On September 18-19, in collaboration with StrategEast, the United Nations Development Program and with the support of GITA, there was held EPAM Engineering Hackathon: Design your future. 

The traditional marathon brings together professionals, innovators of Information Technology and facilitates civil society and charity organizations, schools, public sectors, medical institutions of various countries to improve services and processes through digital solutions.

The favorite team of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP Georgia) Accelerator Lab, supporter of the Hackathon, is Dart Team that came up with an idea of creating an interactive map for wheelchair users. The idea implies creation of a mobile application that lets people with disabilities know in advance where they should expect an adapted environment.

Within the framework of the hackathon, the team created a prototype of the application, while at this stage they work on refining the product.

As mentioned before, Dart Team became the favorite team of UNDP Georgia, however, instead of receiving the prize, it decided to purchase a computer for a teenager from Samtredia.

“A Georgian schoolgirl has received a computer as a gift from us, Dart Team and a social charity project “Charte”. It is a valuable gift for Janna, which will help her fully engage in online schooling and search for vital information needed in her studies”, - is stated on the website of UNDP Georgia on a social network.