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Digital Donation Platform for Nonprofit and Charity Organizations

Digital Donation Platform for Nonprofit and Charity Organizations

Fernando Almeida, Alexandre Cunha
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 10 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1935-5661|EISSN: 1935-567X|EISBN13: 9781522543268|DOI: 10.4018/IJICTHD.2018070102
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Almeida, Fernando, and Alexandre Cunha. "Digital Donation Platform for Nonprofit and Charity Organizations." IJICTHD vol.10, no.3 2018: pp.14-27. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJICTHD.2018070102

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Almeida, F. & Cunha, A. (2018). Digital Donation Platform for Nonprofit and Charity Organizations. International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD), 10(3), 14-27. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJICTHD.2018070102

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Almeida, Fernando, and Alexandre Cunha. "Digital Donation Platform for Nonprofit and Charity Organizations," International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD) 10, no.3: 14-27. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJICTHD.2018070102

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Abstract

Social economy has assumed a role of growing importance in these last decades, being seen by several entities and political agents as one of the pillars in a new sustainable economic model. Volunteer programs are multiplying, and greater coordination between the various involved actors is essential to guarantee that society's help reaches the people who need them. In this sense, a digital donation platform based exclusively on open source technologies has been proposed and developed, which simplifies the process of donation of goods to a set of causes created by social solidarity institutions. The application permits anonymous donations and allows the monitoring of the status of each donation by the donors. Additionally, usability was considered as a key element in the design of the application

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