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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

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

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

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

We'd like to welcome 3 new software partners that have joined the tech4dev collaborative. The new firms are Maverick Labs in Pune, CivicDataLab across India and Dhwani RIS in Delhi. With our existing 3 partners (Web Access, Samanvay Foundation, Soft Corner), we now have 6 software partners in the collaborative. We hope to grow this group by 4 more before the … [Read More...] about Three new Software Partners join the Tech4Dev Collaborative

Hasiru Dala (HD) is an organisation based in Bangalore, with operations throughout Karnataka, working for the waste pickers and waste management. Their key operations are:1. HD's field-based social workers provide social security services to waste pickers and their families. These include helping them get government ids, opening bank accounts, getting loans, … [Read More...] about Hasiru Dala – Data Management System

Section 12(1) (c) of the The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 mandates inclusive classrooms by setting aside 25% seats in entry level classes of private unaided schools for children belonging to disadvantaged groups (DG) and economically weaker sections (EWS). 1.5 million of the 2.2 million seats available nationally … [Read More...] about Indus Action: Chatbot project update

Dam Desilting Mission caters as a monitoring platform for Gaalmukta Dharan Gaalyukta Shivaar (GDGS) scheme of Government of Maharashtra. As per GDGS scheme, silt is removed from water storage structures and this silt is made available to farmers free of cost. Farmers can cart this silt and spread it in their farms. As a result, there is an increase in … [Read More...] about Dam Desilting Project update

As a part of tech4dev initiative, we are working on a project for HAQ: Centre for Child Rights. About HAQ“In spirit, HAQ dedicates itself to the recognition, promotion, and protection of the rights of all children. In approach, HAQ focuses on children in a holistic way - as Actors in society, as Citizens of today, and as Adults of tomorrow.In practice, … [Read More...] about HAQ – Tech4Dev update