Annual recurrent weather conditions have led to dry spells and food insecurities in many parts of Malawi. It was needed to address affected peoples’ immediate needs in a short amount of time. Therefore, the Lean Season Response (LSR) was created with support of UNICEF and was executed by the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare.
The LSR was executed between December 2021 and April 2022 and benefited around 17,000 beneficiary households in the districts of Neno, Nsanje, Balaka and Ntcheu.
The SOPROEN team was in charge of the operative design and as well as the implementation of the Management Information System (MIS) for Emergencies tool, software that was developed by the company.
Since the areas to be intervened have internet connection issues (due to the particularities of the geographic areas), the company also developed two offline applications: one to perform the data collection process and the other to execute the payment process. In the latter process, the delivery of ID cards was implemented for payment receivers that did not have national IDs and the payment confirmation was done using QR codes.
Publication: September 2nd, 2022
