Over the past 50 years, our Planet has been seriously injured by the human race. A prodigious environment moved by forces that are in part still a mystery to us is changing as a result. Some would argue that it’s fighting against a threat to its own survival. Us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is now time to take action to reduce our negative impact on Earth, but in the meantime, we must also provide for the needs of our growing population while it’s faced with global changes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food, water, and industry to sustain ten billion people need to undergo global reengineering. People and organizations ought to organize themselves in a different and cross-linked manner if we wish that the human race can live<\/a> long and prosper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Luckily enough, technology is taking a relevant role in finding both a cure for our environment and a solution to our problems. And, as developers, you can be the makers of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year’s IBM Call4Code Clean Water and Sanitation challenge offers an incredible chance to any developer willing to give his\/her contribution to enable new processes in water-poor areas with Cloud solutions and AI software resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t The Call for Code Global Challenge<\/a> is a worldwide initiative that collected over 400,000 developers in 179 Countries, creating in excess of 15,000 applications. Its main ideas are<\/p>\n\n\n\n based on the 17 Substainable Development Goals<\/a> of the UN. IBM in part of the 2021 edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you a developer? Participate in a team, imagine a solution, and compete to have a chance to win $200,000 and receive comprehensive support to see your solution deployed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Or, If you want to participate but currently you don\u2019t have so long time to work on a full solution, you can anyway give your help in contributing code to existing open-source projects<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Through the Call for Code<\/a> initiative, you have the opportunity to build and contribute to sustainable, open-source technology projects that address social and humanitarian issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Call for Code is different from any other tech for good initiatives in that top solutions are deployed to make a demonstrable difference in the communities with the greatest need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n IBM is part of this initiative for a long time and still pushes on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What are you waiting for? Be part of the fun, pick the engagement that is right for you, and build skills while making meaningful change! The main way to get involved with Call for Code is by forming a team and competing in the Global Challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Open-Source, community-driven environments build strong foundations for every digital project today. An international connection environment to pick the best experts to complete your idea is a fundamental help to the final goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also technology plays a central role in all this: putting your idea into a secure and scalable framework is a relevant part of a winning solution, and IBM is the right partner to be involved with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Building on top of strong foundations, robust environments can be easily developed through a rich infrastructure such as IBM\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winning is the final goal of every competitor, and this is true for the Call for Code Global Challenge<\/a> 2021. Widening the horizon is an important give-up to every participant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On our webinar to introduce the 2021 Call for Code Global Challenge<\/a>, Georges-Henri Moll, distinguished Data Scientist at IBM, and Xavier Rey-Robert, Developer Advocate at IBM, demonstrate how to view open data in a Node.js dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In their example, they show how to locate polluted waters, and Xavier Rey-Robert explains how to build a Node.js dashboard for an earthquake alert system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These tutorials are taken from the starter kits for the 2021 Call for Code. If you are curious to learn more, or to understand how to take full advantage of this opportunity, we advise you not to miss it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Call for Code 2019<\/a> Global Challenge asked teams of developers, designers, data scientists and business analysts to build solutions that significantly improve preparedness for natural disasters and accelerate relief when they hit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Liquid Prep<\/a> offers an end-to-end solution for farmers who want to optimize their water usage; especially during times of drought. It is specially designed for low-literate farmers in developing countries who also need access to advanced agricultural advice to be successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By using an intuitive mobile app, local soil sensors, and backend service in IBM cloud<\/a>, farmers can be better informed on how to use limited water supplies and increase their chances of growing healthy crops for their small plots of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the World Health Organization, 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely managed drinking water services, 4.2 billion people do not have safely managed sanitation services, and 3 billion people lack basic handwashing facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These services are critical in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases. Even in areas that have these services, there are vast inequalities in the accessibility, availability, and quality of the services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UNICEF is urgently appealing for funding and support to reach more children with basic water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities, especially those children who are cut off from safe water because they live in remote areas, in places where water is untreated or polluted, or because they are without a home, living in a slum or on the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From intelligent solutions for small farmers to recycling showers, technology can make a significant impact on the availability of water and its consumption. IBM provides various technologies such as IoT<\/a>, Watson AI services, and blockchain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n IBM Water Management as a Service platform can monitor water resources in real time. Through this cloud-based platform, IBM is helping to improve the management of water resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s think you are in with your team and you choose the Clean water and sanitation solution. What is your team required to do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n In short, here are the three basic technologies with their proper names:<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Your new skills: a global view<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Technology at the service of the Planet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Liquid prep, a hint from 2019 CallForCode Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Going deep into the problem: Clean Water <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
IBM Tech used in the Clean Water and sanitation Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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