Reading needs after a flood
The road is cut. What does the village need first?
A volunteer group pulls together public reports and consented field notes to agree on what to send, without exposing anyone.
Humiq / Worked example · Volunteer groups · relief coordinators
A fictional scenario that shows how the workspace is meant to be used. People, places and figures are made up.
The question
After heavy rain, a valley road closes and calls from relatives pile up. A volunteer group has a single truck and wants to load it with what is actually missing, not what is loudest online.
The research question: what are the three most pressing supply needs in the cut-off area this week? The limits are strict: no names, no house numbers, no photos where people can be recognised.
Consent before collection
Volunteers who spoke with residents add notes only after the residents agreed. The workspace asks for that confirmation on every item, and it asks whether the note is free of personal data. Public bulletins from the district office go in as links with their publication dates.
Agreeing on what the evidence says
The assistant groups mentions of water, medicine and fuel and shows which themes have more than one source behind them. Clean water appears in four independent items; generator fuel in one.
The coordinator writes the findings and keeps a note that fuel needs a second confirmation before it takes truck space.
A record for the next shift
The next shift lead reviews the brief, ticks the checklist and signs it off. Because only fingerprints go on chain, nothing about the residents is published. The group can still show donors, later, which evidence the decision rested on.