What Amana RC is

Amana RC is a MEAL platform (monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning) for organisations that have to show evidence for their results. It carries an evaluation from the theory of change to the donor report in one workspace: design, offline field forms, data checks, approvals, baseline–endline analysis and a report built from approved figures.

It runs in a web browser on a laptop, tablet or Android phone. There is nothing to install from an app store, and the app can be added to a phone's home screen. The working area of the app is called the desk, at ammanarc.com/amana.

Amana RC is still being developed, and features may change. This page describes what the live service does today; where something is not available yet, it says so.

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Who it is for

Amana RC is built for teams that answer to evidence, across Africa and beyond:

• Evaluation consultancies running baseline, midline and endline studies for clients.
• NGOs and INGOs monitoring programmes against indicators and targets.
• Research institutes running surveys and studies that must be reproducible.

The desk adapts its words to the kind of organisation: a consultancy works in assignments for clients, a research institute in studies for commissioners, and an NGO in programmes with partners.

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About the company

Amana RC is the product. AMMANARC is the company that builds and runs it. AMMANARC is part of Cortech Consulting Group, its parent company.

AMMANARC was founded by Sharahbill Mohamed Abdi, who is also Research & Decision Intelligence Lead at Cortech. The company is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and works with teams across Africa and beyond.

General contact: sharahbill@ammanarc.com. Support and partnership enquiries have their own addresses, listed under Support and partnerships below.

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Getting started and signing in

Open the desk from the Open the app button on ammanarc.com, or go straight to ammanarc.com/amana. Create account starts a new account; Sign in opens an existing one.

• Google: sign in with your Google account. Google tells Amana RC your email address and name; Amana RC never receives your Google password.
• Email and password: after your password is accepted, a 6-digit sign-in code is sent to your inbox, so we know you still control that address.
• Email link: you can also ask for a one-time sign-in link sent to your email.
• Invitation: when someone invites you to a workspace, you receive an email invitation to join it.

Sign-in codes, links and invitations come from no-reply@ammanarc.com. If one does not arrive, check your spam folder, then ask for a new one.

If you are already signed in, opening ammanarc.com takes you straight to your desk.

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Workspaces, teams and roles

Work happens in a workspace. A workspace holds one organisation's projects, forms, data, analysis and reports. In a cloud workspace, records sync between the members' devices and only members can read them.

Each member has a role, and what they can see and change follows it. The roles are:

• Administrator
• Director
• Programme Manager
• Finance Officer
• MEAL Manager
• M&E Officer
• Data Manager / Analyst
• Researcher
• Statistician / Evaluation Specialist
• Field Coordinator / Enumerator
• Accountability Officer
• Safeguarding focal point
• Viewer / Client Reviewer

Approving values and analyses is reserved for administrators and MEAL managers. Small-number results that could identify people are shown only to roles that need them. Safeguarding cases are visible only to the safeguarding focal point and administrators.

People join a workspace by email invitation, with the role chosen for them. You are responsible for the people you invite to your workspace.

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How an evaluation runs, end to end

An evaluation in Amana RC follows five steps. Each step hands the next the same data, so nothing is retyped and every figure can be traced back.

1. Design: build the theory of change, indicators and targets. Draw a reproducible sample, then write the forms or import an XLSForm.
2. Collect: enumerators fill forms on phones or laptops. Answers save on the device and sync when the network returns.
3. Clean: automatic flags catch duplicates, out-of-range answers, interviews done too fast, straight-lining and GPS outside the site. A value counts only once it is approved.
4. Analyse: compare baseline and endline with confidence intervals, break results down by sex, age or site, or run difference-in-differences and regression.
5. Report: the report builder fills from approved figures, checks its claims against the record and exports to Word and Excel.

In the desk these steps live in rooms, reached from the side navigation: for example Dashboard and Inbox; Portfolio, Project and Finance; Results, Model, Indicators, Sampling, Collect, Field, Data quality, Datasets, Analysis, Evaluate, Learn, Accountability, Decisions & actions and Report; and Library, Documents, Geography, Maps, Organization and System. Which rooms you see depends on your role and your organisation's set-up.

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Design: theory of change, indicators and sampling

Lay out the pathway from activities and outputs to outcomes and impact, with the assumptions and risks on each link. Indicators sit on the results they measure, so the plan and the evidence stay connected, and the results framework comes from the same record.

Each indicator has its targets. Indicators that should go down, such as a disease rate, are compared the right way round.

Sampling draws from a sampling frame with a recorded seed and method. The frame's SHA-256 fingerprint is logged, so anyone can check the draw later.

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Forms and data collection

Build forms in the desk's form builder, or import an XLSForm. Forms can be exported back to XLSForm. One form can carry several languages, such as English, Kiswahili and Soomaali, so each enumerator and respondent can use their own.

Enumerators collect on a phone, tablet or laptop in the browser. Answers and drafts are saved on the device first and sync to the workspace when there is a connection.

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Working offline, and using Amana RC without an account

Once Amana RC has opened on a device, field forms keep working with no network. Answers, drafts and changes wait on the device and sync when the connection returns. The copy on the device can be encrypted. Signing in and the very first load need a connection.

You can also use the app without an account. In this local-only mode the workspace record is kept in your browser's storage on your device, and the app makes no network calls: nothing is sent to us or to anyone else. The record stays on that device unless you export it. If you clear the browser's storage, the record on that device is gone, so keep a backup of work that matters.

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Kobo, ODK and other tools

You can keep collecting in the tool your team already uses. Amana RC imports:

• XLSForms, and exports forms back to XLSForm.
• Data exports from KoboToolbox and ODK Central.
• Data exports from SurveyCTO and CommCare.

Today this exchange is by file: you export from the other tool and import the file into Amana RC. There is no live API connection to Kobo or ODK on the live service yet.

