Innovative Mobile Tracking Technology to Manage Resources, Gifts In Kind (GIK) in World Vision Zambia By Agatha Mali, Communications, Zambia Bringing innovation to our work through Mobile Tracking Technology. To improve the management of Gifts In Kind (GIK) resources, World Vision Zambia recently held a …
Cash in Humanitarian Assistance Financial or cash voucher assistance/ programming is no longer viewed as an innovation, it is viewed as a standard preferred modality-set of the humanitarian and recovery toolkit. World Vision’s Cash Roadmap 2.0 (FY24-27) gives insight to the extensive global Cash Voucher …
A Culture of Innovation in the Development Sector Necessity is the mother of invention: People faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles, have an incredible capacity for innovation. In the development sector, we see this every day in our communities. The poor and underprivileged, with precious little access to capital or services, survive some of the harshest conditions through sheer ingenuity. But it doesn’t have …
Defying Malnutrition Statistics Nampula province, in the north of Mozambique, has the highest rate of chronic malnutrition, although the region offers optimal agro-ecological conditions for agriculture. Food assistance brings hope for families. According to the National Household Budget Survey (IOF, Portuguese acronym) for the 2019/2020 …
LMMS E-Voucher – Bringing the Food Market Closer to the People Traditional markets joined forces with modern technology as World Vision launched its e-vouchers project using the Last Mile Mobile Solutions LMMS E-Voucher platform in Juba, South Sudan. Funded by Aktion Deutschland Helft (ADH), through unconditional …
Food Distribution and Partnership with WFP in Democratic Republic of Congo World Vision agent in North Kivu/DRC Jean Christophe Lunanga shares about the food distribution in Democratic Republic of Congo using LMMS Solution. In Rutshuru, there is an armed conflict of the M23 which has …
LMMS is an Integral Technology Enabling Venezuela to Scale Food-Security Programming In response to the Venezuela migration crisis, World Vision acts within a framework of respect and compliance with international humanitarian standards and principles. Our response integrates three fundamental pillars: Development, Humanitarian Affairs and Advocacy. …
LMMS Flexible Forms Integration with KoBo Toolbox and Customized Dashboards for Monitoring and Managing Ultra Poor Graduation The use of Last Mile Mobile Solutions (LMMS) by World Vision Rwanda in the Ultra Poor Graduation (UPG) projects has completed a report of this outcome and looks …
Venezuela responds and tracks impact with LMMS Solutions In a time of uncertainty where food security is of the most importance, amongst other needs, World Vision Venezuela responds to the crisis How does staff in the field appreciate LMMS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hi1vpH0ehw The food security project in Venezuela consisted …
Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance in North Ethiopia Cash Assistance Comes in Handy for Internally Displaced People (IDP) in North Ethiopia. People in Ethiopia face multiple and complex crises, resulting in an estimated 25.9 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2022. There were over 4.2 …
Use of LMMS Technology in Vaccination Reveals Beneficiary Vulnerability Factors World Vision is responding to the devastating impact of COVID-19 in more than 70 countries. Reaching 66.1 million people, including 28.9 million children, as part of strategic objectives to limit the spread of COVID-19. To …
Tigray Emergency Response with Multipurpose Cash World Vision Ethiopia is responding to people affected by multiple crises in Tigray Region. Desert locust, recurrent drought and COVID-19 fueled high market prices for food. The recent conflict between the regional government and Ethiopian government massively affected peoples’ …
Technology and Partnering for Social Innovation – ALNAP Case Study Case Study Summary World Vision and our Information Technology (IT) partners have developed innovative software for use on robust mobile computers to meet an unmet need in humanitarian applications. This Last Mile Mobile Solutions initiative …
Digitisation of Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) Monitoring and Evaluation – Lessons Learnt from Rwanda In August 2020, World Vision launched a year-long learning initiative to attain lessons from World Vision Rwanda’s (WVR) pilot use of Last Mile Mobile Solutions (LMMS) technology in the monitoring and evaluations (M&E) of the Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) …
Cash and Voucher Assistance to Rebuild West Sulawesi Post Earthquake Wahana Visi Indonesia provides cash and voucher assistance to 1,430 households affected by the earthquake in Mamuju and Majene, West Sulawesi. The cash and voucher assistance ensures that people affected by the earthquake can fulfill …
