Alimenta la Solidaridad

The Mission

Alimenta la Solidaridad runs community kitchens across Venezuela, feeding children who really need it. They needed a platform where donors could see where their money goes and set up recurring contributions without friction. For me, this one was personal. I’m Venezuelan, and being able to put my skills toward something like this meant a lot.

How It Came Together

I built a first version on my own to get something in front of the organization quickly. It had the map, the donation flow, the programs. Once that proved the idea worked, we moved into building the real thing with Laravel.

For the production version I worked with Estefani, who handled the backend: payment processing, the email system, authentication, all the database work. She was great, and I’m really grateful for what we built together. I took care of the frontend views, the routing, the styling, and the admin-facing pages.

The Map

The centerpiece of the homepage is an SVG map of Venezuela with all 24 states clickable. You click a state and a panel slides in showing real numbers: how many children are being fed there, how many volunteer mothers are helping, how many dining centers are active. Each state has its own data.

The idea was pretty simple. Donors want to know their money is doing something real, in a real place. Showing them a state they recognize with specific numbers makes that connection immediate.

The Donation Flow

The donation page has a lot going on. You pick between one-time or monthly, choose your currency (USD or EUR), select a preset amount or type in a custom one, and then move through to payment. The whole thing is a multi-step flow with animated transitions between views. One-time and monthly are two separate paths that slide in and out depending on what you choose.

After payment goes through, there’s a confirmation screen and the system sends a receipt email. We also included the 501(c)(3) tax deductibility notice for US donors.

Five Programs

The organization runs five core initiatives: food security, training and empowerment, health, education and recreation, and family development. Each program has its own section with rotating image carousels showing the work on the ground. The food security program is the core of everything, with nutritionist-designed meal plans for the children.

The History Page

This one I really liked building. It walks through the organization’s mission and values, explains their model of community volunteer mothers, and lays out the five-step process for opening a new kitchen: identify a space, hold a community meeting, introduce the team, establish commitments, and opening day. There are also testimonials from real community members talking about what the program has meant for them and their families.

Admin Tools

Beyond the public site, I built several admin views: a map editor so the organization could update per-state statistics themselves, a donor management table showing active monthly contributors, and a privacy policy editor. The dashboard shows monthly and annual donation summaries so they can track how fundraising is going.

What It Meant

This was a nonprofit feeding kids in my home country during a really difficult time. The platform helped the organization present itself to donors in a way that felt real and specific, not just another charity page asking for money. Being part of that, even as the frontend developer, felt pretty good.