Donate.lk: A Smart Donation Handling System

Sri Lanka is a small island in the Indian Ocean which is in the path of two monsoons. Therefore, the country is mostly affected by weather related hazards. Floods are one of the most common hazards that the country faces due to monsoonal rain or effects of low pressure systems. Droughts due to failure of monsoonal rain are another common hazard experienced in Sri Lanka. Moreover, Sri Lanka is also prone to hazards such as landslides, lightning strikes and coastal erosion. In 2004, almost two-thirds of the Sri Lankan coast was affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. State, Non-governmental and Media organizations in Sri Lanka initiate much needed relief to people affected by floods and landslides across the country by organizing donation campaigns. People from all around the country help victims through those campaigns. While delivering those rations, there have been many conflicts related to identifying most needed people and what kind of rations they needed. During such disasters, manual labor is hard to find. At present there is no proper system to manage those donation campaigns to verify equal distribution of donations to victims. People handle those with difficulty by making groups through social media which is a temporary solution. All of the above matters indicate that, a country like ours must have an automated system to manage donations/rations. Also, by using global servers, an optimum route will be created to make sure that the rations are delivered and provided to the people in need. Therefore, as a solution, this paper proposes a system that manages donations and delivers them to the people in need with fewer burdens.