The mSupply Foundation is a not-for-profit trust, registered under the laws of New Zealand.

They want to do as much good in the world as they can by producing, maintaining great health supply chain software.

They have 20 years experience in this field working with Sustainable Solutions’ mSupply software. They are currently rebuilding mSupply as an open source project.

Their full principles and purpose are below.

THE MSUPPLY FOUNDATION'S PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSE

MĀTĀPONO/PRINCIPLES

The Trust is committed, in attaining its purposes, to:

• Working out of their ethic of love for others.
• Seeking to serve the developing world, as this is where the needs are greatest.
• Developing their staff and the people they work with so they can thrive and serve their local and wider community.
• Respecting and implementing the dual heritage of the partners of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi).
• Acknowledging that they are guests in the countries where they work. They will respect their cultures and ways of working. They will seek to develop systems and people that encourage local autonomy, local governance, and the sustainability of local initiatives.
• Be mindful that their work and lives are sustained by the world’s resources and ecosystems. They will act with care in their use of them, and seek to find ways to minimise the use of scarce resources by themselves and by those they work with.

WHĀINGA/ PURPOSE

The purpose of the Trust will be to do as much good in the world as it possibly can. Its chosen area of service is to develop and implement systems that improve people’s health in the developing world. In particular the Trust will:

• Develop and implement software for health supply chains and other health systems as the Trust deems necessary.
• They seek to partner with in-country organisations to grow and strengthen local capacity.
• Provide consulting and training to ensure that their systems provide the most benefit they possibly can in the countries that use them.
• Support research that investigates how systems can best improve health outcomes.
• Develop and promote ways of working that minimise the negative impacts of health supply chain operations on the natural world; and
• Provide other support and assistance consistent with this charitable purpose.