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	Final Evaluation of Railway Children Programme in West Bengal
Client Name	Railway Children India
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	CINI was supported technically by Railway Children and financially by Comic Relief to implement an intervention project to protect street and working children and children at railway stations in two districts of West Bengal—Murshidabad and Siliguri. IMPACT was assigned the task to ascertain the extent to which the project objectives have been achieved. The evaluation was carried out using qualitative methods such as Focus Group Discussions, In-depth Interviews and participatory exercises with children to hear their voices. All project target groups were met and interacted during this evaluation. In each of the two districts interaction with children, parents, service providers and stakeholders, along with CINI and RC staff was undertaken by IMPACT. Additionally, IMPACT was asked to verify the quality of information generated through the MEL systems and reliability of data collection, storage and analysis. A short data quality audit was undertaken to ensure and verify the MEL systems. Both quantitative and qualitative discussions using IDIs and FGDs were conducted to capture all minute possible details through site visits.
Coverage	Murshidabad and Siliguri districts in West Bengal

	Market and Labour Study to Assess the Economic Opportunities and Skills for Adolescent Girls
Client Name	Save the Children
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	Save the Children was implementing an adolescent empowerment programme for the adolescent girls to have the ability to make their own decisions regarding their lives and particularly preventing child marriage. The broad goal was to understand and address underlying factors influencing child marriages to create opportunities for girls and ensure their immediate and long-term wellbeing. The project also aimed to generate evidences and analyze strategies of the programme along with key features of the population and the context to identify what works and why. To support the implementation of the adolescent empowerment programme, Save the Children proposed a research that can help them design and implement interventions to achieve one of the key outcomes of the project “Increase access to economic opportunities for girls at risk of and affected by child marriage and their families”. IMPACT was allocated the assignment to conduct the research to understand the economic opportunities, barriers and skills requirement for Adolescent girls both married and unmarried (10-19 years of age) in selected geographical areas of two districts each in 3 states of India.
Coverage	Jodhpur and Tonk districts in Rajasthan; Gaya and Sitamarhi districts in Bihar and Kandhmal and Naupada districts in Odisha

	Situational Analysis of Child Labour in the Carpet Industies
Client Name	Tdh Germany – terre des hommes
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	Tdh Germany North office in India entrusted IMPACT to conduct a situational analysis of child labour in carpet industries in Bhadohi and Mirzapur districts and report the status. The aim was to assess the contribution of the carpet industry to the overall economy of the country, export portfolio of India as well as lives of people associated with the carpet industry. Additionally, assessment of the magnitude of problem of child labour in India who are still engaged in the carpet industry. Under the research, site visits were made to the carpet industries, informal household-based carpet enterprises to understand and estimate the situation and extent. Variety of stakeholders were also interviewed to gather their opinion on child labour and the current contextual situation of the carpet industries. NGOs were also contacted for providing the ground situation in the geography with respect to child labour into carpet industries and enterprises.
Coverage	Bhadohi and Mirzapur Districts of Uttar Pradesh

	A Study on Children in Contact with Railways and Development of Resource Directory in VARANASI Railway Station & its Satellite Units
Client Name	Childline India Foundation
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	The Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Railways have jointly taken an initiative to ensure the care and protection, security and well- being of run-away, unaccompanied and trafficked children who come in contact with the railways. CHILDLINE India Foundation (CIF) has sought the support of Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) for strengthening the Existing Railway CHILDLINE services; prevention, intervention and linkages to long term rehabilitative services as well as enhance the networking and engagement with key stakeholders to ensure children in contact with railways are safe get restored and rehabilitated. CIF has established the Child Help Desks (managed by its station level partners) to help in providing immediate attention to children at railway stations who are found unaccompanied by any adults and thereby address the issue of runaway, missing, abandoned children and children in other difficult circumstances in a more systematic and institutionalized manner. IMPACT was requested to undertake the baseline study at Varanasi Railway Station in order to provide the estimation of children reaching to Varanasi, identify the possible stakeholders and their contact details at the railway station as well as in the district. Additionally, a resource directory was to be developed having all the district level stakeholders working in the child protection area with their contact details for the project.
Coverage	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

	Child Rights Situation Analysis, India
Client Name	Joining Forces (A consortium of 6 International organizations – Save the Children, World Visions India, SoS Villages India, PLAN India, ChildFund India and Tdh Germany India)
Thematic Area	Child Rights
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	The Joining Forces Consortium commissioned a study to demonstrate the India’s journey since signing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the current situation of child rights in India. IMPACT was entrusted to conduct the situational analysis of Child Rights in India for the Joining Forces. Site visits were made to the selected states and information on child rights situation was gathered. Varied stakeholders working on child protection were interviewed and data were collected. Additionally, secondary research was also undertaken to cover the pan India status along with government data. Based on the sampling criteria, states were selected for the study considering the child rights situation.
Coverage	Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

