Unveiling Volunteer4U: mobilizing opportunities for volunteering

This paper provides a detailed documentation of the Volunteer4U mobile application development. Volunteer4U is a mobile-based platform which provides volunteer organizations from various categories. It can save time as the user can search the volunteer choices according to their preferences. They can choose according to their preferred volunteer categories, which eases their findings. Moreover, the researchers came out with this project due to the problem that the community faced in finding volunteering opportunities. This project comprehensively explains the overview scopes of the Volunteer4U application, the project goals, the methodology used for the system development, logical design, database design and the prototype based on the user requirements and specifications. The user requirements and specifications were collected through an online e-survey, and the potential user tested the low-fidelity prototype for contemplation to be included in the application. In the process of developing this application, the existing mobile applications were analyzed to identify the application's limitations to consider in developing the application based on the project goals. The Volunteer4U application benefits both developers and users equally. Developers gain from the creation of this platform, while users can easily discover volunteer opportunities from nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations.