Introduce yourself here!

[Jellow]

Hi All, I am an agronomist working in Mozambique; We use all kinds of digital tools to support farmers, companies and projects, this ranges from soil sensors to satellites. I love mountain biking and generally being outdoors. I have been using ODK for a few years to collect data on a small scale(I luse the ODK/PowerBi combination a lot), we are planning to step it up a notch for farmer registration and registration of delivered trainings on a large scale.

I will start testing and researching coming days basically looking at 1) A farmer registration database using open data kit. and 2) a registration system (also ODK) of trainings provided to the earlier registered farmers. My challenge here is how can we configure the database or data management system of the first form to sync with the second form in realtime, so that ID's or names of newly registered farmers are immediately available for trailing registration. and then case management follow-up per farmer.

Looking forward to diving deeper into unexplored features, and contributing to the ODK community.

Cheers, jelle

[kambelovemore]

Hello. I am Lovemore. I am based in Zimbabwe. I get involved in ODK use in 2021 when I was conducting an agricultural survey.

[dmakasy]

Hello, I'm Davis Makasy, i'm living at Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. I'm working with ODK from 2016, so it's a please for me to be in this wonderful community.
In our organization, I have the title of ODK Officer, so I'm working for many projects for data collection: Mosquito nets distribution, Wash, Construction, nutrition, some researches did in Maniema province’s with Safe Delivery apps and ODK, etc.
I'm a newcomer in GitHub with the id dmakasy.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davis-makasy-b0444a102
Outside of Data collection, I learn new things at home and on internet, such as English, how to develop applications, gospel music, etc.

[Dejen]

Hello every one. My name is Dejen. I live in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I join this forum to learn ODK from the scratch. I work on GIS based projects and come to know ODK from friends. We are trying to use ODK to collect data in the field for our asset and socio-econmic data analysis perposes. Later, I decided to learn more on the designing part and just sneak here to see what is available to learn ODK. Thanks you are already here to suport..

[ayowumi]

Hello Everyone. My name is Ayowumi and I'm from Nigeria. I have been using ODK and developing XLSForm for some time now. I ran into some difficulty regarding a validation formula and I'm seeking support. So, I'm here to learn.

Thank you.

[JoseRodriguez]

Hello, everybody!
My name is José Rodríguez, I am a software developer working for an NGO with focus in Sustainable Agriculture. I worked in IT Support for 10 years, but now I've been developing software for 5 years, I am still a student at the UNED (spanish acronym), is a National University in Costa Rica.
ODK Central is a great tool, we've been using it very manually, if that makes sense, creating the forms in excel files with the XLSForm format, but now we want to streamline the process, the XLSForm requires some knowledge so only one person was in charge of it. So we are developing the web builder in our web app, and it has been really cool to work with the ODK Central API.

[Sindile]

Hello.
My name is Sindile Bidla. I run a consulting business specialising in GIS and have used ODK on a few projects.

[mukeshjuyal]

Hi everyone,
I'm from India and working in clinical research and data management.
I started contributing to clinical research and data management in the ODK platform sincer February. Hoping to discuss all the cool ideas for the same in this forum soon.

Mukesh

[Millie_Brown]

Hello Everyone, my name is Yutaka.
I am from Malawi, a country in southern Africa.
Well basically am a data management intern involved with the world bank's social protection programs on poverty reduction in my country. Having said that, I reached out to the forum because I would like gain insight from a lot of the experienced experts here on everything ODK and also maybe contribute a thing or two in the long run. A side from data collection and analytics, I enjoy software development mostly in Java and Python.

[Anro]

Hello all,

My name is Anro, I am a software developer and I work for the Western Cape Government in Cape Town South Africa. Here we are busy re-platforming our existing survey solution and instead leverage ODK via CHT in order to acquire health, population and infrastructure information from informal settlements with the goal of providing better medical care and basic services.

I have been fortunate to work with a team that is passionate about uplifting communities and making meaningful changes, which brought me here. My goal is to enable them to complete their tasks as seamlessly as possible. Having only a little over a month’s worth of exposure, I am here to learn and contribute to the platform where possible.