	Concurrent Monitoring of CCRS Project
Client Name	Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI)
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Monitoring
Project Description	One of the key initiatives of Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) include strengthening the Existing Railway CHILDLINE services; prevention, intervention and linkages to long term rehabilitative services as well as enhance the networking and engagement with key stakeholders to ensure children in contact with railways are safe get restored and rehabilitated. APPI has funded two key leading national level organizations—Child line India Foundation (CIF) and Railway Children India who are managing the children help desks at the designated railway stations under Children in Contact with Railway Station (CCRS) project through their local NGO partners. IMPACT was hired by the APPI for conducting the concurrent monitoring of 14 CCRS project stations across 8 States. The monitoring reports were used for providing the feedback as well as strengthening the systems at the railway stations ensuring all protocols and rules, etc. are being adhered and implemented.
Coverage	Delhi, Ghaziabad and Kanpur in UP, Pune and Mumbai in Maharashtra, Katni in Madhya Pradesh, Howrah in West Bengal, Bhubaneshwar in Odisha, Darbhanga and Patna in Bihar, KSR Bengaluru in Karnataka, Chennai, Salem and Trichy in Tamil Nadu

	Evaluation of a District Transformation Model
Client Name	CRY India
Thematic Area	Child Protection and RMNCHA+
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	CRY has been implementing field level interventions through its NGO partners, adopting a life cycle approach. As per the life cycle approach, the target group are divided into three groups as 0 to 5 year; 5+ to 14 years and 14+ to 18 years. In terms of thematic areas, the major focus of 0-5 years is health and nutrition, for 6+ to 14 years and 14+ to 18 years is education, protection and participation. CRY has now identified two “Flagship Programmes”, through which CRY intends to demonstrate both the functioning and impact of the proposed model that includes Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) and Adolescent Girls Programme (AGP). In this programme, CRY will demonstrate the model in two districts, one each in Uttar Pradesh (Sitapur) and Andhra Pradesh (Chittoor). IMPACT was entrusted to undertake the baseline survey in Sitapur as well as Chittoor districts. In each district, 1200 adolescents were covered and 160 mothers having children aged up to 6 months were also covered.
Coverage	Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh and Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh

	M&E Technical Assistance to the Partners of Free the Slaves Implementing Interventions on Modern Slavery
Client Name	Free the Slaves
Thematic Area	Child Protection and Human Rights
Type of Assignment	Monitoring, Evaluation and Capacity Building
Project Description	Free the Slaves provided funding to three leading NGO partners to implement interventions on combating modern forms of slavery in three states wherein more people migrate for work on regular basis. At times, employers exploit them and retain them for years for generations. The partner NGOs were finalized and provided with a M&E and Capacity Building support through IMPACT who was entrusted by the Free the Slaves directly. IMPACT not only provided the capacity building support to the project teams but also assisted them to undertake M&E activities. Additionally, IMPACT also conducted the needs assessment for strengthening the protection mechanism like training of DBLVCs, provided them Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), etc.
Coverage	Varanasi, Mirjapur, Chandauli, Jaunpur and Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh, Garhwa in Jharkhand and Bastar in Chhattisgarh

	Child Protection Workforce Capacity Building to End Child Sexual Abuse in India
Client Name	World Vision
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	World Vision (WV) India has commissioned a project on building capacities of primary and key stakeholders on managing Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), with a purpose to eliminate CSA from the society. To assess the impact of the project and the extent to which the project has been able to achieve its objectives, it is essential to establish a baseline for the indicators of interest. As part of the broad M&E framework, the baseline will help WV India and its partners to assess the effectiveness of the interventions and assess the model for future scale-up and replicability. IMPACT has been assigned this assignment to establish the baseline value of indicators on which the performance of the project will be assessed. In addition, the baseline is also expected to bring out core knowledge and skill gaps among stakeholders that the project can focus on through the capacity building initiatives. IMPACT also conducted the Feasibility Assessment of the proposal, supporting World Vision India for the programme conceptualization.
Coverage	Odisha and Delhi

	Capacity Assessment of Partners
Client Name	ChildFund India
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Capacity Assessment
Project Description	For ChildFund India, IMPACT has recently carried out a nation-wide study undertaking the Capacity Assessment of all 52 ChildFund’s NGO partners in 8 states of India as well as their national office. The capacity assessment included a three-day visit to each of the partner in order to assess their capacities in the areas of programme, M&E, external relations, finance and human resource. At each partner location, comprehensive field visits to the programme area were made wherein in-depth interactions with key stakeholders, target groups, programme staff were undertaken. In addition, sponsored families were also contacted to know their perceptions and assess the type of support they received under the programme. One of the key highlight was an online self-reported tool which has been developed for regular use of the ChildFund for its partners in future and which would help in computing Performance Index for its partners. The evaluation also maps the existing interventions to the proposed changes in the Theory of Change, Partnership Strategy and Programme Strategy of ChildFund India and International
Coverage	Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal

	Providing Technical Assistance to Partners of Railway Children; Undertaking Market Surveys; Capacity Building Initiatives and Assistance in Advocacy and Strategic Planning
Client Name	Railway Children
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	IMPACT was entrusted as a technical assistance providing partner by Railway Children for their work in India. Railway Children has been working in India for quite a long time extensively on Child Protection issues and now expanding its base and geography with new strategic planning and adding new dimensions to its work portfolio. IMPACT is fortunate to be a partner in their work and providing support at various stages by undertaking key specific activities that would assist Railway Children in their work. The assignment includes undertaking key research on focused objectives, capacity building of the partners of Railway Children in implementing the community based interventions as well as advocacy with the government stakeholders. In addition, IMPACT also conducted a market survey as well as Assessment of strategic alliance partnerships of Railway Children. The assignment is ongoing.
Coverage	Bihar, WB and focussed states

	Market Survey for Identifying Business and Employment Opportunities for Youths and Families
Client Name	Railway Children
Thematic Area	Child Protection and Child Rights
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	To assist Railway Children in conducting need assessment, IMPACT conducted a research study in West Bengal covering locations—Asansol, Bardhman, Birbhum, Darjeeling, Malda, Murshidabad, Kharagpur, South 24 Parganas, PaschimiMidnapur, Uttar Dinajpur, DakshinDinajpur. The research study identified the most viable trades and businesses realistic for sustainable livelihoods for families and youth in all the covered locations (source areas as well as railway stations). The study also focused on identifying the employment opportunities available for the vulnerable families and youth and the skills that they need to sustainably access the same. Also, mapping of all the government welfare and livelihood schemes that are available in all the source areas, which the families and youth can benefit from, was undertaken. The findings were used for the development of grant proposal by Railway Children.
Coverage	West Bengal

	Mid Term Evaluation of the project on Child Domestic Workers (CDWs) in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Delhi
Client Name	Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat)
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	IMPACT conducted a thorough mid-term evaluation of one of the projects of Save the Children on Child Domestic Workers (CDWs). Being implemented by 7 implementing NGO partners and 1 technical support agency (JPISC) in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Delhi, the evaluation undertook mapping of the existing capacities of these partner organizations along with the project achievements. The evaluation included the qualitative research methods as well as detailed analysis of the existing MIS being utilized by the implementation partners. Evaluation provided the recommendations to Save the Children on mid-course corrections. After the evaluation, findings were shared with the partner NGOs, technical support agencies and state offices of the Save the Children where their agreement was sought.
Coverage	Delhi, Jharkhand and West Bengal

	Development of ‘STOP DIARRHOEA’ Health Program
Client Name	Save the Children, India / Bal Raksha Bharat
Thematic Area	Child Protection
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	IMPACT has recently assisted Save the Children in the programme development called ‘STOP DIARRHEA’ which would be implemented in five states of India. The assignment involved two key components—a three-day stakeholders’ workshop facilitation and assistance in programme development mainly focusing on MIS and Log Frame development. Save the Children UK as well as Save the Children India both teams were the key participants involved in the development process.
Coverage	New Delhi

	Web Resource and Helpline for the Service Providers providing Child Protection and Rehabilitative Services
Client Name	Tdh Foundation and HELP
Thematic Area	Child Protection & Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance/ITeS
Project Description	Supported by Tdh Foundation and HELP, IMPACT has developed a web based resource helpline for the service providers who are working for protection children and providing care, protection and support services. The web based resource currently has a comprehensive database containing contact details of variety of stakeholders for 11 states. Other than website, the information seeker service providers can directly reach through email, telephone helpline and SMS facility. In addition, Android based application “childprotectioninfo” is also available on Google Play store for the convenience of mobile users. The website also has a huge database of child protection and human trafficking related Acts and orders, etc. There is also a provision of seeking advice for legal assistance and reading blogs.
Coverage	Pan India