Kobo is excellent at collecting data and has a mature Android app and a large community. Where Amana RC differs is the work after collection: indicators linked to the data, approvals, analysis with uncertainty, and reports from approved figures.

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Data quality and approvals

Every submission is checked automatically. Flags include duplicates, out-of-range answers, interviews completed too fast, straight-lining (the same answer to every question) and GPS points outside the site.

A value counts toward a result only once it has been approved by someone whose role allows it. Drafts never count.

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Analysis and monitoring

Pick a question and the rounds to compare. Amana RC writes each finding with its 95% confidence interval and p-value, breaks it down by any category such as sex, age or site, follows respondents interviewed in both rounds, and says what the data cannot show. Difference-in-differences and regression are in the same room.

Every analysis runs on a named dataset version with a SHA-256 fingerprint, so you always know which data a result used.

The indicator tracking table puts each approved value beside its target, with the pace for the period in words: met, near, behind or not yet scored. Pace is shown in words and colour, never colour alone.

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Reports, exports and backups

The report builder fills from approved figures and checks the report's claims against the record. For example, it flags causal words such as “caused” or “proven” that the evidence cannot hold. Reports export to Word and Excel.

Registers export as CSV files, and you can download a full backup of a workspace at any time. Please keep your own exports or backups of work that matters to you.

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Languages

• This website: English, Kiswahili and Soomaali. Use the language switch at the top or bottom of the page; your choice is remembered on this device.
• The desk: English, Kiswahili, Soomaali, French, Spanish and Arabic. Some screens are still being translated.
• Forms: one form can carry several languages.

The privacy notice and terms are in English, and the English text applies.

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Privacy, security and your account

• Workspaces are kept apart by row-level security in the database, and each person's role decides what they see.
• In a cloud workspace every change is written to an append-only activity log, with who made it and when. Its entries are not changed or removed.
• Records are archived, not deleted, so the history behind a figure stays intact.
• Cloud workspace data, attached files and the activity log are stored by Supabase in its data centre in Ireland (European Union). Account emails are delivered by Resend.
• The public website stores only your language and theme on your device. It sets no tracking cookie and sends nothing to an analytics service.
• Your data remains yours. We do not sell it and do not use it for advertising.

You can close your account yourself in the desk, under Data protection. If you are the last administrator of a workspace, that workspace and its synced records are removed from the server for every member, so export a backup first.

Kenya's Data Protection Act, 2019 gives you rights over your personal data. To use them, or for any privacy question, email sharahbill@ammanarc.com. The privacy notice and the terms give the full detail.

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What you need

• A modern web browser on a laptop, tablet or Android phone.
• A connection to sign in and for the first load; after that, field forms work offline.
• For a cloud workspace, an account for each team member. Local-only use needs no account.

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Pilots

A pilot is one real evaluation or monitoring round in its own workspace, with your own team and a guided setup. Choose a baseline, midline or endline survey, or a monitoring round; invite field staff, reviewers and managers; and we set up the workspace with you and walk the team through offline collection, approving figures and exporting the report.

To ask for a pilot, email sharahbill@ammanarc.com with your organisation, country, evaluation type and team size, or use Request a pilot workspace on the home page.

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Support and partnerships

• Support centre: for help with your account, a workspace, forms or exports, write to support@ammanarc.com, or use the Support centre on the home page.
• Partnership centre: consultancies, NGOs, research institutes and technology partners who would like to work with Amana RC can write to partner@ammanarc.com, or use the Partnership centre on the home page.
• Everything else, including privacy requests: sharahbill@ammanarc.com.

We reply to the address you write from or give in the form. Your message is not used for marketing.

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Amana RC ni nini

Amana RC ni jukwaa la MEAL (ufuatiliaji, tathmini, uwajibikaji na ujifunzaji) kwa mashirika yanayopaswa kuonyesha ushahidi wa matokeo yao. Inabeba tathmini kutoka nadharia ya mabadiliko hadi ripoti ya mfadhili katika eneo moja la kazi: usanifu, fomu za uwandani bila mtandao, ukaguzi wa data, uidhinishaji, uchambuzi wa msingi na wa mwisho, na ripoti inayojengwa kutoka takwimu zilizoidhinishwa.

Inafanya kazi kwenye kivinjari katika kompyuta mpakato, kishikwambi au simu ya Android. Hakuna cha kusakinisha kutoka duka la programu, na programu inaweza kuongezwa kwenye skrini ya mwanzo ya simu. Sehemu ya kazi ya programu inaitwa dawati, katika ammanarc.com/amana.

Amana RC bado inaendelezwa, na vipengele vinaweza kubadilika. Ukurasa huu unaeleza kile huduma inayofanya kazi inachofanya leo; pale ambapo jambo halijapatikana bado, unasema hivyo.

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Ni kwa ajili ya nani

Amana RC imejengwa kwa timu zinazowajibika kwa ushahidi, Afrika na kwingineko:

• Kampuni za ushauri wa tathmini zinazoendesha tafiti za msingi, za kati na za mwisho kwa wateja.
• NGO na INGO zinazofuatilia programu dhidi ya viashiria na malengo.
• Taasisi za utafiti zinazoendesha tafiti ambazo lazima ziweze kurudiwa.

Dawati hubadilisha maneno yake kulingana na aina ya shirika: kampuni ya ushauri hufanya kazi kwa kazi maalum za wateja, taasisi ya utafiti kwa tafiti za waagizaji, na NGO kwa programu pamoja na washirika.

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Kuhusu kampuni

Amana RC ni bidhaa. AMMANARC ni kampuni inayoijenga na kuiendesha. AMMANARC ni sehemu ya Cortech Consulting Group, kampuni mama yake.

AMMANARC ilianzishwa na Sharahbill Mohamed Abdi, ambaye pia ni Kiongozi wa Utafiti na Akili ya Maamuzi (Research & Decision Intelligence Lead) katika Cortech. Kampuni iko Nairobi, Kenya, na inafanya kazi na timu Afrika na kwingineko.

