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Overview
CHallenge
research
define
design
Solution
testing
Next steps

Research

Initial Discovery

Why ACTF exists? "

Before going into a better understanding of users we decided to know ACTF first, i.e what was their mission and how they wanted to achieve that mission.

MISSION :
ACTF started with the mission to help people during the COVID-19 pandemic and rural India to lead our nation forward with discipline, courage, balance, and Innovation. ACTF wants to facilitate every migrant worker to get loans with free interest. They want to initiate the supply of medicines to all Young guards at 12.5% in times of such emergencies. They need a platform where people will be in contact with a non-profit organization in case of any donations or community news.

HOW THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE IT :

DONATION
VOLUNTEERS
SOCIAL MEDIA

WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM?

Not all existing non-profit companies were able to assist, because everything had broken down so drastically

Lack of Support
Need of emergency help
Collaboration gap

WHAT TECHNOLOGY WAS LACKING?

The healthcare industry was reeling from the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE). According to the Companies Act, firms with a net worth of Rs. 500 crore, or turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or net profit of Rs. five crores or more, are required to set aside 2 percent of their average net profits over the last three years on corporate social responsibility activities.

20 million

households reported too little to eat in 2021

3.2 million

households required emergency aid and rentals

80k

beds in cities were required for people to get admitted

WHICH METHODS OF UX RESEARCH WE USED AND WHY?

Digging deeper into online surveys and research we found various pain points which needed to be looked into.

Hence, to gain more insights we forwarded the survey all around the world and top NGO's. We did got a change to speak with NGO founder regarding current issues and how people are suffered and what they expect from us. "He told about, how difficult it was to communicate with other communities and non profitable organizations"

Users were eager to donate money but due to a lack of knowledge about platforms to donate they were unable to do it
Most of them don't know where to start as they had trust issues,

SUMMARIZING RESEARCH / KEY TAKEAWAYS

PROBLEM AND OPPORTUNITY SPACES

How are we going to address the volunteers and donors in our designs?

By focusing more into our target users who were actively involved in helping nonprofitable organizations. That. is, some of them have funds for donations & some of them desire to help by volunteering.

Getting in detail of what can our app provide to address the problem

INTERESTS
PAIN POINTS

Designing a digital platform to connect donors and organizations through understandable, clearly defined small items of cause.

Providing users with platform to donate money

To support the whole journey for people and organizations to become a recurring donor in the long term.

Helping organisations to collect funds

Allowing these organizations in reaching of global funds to help COVID 19 impacted people.

Collaboration of donors and organisations

Forming a bond between them will be helpful in getting funds and informations easily. This will also increase the efficiency of the team.

Design

SETBACKS + A NEW DIRECTION FOR ACCOUNTABILITY


We wanted the product to be:

FLEXIBLE
To make sure we were designing around flexibility, we dove deeper into user needs and user scenarios.
CONVINIENT
Responsibilities that providing funds to each other should be handled with care.
TRANSPARENT
We wanted to achieve this by being transparent about transferring money between communities.


Hence to achieve above goals, we brainstormed and decided to get a separate platforms for Donors and NGOs.

CREATION OF USER JOURNEY

Based on the user's feedback we created the flow for our app design. As our goal was to build a visual identity that will communicate the core values of the brand.​For designing the app we decided to prepare separate screens for NGOs and a contributor. As creating one screen can confuse the user. Hence created the user flow and moved accordingly in preparing wireframes and high-fidelity screens.

ACTF is an organization initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people all over India. It’s one of the most innovative concepts of organization incepted from Rural India.

Team

Project Manager
2 UX Designers
3 Developers

My Role

Led the design of donation experience

Timeline

12 Weeks
March 21' - June 21'

Company

Anti Corona Task Force
(Project Live - 2021)

PROBLEM

'Individuals in need' struggled to access essential support and financial aid during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Sudden onset of COVID-19 caused drastic changes in social, economic, and health-related repercussions, necessitating the assistance of people and communities during times of crisis.
To know more click here to see India's covid crisis.

Only

5%

of people in the country received financial support.
Only

20%

of people knew which application to use in such situations.
Only

4%

of payments from the various platforms were recurring.

SOLUTION

Platform to create volunteer networks and medium to transfer funds to vulnerable populations.

Providing financial support and connecting various types of communities & individuals who have been affected by the pandemic such as those who have lost their jobs or been unable to access government support.