	Status and Situational Analysis of Human Trafficking in Cross-border Districts of Bihar
Client Name	ATSEC Bihar
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	The project was supported by ATSEC, Bihar with specific funding from PLAN India, Save the Children, Action Aid and BRC-CWS. The study was conducted in 9 districts across border areas to assess the situation of human trafficking. Study incorporated quantitative and qualitative research methodologies comprising of structured research tools as well as discussion guides for in-depth interviews. Under the study, migrants from Nepal and India, Law Enforcement Officials, Transporters, Religious and Faith Leaders were contacted and interviewed. The border area points were also visited and ATSEC partner NGOs involved in human trafficking issues were interviewed and information on their efforts was captured. It was encouraging that NGOs are involved with full dedication but many of them replicating the similar types of interventions and majority of the organizations did not have any phase out plan or any community supported or dependent mechanism for dealing with human trafficking menace. This exploratory research highlighted several hurdles in handling human trafficking issues and shortcomings that need to be dealt with very soon. The results were disseminated at Patna in a one-day dissemination meeting where then Minister of Social Welfare, Ms. ParveenAmanullah chaired the sessions. She stressed that the recommendations that have been shared should be dealt with commitment so that human trafficking initiatives should get prioritized.
Coverage	Bihar

	Evaluation of Capacity Building Initiative for NGO Partners to Protect Children from Trafficking in Udaipur (Rajasthan)
Client Name	ChildFund International
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	IMPACT had undertaken the evaluation of ChildFund International funded ‘Capacity Building Initiative for NGO Partners to Protect Children from Trafficking in Udaipur (Rajasthan)’ in June 2011. The Trafficking In Persons (TIP) project had three years duration implemented in three tribal blocks of Udaipur district namely Jhadol, Gogunda and Kotda. The five NGO partners were: SevaBharati, Gandhi ManavKalyan Society (GMKS), Dakshin Rajasthan Majdoor Union (DRMU), ChetanaArogyaMandir (CAM) and ALERT Sansthan at Udaipur. Under the project, capacity building of five identified NGO partners was done on trafficking, Juvenile Justice Act and issues related to Child Trafficking along with focusing on establishing a Network at district and Community level Task Forces at block level to tackle child migration for employment in BT Cotton fields in Gujarat state. IMPACT has successfully finished the evaluation which was mainly qualitative in nature. IMPACT team undertook desk research, in-depth interviews and focus groups along with telephonic interactions with stakeholders, government functionaries, programme officials and beneficiaries. The report and results are available with ChildFund India team at New Delhi.
Coverage	Rajasthan

	Evaluation of Strategic Grantees funded under NIHLI grants
Client Name	Geneva Global
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	IMPACT conducted an impact assessment study for Geneva Global, a performance philanthropic organization that supports organizations for various initiatives. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of Geneva Global’s 3-year grants to various implementing partners in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states under it North India Human Liberty Initiative (NIHLI). The assessment was done for 8 organizations in total working on women economic empowerment and children development and protection. The key interventions were focussed on anti-human trafficking initiatives through women economic empowerment, education for children, social awareness on entitlements provided by Government, rescue of women and children from exploitative situations, promoting safe migration, HIV/AIDS, etc.
Coverage	Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

	Research on Impact of Legal Procedures on Physical, Mental and Emotional Well-being of Survivors of Human Trafficking
Client Name	Group Development/South Asia and Sanjog
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Assessment/Evaluation
Project Description	IMPACT has conducted a multi-country research study for GroupeDeveloppment (GD) South Asia – Sanjog India involving four Indian states—West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra, Bangladesh and Nepal which supported GD in developing their long term strategy for funding human trafficking projects in India. The findings of the study was shared with the partners and stakeholders in a workshop organized at Kolkata in presence of government stakeholders and eminent researchers and academicians.
Coverage	India, Bangladesh and Nepal

	Improving Young Survivors' Access to Livelihood in Jharkhand and West Bengal
Client Name	Perth College, University of Highlands and Islands, UK
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT had undertaken an important research study on young survivors of trafficking on their current status in accessing the livelihoods. Under the study, the survivors were contacted both at shelter home as well as integrated survivors at their native homes. The aim was to understand the current existing livelihood models at NGO-based shelter homes as well as how integrated survivors are managing their livelihoods. The results of this research yielded a set of recommendations for the donor organization to support NGOs in building their capacities so that they manage the livelihood component by mainstreaming them with community.
Coverage	Jharkhand and West Bengal

	Research for Designing Appropriate Advocacy Initiatives for Considering CWC Recorded Statement of Victim Witness as Evidence under 164 CrPC
Client Name	Tdh Foundation
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT was entrusted by India Delegation Office of Terre des hommes Foundation Lausanne (Tdh) based in Kolkata, West Bengal to carry out research and consultations. Tdh wanted to have more elaborate understanding of the issue of Cases of Children Recording Victim Witness Statement under section 164 CrPc on the ground and also research on existing practices in this regard. Based on the research, Tdh and Sanlaap were able to design appropriate advocacy methods and tools that contributed towards achieving the goal. The three basic components of this research included were: • Stakeholder analysis, particularly identifying who would support this advocacy initiative and who would oppose this effort and reasons for the same • Documenting the cases of child victim witness and their experiences; including case studies where statements recorded with the CWC (under 164 CrPc) have been used as evidence in the court of law • Better understanding from the perspective of law enforcement agencies (particularly police, magistrates, lawyers and CWC members) on technical/operational issues in considering CWC recorded statement as evidence in the court of law The detailed report has been submitted and further strategies and actions were designed by Tdh Foundation.
Coverage	Andhra Pradesh Goa Maharashtra and other states

