A prototype for an app that would allow Pacific people to anonymously express feelings in an open, thoughtful and safe discussion.
Demo: http://the-va.herokuapp.com/ (It might take a while for Heroku to spin up on first load)
If you want to try it out locally, clone down the repo and run the following in the root directory:
touch .env && echo "JWT_SECRET=yourRandomSecretHere" >> .env
yarn && yarn knex migrate:latest && yarn knex seed:run
yarn devOne of the biggest issues plaguing Pacific people (particularly youth) in the diaspora surrounds mental health and wellbeing. Due to the tapu nature of some subjects like sexuality and religion or the nature of the relationships within families (e.g. fakaapaapa or respect between brother and sister), it can be difficult to find someone, who can understand from a cultural perspective, to confide in without feeling embarrassed. Similarly, it can be difficult to critique or question aspects of Pacific culture because of the potential backlash you might experience. I propose an app that would allow Pacific people to anonymously express such feelings in an open, thoughtful and safe discussion. The hope is that the anonymity element might create not only a more comfortable space, but a frank discussion. Conversations about mental health are so uncommon but so needed in the Pasifika community. It would be good to hear about topics that distress our youth, from the youth themselves so that the wider Pasifika community might be able to work towards fixing these issues.
-- Carmelite Müller
Product Owner
Carmelite Müller
Dev Lead
Bryce Kehoe @bryceknz
Dev Team
Lisa Serous @Zuzatoy
George Hardy @georgehardy
Emma Ashley @emma-nio
Zaine Kingi @rous6026nz
Alisa Herrera-Hayman @alisamhh