Mawasiliano ya jumla: sharahbill@ammanarc.com. Maswali ya msaada na ya ushirikiano yana anwani zake, zilizoorodheshwa hapa chini chini ya Msaada na ushirikiano.

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Kuanza na kuingia

Fungua dawati kupitia kitufe cha Fungua programu katika ammanarc.com, au nenda moja kwa moja ammanarc.com/amana. Fungua akaunti huanzisha akaunti mpya; Ingia hufungua akaunti iliyopo.

• Google: ingia kwa akaunti yako ya Google. Google huiambia Amana RC anwani yako ya barua pepe na jina lako; Amana RC haipokei kamwe nenosiri lako la Google.
• Barua pepe na nenosiri: baada ya nenosiri lako kukubaliwa, msimbo wa tarakimu 6 wa kuingia hutumwa kwenye kikasha chako, ili tujue bado unadhibiti anwani hiyo.
• Kiungo cha barua pepe: unaweza pia kuomba kiungo cha kuingia cha mara moja kitumwe kwenye barua pepe yako.
• Mwaliko: mtu anapokualika kwenye eneo la kazi, unapokea mwaliko kwa barua pepe ili ujiunge.

Misimbo ya kuingia, viungo na mialiko hutoka no-reply@ammanarc.com. Ikiwa haifiki, angalia folda ya barua taka, kisha omba mpya.

Ikiwa tayari umeingia, kufungua ammanarc.com kunakupeleka moja kwa moja kwenye dawati lako.

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Maeneo ya kazi, timu na majukumu

Kazi hufanyika katika eneo la kazi. Eneo la kazi linashikilia miradi, fomu, data, uchambuzi na ripoti za shirika moja. Katika eneo la kazi la wingu, rekodi husawazishwa kati ya vifaa vya wanachama na ni wanachama tu wanaoweza kuzisoma.

Kila mwanachama ana jukumu, na anachoweza kuona na kubadilisha hufuata jukumu hilo. Majukumu ni:

• Msimamizi
• Mkurugenzi
• Meneja wa Programu
• Afisa wa Fedha
• Meneja wa MEAL
• Afisa wa M&E
• Meneja wa Data / Mchambuzi
• Mtafiti
• Mtaalamu wa Takwimu / Mtaalamu wa Tathmini
• Mratibu wa Uwandani / Mdadisi
• Afisa wa Uwajibikaji
• Mratibu wa ulinzi (safeguarding)
• Mtazamaji / Mkaguzi wa Mteja

Kuidhinisha thamani na uchambuzi ni kwa wasimamizi na mameneja wa MEAL pekee. Matokeo ya idadi ndogo yanayoweza kutambulisha watu huonyeshwa tu kwa majukumu yanayoyahitaji. Kesi za ulinzi zinaonekana tu kwa mratibu wa ulinzi na wasimamizi.

Watu hujiunga na eneo la kazi kwa mwaliko wa barua pepe, wakiwa na jukumu walilochaguliwa. Unawajibika kwa watu unaowaalika kwenye eneo lako la kazi.

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Jinsi tathmini inavyoendeshwa, mwanzo hadi mwisho

Tathmini katika Amana RC hufuata hatua tano. Kila hatua hukabidhi inayofuata data ileile, kwa hivyo hakuna kinachoandikwa upya na kila takwimu inaweza kufuatiliwa.

1. Usanifu: jenga nadharia ya mabadiliko, viashiria na malengo. Chagua sampuli inayoweza kurudiwa, kisha andika fomu au ingiza XLSForm.
2. Ukusanyaji: wadadisi hujaza fomu kwenye simu au kompyuta mpakato. Majibu huhifadhiwa kwenye kifaa na kusawazishwa mtandao unaporudi.
3. Usafishaji: alama za kiotomatiki hunasa marudio, majibu yaliyo nje ya kiwango, mahojiano yaliyofanywa haraka mno, majibu ya mstari mmoja na GPS iliyo nje ya eneo. Thamani huhesabiwa tu ikishaidhinishwa.
4. Uchambuzi: linganisha msingi na mwisho kwa vipindi vya uhakika, gawanya matokeo kwa jinsia, umri au eneo, au endesha difference-in-differences na regression.
5. Ripoti: kijenzi cha ripoti hujaza kutoka takwimu zilizoidhinishwa, hukagua madai yake dhidi ya rekodi na huhamisha kwenda Word na Excel.

Katika dawati hatua hizi ziko katika vyumba, vinavyofikiwa kutoka urambazaji wa pembeni: kwa mfano Dashibodi na Kikasha; Jalada, Mradi na Fedha; Matokeo, Modeli, Viashiria, Sampuli, Ukusanyaji, Uwandani, Ubora wa data, Seti za data, Uchambuzi, Tathmini, Ujifunzaji, Uwajibikaji, Maamuzi na hatua, na Ripoti; na Maktaba, Nyaraka, Jiografia, Ramani, Shirika na Mfumo. Vyumba unavyoona hutegemea jukumu lako na mpangilio wa shirika lako.

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Usanifu: nadharia ya mabadiliko, viashiria na sampuli

Panga njia kutoka shughuli na matokeo ya moja kwa moja hadi matokeo ya kati na athari, pamoja na dhana na hatari kwenye kila kiungo. Viashiria vinakaa kwenye matokeo vinavyopima, kwa hivyo mpango na ushahidi vinabaki vimeunganishwa, na mfumo wa matokeo unatoka kwenye rekodi ileile.

Kila kiashiria kina malengo yake. Viashiria vinavyopaswa kushuka, kama kiwango cha ugonjwa, hulinganishwa kwa mwelekeo sahihi.

Sampuli huchaguliwa kutoka kwenye orodha ya sampuli kwa mbegu (seed) na mbinu zilizorekodiwa. Alama ya SHA-256 ya orodha hiyo hurekodiwa, ili yeyote aweze kukagua uchaguzi baadaye.

