Welcome to the Dance Marathon Hack-A-Thon 2010!

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The 2009 Hack-A-Thon was sponsored by Yahoo!

The purpose of the Hack-A-Thon is to utilize the talents of students with software development experience during Dance Marathon. Instead of dancing, these "hackers" will work for 24 hours on non-profit software projects. The projects last year were:

OpenMRS - an open source electronic medical records system used by Partners In Health, which provides healthcare to impoverished areas around the world. Hackers will be fixing bugs and implementing new features.

Kiva - a microfinance institution for underserved areas around the world. Hackers will be utilizing their newly release API to create web applications and also creating an MMS gateway to process messages sent back by their Kiva Fellows from around the world containing GPS data and pictures.

Ellipse - a non-profit in San Mateo which provides counseling, referral, and food pantry services for HIV+ clients in the area. Hackers will be creating a new website and setting up a database to help them eliminate paper records.

FACE AIDS - a student campaign to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. Hackers will be creating a FACE AIDS Facebook application.

The Extraordinaries - a mobile phone project that enables on-demand and on-the-spot micro-volunteer opportunities. Hackers will be creating a Facebook application, an iPhone application, and miscellaneous web development.

The San Francisco Chronicle has blogged about the hack-a-thon!!

For more information please contact Jason Chen - (jhchen7 at stanford dot edu)
(More information regarding Hack-A-Thon 2010 coming soon!)