[Brian_Shelton]

Hi Anro, I am interested in what you are doing. Have you just started ODK. I was an AD in Policy & Research and developed an informal settlements survey form and system for the Dept about 2015-2017. Did survey in partnership with George Municipality. I still have records and the form templates. If interested email me at shelton.brian2@gmail.com. i developed the previous versions of the WC housing demand database as well.

[Tekilil]

My Name is Tekilil Amdesilassie Terega.
I have more than 13 years of experience in Health information management areas. Self-motivated, dependable in planning, monitoring, and evaluation as well as E-data activities, committed to providing compassionate support while capitalizing on networking opportunities. A catalyst for change through mobilizing support to achieve organizational initiatives. Fast learner of new knowledge. I also have experience in report writing. Am very keen on providing high-quality research by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data with a high degree of proficiency. Also very effective in conducting participatory, qualitative, and quantitative research that ensures proper usage of the data, analyses are provided

[Mor_Gueye]

Hi, i am Mor GUEYE. A statistician living in senegal. i am a new user of ODK and very glad to be here with the community.

Thanks you being kind.

[kelvlim88]

Hi. I'm Kelv, a software developer from Malaysia. Instructed by my superior, I'm learning how to use ODK and the process has not been a smooth sailing.

[Santosh_Bastola]

Hello Namaste,

I am from Nepal and have been using ODK for a wide variety of projects since around 2017.

Cheers !!!

[jules_rugwiro]

Hello, I am Jules RUGWIRO…

My love story with ODK began 11 or so years ago. As a database admin for a career and app developer for fun (process automation against routine boredom, including translation of XLSForm-to-SPSS data dictionary), I needed easy to build/deploy front-ends, cutting a lot on dependency that my clients/employers would otherwise develop towards their app developers. From data entry masks in MS Access or SQL and VB WinForms, Win-Mobile 6x based PDAs' CAPIs (Field-Data-kit, CSPRO, etc..), I accidentally discovered ODK (from a researcher I was helping manage some field data) and I fell in love since.

Self-taught (the ODK docs are amazing, and the community members are awesome), I developed hundreds if not a thousand forms, and with time, I got better at it. From developing apps and databases, I soon developed interest in data and their impacts, especially in the humanitarian World, becoming a data analyst, mainly in Food Security, Nutrition, Markets, and related vulnerabilities.

I use ODK in all kinds of areas and at all scales (development, research, emergencies, and process automation), the largest dataset being a beneficiary census data gathered from 1.2M households (7+ million people) and hundreds of variables. You can imagine the amount of data processing, ODK tools handled their part like a charm and for the rest, thankfully, I worked with a great IT support team that made the journey pleasurable through APIs and other automations Services they built around the exercise, all thanks to flexibilities offered by ODK SUITE.

So, long story short, I owe a great deal the ODK community, and I am always happy to help those stuck or simply trying to get the most out of the tool. Something I enjoy during my coffee routines, in-between my coding sessions, on long commutes or breaks in my night shifts (self-indulged).

Originally from Rwanda (proudly), a roving and borderless humanitarian worker (currently in the Middle-East)

[Lalkailepi]

Hello,
My name is Kennedy Lochami lalkailepi from Kenya,, currently a GIS and Remote Sensing student at moi university,, I would like to learn more on data collections.

[tei_aqysta]

Hello, Im based in The Netherlands, the odk projects I work on are e.g. for farmer baseline surveys and making growing manuals for crops. I like spatial data and cats.

[a.mit_pa]

Hello everyone,

My name is Amit, and I am from India. I've been using ODK for six years and have now introduced myself after being a silent observer for a long time. Throughout my journey, I have mostly concentrated on building ODK forms and successfully utilising the ODK platform to conduct surveys.

I've found ODK to be a valuable data collection tool that has greatly expedited my survey operations. Over the years, I've encountered a variety of challenges in designing shapes, and I'm grateful to this community for contributing critical views and answers.

Now, I think I can contribute to discussions on this forum.