Case study · Neighbour Nosh · Cross-platform mobile app
A food donation app that assigns a volunteer in 60 seconds.
Good food was being thrown away while NGOs and old age homes nearby went short. We built Neighbour Nosh, an Android app that connects the two and gets a volunteer on the way in about a minute.
- from donation listed to nearest volunteer assigned
- 60 sec
- average app load time
- <2 sec
- role-based dashboards: donor, receiver, volunteer, admin
- 4
- languages supported across the app
- 6
- Client
- Neighbour Nosh
- What we built
- Cross-platform food donation app (Android)
- Built with
- React Native, Expo, TypeScript, Firebase, Google Maps
- Headline result
- Donation to assigned volunteer in 60 seconds
The problem
What was holding them back
The food existed and so did the need. What was missing was a fast, trusted way to connect them.
Surplus food went to waste
Hotels and restaurants had edible food left over every day, with no simple way to pass it on before it spoiled.
Donating meant phone calls
Finding a receiver, arranging a pickup and confirming it all happened by hand, which is too slow for cooked food.
No way to check who was genuine
Donors had no easy way to confirm a receiver was a real NGO or home, and that made them hesitate to give.
No visibility after pickup
Once food left the kitchen, nobody could see where it was or whether it arrived.
What we built
The solution
A closed, verified network where donors, receivers and volunteers each get the tools they need.
A dashboard for every role
Separate interfaces for donors, receivers, volunteers and admins, so each user sees only what they need.
Smart geolocation matching
Google Maps distance filtering matches each new donation with the closest verified receivers and the nearest available volunteer.
Live delivery tracking
Donors and receivers follow the pickup and drop-off on a map until the delivery is marked complete.
Emergency Hunger Alerts
When a shelter faces an urgent shortage, nearby donors get an instant push notification.
Six languages
English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, so language is not a barrier to using the app.
Verification built in
Admin tools to check NGO credentials and flag fraudulent accounts, so food reaches genuine receivers.
The result
Before and after
The numbers, side by side.
- Donation to volunteer assigned
- Before: Manual calls and follow-ups
- Now: About 60 seconds
- Receiver trust
- Before: Unverified, word of mouth
- Now: Admin-verified NGOs and homes
- Delivery visibility
- Before: None after pickup
- Now: Live map tracking
- Donor engagement
- Before: No recognition for giving
- Now: Points, badges and a Top Donors leaderboard
The app loads in under two seconds on average, so a donor can list surplus food in the middle of a busy service. Live GPS data is deleted automatically once a delivery completes, which keeps running costs low.
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