1. More Trees, More Time: Enabling
Efficient Data Utilization Without Paper
Sony BELIZAIRE
ICT4D specialist
March 30, 2011
ICT4 Development Conference
Kigali, Rwanda
2. Project Background
National Catholic school assessment: Work with
partner Commission for Catholic Education in
Haiti to facilitate a strategic planning effort for all
Catholic schools
Ann Ale Lakay: Support families living in tent
camps since the 2010 earthquake to access
services to allow them to return home in dignity
3. Problem
National Catholic school assessment: How to
gather data and GPS at over 2,300 spread
throughout Haiti in 3 months?
Ann Ale Lakay: How to gather and utilize
information in the 6-week period for a family to
choose how to return home?
8. Ann Ale Lakay and Barcode
scanner
Methodology:
•Number all tents in camp
•Distribute ticket with barcode to
household
•Registration of household with
iPod and Barcode scanner
•Create ID card for the head of
household with BartTender
•Distribute ID card with Barcode
•Training management with iPod
•Services accessed with ID card
14. Key Challenges
• Internet connectivity
• Lack of electricity in the field / GPS battery
• GPS localization in rainy weather
• Large amounts of data cannot be exported at
one time
15. Lessons Learned – Ann Ale
Lakay and Education
•Low power for barcode scanner – no problem!
•But: battery unreliable
•iPod battery reduced from 6-9 hours to 3
hours in the sun
•Reinforce message about proper care for
iPods
•Other energy sources useful for iPod charging
in rural areas
•Budget for ICT4D in all projects (where
appropriate)
16. Sustainability
• Technology becoming increasingly
widespread as CRS trains partners (CEEC)
and government (Ministry of Education)
• Dependent upon trained human
resources
17. Future and Ongoing
Usage
• Baseline, endline and other assessments
• Regular monitoring
• Feed a database for regular reporting
• Transfer knowledge to partners
• Produce visual information for donors and
partners
18. Summary and Close
• Design and implement forms rapidly for
surveys
• No data entry, no paper, no folder, no
cases
• Sharing geospatial information
efficiently
• Emergency response – visual tool
IFomBuilder: iFormBuilder is a clipboard replacement solution that eliminates paper forms. Secure, scalable, and intuitive.. within hours you can turn your paper based forms into a truly dynamic solution accessible on any iOS device with or without a connection.IForm: Is a client software installed on the IPod/IPad for data CollectingFrontline SMS: is a to ways message sender software, by it, we can send message and receive feedback from the field.ARC GIS Desktop: is a complete system for designing and managing solutions through the application of geographic knowledge.ARC GIS online: we use it for sharing geographic information with partner by one click on a Hyperlink.Bartender: it is a powerful software with which we design coupon and ID card with Barcode for people who participate in the program.SharePoint : is our main internal data sharing, we still use it to share library, Documents agenda etc…ToolsHardwareSoftwareRequirementIPod TouchiPod with touch pad 8 GBWindows, MAC OSIFormBuilderWeb-basedInternet explorer, Safari, fire FoxGPS cradleCradle GPS model XGPS200Connected to the iPodBar ScannerLinea-Pro 4 - iPhone 4/ iPod 4 ScannerConnected to the iPodFrontline SMSVERSION: 1.6.16.3Windows, Modem: SAMBA 75 GSM modem, E Series GSM modems.ARC GIS DesktopWorkstation version 10.0WindowsARC GIS onlineWeb-basedInternet Explorer, Safari, Fire FoxBartTenderWorkstation and server . Edition Enterprise Automation version 9.40Windows server 2003, server 2008 R2, XP, Vista, Windows 7
We gain time, we provide service efficiently to the vulnerable and sustianability, the most best experiences we have done with it, is the program « Ann Ale Lakay » and a National Enumeration for Catholic school we has done with the institutional partner Episcopal commission for catholic Education.
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Conception of form by M&E et PMConception of form on IformBuilderData collection by Field officer withIpod, data goesdirectly on IFormBuilderData ManagementTreatmentExportData Export for Analysing