Tag: Information technology
Hi-tech in EARO
The Great Lakes Cassava Initiative (GLCI) began piloting the use of Intel Aid Stations for data collection and training in April. Since then, approximately 50 mini-computers have been distributed to CRS and partner staff in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, and DRC.
Microfinance information systems needs analysis
Practical guidance to microfinance institutions on information systems needs analysis.
Determining Information Systems Requirements
Defines key elements of manual and computer-based information systems, discusses the advantages and potential disadvantages of each, and provides guidance to help the end user prepare his or her institution for a computer-based system.
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Featured
- The AIDSRelief South Africa Partnership
This case study documents the transition of AIDSRelief responsibility for overall management of a large antiretroviral treatment program to local partners in South Africa.
SILC: Kibara Mission
Describes the role that savings and internal lending approaches to microfinance has played in strengthening the economic wellbeing of HIV-affected households.
Child migration in Central America
Child migrants who are apprehended and returned from Mexico to their home countries face abuses throughout the repatriation process. This CRS study documents the conditions they face.
News from CRS.org
- What We're Praying for This Week
3 Jan 2010, 6:01 amFind out how you can help change the world in less than five minutes. - Helping Pakistan's Most Vulnerable
2 Jan 2010, 3:01 pmSee CRS staff as they climb mountains and reach remote areas to help the needy. - 2009: A Year in Photos
1 Jan 2010, 7:01 am2009 may well be remembered by CRS supporters and beneficiaries as a year of blessings in the face of a global financial crisis. - If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation
31 Dec 2009, 4:12 pmExcerpts from Pope's 2010 message for the World Day of Peace - Nigerien Farmers' New Menace: El Ni�o
29 Dec 2009, 3:12 pmFind out how a little concrete and a fence spares nomadic farmers a desperate search for water during a disappointing rainy season.