Ousmane’s LMMS Card Enables Faster Aid in Mali In emergency contexts like Mali, due to long-term conflict, the delivery of aid to vulnerable people fleeing insecurity is essential. In the midst of all the challenges and complex environment, how does a humanitarian organisation like World …
Flood Affected Areas in Bangladesh Benefit from LMMS In one of the most remote regions in Bangladesh the Tahirpur area is often affected by floods. “In my 19-year of journey in World Vision Bangladesh, piloting LMMS also in this region was very important. Almost every …
Ultra Poor Graduation Project in Rwanda The Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) programmes provide extremely poor households with a pathway out of poverty by helping families engage in a productive and resilient livelihood. This programme gradually builds household capacity and empowers families to become involved with the …
Mobile Innovation Improves Food Distribution at Refugee Camps in Kenya Hundreds of refugees stand in queues as they wait to get food rations for their families. Among them is Hadija, a mother of three children who is seated on one of the lobby benches. She …
COVID 19 Response in Bangladesh Using LMMS World Vision Bangladesh prepares Beneficiary House Profiles for COVID-19 response using an Android based application Last Mile Mobile Solutions (LMMS). In this system, the household profile showing beneficiaries will be available online. Our staff will be able to …
Aid Distribution Becomes Easy Because of LMMS Mpanau village is a village bordering the city of Palu in Indonesia. This village is one of the areas that experienced severe impacts due to the earthquake and tsunami waves in Palu City. This region is not far …
Cash Transfer to Address Returnees’ Pressing Needs in Burundi Under the Giragateka multipurpose cash transfer project, 185 returnees households in Makamba province benefited from cash through mobile money to purchase complimentary food and non-food items (clothes, school materials for children, agricultural inputs and baby products among other things) to meet their …
ECHO CCD Consortium Digitizes Multi Purpose Cash Assistance in Ethiopia Through collaborative work of several NGOs the adoption of LMMS Digital ID card sufficed the need – in this unique context – for a digital ID Card that would be accepted as a form of …
LMMS E-Voucher Restores Dignity to 180,000 Beneficiaries Dignity In an Ebola-affected and Food Insecure Population in the Democratic Republic of Congo, our customers opted to use LMMS E-Voucher in their 12-month project where the focus was to alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity among vulnerable, …
Strengthening Cash Based Programming in Bangladesh Disaster risk reduction programs by World Vision Bangladesh serving vulnerable communities in remote hard to reach areas. Increasing Global Cash Based Assistance through Innovation and Technology As part of disaster management, World Vision Bangladesh has multiple programmatic interventions which …
Cash Assistance to Families Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic Using LMMS To augment the continuing government efforts to assist coronavirus-affected families, especially those with severely acute or moderately acute malnourished children and those with family members who belong to the vulnerable sectors, World Vision commenced its …
Why not digital? Technology as an interagency tool in the Central African Republic The conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been raging for over a year with violence, often linked to religious affiliation, involving rape, murder, torture, pillaging and the destruction of property. …
ECHO CCD Consortium in Ethiopia Digitizes Multi Purpose Cash Assistance A “One Year In” Report is available! The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) funded a €4.4 million multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA) projection of the Wollegas zones of the Oromia region and the …
Use of Mobile Technology Reduces the Time to Register Displaced People in Iraq UNICEF field supervisor, Namrud Zargon, was excited as he assisted the internally-displaced people (IDPs) waiting for their registration to be completed at Sharia Camp in Duhok, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. After …
Kenya’s President impressed by charity’s Last Mile Mobile Solution LMMS digital aid delivery innovation Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta opened the new regional headquarters for the international charity, World Vision. Here, Kenyatta experienced how the organisation’s LMMS beneficiary registration and project set-up works through participating in …
Innovation in aid sector needs ‘room for risk’ | The New Humanitarian DAKAR Tea bags, other and text messages have one thing in common: they were each created by chance en route to another solution – the first to transport tea, the second to treat …
