Use cases

Use case

Church and mosque groups

Take in pledges and building-fund payments, and report back to the congregation.

For example: Fellowships, Building-fund committees, Women’s and men’s groups, Youth groups.

See also: group contributions

The problem today

  • Members send MoMo payments and screenshots at all hours, and the treasurer matches them by hand.
  • Receipts are written in a book, when they are written at all.
  • Reporting to the congregation means a weekend with a calculator.

How it might run on Kwessa

Here’s how a church building-fund committee collecting from about 120 members might run on Kwessa.

  1. 1

    Pledges on a plan

    Each member’s pledge is set up as a monthly contribution plan, or a weekly one for groups that give each week.

  2. 2

    Payments through WhatsApp

    A member pays by MoMo and pastes the payment message to the group’s WhatsApp number. It goes to the treasurer’s payment queue. Nothing is recorded until the treasurer confirms it.

  3. 3

    Confirm from the phone

    If the group allows it, the treasurer hears of each payment on WhatsApp and can confirm or reject it there, without opening the app.

  4. 4

    Receipts without the book

    Every confirmed payment gets a receipt number and the member gets the PDF by email.

  5. 5

    Fines, if you have them

    If the group has agreed fines for late payment, Kwessa adds them on time. They can always be waived with a reason.

  6. 6

    Spending approved

    Payments for building materials go out on payment vouchers, approved by a second officer above the amount the committee sets.

  7. 7

    Reports for the congregation

    The contributions report, cash book and income statement print as PDFs, ready to read out or pin up.

What it uses

  • Members
  • Contributions & collections
  • Accounting & reports
  • Payment vouchers
  • WhatsApp assistant

Questions

Put each member’s pledge on a weekly or monthly plan in Kwessa and record each payment against it. Kwessa shows who has paid, who is behind, and gives every payment a numbered receipt.

Yes. A member pastes the MoMo message to the group’s WhatsApp number, the treasurer confirms it, and the member gets the PDF receipt by email.

Yes. If the group allows it, Kwessa tells the treasurer of each payment on WhatsApp, and they confirm or reject it there without opening the app.

Kwessa prints the contributions report, cash book and income statement as PDFs, ready to read out or pin up.

The plan for it

Pro

GHS 400 a month · up to 200 members

Pro has everything above.

Give your treasurer their evenings back.