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Life Saver

by team Cows from the Mooon

Idea

To connect the shelters and people who are willing and able to help. We try to overcome the gap of Government helping people and society helping Government.

Objectives

To provide a tool that eases communication between shelters and citizens.
To provide a possibility for citizens to donate directly to those in need and know exactly how was the donation used.
To engage citizens to act.
To connect specific institutions with needed volunteers.

Raise awareness about problems of homeless people and animals.

Data

Needed datasets

Google maps - locations of homeless and animal shelters for Croatia / World
Database of existing shelters and basic info about their work and their contacts
Base of shelter’s current needs
Information base - homeless people life stories and experiences

Result data

Open data provided by the platform

Database of shelter’s needs
Growing database of shelters information
Pending donations
History of donations
Volunteer experiences

Actors

Shelter users

constantly generate new data (uploading new requests)
giving feedback to donors about how they use their donations
providing experience and knowledge for volunteers and evaluate their work

Citizens

use the provided information
generate content with engaging
share / spread the word
contribute (work, money)

Volunteers

Volunteer feedback

Volunteers will be able to send their feedback through the survey and generate new data

Future plans

Media packages - help to spread the word
Expert volunteers - making impact in society
Craigslist - helping homeless to get involved in society
Volunteer experiences - help to inspire
Crowdfunding
Collected data: type of people that donate and help out at homeless shelters; type of people that donate and help out at animals shelters; needs of shelters; statistic of donations
Collected data can be used for example to help charity organizations to create focus groups for advertising and fundraising