List of hackathons about non-profit in 2016

Professional trainers and industry leaders! Want to give back to the community? Come and participate at Design 2 Transform Pwani Edition. This is an initiative that aims to transform communities through the use of digital technology. Design 2 Transform training equips individuals with the necessary skills needed in today's technology-driven economy. Participants are then able to build websites and articulate their message on the Internet.

Collaborate with like-minded people with the intention of solving a problem creatively. Form your team and participate along with hundreds of enthusiasts in 2016 CampusLink ULTRA Hackathon.

Interested in citizen-critical issues? Come participate in BRIDGE SF — a four-day collaboration of public, private, non-profit, and academic institutions coming together to challenge assumptions, develop skills, share best practices, and build partnerships that drive innovation for a better tomorrow. →Day 1 - Partner Sessions: Demo Day, Hackathon, and Partner Sessions featuring some of the Bay Area’s most impressive innovators →Day 2 - VIP Workshops: 200 VIPs participating in 6 Workshops ​led by a team of 20+ Experts →Day 3 - Thought-Leadership Panels: ​400 attendees featuring 40+ of the Top Minds in 12 Thought-Leadership Panels + Evening Closing Ceremony →Day 4 - Open City: Open City experience in partnership with local institutions will share the nature, history, arts, culture, and innovation of San Francisco

Interested in overseas volunteering? Mark your calendar for a hackathon to build and develop better overseas volunteering projects to maximise learning and service. Attendees will hear from stakeholders of the overseas volunteering eco-system, experience a poverty simulation and learn to ideate or improve a project to pitch!

Our world has alot of problems, and often the solutions provided by organizations don't fix or only partially fix the problem. If this sounds like a conversation you feel needs to be had, and are a current student enrolled in a degree from the faculty of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Queensland than this event was created for you! Join the HASS Hackathon to learn through hands on experience about social entrepreneurship and how it mixes business with charity to solve pressing problems in communities around the world.

Web developers, designers, UX/UI, project managers, military veterans! Come and compete for thousands of dollars in prizes to create solutions to some of the toughest problems military veterans face every day. Over the weekend, all participants will have the opportunity to work alongside veterans on software solutions to address the following challenges: »Veteran Homelessness »Educational Opportunities for Veterans »Social & Emotional Health for Veterans and Family Members »Employment Opportunities for Veteran   »Resources for Entrepreneurial Veterans

Hackers interested in the Zambian agriculture sector? Come and participate at AgriHack 2016! During the 1.5 day hackathon, teams will prototype youth ICT innovations and entrepreneurship in agriculture, in order to help transform the sector and develop opportunities for Zambia's young people! Experts acting as mentors will provide advice to teams. Winners will benefit from BongoHive's startup programmes or other opportunities to improve and promote their prototypes.

Are you interested in helping solve the problems of people with disabilities? Then participate in the HACK FOR NEEDS Hackathon. Designers, developers, prototyping and automation enthusiasts are invited to a day of collaboration to solve one of the following five needs of people with disabilities: 1. TURN ON - OFF: Develop switch activated by limited body movements 2. COMMUNICATE: Develop instruments to express YES / NO; I'M THIRSTY - I WOULD LIKE COFFEE; I WANT TO GO OUT; I WANT TO REST. 3. MARK TIME: Develop tools to indicate the time, its passing and to guide the sequence of activities, times of the day. 4. MOVE YOURSELF: Develop tools which identify obstacles and give indications of full / empty. 5. RECEIVE SENSORY INPUTS: Create visual, auditory, and tactile inputs through technology that the person can choose and experiment.

Involved in the hiring process? Are you an HR professional, recruiter, line manager, executive or anyone with an interest in the challenges of tech hiring? Come attend the Tech Recruiting Unconference (#tru). The event follows the unconference format, something similar to live open source, and will concentrate on the demands and challenges of tech recruiting. The agenda will focus on the nine most important topics of critical interest recruiters.

Are you a techie teen — or want to be one? Sign up for the Teen Hackathon (teenhackathon.com). Take this opportunity to "watch and learn" how to code!