FW: Strong Core Program M&E Notes Issue #13
Erick EM. Moth
From: Charity Sperringer [mailto:CSper...@ChildFund.org]
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Subject: Strong Core Program M&E Notes Issue #13
Hi everyone,
With this issue of M&E Notes, we are excited to share ChildFund International's very first Impact Report! The Report is organized around the three life stages, with program results as well as what we have learned over the years. Based on a review of over 170 documents of different types, going back about ten years, we present evidence that:
· Empowered parents are taking action for better services for children and families. Together they are questioning norms that accord power and privilege to some and not to others, and adopting new ideas that promise healthier social environments for children's healthier development.
· When we work with others, it works better. Even so, we collectively have more to do before we overcome certain hard-to-change phenomena, such as high rates of malnutrition or low rates of primary school completion, that require the collaboration of many actors toward synchronized objectives and systemic change.
· When given equal chances to gain fundamental skills, poor children are closing the gap between their own achievements and those of their better-off peers. Even in poor communities, parents and teachers and traditional leaders are improving services such as educational quality and child protection-and children are not only benefiting but participating in making change happen.
· Older children and youth are proving that they can be effective change agents. Equipped with opportunity and support, they are giving back in ways that are meaningful to them, and in so doing, are earning the respect of adults. Indeed, they are becoming the empowered future caretakers of the next generation.
· ChildFund needs to be-and we are becoming-more systematic in measuring, understanding and evaluating our programming and how our work contributes to change. The more ably and consistently that we, our local partners and our program participants can understand the interplay of influences, including our own interventions, on children's healthy development, the more effective we will all become in creating societies that value, advance and protect the worth of society's youngest members.
As Anne Goddard says in her Preface to the Report, "The Impact Report continues ChildFund’s culture of learning, and makes tangible our commitment to accountability. We have made significant investments in monitoring and evaluation in recent years. We have become better able to understand our contributions to social change, what change we can claim as a direct result of our programming, and what efforts do not produce the desired, measurable outcomes. We are getting better at testing specific program models, and this positions us to better contribute to the collective knowledge of our larger community of peers and supporters."
With the release of this report, we celebrate and honor the efforts of colleagues, partners, supporters, children and families, and our accomplishments as a global organization. We will be sharing this report with external audiences and donors and encourage others to do the same!
If you would like to tell us how you are using the report or what points you find surprising in the report, please don’t be shy!
To view the full Impact Report, please see attached or click here.
Please forward to any staff as needed.
If you do not wish to receive the M&E Notes updates, please contact Charity Sperringer, CSper...@ChildFund.org.
Charity Sperringer
Program Officer, Program Assessment & Learning
ChildFund International
Phone: 202.682.3482 x2348
Skype: Charity.Sperringer
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