Sectors / Humanitarian and international organisations
Humanitarian and international organisations
YAVA builds and supports payment, identity and operational systems for humanitarian and international programmes, delivered under sanctions, constraints and difficult conditions.
UN agencies, NGOs, multilateral programmes and international operators.
The environment
What this setting is like.
Humanitarian programmes run in low-resource, high-risk environments where connectivity is poor, compliance requirements are strict, and the people the system serves cannot afford it to fail. Technology has to be robust, accountable and deployable in the field.
In humanitarian settings, a failed system has human consequences. We design for resilience, accountability and operation in the field, not for ideal conditions.
Operational and technical challenges
Where it goes wrong.
- Payment and identity systems that must work in low-connectivity environments
- Sanctions, compliance and audit requirements
- Field deployment in difficult and remote conditions
- Systems that must be accountable to donors and auditors
Systems we work on
What YAVA can assess, design, integrate, build or support.
The mix depends on the asset. YAVA is an integrator, not a single-product vendor, and selects equipment against the requirement from a vetted supplier network.
- Payment and reconciliation systems
- Identity and registration systems
- Operational and field platforms
- Resilient connectivity and infrastructure
- Field engineering and support
Relevant capabilities
What we bring to this sector.
How YAVA delivers
Delivery.
We build systems for the conditions they will run in, deploy them in the field, and support them. Work is delivered with the audit trail and compliance that donors and auditors require.
Advice, build, integration, deployment and support come from one team, so there is a single point of accountability for the whole environment.
Applicable experience
Evidence.
Representative work relevant to this sector. Some engagements are anonymised by client where confidentiality requires it. YAVA does not publish invented clients, projects or results.
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FAQ
Common questions.
Can you deliver under sanctions and compliance constraints?
Yes. We have delivered payment and identity systems for multilateral programmes under sanctions and operational constraints.
Can systems work with poor connectivity?
Yes. We design for intermittent connectivity and field conditions rather than assuming a stable network.
Can your engineers reach remote and high-risk sites?
Yes. A significant part of our field team is used to working at remote and difficult sites in demanding conditions with limited support.
Do you work around live operations?
Yes. We plan and deploy around live operations so that services and throughput continue while work is carried out.
Who supports the systems once they are live?
The team that delivers the work also supports it, with service levels including out-of-hours cover agreed in advance.
Can you work within our compliance and procurement rules?
Yes. We deliver inside existing frameworks and under the applicable compliance, data and, where relevant, export-control requirements.
Contact
Tell us what needs to work.
Whether you need advice on what to build, a system delivered and deployed, or an asset assessed and put right, a short conversation will tell you whether we fit the problem.