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This is the first in a series of posts discussing Vera’s learnings and key takeaways from ICT4D 2017. Vera recently attended the ICT4D Conference in Hyderabad, India, where more than 1000 attendees from the technology, development, academia, and funder communities convened under one central theme: Harnessing the Power of Data
1st June 2017
After a rigorous selection process, Vera Co-founder and CEO, Zak Kaufman, has been named a 2017 Global Good Fund (GGF) Fellow. Over 2,400 social enterprise leaders applied to become part of the fifth class of GGF Fellows – the group was narrowed down to 15 Fellows over a four-stage application
9th May 2017
Vera Solutions is proud to announce that Peter Blair has transitioned to the role of Consulting Director. He began managing Vera’s Cape Town Consulting team in January 2017, following a few months spent learning the ins and outs of the role. A development practitioner with more than six years of
25th April 2017
Ali Blajda is a Consultant in Vera’s Washington D.C. office. She brings more than five years of experience in global health and international development to the team. Ali holds a BA in International Affairs from George Washington University and an MS in Health Policy from the Harvard Chan School of
18th April 2017
This post originally appeared on Salesforce.org and is republished with permission. By: Willy Oppenheim, Founder and Director of Omprakash Omprakash works at the intersection of technology, higher education, and international development to create mutually beneficial relationships between individuals and grassroots social impact organizations in over fifty countries around the world.
20th March 2017
This post originally appeared on the SurveyCTO blog and is republished with permission. We recently caught up with Taylor Downs, founder of OpenFn and co-founder of Vera Solutions, to learn more about how he’s helping international organizations harness data for social impact, his recommendations for creating dashboards, and some of
23rd February 2017
The inspiring young women of Wedu are called Rising Stars. Representing underserved communities from Bangladesh to Cambodia to Myanmar, these 300+ young women were recruited by ‘Talent Spotters’ in their own communities and selected to participate in Wedu’s Leadership Development Program. Rising Stars have demonstrated strong leadership potential, which Wedu
20th December 2016
Last month, Vera attended Salesforce’s 170,000-attendee-strong annual user meeting, Dreamforce. Held in San Francisco each year, Dreamforce attracts more than 8,000 non-profits, making it the world’s largest non-profit technology conference. While there were countless highlights, our favorite part of this event was reconnecting with our clients and seeing so many
25th November 2016
They come to Hagar to start over. Following months, but more often years, as unwilling victims of human trafficking, rape, domestic violence, child labor, and other forms of exploitation, women and children throughout Cambodia seek Hagar’s help in processing their experiences and preparing for a new life. Through intensive counseling,
16th November 2016
At Vera, we’re excited by tech’s potential to make a real difference in the way the social sector operates. With improved access to affordable, reliable cloud-based technologies, social impact organizations are working with more efficiency, efficacy, and transparency. Vera is proud to be a catalyst of this ‘paper to the cloud’
3rd November 2016
Christian Paré is a Senior Consultant for Vera Solutions. Prior to joining Vera’s Geneva team, Christian spent four years studying and working in the Swiss melting pot. There, he worked at several international organizations, including IOM, UNHCR, and The Global Fund, and received his Master’s degree in International Studies from
31st October 2016
Our Boston-based team supports the Massachusetts non-profit community in seeking solutions to address data collection and management needs — ranging from monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to program and grant management to fundraising and CRM. To facilitate further engagement in this community, Vera has become an Affiliate Member of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN).
28th October 2016
We are proud to announce that Vera Solutions has been recertified as a B Corporation, following a verification process led by B Lab, which includes a review of organizational accountability, transparency, and social and environmental performance. B Lab, the non-profit governing body of the standards that determine the B Corp community,
18th October 2016
Vera’s Allison Blajda and Alan Guedes recently attended the 2016 MERL Tech conference in Washington, DC. The event provided an opportunity for attendees – ranging from funders and program implementers to technology providers and other development practitioners – to showcase their work and discuss the future of technology tools for
