Overview
I'm looking for volunteer help with a personal project called MissionHosts. Mainly I'm looking for someone to help with UI design (screens in figma) although I'm open to help with development too.
I've raised a little bit of money I can use to pay help, but this is one hundred percent a volunteer project - no one will ever make a dime off of it. The goal of this project is to help missionaries spread the gospel around the world.
I've raised a little bit of money I can use to pay help, but this is one hundred percent a volunteer project - no one will ever make a dime off of it. The goal of this project is to help missionaries spread the gospel around the world.
The Problem
Missionaries routinely travel the country to raise support to go the mission field. As they travel, they usually have a place to stay during the days of their meetings (usually Saturday and Sunday) but they spend an enormous amount of time looking for lodging between meetings and often have to resort to using expensive hotel rooms.
The Solution
Misssionhosts is going to be like an AirBnB for traveling missionaries. It will help missionaries find churches and individuals to host them on the their travels.
In doing this, it needs to solve several problems:
For the host
- The host needs to be able to set availability (eliminating "is the apartment available on..." calls.)
- The host needs to be able to set expectations for arrival, the stay, and leaving.
- The host needs to be able to communicate through the application, obscuring his contact info from missionaries.
- The host needs some mechanism to identify bad-behaving missionaries for other hosts (a review system)
For the missionary
- The missionary needs to be able to see hosts available during their time of need.
- The missionary needs to be able to filter by location to plan their stays.
- The missionary needs to be able to see the amenities offered by a host. (Laundry, wifi, etc.)
- The missionary needs to be able to see the rooms they will stay in beforehand.
- The missionary needs to be able to communicate with the host.
- The missionary needs to be able to review the host so other missionaries know what they are getting into.
In doing this, it needs to solve several problems:
For the host
- The host needs to be able to set availability (eliminating "is the apartment available on..." calls.)
- The host needs to be able to set expectations for arrival, the stay, and leaving.
- The host needs to be able to communicate through the application, obscuring his contact info from missionaries.
- The host needs some mechanism to identify bad-behaving missionaries for other hosts (a review system)
For the missionary
- The missionary needs to be able to see hosts available during their time of need.
- The missionary needs to be able to filter by location to plan their stays.
- The missionary needs to be able to see the amenities offered by a host. (Laundry, wifi, etc.)
- The missionary needs to be able to see the rooms they will stay in beforehand.
- The missionary needs to be able to communicate with the host.
- The missionary needs to be able to review the host so other missionaries know what they are getting into.
The Story
I tried launching this earlier. I raised money and paid one of my stateside developers to work on the project full time. Unfortunately, he took another job opportunity and left the project without a developer.
I then tried to work on the project with a freelancer, but quickly realized that I need a UI designer more than a developer. The project has kind of stalled.
I'm looking for someone else to take up the project with me and help me get it launched.