Vera Solutions presents at Salesforce.org’s first Connected NonProfit Conference

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’ movement in the social sector. […]

Building solutions to complex problems: Christian’s road to Vera

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 the Graduate Institute. How did you learn […]

UN General Assembly, Social Good Summit Highlight Tech-Driven Development

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Alyssa Heinze is a Marketing & Communications Intern at Vera Solutions. A junior at Dartmouth College, Alyssa studies Government and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Prior to her work at Vera, she studied abroad at Hyderabad Central University and interned for a women’s empowerment NGO in Kathmandu, Nepal. This year’s Social Good Summit focused on […]

Lwala Community Alliance Employs Salesforce to Understand and Serve Their Community

Lwala Community Alliance (Lwala) is a community-led innovator in rural western Kenya, proving that when communities lead, change is drastic and lasting. Lwala was founded by Milton and Fred Ochieng’ – brothers from our community – who catalyzed neighbors to build the area’s first hospital. Lwala co-runs this community hospital with the Ministry of Health […]

Vera Welcomes 4th Fellowship Class

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Earlier this summer, the fourth class of Vera Fellows convened at Amherst College for an intensive week of training and team building. Hailing from Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, and the U.S., these eight young professionals used training to skill up in Salesforce, discuss nuanced client case studies, and immerse themselves in Vera’s culture and vision for […]

Vera one of nine Salesforce.org International Impact Partners

Earlier this summer, Vera attended Salesforce.org’s London World Tour to celebrate the launch of its International Partner Program. Designed to support the technology consultant community serving Salesforce.org’s 28,000 nonprofit and higher education customers around the world, the Program launched with 27 member organizations. Of the inaugural partners, nine have been designated as International Impact Partners, […]

What to look for in a System Administrator

Athan Makansi, based in Mumbai, leads Vera’s work in Asia. A certified Force.com Developer, Booz Allen Hamilton alumnus, and former Kiva fellow, Athan brings more than seven years of experience in business operations and international development to the Vera team. In any organization, a data system’s success is heavily influenced by its administrator — a […]

Taking community development in Haiti from paper to the cloud

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By Rachel Forst More than six years after an earthquake devastated hundreds of thousands of families, community development organizations in Haiti continue to rebuild. In the wake of many shared challenges, one organization is providing a sense of hope through music and dance from the town of Arcahaie. Hope on a String (HOAS) is a grassroots […]

Global Goals for Sustainable Development: Decent Work and Economic Growth

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This September, UN member states met in New York to ratify the Global Goals, committing to 17 goals that will act as a blueprint for global development over the next 15 years. The ambitious agenda – which tackles poverty, climate change and inequality for all people in all countries – was confirmed by 193 countries. […]