FtourNet

Inspiration

As students that have to spend their Ramadan away from their families, and as individuals who happen to be driving at Iftar time, we often find ourselves in situations where it’s hard if not impossible to find a place for Iftar. Not to mention the number of families that are in need and can not cover their Ramadan expenses.

The Name

“FtourNet”, composed of “Ftour” the main meal of Ramadan and “Net” referring to the network of solidary people that we aim to build through this application.

What it does

FtourNet is a mobile application dedicated to helping both non profits and individuals to organize charity events (Mataim Rahma, Donation collection..) and also gives the ability for individuals to find volunteering opportunities near them. The main functionalities of the app are :

Find charity events with all their kinds, near you.
Add new events.
Check for volunteering opportunities.
[For individuals only] Mark yourself available for volunteering to receive notifications right away.
[For associations only] Post about new volunteering opportunities.

Challenges we ran into

We run into many complications while deciding the UI for our application and how to ensure the safety of our users when they move to the featured places and events.

What we learned

It was definitely a nice opportunity to learn more about flutter and firebase!

What's next for FtourNet

As we were limited by the time, we have a couple of functionalities that we hope to see come to life shorly:

Add an AI model to recommend events for volunteers such that they will be distributed as equally as possible.
Using locations of both online and offline users, count the number of users in a certain event to display how crowded the event is for others who wish to join it.
Add a page for associations to view people that are available for volunteering and contact them for urgent events.
Add an extra layer of verification when adding an event, and that by checking the profile of the individual or the association on social media using web scrapping.
Add online donation functionality.
Improve the user experience.