Pick a cause you are passionate about - example climate change, education, hunger, health, etc. - and design an app for it.

Clarifying questions 

• I am passionate about education and eradicating poverty and in the same regard, I have worked with many organizations such as Rajeswari old age home and Ashray Akruti

• I would like to choose the cause as supporting old age homes 

• Shall I assume the geography as India → Yes 

• Any specific goal of this app → You decide

  • Can I assume that the goal of the app is to provide a place to find the suitable volunteering opportunities and connect people who wants to support (OK) 

Build an app for supporting old age homes with the purpose of creating a space to find suitable volunteering opportunities for people to contribute 

User segments

1.  Individuals looking for volunteering opportunities 

   1. People wanted to make a difference in the lives of others

2. Organisations looking to contribute for the causes 

   1. Already had some sort of connections/mechanism to contribute 

3. Old age homes looking for support 

Pain points 

1. How to help 

   1. How to help

   2. What organisations looking for support 

2. Trust issues 

   1. Proper utilisation of resources/time 

3. Limited time 

   1. Other family commitments 

   2. Cannot be a regular contributor 

The pain point of how to help is a real one. When I was associated with my previous organisation there were ample opportunities to contribute but now, I find it difficult to contribute with my time and skill 

Solutions 

1. Travel Impact 

   1. Opportunities might be static where we live and surrounding that area

   2. You travel with map access for the app 

   3. Nearest location and hours requested by old age home

   4. Sometimes some of the requirement does not need to be visit such as contributing for the sewing machine for the elderly 

   5. It also sync the travelling plan and give you the notifications to make a difference 

   6. Effort → M-H || Impact → High

2. Map my giveback calendar 

   1. Select specific times such as weekends and hours to be spent

   2. Share some simple snippets such as cook, play, act etc 

   3. Details such as Phone no is masked as in Uber 

   4. Old age reach out via phone or in-app messages to maintain privacy 

   5. Select and approve their request for the work 

   6. Effort → L-M || Impact → H 

3. Auto-suggestion volunteering 

   1. Something like Tinder for the volunteering 

   2. Connect your social handles such as Linkedin, FB, Instagram and also enter your details 

   3. Crunch the possible opportunities you might like based on your feeds

   4. Give notifications such as right and left swipe to showcase interest 

   5. Effort → H || Impact → L - M 

KPIs to track 

1. Monthly active users 

2. Repeat volunteers

3. # Volunteering activities done

4. % conversion 

5. Referrals 

Guard rail

1. Privacy of users