We’re committed to measuring the impact and quality of our work
Our monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems help us ensure our programs are creating meaningful improvements in the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable people. We use them to accurately identify people living in extreme poverty, gain direct feedback from program participants, and tailor how we design and manage programs to better meet participants’ needs. Transparency and honesty are essential. When results don’t match our expectations, we seize the opportunity to dig deeper and learn how to improve.
Field staff regularly track the development of participants’ livelihood activities and asset growth, savings group performance, as well as other important factors like their ability to plan for the future. In addition to internal assessments, we work with external researchers. The results presented here include preliminary second year findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Burkina Faso, comparing program results to those of a control group. Full results will be available in 2017.
We’re committed to measuring the impact and quality of our work
Our monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems help us ensure our programs are creating meaningful improvements in the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable people. We use them to accurately identify people living in extreme poverty, gain direct feedback from program participants, and tailor how we design and manage programs to better meet participants’ needs. Transparency and honesty are essential. When results don’t match our expectations, we seize the opportunity to dig deeper and learn how to improve.
Field staff regularly track the development of participants’ livelihood activities and asset growth, savings group performance, as well as other important factors like their ability to plan for the future. In addition to internal assessments, we work with external researchers. The results presented here include preliminary second year findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Burkina Faso, comparing program results to those of a control group. Full results will be available in 2017.
Income and Access to Credit
Participants increased their average savings to $138, up from an average of only $2 at the start of the project.1
Combatting Hunger
Social Empowerment & Confidence
Household Impact
Women and other vulnerable groups face many obstacles in overcoming extreme poverty. Chronic hunger, lack of economic opportunity and access, and little decision-making power at home and voice in the community are among them. When measuring participants’ success, we look for improvements in the number and quality of meals families are eating, the reliability and diversity of their income sources, and whether they have assets and access to savings and access credit. We also measure participants’ engagement within their communities and decision-making power at home.
Household Impact
Women and other vulnerable groups face many obstacles in overcoming extreme poverty. Chronic hunger, lack of economic opportunity and access, and little decision-making power at home and voice in the community are among them. When measuring participants’ success, we look for improvements in the number and quality of meals families are eating, the reliability and diversity of their income sources, and whether they have assets and access to savings and access credit. We also measure participants’ engagement within their communities and decision-making power at home.
Income and Access to Credit
Participants increased their average savings to $138, up from an average of only $2 at the start of the project.1
Combatting Hunger
Social Empowerment & Confidence
Community Impact
People living in extreme poverty are often those most marginalized within their communities. When they participate in Trickle Up savings groups, women and other vulnerable people gain a network of peers they can rely upon for advice, pool savings and issue loans, and act together to lobby for community improvements. Working closely with local organizations and municipal governments to help communities reach their most vulnerable citizens is critical. Field agents and livelihoods coaches working with our local partners provide one-on-one support so participants, their savings groups and communities succeed.
139 new savings groups were formed in communities last year to provide safe places for women living in extreme poverty to save, access credit and support one another.
17 community-based organizations and local governments worked with us so to reach their poorest and most vulnerable community members.
78 new coaches, community resource people, and financial inclusion trainers are on the ground providing one-on-one support to help participants succeed.
98% of Trickle Up savings groups engaged in collective actions to make improvements to their communities like improved access to clean water or government healthcare services.1
Community Impact
People living in extreme poverty are often those most marginalized within their communities. When they participate in Trickle Up savings groups, women and other vulnerable people gain a network of peers they can rely upon for advice, pool savings and issue loans, and act together to lobby for community improvements. Working closely with local organizations and municipal governments to help communities reach their most vulnerable citizens is critical. Field agents and livelihoods coaches working with our local partners provide one-on-one support so participants, their savings groups and communities succeed.
139 new savings groups were formed in communities last year to provide safe places for women living in extreme poverty to save, access credit and support one another.
17 community-based organizations and local governments worked with us so to reach their poorest and most vulnerable community members.
78 new coaches, community resource people, and financial inclusion trainers are on the ground providing one-on-one support to help participants succeed.
98% of Trickle Up savings groups engaged in collective actions to make improvements to their communities like improved access to clean water or government healthcare services.1
40,931 households are equipped with the tools and confidence they need to combat the many obstacles of extreme poverty.
42 dedicated Trickle Up team members worldwide are committed to ending the cycle of extreme poverty. 100% of our field offices are led and staffed by locals.
Over 3X more people benefitted from Trickle Up’s program in 2016 than in 2015—that’s over 215,000 people.
37 governments, community-based and global development organizations partner with Trickle Up so they can reach the poorest and most vulnerable people with their programs.
Global Impact
We rely on nearly four decades of on-the-ground experience to help governments and global development actors integrate people living in extreme poverty and vulnerability into their programs. Building the capacity of large-scale institutions to implement our approach allows us to reach far greater numbers of people than we ever could on our own. In fact, in 2016 these partnerships allowed us to reach over three times as many people as last year.
Global Impact
We rely on nearly four decades of on-the-ground experience to help governments and global development actors integrate people living in extreme poverty and vulnerability into their programs. Building the capacity of large-scale institutions to implement our approach allows us to reach far greater numbers of people than we ever could on our own. In fact, in 2016 these partnerships allowed us to reach over three times as many people as last year.
40,931 households are equipped with the tools and confidence they need to combat the many obstacles of extreme poverty.
42 dedicated Trickle Up team members worldwide are committed to ending the cycle of extreme poverty. 100% of our field offices are led and staffed by locals.
Over 3X more people benefited from Trickle Up’s program in 2016 than in 2015—that’s over 215,000 people.
37 governments, community-based and global development organizations partner with Trickle Up so they can reach the poorest and most vulnerable people with their programs.
Footnotes:
- Data from an evaluation of a 2014-2016 project with 600 participants in West Bengal, India.
- Data from an evaluation of a 2014-2016 project, Promoting Economic Opportunity for Young Women and Girls, with 150 participants in Lachua, Guatemala.
- Data from a second-year evaluation of a 2013-2016 project, Assessing Child Wellbeing and Protection Outcomes, with 360 participants in Yatenga Province, Nord Region, Burkina Faso as compared to a control group.
- Households reporting a reduction in the amount served in meals due to scarcity in the last 30 days.
- Data from an evaluation of a 2012-2015 project, Pathways Out of Poverty for the Ultrapoor, with 600 participants in West Bengal, India.
- Data from an evaluation of a 2014-2016 project, Economic Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Chontales, with 150 participants in Chontales, Nicaragua.
Footnotes:
- Data from an evaluation of a 2014-2016 project with 600 participants in West Bengal, India.
- Data from an evaluation of a 2014-2016 project, Promoting Economic Opportunity for Young Women and Girls, with 150 participants in Lachua, Guatemala.
- Data from a second-year evaluation of a 2013-2016 project, Assessing Child Wellbeing and Protection Outcomes, with 360 participants in Yatenga Province, Nord Region, Burkina Faso as compared to a control group.
- Households reporting a reduction in the amount served in meals due to scarcity in the last 30 days.
- Data from an evaluation of a 2012-2015 project, Pathways Out of Poverty for the Ultrapoor, with 600 participants in West Bengal, India.
- Data from an evaluation of a 2014-2016 project, Economic Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Chontales, with 150 participants in Chontales, Nicaragua.