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Fomu na ukusanyaji wa data

Jenga fomu katika kijenzi cha fomu cha dawati, au ingiza XLSForm. Fomu zinaweza kuhamishwa kurudi kwenye XLSForm. Fomu moja inaweza kubeba lugha kadhaa, kama Kiingereza, Kiswahili na Kisomali, ili kila mdadisi na mhojiwa atumie lugha yake.

Wadadisi hukusanya kwa simu, kishikwambi au kompyuta mpakato kwenye kivinjari. Majibu na rasimu huhifadhiwa kwanza kwenye kifaa na kusawazishwa na eneo la kazi kunapokuwa na mtandao.

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Kufanya kazi bila mtandao, na kutumia Amana RC bila akaunti

Mara Amana RC ikishafunguka kwenye kifaa, fomu za uwandani zinaendelea kufanya kazi bila mtandao. Majibu, rasimu na mabadiliko husubiri kwenye kifaa na kusawazishwa mtandao unaporudi. Nakala iliyo kwenye kifaa inaweza kusimbwa kwa njia fiche. Kuingia na upakiaji wa kwanza kabisa vinahitaji mtandao.

Unaweza pia kutumia programu bila akaunti. Katika hali hii ya kifaa pekee, rekodi ya eneo la kazi huhifadhiwa kwenye hifadhi ya kivinjari chako kwenye kifaa chako, na programu haifanyi mawasiliano yoyote ya mtandao: hakuna kinachotumwa kwetu wala kwa mtu mwingine. Rekodi inabaki kwenye kifaa hicho isipokuwa uihamishe mwenyewe. Ukifuta hifadhi ya kivinjari, rekodi iliyo kwenye kifaa hicho inapotea, kwa hivyo weka nakala ya kazi muhimu.

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Kobo, ODK na zana nyingine

Unaweza kuendelea kukusanya kwa zana ambayo timu yako tayari inatumia. Amana RC huingiza:

• XLSForm, na huhamisha fomu kurudi kwenye XLSForm.
• Data iliyohamishwa kutoka KoboToolbox na ODK Central.
• Data iliyohamishwa kutoka SurveyCTO na CommCare.

Leo ubadilishanaji huu ni kwa faili: unahamisha kutoka zana nyingine na kuingiza faili katika Amana RC. Bado hakuna muunganisho wa moja kwa moja wa API na Kobo au ODK kwenye huduma inayofanya kazi.

Kobo ni bora katika kukusanya data na ina programu ya Android iliyokomaa na jumuiya kubwa. Amana RC inatofautiana katika kazi inayofuata ukusanyaji: viashiria vilivyounganishwa na data, uidhinishaji, uchambuzi unaoonyesha kutokuwa na uhakika, na ripoti kutoka takwimu zilizoidhinishwa.

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Ubora wa data na uidhinishaji

Kila wasilisho hukaguliwa kiotomatiki. Alama ni pamoja na marudio, majibu yaliyo nje ya kiwango, mahojiano yaliyokamilishwa haraka mno, majibu ya mstari mmoja (jibu lilelile kwa kila swali) na alama za GPS zilizo nje ya eneo.

Thamani huhesabiwa kwenye matokeo tu ikishaidhinishwa na mtu ambaye jukumu lake linaruhusu. Rasimu hazihesabiwi kamwe.

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Uchambuzi na ufuatiliaji

Chagua swali na awamu za kulinganisha. Amana RC huandika kila matokeo pamoja na kipindi chake cha uhakika cha 95% na p-value, huyagawanya kwa kundi lolote kama jinsia, umri au eneo, hufuatilia wahojiwa waliohojiwa katika awamu zote mbili, na husema data haiwezi kuonyesha nini. Difference-in-differences na regression ziko katika chumba hicho hicho.

Kila uchambuzi huendeshwa kwenye toleo la seti ya data lenye jina na alama ya SHA-256, kwa hivyo daima unajua matokeo yalitumia data gani.

Jedwali la ufuatiliaji wa viashiria huweka kila thamani iliyoidhinishwa kando ya lengo lake, pamoja na kasi ya kipindi kwa maneno: imefikiwa, karibu, nyuma au bado haijapimwa. Kasi huonyeshwa kwa maneno na rangi, kamwe si kwa rangi pekee.

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Ripoti, uhamishaji na nakala rudufu

Kijenzi cha ripoti hujaza kutoka takwimu zilizoidhinishwa na hukagua madai ya ripoti dhidi ya rekodi. Kwa mfano, huweka alama maneno ya kisababishi kama “ilisababisha” au “imethibitishwa” ambayo ushahidi hauwezi kubeba. Ripoti huhamishwa kwenda Word na Excel.

Rejista huhamishwa kama faili za CSV, na unaweza kupakua nakala kamili ya eneo la kazi wakati wowote. Tafadhali weka nakala zako mwenyewe za kazi muhimu.

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Lugha

• Tovuti hii: Kiingereza, Kiswahili na Kisomali. Tumia kibadilisha lugha juu au chini ya ukurasa; chaguo lako hukumbukwa kwenye kifaa hiki.
• Dawati: Kiingereza, Kiswahili, Kisomali, Kifaransa, Kihispania na Kiarabu. Baadhi ya skrini bado zinatafsiriwa.
• Fomu: fomu moja inaweza kubeba lugha kadhaa.

Ilani ya faragha na masharti ziko kwa Kiingereza, na maandishi ya Kiingereza ndiyo yanayotumika.

