The World Citizens Panel is an initiative of Oxfam Novib, Butterfly Works and partners in several countries around the world. The Panel facilitates access to important information on people living in poverty.
This is aimed at assessing how far one activity can cause a positive change in other aspects of life within these communities. Through the use of smart phones, we were able to conduct the survey faster and this did not require extract work load of entering data since one enters data directly as they conduct the interview which is less time consuming.
Looking at ALIN as an organization, integrating ICT with agriculture through the three pillars of enabling access, creating knowledge and empowering communities, our community composition is as follows,

We registered an increase in the house hold income of the community members with the establishments of the Maarifa centre’s in their areas. This is both directly and indirectly.

