Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Helen Keller
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Helen Keller
“The most effective way to reduce waste is to NOT create it in the first place. Making a new product emits greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change and requires a lot of materials and energy – raw materials must be extracted from the earth, and the product must be fabricated then transported to wherever it will be sold. As a result, reduction and reuse are the most effective ways you can save natural resources, protect the environment and save money.” – USEPA
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the global volume of food wastage is estimated at 1.6 billion tons of “primary product equivalents.” Total food wastage for the edible part of this amounts to 1.3 billion tons. The carbon footprint left by global food wastage is estimated at 3.3 billion tons of CO2 equivalent of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere per year. Whereas, on the other hand, millions of needy people sleep empty-stomach each day.
Did you know that 20 billion tons of clothes end up in landfills each year? And it is not just clothes, other items such footwear, food, stationery, household goods etc. reach the landfills every day. In contrast, most needy people do not have access to decent clothes, footwear or other necessity items.
One person’s trash could be another person’s treasure. While millions of tons of used items get added to landfills each day, there are millions of needy people who could otherwise make good use of most discarded items.
Donate Tags brings donors and needy people/institutions on to a single platform. Donors are enabled to donate directly to needy people around them.
Donate Tags focusses on providing needy, homeless people with necessities such as used clothes, shoes, medicines, and such. It primarily focuses on solving the twin issues of Hunger and Food wastage around the world as it is estimated that millions sleep on an empty stomach each day. On the other hand, millions of tons of food are wasted each year.
Donations need not be newly purchased products when used items found within our homes can be of great use for people in need. This way, we can easily Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and in the process, greatly assist in the conservation of Mother Earth!!
The solution includes the use of an Android App by Donors and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled tags which are distributed to the needy. The location of the tags is crowdsourced and near real-time locations is provided to donors who can use our Android App to locate needy people and donate items to them. Institutions like old age homes, orphanages etc. do not require these tags. The caretakers or owners of these institutions simply need to install our android app to seek/receive donations.
Download the Donate Tags App from Google Play store and register as a donor.
A donor can click on the “Scan to Donate” button to find and donate to needy people.
Needy people are given inexpensive, Bluetooth tags that help donors locate them and be able to donate necessities such as used clothes, shoes, medicines, and such.
Donors can select items that they would like to donate, take a picture of donation and Donate the items.
Download the Donate Tags App from Google Play store and register as an Institution.
An Institution can click on the “Request a Donation” button to seek donations.
Select the item and quantity required for the Institution and click on the submit button.
After the request is submitted, nearby donors will receive the notifications.
Download the Donate Tags App from Google Play store and register as a donor.
A donor can click on the “Donations Requests” button to find donation requests raised by nearby Institutions.
A donor can view the requests raised by nearby Institutions and choose to donate items to the Institution of their choice.
After making a donation, the donors can mark the request as fulfilled. Partial fulfillment is also allowed.
