1. Kondwani Mtalimanja
“CONNECTING AFRICA IN A 21ST
CENTURY INTERNATIONAL NGO”

2. Introduction to the Save the Children International
• Vision
• Mission
• Theory of Change
IT Support Model
IT Strategy and 2012 Deliverables
Challenges
Q & A
Agenda

3. • WE ARE the world’s leading independent organisation for children.
Save the Children International
• OUR VISION is a world in which every child attains the right to survival,
protection, development and participation.
• OUR MISSION is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children,
and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

4. Our Theory of
Change is…

5. Introduction to the Save the Children International
• Vision
• Mission
• Theory of Change
Global IT Support Model
IT Strategy and 2012 Deliverables
Challenges
Q & A
Agenda

6. Region 4 LAC
Nicaragua 2
Colombia 1
Peru 1
Ecuador o/s
El Salvador 1
Haiti 4
Bolivia 3
Total staff : 13
Mozambique 2
Malawi 1
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 1
Total staff : 5
Region 7
Southern Africa
Region 5
W&C Africa
Senegal 2
Sierra Leone 1
Burkina Faso 1
DRC 3
Nigeria 3
Liberia 1
Cote d’Ivoire 1
Niger 1
Mali 1
Guinea 1
Total staff : 15
Region 1 S&C Asia
Nepal/Bhutan 3
Afghanistan 7
Central Asia2 5
Pakistan 19
Bangladesh 12
Sri Lanka 2
Total staff : 48
Region 2
SE&E Asia
Region 6
East Africa
Ethiopia 7
Rwanda 1
Uganda 2
Somalia 3
Kenya 2
Tanzania 1
South Sudan 2
Sudan 3
Total staff : 21
DPRK -
Laos 1
Cambodia 2
Philippines 3
Vietnam 1
Myanmar 3
Indonesia 3
China 1
Singapore 2
Total staff : 16
Region 3 MEE
Iraq 1
Armenia o/s
Georgia 1
Jordan1 2
Albania o/s
Kosovo o/s
NW Balkans o/s
Yemen 2
oPt 1
Lebanon o/s
Egypt 1
Total staff : 9
Total number of IT staff
142
In Countries / Regions 127
In Global roles 15
Most of our staff
are based in
countries…

7. StC
Global
(UK & US)
SCI
Asia (2)
SCI
MEE (1)
SCI
Africa (2)
SCI
LAC (1)
Country 1
Country 2
Country 3
Country 4
Country 5
Country 6
Country 7
Country 8
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
– Network Team (2)
– FMS Team (4)
– AMS Team (1)
– Intranet (1)
– Servers / storage ( 2)
– Help desk (1)
Regional IT (6)
1 – IT Manager
2 – IT Assistant
3 – IT Techs Sub offices
Country IT
(121)
Country, Regional and Global IT Teams all work
together to support…

8. Introduction to the Save the Children International
• Vision
• Mission
• Theory of Change
Global IT Support Model
IT Strategy and 2012 Deliverables
Challenges
Q & A
Agenda

9. Our IT Strategy
is looking at all
IT capabilities,
from
foundational to
strategically
differentiating

10. Delivered Phase 1 of
Agresso system to over
50 countries globally,
including
9 in ESA
Developed a set of
standard global
IT Procedures
( being updated)
Launched intranet
Delivered SCM Project
To 6 Ethiopia
sites
Transitioned
11,000+
email accounts to
O365
Built a new global
IT Team
Built a new template for
Country web sites
Delivered
Awards Mgmt
System 1.0
In 2012 we Delivered…

11. Introduction to the Save the Children International
• Vision
• Mission
• Theory of Change
Global IT Support Model
IT Strategy and 2012 Deliverables
Challenges
Q & A
Agenda

12. However there are Challenges that we face…
• Network Capacity e.g. VSAT and Government restrictions
• IT Skills Capacity e.g. Asia vs. Africa
• Getting IT to be seriously taken by Country Office Directors

13. Thank You Very Much
Q & A