Case Study: Safe Water Kenya achieves same-day, donor-transparent water-filter deployments with Oracle mobile solutions

Safe Water Kenya Deploys Life-Saving Water Filters in Remote Locations and Provides Donors with Full Transparency on the Same Day

Safe Water Kenya, a nonprofit founded in 2012 that deploys ecological biosand filters to families, schools, and clinics, faced the challenge of authenticating and reporting filter installations in remote, offline locations. Field teams needed a way to capture photos, GPS coordinates, signatures and survey data without carrying multiple devices or transcribing paper forms, while meeting carbon‑credit documentation requirements and providing timely, credible feedback to donors.

Using an Oracle‑based mobile solution (Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, Oracle Database 12c, Oracle Database Mobile Server) and mFinity EMMP on Android tablets, Safe Water Kenya enabled offline data collection on a single handheld device with one‑tap sync to the central database. The system eliminated paper and transcription errors, delivered same‑day, photo‑ and GPS‑verified installation records for donors, sped up reporting, supported carbon‑credit compliance, and scaled for broader deployments—saving hours of manual work and boosting donor confidence.

Safe Water Kenya

Don Arnold

Executive Director