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Passion meets purpose—Liyab connects you with meaningful volunteer opportunities tailored to your interests.

CLIENT
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Industry
Social Impact & Technology
Services
Branding, UX Research,
UI Design
Duration
12 weeks

Overview

Connecting passionate volunteers with meaningful causes.

Volunteering should be a fulfilling and impactful experience, yet many struggle to find opportunities that align with their skills, passions, and schedules. Traditional platforms often provide generic listings, leaving users overwhelmed and disconnected.

Introducing Liyab, a mobile application designed to revolutionize volunteering by offering a personalized and seamless experience. By deeply understanding user preferences, Liyab bridges the gap between eager volunteers and organizations in need, ensuring impactful contributions and fostering long-term community engagement.

With intelligent opportunity matching, skill-based volunteering, and flexible scheduling, Liyab empowers individuals to make a difference on their own terms.

A presentation homescreen of Liyab App

Feature 1

Personalized Opportunity Matching

Liyab uses an intelligent algorithm to analyze user profiles, matching them with volunteering roles that align with their passions, skills, and availability.

Feature 2

Skill-Based & Cause-Driven Volunteering

Users can showcase their unique skills (e.g., design, coding, teaching) and find opportunities that leverage those talents, allowing them to contribute in a more impactful and engaging way. Liyab educates users about different causes, helping them discover organizations and initiatives that resonate with their personal values.

Feature 3

Flexible Scheduling & Location Preferences

Liyab respects the user's time constraints and location preferences, offering volunteering opportunities that fit seamlessly into their lifestyle.

Feature 4

Community Building & Progress Tracking

Volunteering is more rewarding when shared with like-minded individuals. Liyab enables users to connect with fellow volunteers, track their contributions, and celebrate milestones together.

Process

Designing for Impact

Liyab wasn’t just about making volunteering easier — it was about deepening purpose. We designed with empathy, clarity, and a shared belief that small acts can spark big change.

App Goal

Designing for Impact

To modernize the volunteering experience by providing a personalized platform that connects individuals with meaningful opportunities, maximizing social impact and fostering community engagement.

Analysis

User Research

Conducted user interviews and surveys to understand volunteer motivations, challenges, and preferences. Key insights revealed a desire for personalized opportunities, flexible scheduling, and skill-based volunteering.

Competitive Analysis

Analyzed existing volunteering platforms to identify gaps and opportunities for innovation.

A detailed table comparing Liyab's features against competitors in the volunteering app space. The table highlights unique aspects such as personalized opportunity matching, skill-based volunteering, flexible scheduling, and impact tracking. Rows represent features, while columns display competitors, with checkmarks and notes indicating the presence or absence of each feature.

Information Architecture

Structured layout showing the hierarchy of app content, including categories, navigation paths, and relationships between screens.

Structured layout showing the hierarchy of app content, including categories, navigation paths, and relationships between screens.

Ideation

Created initial wireframes and rapid sketches to explore different user flows.

Final Outcome

Liyab offers a frictionless and engaging way for users to connect with volunteering opportunities that matter to them. By focusing on personalization, skill-based engagement, and community-driven impact, the app redefines how people give back to society. Although still in the conceptual stage, the design and features aim to enhance the volunteering experience by providing users with tailored opportunities based on their skills, passions, and time constraints.

Success Metrics (Projected):
User Engagement: Estimated to increase significantly due to personalized matching and skill-based volunteering.
User Retention: Anticipated higher retention rates due to flexible scheduling and a strong community focus.
User Feedback: The concept has received positive feedback in user testing, with 92% of users expressing that it would help them find opportunities aligned with their passions.

Prototype

The prototype showcased here is a concept created in Figma to illustrate the key features and main navigation of the Liyab app. While it demonstrates the app's functionality and user flow, please note that it is not a fully developed product. The prototype is intended to highlight the core design elements and how users would interact with the app, with a focus on personalization, skill-based volunteering, and community engagement.

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