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More Trees, More Time: Enabling
Efficient Data Utilization Without Paper
Sony BELIZAIRE
ICT4D specialist
March 30, 2011
ICT4 Development Conference
Kigali, Rwanda
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
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?
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
Geographic Information System
Mobile data
collection
DatabaseFile exchange with partner
ARC GIS Desktop
ARC GIS Explorer
Education (National Enumeration of Catholic
Schools)
• 2300 schools• 10 departments• 85 questions• 3 months• 76 researchers (NOT
technology experts)
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
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)
Sustainability
• Technology becoming increasingly widespread as CRS trains partners (CEEC) and government (Ministry of Education)
• Dependent upon trained human resources
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
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