IMPACT CREATED

Regular meetings with the product manager and detailed collaboration with engineers ensured we maintained all project details, significantly contributing to the project's growth.

10 K+

Downloads

1.6 M+

Donations Raised

14 K+

Active Users 2021

PROCESS

Team formulated three principles, which guided us through the many explorations and debates along the way.

INITIAL THOUGHT IN MIND

How can we provide support to individuals and communities affected by Covid-19?

INITIAL DISCOVERY

Analyzing the deep cause

WHAT UN REPORT SAYS

" Most people had no personal experience (97.41%) or knew anyone (82.58%) with COVID-19, yet endorsed moderate-to-severe impact of COVID-19 on their academics, social life, and work. "

" The pandemic is pushing an additional 71 to 100 million people into extreme poverty. "

" Global foreign direct investment is now projected to fall by as much as 40 percent in 2020. "

WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE

Being a part of someone's survival & support

" The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a global reversal in human development in 2020 and saw the number of people in extreme poverty rise, while between-country inequality also increased. "

HOW BIG IS THIS PROBLEM

We interviewed 33 individuals of two categories :

  • A detailed research plan of 3 weeks was created for individuals across 9 different states divided into (Individuals seeking support & portential volunteers).
  • We generated 2 different persona's for different category users i.e individuals / organizations who are seeking help and individuals / organizations who are offering support.

Turns out to be 3 main reasons,

WHERE IS THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY

Many NGOs have had to adapt their operations in response to the pandemic, such as by shifting to virtual platforms for meetings and programs. The economic downturn caused by the pandemic has also had an impact on NGOs, as many have seen a decrease in funding and donations.

74%

According to DFID, 4 billion people lack digital access.

58%

Organizations experienced a decrease in funding in 2020.

49%

Non profit organizations saw a decrease in program participation.

GATHERING DATA TOGETHER

We uncovered really interesting insights as described below

' Diabetes ' isn't the problem - its management is

UX CHALLENGES

A) How to help people to donate effectively?

As ACTF initiated in COVID-19 pandemic were firstly most people eagerly wanted to transfer or provide the fund but there was no such platform where they would donate money smoothly. It was becoming very difficult and hard to manage. 

B) How to help non-profit organizations to communicate with each other?

ACTF being Non-Profit Organization it was collaborating with other organizations for help or emergency basis. This collaboration wanted the medium were they would connect with each other. 

Donation
Volunteers
Social Media

BUILDING CONCEPTS

Themes & Implications

To clarify our research findings, we extracted our key findings by creating a survey. which helped us to come to conclusion between the user’s need and their pain points. Online surveys & personas helped us to understand the diverse range of users that our group encompasses and served as critical guidelines for designing a product that truly meets users’ needs.

REDIFINING PROBLEM STATEMENT

How might we design an application that enables users to make efficiently payment experience?

PROBLEM AND OPPORTUNITY SPACES

Streamline payment process, ensuring it is efficient, user-friendly, and secure?

By connecting the gap between the existing technologies and users needs we filtered various features which can be useful and applied in our further process.

SETBACKS + A NEW DIRECTION FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

Team debates and figuring out best option

Throughout the journey, team had lot of insightful conversations, successes and challenges. To provide transparency, the small conversation highlights the key discussion that informed our design decisions. It also outlines the challenges we faced during our project.

WIRE-FRAMING AND QUICK TESTING

Test Fast, Fail Fast, Adjust Fast

HANDOFF FOR DEV TEAM

Ensuring Consistency through Design System and Handoff Documentation

By aligning our team's efforts and standardizing our design elements, we ensured consistency across all our project. This proactive approach not only enhanced our teamwork but also streamlined our workflow, resulting in a more efficient and unified design process.

FINAL DESIGN

Perfecting the Donation Experience

All of these elements finally come together in the final designs.

IMPACT GENERATED

Power of collaboration in design

Regular meetings with the product manager and detailed collaboration with engineers ensured we maintained all project details, significantly contributing to the project's growth.

10 K+

Downloads increased by 74%

1.6 M+

Donations jumped 70% since last year

14 K+

Active Users 2021 - 62% of users in 2021 were repeat users

BIGGEST LEARNING

Internal communication drove project

Effective internal communication and organized design handoffs significantly improved product quality and efficiency, ensuring smooth transitions and collaboration even as team members changed during the project.

NEXT STEPS

Integration of AI for Enhanced Personalization

Testing how AI can be used to predict donor behavior, identifying potential high-value donors and forecasting future donation trends.