Monitoring

  • Supervisor Elder visits homes 4-6 weeks after installation to be sure stoves are maintained and working as they should.
  • Demonstrating how to use The Cinco to remove ash and soot from the cavity at the back of the stove.
  • This woman in Machaloa was cleaning her stove when the Supervisor showed up to ask her about maintenance.
  • Supervisors take care of problems before they affect stove efficiency.
  • After their stove is built, every family receives a brochure explaining The Cinco and the proper maintenance steps. We ask to see them when we visit.
  • Every stove technician has a smart phone to collect GPS location and household data for every stove.
  • GPS locations can be captured with and without connectivity available.
  • Supervisors will use Iphones to collect qualitative data about stove use and maintenance.
  • Superor Oscar visiting a beneficiary and evaluating the maintenance of her stove.
  • Supervisors can generate reports as needed from the data collected in the field.

A month after construction, a Supervisor from Proyecto Mirador returns to the village and visits individual homes to insure that the Dos por Tres stove is being used and maintained properly. They are now using hand held smart phones and computers to record the data they collect that is quickly compiled in the cloud and can be viewed by all particpants in the organization in real time.

This visit reinforces initial training that can be ignored or easily forgotten in the excitement of having the new stove built in their home. Records are kept of wood use and any problems encountered with operation of the stove.

The electronic monitoring system used by Proyecto Mirador was created by TACT L3C, that provides business and technology consulting services for the social impact sector.  The Salesforce.com platform that TACT employed as the basis for the system is scalable and accessible globally, easy and efficient to configure and deploy, provides access to the cloud within its subscription and provides dual language functionality.

We use maps generated with Digital Globe Global Basemap software to pinpoint exact locations of the households where stoves have been constructed. Thus it is much easier to find homes with Dos por Tres stoves installed for our multiple follow up visits.  Through the Global BaseMap subscription software program PM is able to track installations and manage workflow using interactive, high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery that covers the entire project area. This integrated system is available all over the world, provides the most accurate and relevant imagery available, allows our project to successfully evolve and expand and helps the UN-accredited auditors verify that the co-benefits claimed within this project are being effectively carried out.  Maps are available from the office or the field.

Here a Proyecto Mirador stove builder reinforces the steps of maintenance for the Dos por Tres stove during a follow-up visit with a beneficiary not once, but twice.