Tech4Good – How a good collection, aggregation and analysis of programme data can help NGOs to optimize their services to beneficiaries and improve the quality of outcomes.
Meet Narasamma who works with Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatane (JMS) - a small, growing and impactful collective of inspiring dalit women agricultural workers engaged in the protection and promotion of human rights of dalit women. She speaks about how technology is helping document and measure the impact of her work at JMS. Grassroots and remote NGOs like JMS, … [Read More...] about Tech4Good – How a good collection, aggregation and analysis of programme data can help NGOs to optimize their services to beneficiaries and improve the quality of outcomes.
Indus Action: Chatbot project update
Web Access has been working with the Indus Action team to build a Chatbot that will be used by its beneficiaries. You can find the initial assessment of the project in this previous blog post. Here are the key features that were implemented as a part of this project. * Multilingual: English and Hindi * Ability to get information about different … [Read More...] about Indus Action: Chatbot project update
Hasiru Dala – Software architecture and tech stack
As described in a previous post Hasiru Dala provides multiple services to the waste pickers. These services are independent of each other to a great extent as far as developing a software system for it goes. I also described our choice for using OpenCHS for part of the system - social security and community activities. In this post, I fill up some details … [Read More...] about Hasiru Dala – Software architecture and tech stack
How #Tech4Good improved discoverability and funding sources for Vasantham Federation of Differently Abled
Arriving at Vasantham Federation of Differently Abled, one was immediately struck by the remoteness of the office, tucked away in a corner of Thiruvallur District, blistering not only in the humidity & heat of the harsh Tamil Nadu sun but also with the urgency of its cause. The weather conditions seemed to bring out the challenges Vasantham Federation … [Read More...] about How #Tech4Good improved discoverability and funding sources for Vasantham Federation of Differently Abled
Tech4Dev Project Report #1 – April 2019
Welcome to our first project report for Tech4Dev. The goal is to keep it short and sweet, highlighting many of our successes and areas where we can improve. A lot more information can be found on the blog post links at the bottom of each report. Our plan is to issue these reports twice a year - in April and October. Highlights In the first half of the … [Read More...] about Tech4Dev Project Report #1 – April 2019
The evolution of Tech4Dev
The Tech4Dev group met in Bangalore on April 15 and 16, 2019. A number of the discussions focussed on specific projects which the software companies being represented in the room had worked on for NGOs, or on technologies which had either been deployed or had future potential. There were also some discussions on the future direction that the group wanted to … [Read More...] about The evolution of Tech4Dev
CTiS 2019 Conference
CSpathshala is a not for profit initiative under ACM India, to bring a modern computing curriculum emphasising on problem solving and computational thinking skills, to Indian schools. The mission is to prepare our students to participate creatively in the digital age, industry leaders and top academicians in the country are working together to bring a … [Read More...] about CTiS 2019 Conference
Tracking Flow of Public Funds through Open Data
CivicDataLab is the recent entrant to Tech4Dev collaborative, working with the goal of connecting Data, Tech, Design and Social Science to strengthen the course of civic-engagement in the country. And one of the key aspects of our work is to help citizens better understand how public funds flow in the country and how they can work with their elected … [Read More...] about Tracking Flow of Public Funds through Open Data
Recap of Tech4Dev Project Conference – April 2019
On April 15 and 16, we had our first Project Tech4Dev conference in Bangalore. Thanks to Vineet and Srikanth from our ecosystem partner, Social Alpha for hosting us and doing the planning and logistics. This gathering included our 6 software partners. In addition, our ecosystem partners Social Alpha and Lumen Consulting also joined us for this event. All in … [Read More...] about Recap of Tech4Dev Project Conference – April 2019
Counting India Enhancements
About Factly: In 2005, India legislated one of the best ‘Right to Information’ laws in the world which changed the public information landscape and accessibility in the country. It was the first step towards transparency and accountability of governance. In 2012, India came up with the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP), popularly … [Read More...] about Counting India Enhancements
Dam Desilting Mission App Goes Live
The previous post describing the project is here. An image uploaded by a user from the app at start of desilting work On 21st March we made the app available to be used on field by users to record desilting data of more than 2600 waterbodies across 21 districts in Maharashtra to be done by approximately 1250 users. At the time of publishing this … [Read More...] about Dam Desilting Mission App Goes Live
Progress on READ project
The initial engagement with four NGOs, implementing READ program in Pune, helped us understand the commonalities and differences in their way of functioning Before jumping to the solution we proposed for READ, it is important to understand the way, READ program is implemented at these NGOs. To give you an essence of it, here’s a quick overview of the … [Read More...] about Progress on READ project
Progress on Project Lakeer
After our initial engagement with Lakeer, at their office in Hyderabad, we identified that there were 2 areas needing technology support, which could bring in a significant change in their day to day work. 1. QGIS One of the 2 areas is, once the Lakeer team has the curated geotagged json with them, loading it to QGIS for doing further analysis, … [Read More...] about Progress on Project Lakeer
Hasiru Dala – Requirement Analysis and OpenCHS Missing Features
Previous post in this series We decided to use OpenCHS for social security services provided by social workers because it fits most of the use cases, even though we initially created OpenCHS for field health workers. OpenCHS really seems to fit many fieldwork use cases, Dam Desilting Mission being the other one. But since these are initial use cases … [Read More...] about Hasiru Dala – Requirement Analysis and OpenCHS Missing Features
HAQ Project Update – Primero Review
This is a follow up to our previous post. We have been evaluating Primero for HAQ and here is the progress on the same. We have been using Child Protection Information Management CPIMS+/Primero for this implementation. The system helps intake relevant information via multiple sources, consolidates the information into relevant record types (Cases / … [Read More...] about HAQ Project Update – Primero Review