	Identifying Actionable Strategies to Minimize Vulnerabilities of Nepali Girls Trafficked to India and Repatriated as Survivors of Trafficking (India and Nepal)
Client Name	Tdh Foundation and Geneva Global
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT in consultation with and funding support from Tdh Foundation conducted an exploratory research study to develop an understanding of current procedures adopted in RRRI for Nepali girls trafficked to India. The study would enable the stakeholders to identify the challenges and gaps and help design actionable strategies to improve the current status.
Coverage	8 States in India and 6 Districts in Nepal

	Documentation of RRRI Procedures for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Client Name	UNICEF Delhi
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	On behalf of Unicef India, IMPACT was a member of a core team that conducted case study documentations of rescue, recovery, repatriation and integration (RRRI) procedures adopted by governments of Maharashtra and West Bengal for survivors of human trafficking. The study extends to the cities of Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata and in Bangladesh. This study would help stakeholders in understanding the context as well as how to proceed further in case specific situations related to human trafficking come up at various stages.
Coverage	Maharashtra, West Bengal and Bangladesh

	Status of Reintegration of Survivors of Human Trafficking
Client Name	UN WOMEN
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT has recently completed an exploratory research in 4 states of India (Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar) to assess the existing status of survivors of human trafficking who have been reintegrated with their families and/or the community. The research also looked into various models of reintegration and their effectiveness in providing support to the survivors. The study helped in generating insights on various components which needs to be incorporated into upcoming project interventions in order to streamline the process of integration of survivors as well as designing suitable strategies for providing social and economic security for their realistic empowerment.
Coverage	Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal

	Capacity building of Local Elected Representatives for Development of Multi-Sectoral Plans to Combat Human Trafficking in Gaya district of Bihar
Client Name	UN WOMEN
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Implementation
Project Description	IMPACT was entrusted by UN Women to undertake a capacity building initiative at Gaya district in Bihar which mainly focussed on bringing all the stakeholders who play the key roles in preventing and combating human trafficking at a common platform wherein they could know each other, interact on their respective roles and develop understanding on how to handle the processes and responsibilities with focused objectives. This initiative brought up a Multi-Sectoral Plan for each of the stakeholder along with the contact details and their respective roles and responsibilities.
Coverage	Bihar

	Implementation of a Human Trafficking Programme to prevent trafficking of vulnerable girls and women
Client Name	UN Women/CBATN
Thematic Area	Human Trafficking
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	IMPACT has been a key strategic partner for CBATN for last many years. Recently, CBATN in consortium with IMPACT and Madhyam Foundation implemented a programme on Human Trafficking in Orissa State under UN Women's "Initiative Against Trafficking of Women and Girls — State Accountability and Community Action". The programme was implemented in Ranpur Gram Panchayat of Ranpur Block of Nayagarh district in Orissa. Human trafficking has been one of the key components of the strategic framework of UN Women in India. IMPACT played a key role in designing its interventions which were implemented at community level on prevention of girls and women, undertaking the capacity building of stakeholders, SHGs/CBOs and peer educators, conducting baseline survey and livelihoods research; implementation of livelihoods models as well as established3 mini ones and one common Centre of Action (CoA) at the Gram Panchayat level. The programme involved girls and women vulnerable for human trafficking. The duration of the programme was 18 months.
Coverage	Orissa

	Evaluation of Alliance for Immunization and Health (AiH) in India
Client Name	Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Thematic Area	Health and Immunization
Type of Assignment	Assessment
Project Description	Alliance for Immunization and Health (AiH) was a registered society under 1860 Societies Act headquartered at Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI) in Delhi. The AiH has its state chapters in Delhi, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh where the partner Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) played a vital role in wider coverage for Pulse Polio Campaigns stressing on covering all children in their areas for Polio vaccination. GAVI supported this initiative through their core group and CRS India had its key role of facilitating the M&E and other supportive services to the Alliance. IMPACT was requested by CRS India to conduct the evaluation of State Chapters of Alliance as well as the national chapter. IMPACT proposed a comprehensive plan for the evaluation where in one day workshops were organized at the state level and national level including CSO partners. Almost all the related stakeholders (State Coordinators, GAVI, CSOs, etc.) were covered during the evaluation to assess the success of Alliance, key achievements, challenges and facilitating factors, future strategies and what is required for the sustainability.
Coverage	Delhi, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

