kiwanja.net, developer of mobile technologies launched a new SMS tool known as the FrontlineForms. The new SMS tool helps non governmental organizations and field workers to collect and accumulate real time data at a nominal price.
A lack of communication can be a major barrier for non-governmental organizations working in developing countries. In many rural areas, NGO field workers manually collect information and then enter the information into a centralized database. FrontlineForm SMS tool has been developed with the aim to overcome the communication problem. It enables an immediate two way communication on a large scale.
“Technologies that advance social change in the developing world will continue to centre on mobile applications and rural community realities,” states Ken Banks, kiwanja.net Founder. “In this sense the potential for FrontlineForms will be fully realized once it gets into the hands of individuals who can and will use the tool to revolutionize ways NGO’s advance rural development initiatives.”
With the SMS tool, NGO workers can use a single mobile phone to collect structured data offline. Users can then send the collected data via a SMS to a central database where it can be shared, analyzed or aggregated. The new tool will allow users to create copies of simple paper forms on computers. The forms can be then sent to a mobile phone via a text message.
The FrontlineForms SMS tool which is easy to implement and simple in use works on many java enabled mobile phones. There is no need of any technical or IT expertise to install FrontlineForms. All the data that is been collected and aggregated as well as the hosting of the central database is handled by the FrontlineForms.
The FrontlineForms SMS tool can be downloaded for free.