Case studies

🌍 Real stories, real change.

Every organization faces unique challenges in collecting and using data. These case studies show how impact organizations, funders, and social enterprises use Simba to reach communities, capture feedback, and turn insights into action.
Scaling a social enterprise

Pureflow: Supporting Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Uganda

PureFlow uses Simba’s WhatsApp platform to stay connected with staff across Uganda, capturing sentiment and leadership needs to keep their rent-to-own motorcycle program strong.
Helping a small nonprofit grow and thrive

RiverCross Global: Trauma Healing for Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

RiverCross Global uses Simba’s WhatsApp platform to communicate with trainers, capture stories, and measure the spread of their trauma-healing audio program for children in Africa.
Assessing long-term health impacts

SuNica: Building Sustainable Water Systems in Nicaragua

SuNica uses Simba’s WhatsApp platform to gather baseline health data and track community center participation, laying the foundation for long-term impact measurement in Nicaragua.
Measuring founder wellbeing to reduce risk

Fireroad: Using Human Flourishing to Support Founder Wellbeing

Fireroad uses Simba to adapt the Harvard Human Flourishing framework into simple mobile surveys for their portfolio, tracking founder wellbeing and reducing portfolio risk.
Capturing growth in women’s leadership journeys

Swara: Empowering Women and Building Young Leaders in India

Swara uses Simba’s WhatsApp diaries to capture daily reflections from Laidlaw scholars during their fieldwork summer program, revealing patterns of growth, learning, and leadership development.
Measuring health of a global network

Christian Alliance for Orphans: Measuring Global Network Health

CAFO uses Simba to run annual network-wide assessments across 40+ countries, giving them a clearer picture of the health and impact of their international network of orphan care providers.
Proving the impact of founder programs

LSE Generate: Tracking the Impact of Women Founders Retreats

LSE Generate uses Simba to track the impact of women founder retreats as part of their broader venture builder programs, showing double-digit gains in confidence, knowledge, and community across participants.
Evaluating long-term impact of innovation

Because International: Measuring the Impact of Shoe Distribution

Because International uses Simba to measure the impact of The Shoe That Grows in Kenya, finding that shoes improve attendance, dignity, and protection, while also revealing the broader challenges children face.
Collecting feedback in low-tech contexts

ECHO: Gathering Feedback at a Global Agriculture Summit

ECHO uses Simba’s WhatsApp surveys to gather feedback at its agricultural summits, capturing candid insights from grassroots leaders in low-tech contexts like Burundi.
Capturing outcomes from hard-to-reach users

Unite to Light: Gathering Feedback from the Hardest-to-Reach Users

Unite to Light uses Simba’s WhatsApp surveys to gather feedback from midwives in Bangladesh, showing how solar lamps improve safety and care in off-grid communities.