Peace Humansrus Trust
How a Northern Cape community trust transformed from spreadsheet governance to a fully digital platform managing R50M+ in community assets.
“We assumed digital transformation meant R1M+ and dedicated IT staff. MedCode delivered our complete governance platform in 6 weeks—quarterly planning, beneficiary tracking, Board round-robin voting—at less than our annual AGM preparation costs.”
The Challenge
Peace Humansrus Trust manages community benefit programmes across the Northern Cape, serving over 3,000 beneficiaries through 6 distinct programmes with 8 Board trustees and multiple implementing agents in the field.
Before MedCode, the Trust faced challenges common to community trusts across South Africa:
- Quarterly planning cycles stretched to 6 weeks due to manual coordination
- Beneficiary verification for BEE compliance required external consultant support
- Board disbursement approvals needed physical meetings across Johannesburg and Northern Cape
- No real-time visibility into programme performance or beneficiary outcomes
The Transformation
Before MedCode
- 6-week quarterly review cycles
- Manual beneficiary verification
- Physical board meetings required
- Spreadsheet-based reporting
- Email-driven approvals
- Consultant dependency for compliance
After MedCode
- 10-day quarterly cycles
- Digital ID verification
- 48-hour round-robin voting
- Real-time dashboards
- Structured approval workflows
- Built-in compliance automation
The Solution
A comprehensive trust governance platform built on MedCode's modular foundation, customized for PHT's specific operational requirements.
Quarterly Planning Module
Board sets strategic themes, implementing agents develop operational plans, collaborative review process, and baseline locking for accountability.
Beneficiary Management
ID-verified registration, automatic BEE categorisation, impact tracking across 6 programmes, and real-time demographic dashboards.
Board Voting System
Round-robin disbursement approvals, time-bound voting windows, automatic escalation, and complete decision audit trails.
Field Agent Mobile App
Offline data capture, geo-tagged evidence collection, beneficiary verification, and automatic sync when connectivity returns.
Board Intelligence Dashboard
Real-time programme performance, predictive analytics for beneficiary outcomes, and comparative analysis across implementing agents.
Compliance & Audit
Complete transaction history, SARS-ready reporting, BEE verification documentation, and fiduciary compliance tracking.
6-Week Delivery Timeline
From first workshop to live platform in 6 weeks.
Discovery
- Trust deed analysis
- Stakeholder interviews
- Process mapping
- Architecture design
Design
- UI/UX design system
- Module configuration
- Data structure
- Mobile app wireframes
Development
- Core platform build
- Board voting system
- Beneficiary module
- Mobile app development
Integration
- Field testing
- Board training
- Agent onboarding
- Security hardening
Launch
- Data migration
- Go-live support
- Hypercare period
- Knowledge transfer
The Results
Measurable impact within the first quarter of operation.
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