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Faragha, usalama na akaunti yako

• Maeneo ya kazi yanatenganishwa kwa usalama wa ngazi ya safu (row-level security) kwenye hifadhidata, na jukumu la kila mtu huamua anachoona.
• Katika eneo la kazi la wingu kila badiliko huandikwa kwenye kumbukumbu ya shughuli inayoongezewa tu, pamoja na aliyelifanya na lini. Maingizo yake hayabadilishwi wala kuondolewa.
• Rekodi huhifadhiwa kwenye kumbukumbu, hazifutwi, kwa hivyo historia ya kila takwimu inabaki kamili.
• Data ya eneo la kazi la wingu, faili zilizoambatishwa na kumbukumbu ya shughuli huhifadhiwa na Supabase katika kituo chake cha data nchini Ireland (Umoja wa Ulaya). Barua pepe za akaunti huwasilishwa na Resend.
• Tovuti ya umma huhifadhi lugha na mandhari yako tu kwenye kifaa chako. Haiweki kuki ya ufuatiliaji na haitumi chochote kwa huduma ya takwimu.
• Data yako inabaki kuwa yako. Hatuiuzi na hatuitumii kwa matangazo.

Unaweza kufunga akaunti yako mwenyewe kwenye dawati, chini ya Ulinzi wa data. Ikiwa wewe ni msimamizi wa mwisho wa eneo la kazi, eneo hilo na rekodi zake zilizosawazishwa huondolewa kwenye seva kwa kila mwanachama, kwa hivyo hamisha nakala rudufu kwanza.

Sheria ya Ulinzi wa Data ya Kenya ya 2019 inakupa haki juu ya data yako binafsi. Ili kuzitumia, au kwa swali lolote la faragha, tuma barua pepe kwa sharahbill@ammanarc.com. Ilani ya faragha na masharti vinatoa maelezo kamili.

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Unachohitaji

• Kivinjari cha kisasa kwenye kompyuta mpakato, kishikwambi au simu ya Android.
• Mtandao wa kuingia na kwa upakiaji wa kwanza; baada ya hapo, fomu za uwandani hufanya kazi bila mtandao.
• Kwa eneo la kazi la wingu, akaunti kwa kila mwanatimu. Matumizi ya kifaa pekee hayahitaji akaunti.

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Majaribio

Mpango wa majaribio ni tathmini moja halisi au awamu moja ya ufuatiliaji katika eneo lake la kazi, ukitumia timu yako na kwa msaada wa kuanzisha. Chagua utafiti wa msingi, wa kati au wa mwisho, au awamu ya ufuatiliaji; alika wafanyakazi wa uwandani, wakaguzi na wasimamizi; nasi tunaanzisha eneo la kazi pamoja nawe na kuiongoza timu katika ukusanyaji bila mtandao, kuidhinisha takwimu na kuhamisha ripoti.

Kuomba majaribio, tuma barua pepe kwa sharahbill@ammanarc.com ukitaja shirika lako, nchi, aina ya tathmini na ukubwa wa timu, au tumia Omba eneo la kazi la majaribio kwenye ukurasa wa mwanzo.

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Msaada na ushirikiano

• Kituo cha msaada: kwa msaada kuhusu akaunti yako, eneo la kazi, fomu au uhamishaji, andika kwa support@ammanarc.com, au tumia Kituo cha msaada kwenye ukurasa wa mwanzo.
• Kituo cha ushirikiano: kampuni za ushauri, NGO, taasisi za utafiti na washirika wa teknolojia wanaotaka kufanya kazi na Amana RC wanaweza kuandika kwa partner@ammanarc.com, au kutumia Kituo cha ushirikiano kwenye ukurasa wa mwanzo.
• Mengineyo yote, pamoja na maombi ya faragha: sharahbill@ammanarc.com.

Tunajibu kwa anwani unayoandikia au unayotoa kwenye fomu. Ujumbe wako hautumiwi kwa matangazo.

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Waa maxay Amana RC

Amana RC waa madal MEAL ah (la-socod, qiimayn, la-xisaabtan iyo barasho) oo loogu talagalay hay'adaha ay tahay inay caddayn u muujiyaan natiijooyinkooda. Waxay qiimaynta ka qaaddaa aragtida isbeddelka ilaa warbixinta deeq-bixiyaha hal goob shaqo: naqshadeyn, foomam goobeed internet la'aan ah, hubinta xogta, ansixin, falanqayn bilow iyo dhammaad, iyo warbixin laga dhisay tirooyin la ansixiyay.

Waxay ku shaqaysaa biraawsar ku jira laptop, tablet ama telefoon Android ah. Wax laga soo dejiyo dukaanka barnaamijyada ma jiro, barnaamijkana waxaa lagu dari karaa shaashadda hore ee telefoonka. Qaybta shaqada ee barnaamijka waxaa la yiraahdaa miiska (desk), waana ammanarc.com/amana.

Amana RC weli waa la horumarinayaa, astaamuhuna way isbeddeli karaan. Boggani wuxuu sharraxayaa waxa adeegga tooska ahi maanta qabto; meesha wax aan weli la heli karin, sidaas ayuu sheegayaa.

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Yaa loogu talagalay

Amana RC waxaa loo dhisay kooxaha caddaynta ka jawaab bixiya, Afrika iyo wixii ka baxsan:

• Shirkadaha la-talinta qiimaynta ee macaamiisha u fuliya daraasaadka bilowga, dhexe iyo dhammaadka.
• NGO-yada iyo INGO-yada barnaamijyada kala socda tilmaamayaasha iyo bartilmaameedyada.
• Machadyada cilmi-baarista ee fuliya sahanno iyo daraasaad ay tahay in dib loo samayn karo.

Miisku wuxuu ereyadiisa la jaanqaadaa nooca hay'adda: shirkad la-talin ah waxay ka shaqaysaa hawlo macaamiil, machad cilmi-baaris ah daraasaad loo xilsaaray, NGO-na barnaamijyo ay la wadaagto la-hawlgalayaal.

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Ku saabsan shirkadda

Amana RC waa alaabta. AMMANARC waa shirkadda dhisa oo maamusha. AMMANARC waxay qayb ka tahay Cortech Consulting Group, oo ah shirkadda hooyo.

