The student will be required to help us to develop a mobile phone-based reporting app for field implementation in Malawi. As a mobile application developer, student can put his/her passion to create effective and cutting-edge mobile app for social change.

About the App: NutritionOps aims to develop a mobile app to monitor and survey the Food and Nutrition security situation in the districts affected by frequent climate events in Malawi. The app will be used for reporting metrics such as the characterizations of markets, price fluctuations, and availability and affordability of a wide variety of food groups. This app will be used by youth leaders to ensure accuracy of reporting and to ensure that results are available quickly. Standard methodologies such as the Food insecurity Experience Scale will be used as the foundation for questions.

- Understand requirements and how they translate into application features

- Design creative prototypes according to specifications

- Write high-quality source code to program complete application

- Perform unit and integration testing before the launch

- Conduct functional and non-functional testing

- Troubleshoot and debug the application

- Develop technical documents and handbooks to accurately represent application design and code

We will be on hand to mentor the student and can introduce them to relevant team members in Malawi.

We will provide guidance and support when it comes to food security issues to help put the project into context.

We are Toronto based and happy to meet in person if the student would wish to.