FundMyMeal

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  Partner registration

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  Dashboard

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  Recepient page

Inspiration

Zero hunger is 2nd in the list of 17 sustainable development goals established by the United Nations.\ Billions of individuals suffer from starvation on a nearly daily basis. Our platform endeavours to solve this problem.

What it does

FundMyMeal is a three-sided marketplace that connects Donors, Recipients, and Local Kitchens.\ Donors can browse local kitchens in real-time, see their funding needs, and contribute via a premium, integrated payment interface.\ Recipients can claim one community-funded meal per day, secured by their device's physical thumbprint sensor to prevent fraud and ensure fair distribution.\ Kitchens receive a streamlined platform to track incoming funds and verify claims, creating a transparent "Circle of Trust."\

How we built it

We built the mobile experience using React Native and Expo, focusing on a premium UI that feels like a modern fintech app. The backend is powered by Node.js and Express, which handles the critical business logic for the 24-hour claim resets and role-based access. The core "magic" is the Native Biometric Integration, where we interfaced directly with Android hardware to trigger system-level thumbprint verification. For the economic layer, we developed a high-fidelity Stripe Mock gateway to simulate secure, real-world credit card transactions.

Challenges we ran into

It was difficult to get our hardware to interact correctly with the software. Given that thumbprint recognition was better on Android than image recognition, we chose to restructure our code to do this.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

At first, we were building a website on which one can upload a thumbprint image. Realizing that this is inconvenient (at 1 am mind you), we pivoted and made a mobile app instead.

What we learned

This project taught us that Security is a User Experience. We learned how to manage the lifecycle of biometric authentication and how to design a backend that enforces strict "One-Claim-Per-Day" rules. On the frontend, we discovered how to build a premium interface that builds user confidence. Most importantly, we learned that complex technical tools (like biometrics and payment gateways) can be repurposed for significant social good.

What's next for FundMyMeal

We plan to expand our app to accept iOS input, and use a better image recognition model. We also plan to create a website that works coherently with the app, so donors and partners can seamlessly donate/register via their laptops. We also plan to add recommendations of restaurants based on user preferences.

Built With

• javascript
• typescript