needs and problems be shared by an entire single environment by a single click.

The hope the development brings through software to create a definite future for novel ideas in the wilderness of adversity.

Creating a virtual partnerships between organizations, government sectors and volunteers

To create an improved secure online volunteering service

Improving volunteering systems in Organizations with enhanced email communications

SOME STATISTICS

December 5 is International Volunteer Day

About 63.4 million people, or 26.8 percent of the population, volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2008 and September 2009. (Source: US Bureau of Stats)

Technologies Used

Visual Studio 2008

ASP. NET

C#.net

Linq to SQL

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Javascript & CSS

Microsoft Expression Web 3

Presentations

Let's Help

Team Members

Kamal Panthi [c0346747]

Helvi Nyerwanire [c0346844]

Santosh Kalwar [b0331927]

Deepak Man Shrestha [c0346857]

If you have any question, please address them to Team Members at: [Firstname.Lastname]@lut.fi