Resolution IT helps This Is EPIC to get connected in Africa

Leading Channel Islands’ IT firm, Resolution IT, has helped us ensure our projects and operations in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are connected to the internet.

The following media release is reposted from This is EPIC. 

Resolution IT has donated five new wireless internet routers to This Is EPIC so we can continue to support rural communities and villages in both countries through its Village Savings and Loans projects (VSL) which started in 2013.

Our VSL projects are self-managed groups where members have a safe place to save their money and access small loans.

Members take out small loans to invest in income generating activities to improve household income, and, as a result, members experience significant improvements in household health, well-being, and overall quality of life.

A key part of the projects is the monitoring of each group’s financial performance covering both savings and loans. At This Is EPIC w use the Savix Management Information System for recording all the data across its groups, which can only be accessed over the internet.

Philip Smith, of This Is EPIC, said: “We’re so grateful to Resolution IT for providing these five routers for our teams to use in Uganda and the DRC. Purchasing this type of IT equipment in Africa is not cheap, so the donation makes a huge difference to us as a charity.”

Mr Smith added that a crucial part of the charity’s project monitoring and evaluation is for the in-country teams to upload the latest group data into Savix, send monthly and quarterly reports and communicate via Skype which up to now had been problematic.