	IPPF Data Management Strategy – Development Consultative Meeting
Client Name	International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) South Asia Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand
Thematic Area	Reproductive Health / Family Planning
Type of Assignment	Capacity Building
Project Description	IMPACT was invited to conduct a central level ‘data management strategy’ consultative workshop at Bangkok for the IPPF partners in various geographical regions covering different countries. IPPF Partners’ officials managing the MIS data from Nepal, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Cambodia, etc. participated and shared their data management systems. IMPACT conducted the workshops and provided the recommendations for the data management strategy to IPPF for the successful development and implementation.
Coverage	East, South East Asia and Oceana Region & South Asia Region

	Learning Review for Childhood Diarrhoea Management Programme
Client Name	CIFF — Children’s Investment Fund
Thematic Area	Health
Type of Assignment	Meta Evaluation
Project Description	IMPACT is undertaking learning review for a Childhood Diarrhoea Management Programme funded by CIFF implemented by Micronutrient Initiative in Bihar. It’s a meta evaluation for the CIFF funding. IMPACT is scanning all the project documents right from starting to the end inclusive of evaluation reports, log frames, achievements of KPIs and supply audit reports.
Coverage	Bihar/CG/Delhi

	Data Quality Audit for Childhood Diarrhoea Management Programme in Bihar supported by Micronutrient Initiative
Client Name	CIFF — Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, UK
Thematic Area	Health
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	IMPACT recently had undertaken a data quality audit study in 15 districts of Bihar where Micronutrient Initiative (MI) was providing technical support to Bihar Health Society in ensuring the availability of Zinc and ORS at all levels such as District, Block and Villages. Under the study, a thorough assessment was made with respect to the data management systems, reporting and utilization of MIS data in managing the supply chain mechanism
Coverage	Bihar

	Conditional Cash Transfer to Enhance MCHN in Bihar – Bihar Child Support Programme (BCSP)
Client Name	DFID/BTAST/OPM
Thematic Area	Reproductive Health and Nutrition
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT assisted Oxford Policy Management, India in conducting baseline survey for a 3-Year Randomized-Control Trial being implemented by OPM in Gaya district to assess the effectiveness of cash transfer (conditional and unconditional) in improving the uptake of Anganwadi Centre (AWC) services and its impact on maternal and child health and nutrition. The project has incorporated high end technology use as well as psychometric analysis.
Coverage	Bihar

	Management Support for International Partnership Arrangement Programme (IPAP)
Client Name	DFID/IPE Global/OPM
Thematic Area	Multiple Themes including Social Exclusion, Child Rights Skills Development Health
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	Jointly implemented with IPE Global and Oxford Policy Management Group, UK, IMPACT was a part of the Management Committee (MC) constituted by DFID to provide technical support to the seven INGOs implementing IPAP, along with 130 NGOs in 18 states of India. IMPACT was leading the M&E component within the MC team. IPAP has been formally over as of now.
Coverage	Multiple States

	Promote Awareness and Use of Zinc & ORS for the Treatment of Children Diarrhoea amongst Rural Medical Practitioners, Drug Stores and Mothers/Caregivers
Client Name	FHI 360 LLC formerly AED-ARTS LLC
Thematic Area	Health
Type of Assignment	Implementation
Project Description	IMPACT was awarded a project to Promote Awareness and use of Zinc & ORS for the Treatment of Children Diarrheal amongst Rural, Medical, Practitioners, Drug Stores and Mothers/Caregivers under Diarrhoea Alleviation through Zinc and ORS Therapy (DAZT) Project of AED-ARTS LLC. AED-ARTS, LLC, was a subsidiary of the Academy for Educational Development in partnership with a consortium of organizations was implementing ‘Diarrhoea Alleviation through Zinc and ORS Therapy (DAZT)’ project to reduce and rationally manage childhood diarrhoea. DAZT aimed to reduce morbidity and mortality related to diarrheal disease among children under 5 years of age, through deployment of new and improved approaches to scale up Zinc and Oral Rehydration salts (ORS) for diarrhoea treatment through both public and private sector channels. The project aimed to reduce the burden of diarrhoea on child health and increase child survival in India, and contributed to improved child health outcomes and provided actionable information for diarrhoea treatment and dehydration management efforts around the world. The main purpose was to increase awareness and usages of Zinc & ORS among Rural Health Care Providers & Mothers/Caregivers. It proposed a communications-based strategy using state of the art Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) techniques and attempted to use latest and innovative measures to increase the awareness among rural health care providers and mothers, thus leading to increase in demand for low osmolairty ORS and Zinc. The basic assumption was that the increase in demand would mobilize the market forces (both chemists and pharmaceutical manufacturers/suppliers) to ensure there is enough supply to meet out the demand. However, the proposal did make attempts to establish links between manufactures, suppliers, retailers and end users. The two districts Bareilly and Badayun in Uttar Pradesh and was for two years duration.
Coverage	Uttar Pradesh

