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Community Help Information Local Database (CHILD)
Senior Project Abstract
by Joseph Peek
Advisor: Charles Massey
CHILD: A relational database
developed for the Save the Children non-profit organization.
CHILD was originally a CSCI 446 project which only completed design
for the Save the Children Eastern Area Office (Asheville) which had
not had a database previously. CHILD input comes from programs in
seven states which serves 15,000 sponsored children and almost
triple that number in unsponsored children. CHILD, while maintaining
the organization to program relationship, tracks utilization of
programs and funds. The original project was designed on Microsoft
Access 7.0 instead of the 2.0 version available to the user. If the
project had reached the testing phase, the CSCI 446 team would have
realized the large amount of design rework necessary for the code to
work properly. The elimination in unnecessary relationships and
tables, as well as, redesign of the forms proposed made up for
shortfalls in Access 2.0 capabilities. The CHILD program will help
the 8 Eastern Area staff members deal with the ever increasing
administrative burdens being place upon them. CHILD, once
implemented at the Asheville Office, will be made available to other
area offices throughout the United States. |