OrphanCare – A Digital Platform for Child Adoption and Orphan Care

Abstract

OrphanCare is a browser based application that digitises routine tasks in orphanages: maintaining child records, handling adoption requests, and sharing announcements. The platform supports two roles. Administrators create and update children’s profiles, review and decide on adoption requests, post news, and keep the system in good order. Adopters/Users can browse children, submit an adoption request, follow the status of their submission, and manage a simple personal profile. The implementation uses PHP 8 for server logic and MySQL 8 as the data store, deployed on a low cost LAMP host. Choosing familiar, open source tools reduces expense and makes the system easy to maintain on shared hosting commonly available in Bangladesh. By replacing scattered paper files with a single secure database, the application lowers administrative effort and speeds up decision making. The main modules Child Registry, Adoption Request Management, News Publishing, Profile Management, and light Reporting - were designed with short forms, clear validation, and responsive pages to suit both desktops and mobile devices. While the current release focuses on core needs, the architecture allows surface level extensions such as SMS/email notifications, a small analytics dashboard, and multilingual content. In summary, OrphanCare offers a practical, scalable step toward transparent and efficient orphanage administration, improving how information flows among staff, prospective parents, and the wider community.