Orphan Care Software
Features and Benefits
Contacts
- Feature – have clarity on who and how others engages with your organization
- Benefits – ability to communicate to your donors in an effective and relevant way
- How to measure – Size of community, diversity of engagement, changes over time
Villages/ Orphan Communities
- Feature – store valuable information that pertains to every community we do orphan ministry in.
- Benefits – quickly find important information on a orphan community and send that information to donors or staff in the field.
- How to measure – Report on child capacity and current occupancy Accuracy of information throughout the ministry regarding orphan communities is improving. Staff is more consistent in messaging.
Projects
- Feature – do extensive project management in addition to understanding current funding status.
- Benefits – keep on top of various projects and streamline reporting on where things stand. Consistently communicate the flow of money related to a project.
- How to measure – have a simple dashboard of in progress, upcoming and completed projects
Child Profiles
- Feature – chart the progress and status of your kids to demonstrate the impact you are having; capture the child’s history and family status for a sponsor or extended family members
- Benefits – capture impact stories that can be used in asking donors for continued or additional support; communicate well orphan care partners regarding each child.
- How to measure – how many kids are being cared for, how long do you provide care for them, look at educational progress, improvement in behavior and general health needs
Village Assessments
- Feature – improve accountability with local partners, establish or reinforce criteria for reporting
- Benefits – provide transparency for your donors that wise stewardship of resources can be verified; easily share critical information in a timely consistent way within the ministry regarding an orphan community
- How to measure – establish a 1-5 scale for each local village where there are regular outside reviews to verify status of child care and other established criteria
Trips
- Feature – minimize the manual effort to coordinate various travel details for internal staff or volunteers and donors; establish a standard workflow for registrations and online payment
- Benefits – ensure that all required travel details are addressed before trips occur including payment being received from outsiders;
- How to measure – number of trips, travelers, and cost to your organization