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Akvo FLOW in 2013 so far 17 Jul 2013 | 10:29 pm
We are just past the halfway point in 2013, and so it’s time for a mid-year update on what the Akvo FLOW team has rolled out to partners this year in the way of new features and enhancements. Above: ...
Partner visit along the Silk Road 9 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
For the past three months, I’ve taken some time out from work to travel along the Silk Road – from Turkey to Kyrygzstan – together with my friend Marij Swinkels. As Akvo has been working with UNDP in ...
The FLOW must go on – doing field surveys when there’s no power 5 Jul 2013 | 03:32 pm
Last year just before the Christmas break, we received the good news that USAID had approved a two-year proposal submitted by the Millennium Water Alliance in Kenya called the Kenya Arid Lands Disaste...
Use your creative power to do good 25 Jun 2013 | 03:33 pm
It certainly hasn’t been boring since we decided to enter the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenge Explorations Round 10: Aid is working. Tell the world. A year ago we (AmLab) submitted a...
How to talk to us about feature requests and bug fixes 24 Jun 2013 | 06:30 pm
As Akvo grows and has more products, ideas, users and more ideas from those users, the team has lately been working on keeping up good communication so that we can be responsive to product feedback as...
Rock and Run 2013 13 Jun 2013 | 07:54 pm
On Sunday the 2nd of June the most fun charity run in the Netherlands took place for the third time, Rock and Run 2013. This run, hosted by one of our partners EARTH Concepts, was all about doing good...
Akvo Track Day – Amsterdam edition 11 Jun 2013 | 08:19 pm
The third edition of the Amsterdam Track Day on 23rd May was geared up to present a diverse programme, sharing experiences from partners using our tools in the work they do, interactive focus sessions...
Akvo FLOW training in Bangladesh – from the perspective of a newcomer 11 Jun 2013 | 06:19 pm
I had been eagerly awaiting an Akvo training experience ever since joining the organisation in April. Fortunately, I did not have to wait too long and was chosen to attend my first Akvo FLOW 1.5 train...
Akvo’s performance indicators 6 Jun 2013 | 11:00 am
In order to gain better insight in where we want to go, what we should measure to gauge success and in which way, late 2012 Lynn Greenwood and I started looking into Akvo performance indicators. Our f...
Akvo Track Day – Nairobi edition 5 Jun 2013 | 02:32 pm
After a month of planning and sending out invitations, it was finally time for Akvo Track Day on 23 May. This time it was also the first event we’d held in Nairobi, Kenya. Even though Nairobi’s traffi...
