From six weeks to two days: field data that reaches decision-makers.

Field officers recorded distributions and needs assessments on paper and in spreadsheets, often without connectivity for days. Reports were consolidated by hand at country offices and reached headquarters six weeks later.

Donors increasingly asked for near-real-time evidence of impact. The network had no budget for expensive licences and needed a system field staff could learn in a morning.

We tested three forms with field teams in rural Zambia and Mozambique before writing production code. Every design choice was checked on a low-cost Android phone with no signal.

We built on open-source components to keep running costs low, and trained a small internal team to own the platform once we stepped back.