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Digital Solutions for Humanitarian Response

Humanitarian response demands speed, coordination, and adaptability. Yet relief organizations often face fragmented data systems, poor connectivity and rapidly shifting needs. To deliver life-saving services in an emergency, they need flexible tools that can connect frontline workers, Ministries of Health, and partner agencies. Dimagi supports these efforts even in the most complex crises, helping responders capture critical data and coordinate services effectively.

Benefits of Digital Tools in Humanitarian Response

Collect case data, track inventories, and share SMS updates from one platform, keeping humanitarian response teams connected when every minute matters.

Work confidently without internet access. Ensure critical data is captured, stored securely, and synced automatically when connectivity returns.

Quickly adapt digital tools to fit unfolding crisis needs, enabling cash transfers, delivering preparedness training, collecting client feedback and more.

Support long-term recovery with tools like case tracking, decision support, and multimedia counseling, sustaining impact beyond immediate relief.

Easily integrate with other digital tools, enabling seamless data coordination and system testing before, during, and after crises.

Connect mapping tools to see where activities are happening and when, so responders can monitor operations in real time from their mobile data collection app.

Real-World Applications for Humanitarian Response

Cash and Voucher Assistance

Deliver life-saving support faster with mobile tools that simplify cash-for-work and CVA programs. Track distributions, verify eligibility, and scale services for displaced populations with greater accountability.

humanitarian response efforts where service delivery is a core action
Service Delivery

Improve service delivery with our proven case management software. Enable attendance tracking, case follow-up workflows and referral management to ensure beneficiaries receive essential services they need.

See CommCare in Action

Learn why the IRC chose CommCare to deliver faster, more coordinated humanitarian response, and how institutionalizing CommCare across countries has streamlined operations and strengthened crisis recovery efforts.

Organizations Working With Us

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A Digital Ecosystem to Support M&E at Scale

Discover how Mercy Corps is building a digital ecosystem to strengthen frontline humanitarian impact. Featured on NetHope.org, this story highlights how better data systems are helping organizations respond faster, adapt programs in real time, and deliver more effective aid during crises.
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Rethinking Data in Humanitarian Response

How can data systems serve local communities? In this podcast episode, Catholic Relief Services shares how they’re shifting from extractive data collection to inclusive data sharing in humanitarian contexts. Discover how this shift strengthens trust, accountability, and outcomes across crisis-affected settings.

Navigating Humanitarian Program Data at Scale

Hear from GOAL and ChildFund on how they built stronger systems for global monitoring and evaluation. This webinar features real-world examples, including GOAL’s cross-project SCORE system and ChildFund’s strategic approach to scaling M&E with CommCare, from app design to end-to-end system building.

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