amanikids/kituo

Scheduling app for Amani's social workers. = Kituo This is an internal application used by social workers at the Amani Children's Home in Moshi, TZ. Its primary function is to schedule and keep track of home visits. amanikids.org == Quick start brew install imagemagick brew install postgresql bundle rake .environment rake db:setup rake == Roles === Social worker There are about 5 social workers at Amani. They want to: * Schedule home visits, either to try and arrange a reunification of a child with their extended family, or to check up on such an arrangement. This normally happens every month or so - see the RecommendedVisit model for typical guidelines. * Print a roll call sheet for all kids on site === Social work coordinator Manages the social workers. Traditionally just one. They want to: * Get an overview of how long kids are staying at Amani * Assign kids to social workers === Development officer Traditionally just one. They want to: * Get an overview of how long kids are staying at Amani * Upload headshots of the kids == Design * As this is an internal app, Firefox is the only browser that needs to be supported. * Authentication is not required - social workers often masquerade as others when they are on leave - and there is no private data. The identification page is for convenience and better usability (we can provide a home page that is directly useful to the person). * Average computer competence of users is low, so the UI is designed to be big and friendly. Drag and drop is used liberally as it was the easiest for social workers to use. * Selenium tests cover all the functionality, including the JS drag-drop stuff which is kind of neat. * The app is localized to Swahili and English. * African names typically aren't as strict as English ones. Spelling is quite variable. To try and alleviate the problem of multiple case files for the same person, an algorithm is used to suggest potential duplicates. Also, having a photo of the kids visible is quite important in this reg …