Crowdfunding Platform for Social Causes

Abstract

Web-based Crowdfunding for community social causes. This platform provides fund raising and easy way for people and groups to collect financial support for their social/community work. Many traditional fundraising methods suffer from limited reach, lengthy processing, lack of transparency and inefficiency. To tackle these issues, the platform provides a comprehensive and easily navigable digital online product that allows Campaign Creators to set-up, manage and track a fundraising campaign, while Donors can make easy contributions via secure online payments. The design of the platform has combined the Roles of Campaign Creators, Donors, and Admins into one organized workflow (Campaign Approval, Donation Processing, E-mail Notification, and Transparent Tracking). SSLCommerz is used to enable fast and secure payment transactions, and Multilingual support will enable people to use the crowdfunding platform in any language. Future Development of the platform will include an analytics dashboard to track campaigns, reports detailing contributions and donors, feedback systems, and a blockchain-based method of proving transparency within the system. The ultimate goal of the platform is to improve the means that communities in Bangladesh and abroad can raise funds for the causes that they believe in, and promote social change through increased access, efficiency, and trust.