Interaction between PARTNER, RESIDENT and COMMUNITY

Staff Sign Up Login

2. Communityपंचायत / website

1. निवासी(Niwasi App)

3. PartnerNGO, Donor, CSR, Private initiatives, Government

4. CBOonly meeting initiative

Goals

Easy tracking of return on societal investment

Empowered resident (niwasi)

Caring and secured community

Better shared space and better common service

Introduction

IT solution for PARTNER is an extension to the Niwasi App. It helps a partner measure the societal return on investment in their target community in real time, identify targeted beneficiaries, and maintain systematic communication with residents and other stakeholders.

Residents of a community are assisted by NGOs, CSR supports, private initiatives and government interventions. They are the partners of residents — the idea is to give them a solution specially built for how they assist residents in achieving basic developmental goals.

Steps of use

1
Create your project → create a report the partner would like to collect. Create the community where the project is implemented.
2
Partner-to-resident provides parameter details of the field report in a prescribed format to the development team.
3
Development team customises the application. The modified app is handed over to the client and staff are trained.
4
Ask your staff to sign up via Partner Access Login. Approve staff and map: staff → community, staff → project & report.
5
Project staff collect reports using the customised software. Report data can be downloaded by the client for analysis and decisions.
6
Data and analysis are auto-shared with community, residents, beneficiaries, donors and other stakeholders who have access.

Challenges and solutions it offers

1Low cost and time saving

Challenges and solutions it offers (1/4)

Challenges

Developing an IT solution is a costly and time-consuming process.
High-end consultation is required for a software development project.

Solution it offers

Basic cost and time are already spent to reach the current level of maturity of the IT solution.
Only an additional small cost and time is required to customise program- and project-specific requirements.

2Outcome summary available at all levels

Challenges and solutions it offers (2/4)

Challenges

Delays in accessing program outcome data.
Demands high-quality time and resources to access outcome data.
Difficulty in getting feedback of community needs.
Programs often don't get direct feedback from beneficiaries.

Solution it offers

Outcome and feedback data punched at any level get collated in the system at all levels.
Accessible to Partners and Donors.

3Easy to reach targeted beneficiaries

Challenges and solutions it offers (3/4)

Challenges

Database of beneficiaries is not arranged in a single database.
So difficult to update and collate.
Difficulty in identifying all the targeted beneficiaries.

Solution it offers

Data of all residents and families in a community is in one database.
Residents and community themselves can update their requirements.
So identifying targeted beneficiaries and their needs is easy.
This is much needed from a donor and investor perspective.

4Community participation at the core

Challenges and solutions it offers (4/4)

Challenges

Community participation, though generally mentioned in any project document,
at the implementation stage either gets ignored completely or gets a secondary treatment.

Solution it offers

Niwasi App's core value is community participation. The Niwasi Sabha module facilitates agenda-giving, voting and collective decisions.
It encourages all residents in the development process.
From a donor perspective, this is a very valued IT solution.