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Torus was founded in 2020 by a refugee who was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, raised in Moscow, Russia, and lives in Portland, Oregon. Torus bridges gaps between people and communities by facilitating transformative experiences of language and culture exchange. We do this work through our seven programs. We believe in connectivity and a sense of belonging to a community for immigrants and refugees, as well as anyone who has been living in the US for generations.,
Torus bridges gaps between people and communities by facilitating transformative experiences of language and culture exchange.
We are building a mobile app that will serve as a comprehensive platform, harmoniously integrating the three pivotal elements of our operations learners, volunteers, and the dynamic interaction amongst them and our staff.
Among many features, it will have culturally and linguistically responsive teaching tools. For example, quizzes, translation feature for 6 most common languages spoken in Oregon (Dari, Russian, Ukrainian, Mandarin, Spanish and Vietnamese), grammar correction feature, AI integration, and a messaging feature designed to help learners seamlessly communicate with their teachers and Torus staff.
Our app will help our immigrants and refugees who are learning English by giving them more practice in English skills (both grammar and conversational) through relevant real-world modules. We are proposing modules that will be targeted to studying and practicing for citizenship and driving tests addressing immediate needs and long-term goals, both of which open new doors for opportunities to immigrant and refugee communities.
Torus Mobile App
(Built in ReactNative)
Responsibilities
• Developing Torus App (coding, programming)
• Debugging and testing code
• Meeting and collaborating with Ramin and the team at least once a week on Zoom
• Researching, investigating and fixing a wide range of technical issues
• Approaching problems and creating solutions
• Responding within 1-3 hours of an inquiry
• Front End Build this UI/UX using an established design
• Back End Help us build it. We are integrating FireCMS and need to connect our front-end with backend.
• We need iOS and Android developers.
Platforms and languages used
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• React-Native
• Figma
• Android Studio
• XCode (Needs Mac OS)
• Jira
• Github
• Firebase
• FireCMS
To learn more about the app Torus App – TORUS (torustransforms.org)
To get involved, contact ramin@torustransforms.org
This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.
