App Detail » GoGive

App Description

GoGive makes it easy to locate and donate to refugee centres in your city. By matching you with refugee centres in your area that need the specific items you wish to give away, GoGive ensures your donations are always effective and welcomed.

Simply type in items you wish to donate, and GoGive matches you with help centres in your area that need them. Or, simply see a full list of help centres and their required donations according to your location.

Help someone in a difficult stage in their life. Donate with GoGive.

***This app was created by Memorado during project #hackweek15 #refugeeswelcome.***

Features
- Discover which items refugee centres near you need the most
- Search for items you wish to give away & get matched with a centre that needs them
- Easily see donation times, proximity to your location and contact details of donation centres
- See items by urgency, deadline or type
- Ensures you donate the items most needed
- Prevents unwanted items being donated


Why GoGive?

Europe is facing the worst refugee crisis since WW2 – and it’s time for us all to help. Most of us have belongings that we’re happy to give away to help others in need, but often don’t know where, when, or how to donate these items.

Similarly, donation centres struggle with keeping required items lists up to date and sharing these in an easy way with the public – which means often they receive unwanted items. Since centres often receive groups of refugees temporarily before they move on to different destinations, these lists are ever updating, and it is important that centres receive items specific to the refugees they are currently hosting at that time.

At GoGive, we’re aiming to solve these problems by providing an easy to use donation matching system that digitalises the requirement lists of refugee centres in Europe.


How does it work for refugee donation centres?

On the GoGive website, donation centres can create and update a list of required items, which is updated in real time in the app. Centres can also specify the urgency, deadline and more details about each item, ensuring that donors receive the exact information needed to donate effectively.
If you’re a donation centre looking to easily manage your requirements list, simply visit www.gogiveapp.com or contact us at [email protected].

Which cities in GoGive in?

Currently GoGive only contains information on refugee centres in Berlin, but we are working hard to expand to other cities and countries within Europe.
If you’re a donation centre in another European city, please feel free to reach out to use at [email protected].

App Changes

• October 25, 2015 Initial release