Data systems for humanitarian action
Practical support for stretched humanitarian teams.
Task-based consulting for NGOs, UN agencies and donors. The report due next week, the tool you wish existed, the team that needs to level up. Delivered as finished work, not open-ended advice.
Fifteen years in the field · Red Cross · IOM · IRC · Action Against Hunger · Médecins du Monde
How I can help
Three tracks, mapped to how the work actually lands.
The document due next week, the tool you wish existed, the team that needs to level up. Pick one and I'll send a tentative estimate after a quick review.
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Help me write
Reports, proposals & documents
Turn raw data and rough notes into a clear, well-structured report or a winning proposal.
Start a writing request
02
Let's build something
Apps, tools & automations
Design and build a web app, internal tool, dashboard or automation tailored to your workflow.
Start a build request
03
Train my team
Trainings & capacity building
Hands-on workshops and tailored programmes that build your team's skills and confidence.
Start a training requestServices
Six service lines. One scoped task at a time.
Everything I propose, I run myself. Each line is illustrated by a tool or report that is live today, not by a stock image.
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AI Tools & Automation
Chatbots, RAG knowledge systems and workflow automations, scoped to one use case and shipped as a working tool.
Conversational AI agents · RAG knowledge systems · Workflow automation (n8n / Flowise) - 02
Private AI & Data Sovereignty
Local LLM deployments and fully local RAG for organisations that can't send sensitive data to a third-party API.
Private LLM deployment (Ollama / vLLM) · Sensitive-data RAG, fully local · Domain fine-tuning on your data - 03
Data Analysis & BI
Dashboards, data pipelines and geospatial analysis that turn field data into decisions.
BI dashboard builds (Metabase) · Data pipeline / ETL setup · Programme monitoring & M&E dashboards - 04
Proposals & Donor Reporting
End-to-end proposal writing and donor reporting, including the technical AI / data sections that are our niche.
Full proposal writing · Logframes & results frameworks · Interim / final narrative reports - 05
Strategic Advisory
Structured AI readiness assessments and technology roadmaps for organisations deciding where to start.
AI readiness assessment · Technology strategy / roadmap · Fractional AI / tech lead - 06
Training & Capacity Building
Workshops, train-the-trainer programmes and coaching that build your team's own in-house capacity.
Workshop & training delivery · Train-the-trainer (ToT) · Coaching & mentoring
The model
Defined deliverables, not open-ended strategy.
The immediate bottleneck is usually operational: the report that is due next week, the dataset that needs cleaning. Task-based consultancy plugs straight into that workflow. You define the need, I deliver the finished product.
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Tell me what you need
Pick a track and profile the work in a short form. Rough notes are fine; that is the point.
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Tentative estimate after a quick review
A range, not a fixed price, with no obligation. If it looks like a fit, book a scoping call and get a final quote.
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A finished deliverable, tracked in your portal
Files, messages, milestones and invoices in one place. Full visibility, no scope creep.
Subject-Matter Expertise
Every solution is informed by years of direct humanitarian experience, technical decisions are grounded in operational reality.
Collaborative & Transparent Process
I work as a partner, not just a consultant. You'll have full visibility into the project's progress through the client portal.
Sustainable & Empowering Solutions
The goal is to build capacity, not dependency. I deliver well-documented solutions and provide the training needed for your team.
Security & Ethics by Design
Security and ethical data principles are integrated from the very beginning of the design process, not as an afterthought.
Built for the Field
Solutions architected for resilience and performance, prioritizing accessibility and usability even in low-bandwidth settings.
Dedicated & Managed Infrastructure
For projects requiring robust performance and data sovereignty, I offer secure managed hosting on a private hybrid cloud.
From the blog
Field notes and analysis.
14 Sep 2026The Cost of Humanitarian Evidence: $60 Million for the Whole Planet
A practitioner's guide to the humanitarian sector's flagship publications — which one answers which question, how to quote them without getting caught out, and what the whole evidence base costs compared with what the world spends knowing about television ratings.
31 Aug 2026Do No Harm Starts With Where You Keep the Data
NGOs, sovereignty and the cloud. This is not a drill.
21 Aug 2026Adding Bangla, Swahili and Hausa to a sovereign humanitarian assistant
Three Languages, One Measured Pipeline — and what it taught us about measuring before building.
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Tell me what you need.
Pick a track — write, build, or train — and I'll send a tentative estimate after a quick review. No obligation.
