GoVolunteer: volunteering mobile application for elderly

Volunteering refers to any activity in which is given freely to benefit another person, group or organisation. Volunteering is associated with better self-health ratings, increased life satisfaction, as well as lower levels of functional dependence and depressive symptom. The focus of this project is to develop a volunteering mobile application for elderly which can allows the elderly to contribute time and expertise to not-for-profit organizations, schools, government office and other agencies that utilize volunteer services. The cause of developing this project is to help elderly to be more productive and reduce their loneliness, it also helps the organization or any person to find a volunteer and team up with them to address sustainable development challenges. There are several problems has been identified which are there are a lot of assistive technology for elderly but lacks of technology or platform that can help elderly to participate and contribute themselves to the community. In addition, elderly people will feel lonely when they are left alone at home. Therefore, to solve this problems GoVolunteer provide a platform where the elderly can give an advice and chatting in personal messages with the user to eliminate the loneliness. The objectives of this project are to identify the requirement for GoVolunteer Mobile Application, to design GoVolunteer Mobile Application based on requirement and to develop GoVolunteer Mobile Application based on requirement and design.The methodology used in this project is Mobile Application Development Life Cycle. Moreover, this application will provide a better User Interface (UI) based on User Experience (UX) from elderly. User Interface (UI) is a design of user interface for software such as the look of mobile application, with a focus on ease of use while User Experience (UX) is the process of creating products that provide meaningful and relevant experience to users. The combination of UI and UX will help the elderly to navigate and interact easily throughout the application. In future, this project can be enhanced by adding more features that suitable for volunteering application.