AMMANARC waxaa aasaasay Sharahbill Mohamed Abdi, oo sidoo kale ah Hoggaamiyaha Cilmi-baarista iyo Sirdoonka Go'aannada (Research & Decision Intelligence Lead) ee Cortech. Shirkaddu waxay fadhigeedu yahay Nairobi, Kenya, waxayna la shaqaysaa kooxo Afrika iyo wixii ka baxsan.

Xiriirka guud: sharahbill@ammanarc.com. Codsiyada taageerada iyo iskaashiga waxay leeyihiin cinwaanno u gaar ah, oo ku qoran hoos qaybta Taageerada iyo iskaashiga.

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Bilaabidda iyo gelitaanka

Miiska ka fur badhanka Fur barnaamijka ee ammanarc.com, ama si toos ah u tag ammanarc.com/amana. Samee akoon wuxuu bilaabaa akoon cusub; Gal wuxuu furaa akoon jira.

• Google: ku gal akoonkaaga Google. Google wuxuu Amana RC u sheegaa cinwaanka iimaylkaaga iyo magacaaga; Amana RC weligeed ma hesho furaha sirta ah ee Google.
• Iimayl iyo furaha sirta: kadib marka furahaaga la aqbalo, koodh 6-god ah ayaa loo diraa sanduuqaaga, si aan u ogaanno inaad weli maamusho cinwaankaas.
• Xiriiriye iimayl: waxaad sidoo kale codsan kartaa xiriiriye gelitaan oo hal mar ah oo laguugu soo diro iimaylkaaga.
• Martiqaad: marka qof kugu martiqaado goob shaqo, waxaad heleysaa martiqaad iimayl ah si aad ugu biirto.

Koodhadhka gelitaanka, xiriiriyeyaasha iyo martiqaadyada waxay ka yimaadaan no-reply@ammanarc.com. Haddii midkood uusan imaan, eeg galka spam-ka, kadibna codso mid cusub.

Haddii aad horey u gashay, furitaanka ammanarc.com wuxuu si toos ah kuugu geynayaa miiskaaga.

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Goobaha shaqada, kooxaha iyo doorarka

Shaqadu waxay ka dhacdaa goob shaqo. Goob shaqo waxay haysaa mashaariicda, foomamka, xogta, falanqaynta iyo warbixinnada hal hay'ad. Goob shaqo oo daruur ah, diiwaannadu waxay isku xirmaan qalabka xubnaha, xubnaha keliya ayaana akhriyi kara.

Xubin kastaa waxay leedahay door, waxa ay arki karto oo beddeli kartaana wuu raacaa. Doorarku waa:

• Maamule
• Agaasime
• Maareeyaha Barnaamijka
• Sarkaalka Maaliyadda
• Maareeyaha MEAL
• Sarkaalka M&E
• Maareeyaha Xogta / Falanqeeye
• Cilmi-baare
• Takhasusle Tirakoob / Qiimayn
• Isku-duwaha Goobta / Xog-ururiye
• Sarkaalka La-xisaabtanka
• Barta xiriirka ilaalinta (safeguarding)
• Daawade / Dib-u-eegaha Macmiilka

Ansixinta qiimayaasha iyo falanqaynta waxaa u gaar ah maamulayaasha iyo maareeyayaasha MEAL. Natiijooyinka tirada yar ee dadka lagu aqoonsan karo waxaa la tusaa oo keliya doorarka u baahan. Kiisaska ilaalinta waxaa arki kara oo keliya barta xiriirka ilaalinta iyo maamulayaasha.

Dadku waxay goob shaqo ku biiraan martiqaad iimayl ah, iyagoo wata doorka loo doortay. Adiga ayaa mas'uul ka ah dadka aad ku martiqaado goobtaada shaqo.

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Sida qiimayn loo fuliyo, bilow ilaa dhammaad

Qiimaynta Amana RC waxay raacdaa shan tallaabo. Tallaabo kastaa waxay tan xigta u gudbisaa xog isku mid ah, sidaas darteed waxba dib looma qoro, tiro kastana raadkeeda waa la raaci karaa.

1. Naqshadeyn: dhis aragtida isbeddelka, tilmaamayaasha iyo bartilmaameedyada. Soo saar muunad dib loo samayn karo, kadibna qor foomamka ama soo geli XLSForm.
2. Ururin: xog-ururiyayaashu waxay foomamka ku buuxiyaan telefoon ama laptop. Jawaabuhu waxay ku kaydsamaan qalabka, waxayna isku xirmaan marka shabakaddu soo noqoto.
3. Nadiifin: calaamado toos ah ayaa qabta ku-celcelin, jawaabo xadka ka baxsan, wareysiyo aad u degdeg ah, jawaab isku mid ah oo dhan iyo GPS ka baxsan goobta. Qiime wuxuu tirsanaa oo keliya marka la ansixiyo.
4. Falanqayn: isbarbar dhig bilowga iyo dhammaadka adigoo isticmaalaya kala-duwanaanshaha kalsoonida, u kala qaybi natiijooyinka jinsi, da' ama goob, ama fuli difference-in-differences iyo regression.
5. Warbixin: dhisaha warbixintu wuxuu ka buuxsamaa tirooyinka la ansixiyay, wuxuu sheegashooyinkiisa ku hubiyaa diiwaanka, wuxuuna u dhoofiyaa Word iyo Excel.

Miiska dhexdiisa tallaabooyinkani waxay ku jiraan qolal, laga galo hagidda dhinaca: tusaale ahaan Dashboard iyo Sanduuqa; Portfolio, Mashruuc iyo Maaliyad; Natiijooyin, Model, Tilmaamayaal, Muunad, Ururin, Goob, Tayada xogta, Xog-ururin la kaydiyay, Falanqayn, Qiimayn, Barasho, La-xisaabtan, Go'aanno iyo tallaabooyin, iyo Warbixin; iyo Maktabad, Dukumenti, Juqraafi, Khariidado, Hay'ad iyo Nidaam. Qolalka aad aragto waxay ku xiran yihiin doorkaaga iyo habaynta hay'addaada.

