# Mission notes for NGOs and humanitarian teams

> Offline mission notes for NGOs and humanitarians: no-network areas, sensitive data kept on the phone, a briefing on the place, a publishable report.

Canonical: https://ntilia.com/en/for/ngos-humanitarians
Updated: 2026-09-27

## In one sentence

nTilia is an offline notes app for NGO missions: one folder per mission, notes that stay encrypted on the phone, a sourced background briefing on the place, and a report you can publish once reviewed.

## What a mission demands

- Working for days without a reliable network.
- Not exposing vulnerable people’s data if a phone is lost or searched.
- Understanding a place before arriving: risks, history, sourced figures.
- Reporting back with verifiable facts.

## How nTilia answers

1. **One Mission per trip** — Notes, photos, audio and places kept together; the ZIP export takes only that Mission.
2. **Sensitive data on the phone** — Encrypted vault (AES-256-GCM) and device-only notes that never sync. Sensitive field mode masks GPS by default on publication.
3. **Background briefing on the place** — On Pro+: geography, risks, history and society, plus an open-data tab (World Bank, HDX/OCHA, WHO, Wikidata), each figure with its source, vintage and license.
4. **A publishable report** — Once reviewed, the briefing can be published as a versioned, citable “Mission context”, never with coordinates.

## For a team

nTilia is built for the author of a mission. For an organization equipping several people, the Newsroom offer is quoted on request. nTilia is not a case-management or structured data-collection tool.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does nTilia protect beneficiaries’ data?

On the phone: an encrypted vault and device-only notes that never sync. Once synced, other notes are private but not end-to-end encrypted, so the report can be published: don’t sync what must not leave the device.

### Can we work without a network for several days?

Yes. Capture, dictation and editing work offline; sync resumes when the network is back and nTilia is open.

### Where do the briefing’s figures come from?

From open sources such as the World Bank, HDX/OCHA, WHO and Wikidata, each with its source, vintage and license.

## Go further

- [Story: from Bertoua to the desk](https://ntilia.com/en/field)
- [Guide: take notes without a network](https://ntilia.com/en/guides/take-notes-without-a-network)
- [Guide: protect your sources](https://ntilia.com/en/guides/protect-your-sources)
- [Comparison: nTilia or Notesnook](https://ntilia.com/en/compare/notesnook)
- [Pricing](https://ntilia.com/en/pricing)