Design of a digital communication platform to food donations

Abstract

In this paper, a communication strategy between the individuals involved in the donation and collection of food is presented and thus, in this way, reduce the loss or waste of the same, which is one of the causes of food insecurity in Mexico and in the world. The platform is implemented as a distributed computing system. The system is accessed through a mobile application that operates on Android. The server implements the PHP language and stores the information in a relational model using the MySQL manager. In addition, the communication between the client and the server is done through the REST protocol encapsulating the data in JSON In this system, donors can see the location of nearby altruistic organizations, consult information and contact them through social networks. (WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter). It also publishes donation offers for organizations to contact them and view reports of donations made. Organizations visualize the offer of users and contact them through social networks. Likewise, they must record the follow-up of each donation received in order to ensure the delivery of the food.