	Documentation of Case Studies for the Grantees’ Interventions funded by World Bank / Development Marketplace (DM) Grants
Client Name	IMC Worldwide, UK
Thematic Area	Nutrition, Health, Employment
Type of Assignment	Case Studies Documentation
Project Description	For IMC Worldwide UK, IMPACT had undertaken a documentation of the interventions implemented by the World Bank funded Development Marketplace (DM) grantees in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. Under the assignment, field visits were made to the Grantees targeted areas and programme implementation process as well as success stories were documented. The case studies mainly highlighted the success stories which provided an insight towards the types of interventions and whether these are fruitful for the intended audience. IMPACT appreciates the effort of World Bank/DM grants as these documented case studies were the needful interventions at the ground and well acknowledged by the target groups.
Coverage	Bihar and Madhya Pradesh

	Study on Private Sector’s Engagement in Sharing Health Data in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal
Client Name	London School of Health and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) - IDEAS
Thematic Area	Reproductive Health
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	For London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK under IDEAS project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, IMPACT senior management was a part of study team engaged in identification of barriers and facilitators to private sector health facilities’ engagement in sharing health data in two districts—Allahabad and Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh. Similar study was also undertaken in West Bengal covering South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas. This study involved secondary research methodology as well as primary research which mainly had qualitative methods like in-depth interviews with various stakeholders including public sector health officials and owners/managers of private health facilities. The study results will be utilized by Technical Support Unit (TSU) in Uttar Pradesh for devising strategies for data sharing from the private sector health facilities in future. At West Bengal, the study aimed at creating data informed platform for heath (DIPH) for improving data sharing for maternal and newborn health.
Coverage	Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal

	Supply Audit Study for Childhood Diarrhoea Management in Bihar (Multiple Rounds)
Client Name	Micronutrient Initiative
Thematic Area	Health
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT has been consistently entrusted by Micronutrient Initiative for conducting Audit for the Supply Chain of ORS and Zinc under government health system. Support to public sector for better management of childhood diarrhoea is one of a leading capacity development programmes of MI in Bihar State. IMPACT undertook the second supply audit study in three districts—Banka, Sheohar and Sitamarhi in June 2012 and also recently finished the third round in five districts—Banka, Bhagalpur, Samastipur, Sheohar and Sitamarhi. Under the supply audit study, five major components have been audited namely (i) Procurement, (ii) Distribution, (iii) Storage, (iv) Utilization and (v) Stock outs and Replenishment at District, Block, Health Sub-centre and Village levels. In addition, compliance to reporting at all levels and validation of reporting figures was also undertaken. Primarily, the study incorporated the quantitative research methodology but qualitative methods were also used in the third round of supply audit in order to explore and identify the reasons for stock outs, replenishments and problems/barriers faced by the frontline workers (ANM, ASHA and AWW) at various levels.
Coverage	Bihar

	Evaluation of a Childhood Malnutrition Eradication Programme
Client Name	Real Medicine Foundation, India
Thematic Area	Nutrition
Type of Assignment	Programme Evaluation
Project Description	For Real Medicine Foundation India (headquarter at UK), IMPACT has recently conducted the evaluation of a childhood malnutrition eradication programme implemented in four districts of Madhya Pradesh (Jhabua, Alirajpur, Khandwa and Khargone). The evaluation incorporated quantitative and qualitative research methods to collect data as well as evidences indicating successes of the interventions. The stakeholders included Community Nutrition Educators, Anganwadi Workers, Care and Protection Staff at Nutrition Resource Centres and Officials of Child Development Programme at the district level. In addition, the programme staff were interviewed through In-depth discussion.
Coverage	Madhya Pradesh

	Conditional Cash Transfer in PPTCT Management
Client Name	Positive Action for Children Fund (PACF)
Thematic Area	HIV/AIDS
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	IMPACT provided its technical assistance to India Health Action Trust (IHAT) in the implementation of PPTCT interventions in two districts of Rajasthan—Dungarpur and Pali. The programme aimed to contribute in two major thematic areas—(a) Community interventions to address loss to follow-up in PPTCT, and (b) Early Infant Diagnosis. Probably this was the first ever attempt to test the effectiveness of conditional cash transfer in PPTCT management. The programme helped pregnant mothers in accessingRCH services through cash assistance. The programme involved HIV positive pregnant women, their children, grass-root health service providers and PHC staff as direct beneficiaries and other pregnant women vulnerable to HIV infection and service providers for MCH services as indirect beneficiaries. The project results showed increase in number of pregnant women screened for HIV within 6 months of their pregnancy; pregnant WLHIV enrolled for follow-up; mothers and babies received recommended prophylaxis treatment; newborn/infants receive testing for HIV within 6 months, etc. The project duration was 36 months.
Coverage	Rajasthan

