Child Status Index Mobile App

We are proud to announce that at this year’s Christian Alliance for Orphan’s (CAFO) annual summit we will debut a mobile app that allows for input of the Child Status Index (CSI) information related to OVC.  Last year, I attended a webinar conducted by Dr. Bev Nyberg, one of the creators of the CSI, as she went through your presentation she mentioned that she would love to get some software to make the collection, analysis and reporting of CSI data to be available by the 2017 CAFO conference.  For me, it was a God ordained moment that I heard this comment and thought perhaps our group could assist.  Since then Bev and our group have worked to create a mobile app that allows users to enter data whether phone service or the Internet is available or not.  When the Internet is available the user data is sent to a centralized organization database via an encrypted connection.  A user simply answers questions and can eliminate pen and paper and then retyping data into Excel.

We will be presenting at several sessions of this year’s conference during Bev’s talks about Measuring & Evaluation.  We will also be at the research intensive for OVC advancement on Wed, May 3rd.  It is our prayer that we can partner with at least three orphan serving organizations that are either currently using the CSI or looking to adopt the CSI to report results to their funders and other stakeholders.