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Guides for humanitarian and NGO operations
Practical, field-tested guidance on running donor-funded programs — from grant budgets and beneficiary data to monitoring, reporting and choosing the right software.
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How to read a call for proposals
A practical, 12-module guide to reading donor calls — eligibility, scoring grids, budget rules, logframes, compliance annexes and submission — with worked examples and a scored quiz.
12 modules · ~45 min · scored quiz
Indicator library
Humanitarian M&E indicator library
A free, searchable reference of standard humanitarian monitoring and evaluation indicators — with definitions, disaggregation, means of verification and results level. Adapt them for your logframe, proposal or donor report.
- August 20, 20268 min read
Grant compliance and audit readiness for NGOs: staying ready year-round
Audits are stressful when readiness is a last-minute project. Build it into daily work — documentation, approvals, evidence and sub-grant oversight — and an audit becomes a review.
Read guide - August 20, 20268 min read
Building a MEAL system: from logframes to donor reports
A MEAL system should turn field activity into evidence you can stand behind. Here is a practical way to connect logframes, indicators, data collection and reporting.
Read guide - August 20, 20268 min read
Cash and voucher assistance: tracking and reconciliation end to end
Cash programs are trusted with real money, so the accountability bar is high. This is a practical walkthrough of tracking and reconciling CVA from entitlement to donor report.
Read guide - August 20, 20269 min read
How to choose NGO and humanitarian management software: a buyer's guide
Choosing software for a humanitarian organisation is a decision you live with for years. This guide walks through requirements, the integrated-vs-point-tools trade-off, data protection, deployment and a migration checklist.
Read guide - August 20, 20265 min read
A donor reporting checklist for NGOs
Donor reports fail on the same avoidable gaps: numbers that don't reconcile, missing evidence, and indicators that don't match the logframe. Here is a checklist to close cleanly, every time.
Read guide - August 20, 20266 min read
Humanitarian software: one connected system vs a stack of point tools
Most organisations run four or five tools that do not talk to each other. Here is how to think about the trade-off between best-of-breed point tools and a single connected system.
Read guide - August 20, 20267 min read
Beneficiary deduplication: building a clean, protected registry
Duplicates inflate figures, waste assistance and undermine donor trust. Here is how to detect them, resolve them fairly, and keep the registry protected while you do it.
Read guide - August 20, 20266 min read
How NGOs track grant budgets across multiple projects
When one team runs several grants at once, spend visibility is the first thing to break. Here is a practical way to keep budget, commitment and actual spend connected to each grant — in time to act on it.
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