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Rebuilding With Resilience

Discover how Zaigo enhanced the Disaster Reconstruction Authority of Bahamas with advanced data accessibility, boosting team efficiency and operational flexibility.

About The Client

The client is the Disaster Reconstruction Authority, an emerging government-sponsored not-for-profit organization created in response to the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. The DRA's mission is to help restore Bahamian communities devastated by natural disasters and to provide grants to bring relief, recovery, and forward-thinking solutions to disaster-affected communities in The Bahamas. They support disaster recovery at both the individual and community levels.

Project Background

The Disaster Reconstruction Authority in the Bahamas, a government entity, needed to assess the damages caused by natural disasters to help Bahamian communities not just rebuild but also build back better. The client faced significant challenges in managing data and streamlining the reconstruction process. The scope of the project is to build a Web and Mobile application that will empower assessment officers to streamline the data management process and reconstruction operations.

Goal

To develop an application to ensure data accessibility with no manual errors, automate the manual data management process, and offer flexibility for the team members involved in the reconstruction process.

Project Timeline

We were thrilled to embark on the software development journey with the goal of delivering a top-notch product to our valued client. Over the course of 6 months, our dedicated team meticulously designed, developed, and refined 500 screens, ensuring a comprehensive and user-friendly experience.

Challenges

The customer heavily relied on manual processes, including document management, spreadsheets, and paper-based records, leading to numerous errors, calculation mistakes, inefficiencies, repetitive data migration and the lack of data integrity. They found it arduous to sync data from the CRM, and internet server issues made it difficult for assessment officers to work efficiently in the affected areas. Therefore, the client wanted a solution that would digitize and automate the complete Operations. data management, improve transparency, streamline the reconstruction process, and enable data visualization capabilities using Power BI for providing Grants.