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Naqshadeyn: aragtida isbeddelka, tilmaamayaasha iyo muunadda

Dejiso jidka laga bilaabo hawlaha iyo wax-soo-saarka ilaa natiijooyinka iyo saamaynta, adigoo ku daraya male-awaalka iyo khataraha xiriir kasta. Tilmaamayaashu waxay saaran yihiin natiijooyinka ay cabbiraan, sidaas darteed qorshaha iyo caddayntu way isku xiran yihiin, qaab-dhismeedka natiijooyinkuna wuxuu ka yimaadaa diiwaan isku mid ah.

Tilmaame kastaa wuxuu leeyahay bartilmaameedyadiisa. Tilmaamayaasha ay tahay inay hoos u dhacaan, sida heerka cudur, si sax ah ayaa loo barbar dhigaa.

Muunaddu waxay ka timaadaa liiska muunadda iyadoo la diiwaangeliyay abuurka (seed) iyo habka. Faraha SHA-256 ee liiska waa la diiwaangeliyaa, si qof kastaa hadhow u hubin karo soo-saarka.

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Foomamka iyo ururinta xogta

Ku dhis foomamka dhisaha foomamka ee miiska, ama soo geli XLSForm. Foomamka dib ayaa loogu dhoofin karaa XLSForm. Hal foom wuxuu qaadi karaa luqado badan, sida Ingiriisi, Sawaaxili iyo Soomaali, si xog-ururiye iyo jawaab-bixiye kastaa u isticmaalo luqaddiisa.

Xog-ururiyayaashu waxay ku ururiyaan telefoon, tablet ama laptop biraawsarka dhexdiisa. Jawaabaha iyo qabyo-qoraallada marka hore waxay ku kaydsamaan qalabka, waxayna la isku xirmaan goobta shaqada marka xiriir jiro.

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Ka shaqaynta internet la'aan, iyo isticmaalka Amana RC akoon la'aan

Marka Amana RC mar ka furmo qalab, foomamka goobtu way sii shaqeeyaan shabakad la'aan. Jawaabaha, qabyo-qoraallada iyo isbeddellada waxay ku sugaan qalabka, waxayna isku xirmaan marka xiriirku soo noqdo. Nuqulka qalabka ku jira waa la sir-gelin karaa. Gelitaanka iyo soo-dejinta ugu horreysa waxay u baahan yihiin xiriir.

Waxaad sidoo kale barnaamijka u isticmaali kartaa akoon la'aan. Habkan qalabka-keliya, diiwaanka goobta shaqadu wuxuu ku kaydsan yahay kaydka biraawsarkaaga ee qalabkaaga, barnaamijkuna ma sameeyo wax xiriir shabakadeed ah: waxba nalooma soo diro, cid kalena looma diro. Diiwaanku wuxuu ku jiraa qalabkaas ilaa aad adigu dhoofiso. Haddii aad tirtirto kaydka biraawsarka, diiwaanka qalabkaas ku jira wuu baaba'aa, sidaas darteed kayd ka samee shaqada muhiimka ah.

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Kobo, ODK iyo qalab kale

Waxaad sii wadi kartaa ururinta qalabka kooxdaadu horey u isticmaashay. Amana RC waxay soo gelisaa:

• XLSForm-yada, waxayna foomamka dib ugu dhoofisaa XLSForm.
• Xogta laga dhoofiyay KoboToolbox iyo ODK Central.
• Xogta laga dhoofiyay SurveyCTO iyo CommCare.

Maanta is-weydaarsigani waa fayl: waxaad ka dhoofisaa qalabka kale, faylkana waxaad soo gelisaa Amana RC. Weli ma jiro xiriir API toos ah oo lala leeyahay Kobo ama ODK adeegga tooska ah.

Kobo aad ayuu ugu fiican yahay ururinta xogta, wuxuuna leeyahay barnaamij Android oo qaangaaray iyo bulsho weyn. Halka Amana RC ka duwan tahay waa shaqada ururinta kadib: tilmaamayaal xogta ku xiran, ansixin, falanqayn muujinaysa hubaal-la'aanta, iyo warbixinno laga sameeyay tirooyin la ansixiyay.

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Tayada xogta iyo ansixinta

Gudbin kastaa si toos ah ayaa loo hubiyaa. Calaamadaha waxaa ka mid ah ku-celcelin, jawaabo xadka ka baxsan, wareysiyo si aad u degdeg ah loo dhammeeyay, jawaab isku mid ah su'aal kasta, iyo dhibcaha GPS ee ka baxsan goobta.

Qiime wuxuu natiijo ku tirsanaa oo keliya marka uu ansixiyo qof doorkiisu u oggol yahay. Qabyo-qoraallo weligood ma tirsamaan.

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Falanqaynta iyo la-socodka

Dooro su'aal iyo wareegyada la isbarbar dhigayo. Amana RC waxay natiijo kasta la qortaa kala-duwanaanshaha kalsoonida 95% iyo p-value, waxay u kala qaybisaa qayb kasta sida jinsi, da' ama goob, waxay raacdaa jawaab-bixiyeyaasha labada wareegba la wareystay, waxayna sheegtaa waxa xogtu aysan muujin karin. Difference-in-differences iyo regression waxay ku jiraan qol isku mid ah.

Falanqayn kastaa waxay ku socotaa nooc xog-ururin ah oo magac leh iyo faraha SHA-256, sidaas darteed had iyo jeer waad ogtahay xogta natiijo isticmaashay.

