A QR code based information system for management of the distribution of sanitary pads in rural Narok
Date
2021
Authors
Nabuyuni, Sankan
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Strathmore University
Abstract
Period Poverty refers to the lack of accessibility of menstrual health materials caused
by poor standards of living and high poverty rates in rural parts of the country which
leads to school dropouts, early pregnancy and poor performance due to high
stigmatization. This problem was identified before and was sort out by the distribution
of pads using a manual process, The manual process involved government lorries
distributing free towels to schools under the supervision of the head teacher guidance
counsellor and the rural chief who facilitated distribution without reporting, this
uncovered hitches of unaccountability and monitoring hence the implementation of
the proposed system Pad IT which improves accessibility of sanitary towels at a
subsidized rate in an automated manner through the scanning of QR codes printed on
cards to verify access of the pads. The proposed technology implemented allows
parents to top up a percentage of ksh 15 to provide eligibility which represents a lower
retail market price after which the code scanned provides the details of the student
history and wallet top up. The methodology used is Spiral method which allows an
integration of prototyping and waterfall method to measure risks in each phase of the
project. This project will approach an Object-Oriented Analysis and design that is
represented by a mobile based android system to allow the generation of QR codes
which will be printed on cards to represent a profile for each girl in a given school in
rural Narok. The system will use a firebase database that will store up data and
generates reports to ensure accountability of data. Therefore, providing visibility in the
distribution of sanitary towels
Description
An Information Systems Proposal submitted to the Faculty of Information
Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the
bachelor’s degree in Business Information Technology