Roots of Hope: Code for Cuba Hackathon @ Facebook

Roots of Hope: Code for Cuba Hackathon

Develop applications that can be launched in Cuba to facilitate:

(1) connectivity/access to information,

(2) entrepreneurship and

(3) journalism and digital advocacy.

Roots of Hope, a nongovernmental organization focused on empowering youth in Cuba through technology and entrepreneurship, is hosting a two-day hackathon in the San Francisco Bay Area at Facebook Headquarters.

The project is Roots of Hope's second annual liberation/circumvention tech hackathon focused on solutions for the Cuban context. Cuba is the least connected and technologically capacitated country in the Western hemisphere, but it is also a country with a talented workforce and an ever-growing number of innovative solutions that leverage technology.

The goal of this hackathon is to develop ideas and applications that can be launched into the Cuban reality and inform and empower a broader community around the topics of technology and innovation in Cuba. This year’s theme, Connectivity, Digital Activism & Entrepreneurial Empowerment, encourages greater dialogue, free speech, and knowledge-sharing. Join us in building solutions for Cubans on the island so they may connect more-readily to the rest of the world.

**Please register HERE (http://codeforcuba.challengepost.com/)

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