Food Donation Project System is a mission to end hunger and no wasting of food to make a hungry-free world.According to the latest survey, 1.3 billion tons of food is thrown as waste every year. Additionally, one-third of the food consumed is stated as leftovers. The focus of this project is to reduce the amount of food wasted and being used to the needy people.
Therefore, an android-based application is developed by which a person can donate food with their capacity and at the same time the application lets the organization to put their request on their requirements. The basic prerequisite to use this Food Donation Project System application is a smartphone.
Existing system
Presently people who wish to donate items need to personally visit the organizations and donate foods or other items. Otherwise, they have to search for some websites to donate surplus food.In general, the large manufacturers, wholesalers, and organized community provide food items to food banks or waste tons of foods daily. They have to search for some organization that needs food. This process involves a lot of time to contact the organization to check the requirement. If they do not need the food, then the person has to contact another organization. This makes the donor tired and exhausted.
Proposed Food Donation Project System
The application for food donation acts as an interface between the users who are looking for a channel to give the excess food without wasting it.It enables us to donate the excess food by notifying nearby users with the details of the food that is available. The required users claim the notification. The system allocates the food items based on the priority.
The Food Donation Project System application is designed in such a way that the users have two options to select.
- If the user looking to donate food, login using username and password then add the below information in the application:
- Name of the food item and the excess quantity.
- Location of the user using GPS.
- Contact address details to claim excess food.
The donor’s information is posted on the application and any number of users can claim the food.
- If the user is claiming for the food, then he needs to enter the contact details of the organization that he belongs to with the address.
The system is designed in the way that one or more users can claim the food. If there is more than one user to claim the food, then the application does the job scheduling and the request is accepted to the user on a priority basis. The food quantity that is saved and the number of people who have fed are portrayed in graphs and reports. The success rate is calculated based on the impact of reducing the hunger rate.
Food Donation Project System Modules
- Sign-up and login: The user has to sign in with the name, email ID, contact number, and address.
- Donating the surplus food: The user has to choose the activity if donating or claiming the surplus food. It is required to fill the contact address where the food is available.
- Claiming the surplus food: If the user claims for the surplus food, need to specify the organization name with address and contact details.
- Priority-based sorting: If one or more user has claimed for food, the request is scheduled on priority bases.
- Data Analysis with Graphs: The data gets recorded after every donation and the graph is prepared for visualization impact. This graph is prepared with the focus of increasing donating in the minds of people.
- Data Analysis with Reports: Once the data gets recorded, the system generates reports with the total number of people fed and the total quantity of food donated.
Conclusion
The surplus food from the functions and gatherings can be donated easily. The visualization impact of the donation can create a positive impact on the users. Minimizing food wastage and feeding the hunger is the main goal of the food donation project. The application is targeted in two ways, the user who is donating the food and the person/organization that is claiming the food.
