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Creating Value Through ICT4D Partnerships
ICT4D in WASH
Monitoring & Evaluation
Field experience from Madagascar
Rivo Noelson, MD MPH
RANOn’ALA Project Director
March 28, 2012
ICT4D Conference
Kigali, Rwanda
Project Background
Rural Access to New
Opportunities for health
and water resources
management (7.5 M)
2010 - 2013
200 villages without
proper water, sanitation
125,000 people with
proper water, sanitation
1 hour and half flight
2 days drive, 3 days walk
from the nearest towns
25% mobile phone cover
ICT Solution
for households
• For households
• Messages to change
behaviors
• Access via mobile phone
• Type 321
• Information for Households
• Local radio station
announcers
ICT Solution
for project managers
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For program managers
Monthly data from field
Eliminating papers,
Simple mobile phones,
Computer & internet
connection,
• DataWinners, HNI
• Online, Do-it-yourself
data collection system
Datawinners
for project managers
Type of info to be collected
Sample of questionnaire
Shortcut to 2012 03 16 sujets-questionnaires.lnk
A screen shot of the SMS questionnaire
https://www.datawinners.com
A sample of report generated from the data
C:\Documents and Settings\rnoelson\My Documents\APS
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Steps in setting up
for households
Messages
IVR system
Database
Access
Training users /
households / radio
Monitor use / needs of
information
Steps in setting up
for project managers
Indicators/data
Use of data
Questionnaire
Feedback
Database
Supervision
Access
Map
Training data
senders
Report
Sending data
Key Challenges
• Training & supervision of field staff / partners
• Very limited phone coverage
• Compatibility with other systems
– Donor USAID, Measure Evaluation
– Madagascar government, BDEA, MapInfo
– CRS, WISP, Nethope, iForm Builder, ESRI
• Access by other implementing partners
Lessons Learned
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Improvement in data collection rate
Compatibility with available phone
Other phone companies ???
Supervision calendar at field sites
Improve communication between the online
system and human staff (reminder, failure in
sending)
Sustainability
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Compatibility with CRS, USAID, M/car GOV
Cost
Use of the system by others
Access by beneficiaries and private sector??
Summary and Close
• System at pilot level
• Developed by CRS Madagascar & HNI
• Compatible with country with poor
infrastructure
• NGO or Government use the system
separately
• Develop partnerships between NGOs,
Government and Private Sector
Thank You!