Sagip

A mobile-first platform digitizing blood donor registration and blood requests, connecting donors, recipients, and healthcare facilities built in 24 hours for my first hackathon, placing 2nd.

• Locating available donors (especially by blood type) relied on fragmented social media posts and informal networks

• No centralized way to formally submit donation or blood-request applications to healthcare facilities

• Stigma and misinformation around blood donation discouraged participation

Built Sagip, a centralized platform for digital donor registration, a blood-request submission workflow reviewed by healthcare professionals, and facility discovery with educational content to encourage informed participation.

• Built the mobile app in React Native for a cross-platform experience — my first time building with the framework, learned under hackathon time pressure

• Used Firebase Authentication and real-time database for donor records and blood-request data

• Integrated Google Maps API for in-app donation center discovery

• Hardest problem: getting a functional, reliable cross-platform app shipped in a hackathon timeframe while learning React Native from scratch.

• Connected donors, recipients, and healthcare facilities on one platform instead of scattered social posts

• Built an education layer addressing common misconceptions about donation

• Placed 2nd in our first hackathon