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title: "Humansis - Beneficiary Management System | Relief Applications"
description: "For People in Need, we worked on Humansis, an open-source system that manages food and cash distribution for displaced people and those affected by natural…"
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# Humansis - Beneficiary Management System

For People in Need, we worked on Humansis, an open-source system that manages food and cash distribution for displaced people and those affected by natural disasters and violence. The mobile-compatible web application covers beneficiary registration, selective distribution lists and cash transfers, works with low connectivity and is designed to add components such as biometric registration and vouchers.

- **Client**: People in Need
- **When**: May 2018–May 2020
- **Team**: 3-4 developers
- **Services**: [Info management & MEAL](https://reliefapplications.org/services/info-management/), [App development](https://reliefapplications.org/services/app-dev-and-maintenance/)
- **Technologies**: PHP, Symfony, Angular, Ionic, iOS, Android, AWS
- **Industry**: Relief and Camp management
- **SDGs**: 1. No poverty, 2. Zero hunger
- **Client website**: [peopleinneed.net](https://www.peopleinneed.net/)

Humansis (Beneficiary Management System) is an open-source, intuitive and user-friendly system that manages Food and Cash distribution activities for displaced populations and people affected by natural disasters and violence.

An easy to use, secure, mobile compatible web application, with easy beneficiary registration and management including cash transfer functionality, designed to support additional components such as biometric registration, blockchain-based ID, voucher system and much more.

## The challenge

- Automating all processes during distribution
- Selective distribution lists
- Security and ability to work in difficult humanitarian relief scenarios with low connectivity

## What we did

- An easy to use, secure, mobile compatible web application
- Easy beneficiary registration and management including cash transfer functionality
- Designed to support additional components, such as biometric registration,blockchain-based ID, voucher system and much more

![Beneficiary Management System, People in Need: screen 1](https://reliefapplications.org/images/projects/slides/p085/01.webp)

![Beneficiary Management System, People in Need: screen 2](https://reliefapplications.org/images/projects/slides/p085/02.webp)

![Beneficiary Management System, People in Need: screen 3](https://reliefapplications.org/images/projects/slides/p085/03.webp)

![Beneficiary Management System, People in Need: screen 4](https://reliefapplications.org/images/projects/slides/p085/04.webp)

![Beneficiary Management System, People in Need: screen 5](https://reliefapplications.org/images/projects/slides/p085/05.webp)

![Beneficiary Management System, People in Need: screen 6](https://reliefapplications.org/images/projects/slides/p085/06.webp)

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