Skilled volunteers from Salesforce joined Team4Tech in Asunción, Paraguay for an impactful experience collaborating with Fundación Paraguaya’s team to expand the reach of the NGO’s Poverty Stoplight program.
Skilled Volunteers Supporting Economic Opportunity in Paraguay
Fundación Paraguaya is a non-governmental organization (NGO) committed to poverty alleviation worldwide. Through innovative approaches and comprehensive support, including microfinance services, entrepreneurship training, and education programs, Fundación Paraguaya helps individuals and communities to break the cycle of poverty. Their Poverty Stoplight program enables families to assess their poverty levels across various economic and social dimensions and create personalized improvement plans to build better lives for themselves and their communities.
Team4Tech facilitated collaboration between Fundación Paraguaya and six Salesforce volunteers to optimize Poverty Stoplight’s data management processes and to design an app that can reach more families directly, scaling the impact of the program. In addition, the 5-day project leveraged other specialized expertise from skilled volunteers from Salesforce, including a review of Fundacion Paraguaya’s data privacy legal terms and training sessions on project management, impact reporting, and user experience research.
Co-Designing an App to Benefit Families and Improving Data Use for Impact
One subteam of skilled volunteers collaborated with Poverty Stoplight staff to deliver:
- an initial app concept
- an app development roadmap
- user experience resources and tools
Following the assessments and personalized improvement plans the Poverty Stoplight program implements with their community, the Poverty Stoplight Family App aims to reach more families with additional support and resources.
The deliverables co-designed by skilled volunteers and NGO staff on this project will help Fundación Paraguaya build a well-defined app with essential features and continuously improve its functionality through user feedback. Implementing user feedback processes will ensure the Poverty Stoplight Family App app is tailored to meet families’ needs.
A second subteam of skilled volunteers facilitated a data audit and data management trainings. These exercises equipped the Fundación Paraguaya team with insights and best practices for improved data analysis. From more effective dashboard design to tools for impact storytelling, Fundación Paraguaya can apply learnings from this project to make better use of the Poverty Stoplight program’s data. They can share these learnings with partner organizations implementing Poverty Stoplight programs across the world.
At the end of the project, the Fundación Paraguaya and Salesforce teams co-created actionable work plans to continue incorporating guidance into future Family App development, data management, and data analysis.
The Team4Tech experience has significantly enhanced our ability to leverage technology for greater impact. With the skills and tools provided, we can now more effectively reach underserved communities and scale our operations. This partnership has empowered us to think bigger and confidently approach our goals.”
—Karina Bogarin, Tech Project Manager, Poverty Stoplight at Fundación Paraguaya
Fundación Paraguaya is a Team4Tech alumni partner. Since 2019, Team4Tech has facilitated 8 skilled volunteering projects with 80 volunteers, supporting the organization in strengthening their technology infrastructure and advancing innovations in their Poverty Stoplight program.
This project is just one example of Team4Tech’s global contributions to building the capacity and accelerating the impact of community-based organizations worldwide.