Overview

Volunteering with UNICEF imparts one the power of transforming lives of children and young people around the world. By advocating for vulnerable children, delivering life-changing support, and creating a more just world where every child can flourish, UNICEF volunteers unite to achieve a lasting impact.

The “UNICEF Volunteers Online Registration and Management System” is an online platform that facilitates volunteer management, knowledge sharing, and access to opportunities, among other features. UNICEF Bangladesh launched this online tool to encourage youth participation in a variety of initiatives.

The Objective

Simplifying and enhancing the volunteer registration and management process.

UNICEF seeks to extend opportunities to individuals determined to transform communities. However, the volunteer recruitment process can be tedious and challenging, leading to missed connections. To address this, Riseup Labs developed the “UNICEF Volunteers” tool, streamlining volunteer management, recruitment, and communication.

Below is a breakdown of the key objectives behind UNICEF Bangladesh’s Volunteer Management System.

  • Streamlining volunteer recruitment and onboarding.
  • Improving communication and coordination.
  • Enhancing the matching of volunteers with suitable opportunities.
  • Effective volunteer retention and engagement tracking.
  • Centralizing information for efficient volunteer management.
  • Strengthening community building and collaboration between UNICEF and volunteers.

The Challenge

Ensuring security and scalability for volunteer management and analytics.

UNICEF Volunteers addresses the need for a versatile volunteer management platform that enables managing volunteer recruitment process, information, opportunity matching, engagement analytics among other features.

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Below are the key challenges addressed by UNICEF Volunteers.

  • Ensuring accurate collection and maintenance of volunteers’ skills and relevant details.
  • Safeguarding sensitive personal and professional data of volunteers.
  • Managing a surge in volunteer registrations and activity during emergencies.
  • Designing a user-friendly system for volunteers with varying levels of digital literacy.

The Solution

Enhancing the volunteer registration and maintenance process through expert engineering.

Cross-functional expertise led to the creation of comprehensive forms, robust encryption, and an optimized system within an intuitive interface, ensuring volunteers accurately register their skills while safeguarding their information.

Below are the details of the solutions implemented.

  • Designing comprehensive registration forms that accurately reflects skills and qualifications.
  • Implementing strong encryption for secure data storage and transmission.
  • Optimizing system performance for high traffic and large databases.
  • Developed a user-friendly interface with tooltips, help sections, and FAQs.
  • Centralized volunteer information in a single, accessible database for up-to-date accuracy.

This page was last edited on 18 August 2024, at 5:13 pm