Kukura

Civil-society organisations in Mozambique struggle to formalise processes, show impact and reach donors. They need a simple tool on the phone.

The Ionic/Angular app is the team's work: organisation profile, assessment questionnaire, resource library and causes. I created the Laravel backend repository in 2024, set up deployment and test CI/CD, and implemented sign-up with email and SMS verification and password recovery. I review and merge backend PRs. The project started as the "Doar Para Transformar" prototype (DPT App), built by a colleague, and was renamed Kukura.

1. 01

   Email and SMS verification in parallel

   The verification code goes out on both channels (SMS via Twilio); if one fails, the other arrives. Email alone was not reliable in production.

2. 02

   Normalising Mozambican numbers to E.164

   `843216789` becomes `+258843216789` before sending, because users type their number in many formats.

3. 03

   SSH deployment to shared hosting

   GitHub Actions with maintenance mode, `composer install`, migrations, caches and post-deploy tests — no dedicated server needed.

4. 04

   Resource library seeded from shared JSON

   The same JSON files feed the backend seeders and the app, so the resources never drift apart.

• Laravel
• PHP
• MySQL
• Ionic
• Angular
• Capacitor
• Twilio
• Docker
• GitHub Actions

migrations in the backend

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Email reliability in production calls for a second channel; and CI/CD on shared hosting takes many iterations to get stable.

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  SDG 17 · Partnerships for the Goalsprimary

  An organisation profile, an assessment questionnaire and causes give civil-society organisations a way to prove impact and reach donors.

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  SDG 10 · Reduced Inequalitiescomplementary

  Small organisations outside the main cities gain a digital fundraising channel in an app on the phone.

• Kukura website (opens in a new tab)