Ghana’s Roadmap for Development Through Data


  Global development goals are often stated in numbers like these: By 2020, CARE and our partners will support 150 million people from the most vulnerable and excluded communities to overcome poverty and social injustice. But, how will we know when we’ve achieved them? The answer lies in data, but in many developing countries where CARE works; technology access and…

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Guatemala: M&E with Few Resources


Project Information and Impact Reporting System (PIIRS) Summer Student Experience By Maria Guzman Maria Guzman, 29, from Caracas, Venezuela is working with CARE staff in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Maria’s goals were to assist with PIIRS and Impact data. Her first tasks were to assist with Women’s Economic Empowerment projects but when she met with her manager she realized that there was…

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Tanzania: Sunrises, Half Days and Indicator Mapping 


Project Information and Impact Reporting System (PIIRS) Summer Student Experience  By Gabrielle D’Angelo       Collaborating with the Tanzania Office staff at the Southern Africa metrics and PIIRS training  This summer I was given the opportunity to spend nine weeks in the beautiful seaside city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Upon first arriving in Tanzania on May 28th, I attended the week-long Southern Africa Metrics and PIIRS Training conference.…

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Jordan: Surprised by an Efficient Monitoring System 


Project Information and Impact Reporting System (PIIRS) Summer Student Experience  By Andreina Cordova       Andreina Cordova, 24, arrived in Amman, Jordan on June 5th. Read about her experience in her own words.   Who are you working with the most?  Currently, my supervisor is Firas Izzat Mahmoud Saleh, Programs Quality Director. He is an amazing and diligent supervisor who has provided me with not just resources but the time and attention to make…

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How Southern Africa is going to learn from their Impact Growth Strategy


Six countries, 4 key technical priorities, 8 or so key approaches, and untold numbers of CARE and partner meetings have gone into creating the Southern Africa Impact Growth Strategy ‘Her Harvest, Our Future.’ This strategy aims to improve people’s food and nutrition, help them to respond to the changing climate and empower women. In addition to positively impacting the lives…

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Are we learning yet?


 Why impact measurement and learning are not always friends Countless strategic plans and documents related to impact measurement dutifully call for the virtuous partnership of impact measurement and learning. CARE’s are no exception. In fact like many other organizations, we’ve tethered these concepts within the serviceable acronym MEL – monitoring, evaluation (of impact and other results) and learning. It makes…

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