Shaxda la-socodka tilmaamayaasha waxay qiime kasta oo la ansixiyay dhigtaa bartilmaameedkiisa agtiisa, iyadoo xawaaraha muddada lagu qoro erayo: la gaaray, u dhow, ka dambeeya ama aan weli la qiimayn. Xawaaraha waxaa lagu muujiyaa erayo iyo midab, weligiis midab keliya.

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Warbixinnada, dhoofinta iyo kaydka

Dhisaha warbixintu wuxuu ka buuxsamaa tirooyinka la ansixiyay, wuxuuna sheegashooyinka warbixinta ku hubiyaa diiwaanka. Tusaale ahaan, wuxuu calaamadeeyaa ereyada sababaynta sida “wuxuu keenay” ama “waa la caddeeyay” oo caddayntu aysan qaadi karin. Warbixinnada waxaa loo dhoofiyaa Word iyo Excel.

Diiwaannada waxaa loo dhoofiyaa faylal CSV ah, waxaadna soo dejisan kartaa kayd buuxa oo goob shaqo ah wakhti kasta. Fadlan hayso dhoofintaada ama kaydkaaga shaqada muhiimka kuu ah.

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Luqadaha

• Degelkan: Ingiriisi, Sawaaxili iyo Soomaali. Isticmaal beddelaha luqadda ee kore ama hoose ee bogga; doorashadaada waa lagu xasuustaa qalabkan.
• Miiska: Ingiriisi, Sawaaxili, Soomaali, Faransiis, Isbaanish iyo Carabi. Shaashadaha qaar weli waa la turjumayaa.
• Foomamka: hal foom wuxuu qaadi karaa luqado badan.

Ogeysiiska asturnaanta iyo shuruudaha waxay ku qoran yihiin Ingiriisi, qoraalka Ingiriisiga ayaana dhaqan gala.

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Asturnaanta, amniga iyo akoonkaaga

• Goobaha shaqada waxaa lagu kala saaraa amniga heerka safka (row-level security) ee kaydka xogta, doorka qof kastaana wuxuu go'aamiyaa waxa uu arko.
• Goob shaqo oo daruur ah, isbeddel kastaa wuxuu ku qormaa diiwaan hawleed lagu dari karo oo keliya, iyadoo la qoro cidda samaysay iyo goorta. Qoraalladiisa lama beddelo lamana tirtiro.
• Diiwaannada waa la kaydiyaa, lama tirtiro, sidaas darteed taariikhda tiro kasta way dhammaystiran tahay.
• Xogta goobta shaqada daruurta, faylasha ku lifaaqan iyo diiwaanka hawlaha waxaa kaydiya Supabase oo ku jira xarunteeda xogta ee Ireland (Midowga Yurub). Iimaylada akoonka waxaa gaarsiiya Resend.
• Degelka dadweynuhu wuxuu qalabkaaga ku kaydiyaa oo keliya luqaddaada iyo muuqaalkaaga. Ma dhigo cookie raad-raac ah, waxna uma diro adeeg falanqayn.
• Xogtaadu waa taada. Ma iibinno, kumana isticmaalno xayeysiis.

Waxaad adigu xiri kartaa akoonkaaga miiska dhexdiisa, qaybta Ilaalinta xogta. Haddii aad tahay maamulaha ugu dambeeya ee goob shaqo, goobtaas iyo diiwaannadeeda la isku xiray waxaa laga saarayaa server-ka xubin kasta, sidaas darteed marka hore dhoofi kayd.

Sharciga Ilaalinta Xogta ee Kenya, 2019 wuxuu ku siinayaa xuquuq xogtaada shakhsiga ah. Si aad u isticmaasho, ama su'aal kasta oo asturnaan ah, iimayl u dir sharahbill@ammanarc.com. Ogeysiiska asturnaanta iyo shuruuduhu waxay bixiyaan faahfaahinta oo dhan.

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Waxa aad u baahan tahay

• Biraawsar casri ah oo ku jira laptop, tablet ama telefoon Android ah.
• Xiriir loogu talagalay gelitaanka iyo soo-dejinta ugu horreysa; kadib, foomamka goobtu waxay shaqeeyaan internet la'aan.
• Goob shaqo oo daruur ah, akoon xubin kasta oo kooxda ah. Isticmaalka qalabka-keliya uma baahna akoon.

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Tijaabooyinka

Tijaabadu waa hal qiimayn dhab ah ama hal wareeg la-socod ah oo ku jira goob shaqo u gaar ah, kooxdaada iyo hagid dejin. Dooro sahan bilow, dhexe ama dhammaad, ama wareeg la-socod; ku martiqaad shaqaalaha goobta, dib-u-eegayaasha iyo maareeyayaasha; annaguna waxaan kula dejinaynaa goobta shaqada oo kooxda ku hagaynaa ururinta internet la'aanta, ansixinta tirooyinka iyo dhoofinta warbixinta.

Si aad u codsato tijaabo, iimayl u dir sharahbill@ammanarc.com adigoo sheegaya hay'addaada, dalka, nooca qiimaynta iyo tirada kooxda, ama isticmaal Codso goob shaqo oo tijaabo ah ee bogga hore.

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Taageerada iyo iskaashiga

• Xarunta taageerada: caawimo ku saabsan akoonkaaga, goob shaqo, foomam ama dhoofin, u qor support@ammanarc.com, ama isticmaal Xarunta taageerada ee bogga hore.
• Xarunta iskaashiga: shirkadaha la-talinta, NGO-yada, machadyada cilmi-baarista iyo la-hawlgalayaasha tignoolajiyada ee doonaya inay la shaqeeyaan Amana RC waxay u qori karaan partner@ammanarc.com, ama isticmaali karaan Xarunta iskaashiga ee bogga hore.
• Wax kasta oo kale, oo ay ku jiraan codsiyada asturnaanta: sharahbill@ammanarc.com.

Waxaan ugu jawaabnaa cinwaanka aad ka soo qorto ama aad foomka ku bixiso. Fariintaada looma isticmaalo suuq-geyn.

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