AdjHozzá

UX/UI, Mobile application, Research
Project
Interaction Design MA University project
Role
UX Research and Design, UI Design
Type
Full-cycle app design, UX/UI
Year
2025
Technologies
Desk research, Interviews, Mapping, Figma

AdjHozzá is a micro-donation platform designed to help students in vulnerable situations to receive financial support anonymously, balancing trust, safety, and meaningful connection.

The problem

Disadvantaged students lack safe, stigma-free ways to ask for financial help
to ask for financial help.

Human layer

  • stigma of asking for help
  • fear of exposure
  • vulnerability


System layer

  • ack of trust in institutions
  • fragmented support systems
  • inefficiencies in fund distribution

The research

I combined desk research (EU statistics, Hungarian education system analysis) with qualitative interviews.
I spoke with mentored students in NGO programs, as well as teachers from public schools and after-school providers.
To understand systemic gaps, I mapped:

  • fund flows in the Hungarian education system
  • the student journey from primary school to university
  • stakeholders in the ecosystem
    This revealed where financial support breaks down and where students are most at risk of dropping out.

Key insights

  • Asking for help is socially risky → anonymity is essential
  • Trust is not assumed → it must be designed through systems
  • Power imbalance affects how users engage (or don’t)

The solution

I designed a three-sided donation platform connecting:

  • donors
  • teachers
  • case managers

How does it work?

A student asks a trusted teacher for help.
The teacher submits a request through the platform.
Case managers transform these into verified, anonymized stories.
Donors can browse and support specific cases directly.

Key features

  • Anonymity by design: students are represented through system-generated identities
  • Flexible giving: one-time or recurring donations
  • Transparent tracking: donors can follow how funds are used, even beyond a case

Impact

Positioned the platform as a scalable model for education-based micro-financing
Reduced psychological barriers to asking for help by embedding anonymity into the core flow
Increased trust through transparent, traceable donation journeys
Bridged gaps between disconnected stakeholders (students, educators, donors)