	Technical Assistance to Small Grants Programme on PPTCT
Client Name	Positive Action for Children Fund (ViiV Healthcare UK)
Thematic Area	HIV/AIDS
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	The Positive Action for Children Fund is an integral part of ViiV Healthcare's commitment to communities affected by HIV and AIDS. PACF’s partner organisations demonstrate their commitment and dedication to addressing mother-to-child transmission of HIV; through innovation and by maximising local resources made available through various health systems. PACF has provided small grants to two main grantees in South-East Asia who are undertaking PPTCT interventions—(1) HEALDS NGO in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu state, and (2) Dang Plus in Dang district of Nepal. IMPACT is currently providing technical assistance to both the organizations on behalf of PACF in managing their interventions, capacity building of staff on core issues and topics and quality of implementation as well as reporting. Development of Management Information System is also an integral component in both the interventions. This Technical Assistance has been continued for the last 5 years.
Coverage	Tamil Nadu and Dang/Nepal

	SNEH : Strengthening Home-based Psychosocial Care and Support to Children Affected by HIV
Client Name	Positive Action Children Fund (ViiV Healthcare UK)
Thematic Area	HIV/AIDS
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	SNEH proposed to build the capacities of family members of Children Affected with HIV, in Rajasthan, in order to be able them to support their children, take care of their mental health, emotional needs and child rights vis-à-vis ensure appropriate service delivery at various channels. Children Affected and Infected by HIV (CAHIV) have very specific needs other than health issues. They face mental and emotional stress due to their whatever status and due to their parental status Complications often arise due to the stigma and discrimination at family level and sometimes outside the family — a the peer, school or community level. Often the families are unaware of their needs in terms of nutrition, mental health and emotional bearings which often results in lack of support to their CAHIV and thus subsequently leading to violation of child rights. Through SNEH, CAHIV in Rajasthan had received comprehensive care at the family level that addressed their health and well-being including physical, mental, emotional and sociological rights/needs. SNEH shall disseminate the proven comprehensive care model to other 28 state networks of people living with HIV through capacity development for implementing the model. Under the SNEH Project, a baseline research was undertaken to gather an understanding about the socio demographic status of families of CAHIV a cohort study was undertaken in Jaipur and Jalore districts of Rajasthan. About 60 families were covered under the cohort research. IMPACT also conducted a theatre-based research workshop with 60 CAHIV residing in the districts of Jaipur and Jalore comprising of three days each was composed of a host of interactive sessions namely role plays, dance and other creative forms of expression with children up to 16 years of age. Based on the research and exploration of facts and realities, a tool kit (capacity building module) was developed for capacity building of parents of CAHIV so that they can provide support to their children, take care of their mental health and emotional needs, and protect child rights vis-à-vis ensure appropriate service delivery at various channels for their kids. The impact of capacity building using the developed tool kit was assessed over 6 months to finalize and tool kit was updated prior to scale it up at the state level.
Coverage	Rajasthan

	Humsafar—Edutainment based School Awareness Workshops on Reducing Stigma and Discrimination
Client Name	UNDP/NACO
Thematic Area	HIV/AIDS
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	Humsafar was an entertainment based project aimed at raising awareness against stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. This pilot was implemented in 50 rural schools of Rajasthan by the teams constituting HIV positive and non-positive young people. The 2 hour entertainment workshop was consisted of teaching dance to the tunes of specially created song, testimony by HIV positive young people, imparting knowledge and resolving quarries. The program teams organized workshops with rural schools in Jaipur and Shri Ganganagar districts of Rajasthan. The project was funded by UNDP and implemented in partnership with Rajasthan Network of Positive People (RNP+). The project got a very high recognition among the young people and was fully supported by Rajasthan State AIDS Control Society (RSACS), Jaipur.
Coverage	Rajasthan

	Assessment of PLHA Networks
Client Name	UNICEF Bihar
Thematic Area	HIV/AIDS
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT has recently accomplished a comprehensive assessment of state and district level networks of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Bihar state. The objective of the assignment was identify the existing role of networks in relation to networking, advocacy and facilitating service provisions for PLHIVs in Bihar; expectations of stakeholders and networks from each other; and assessment of the capacities of PLHA networks and recommend areas of investment as well as areas that need to be strengthened. The assessment incorporated the site visits to these networks at their respective locations and qualitative research methodology was mainly used. The face-to-face interviews, focus group discussion and SWOT Analysis could gather meaningful data and the report portrays the real picture of the PLHA networks of Bihar.
Coverage	Bihar

	Utilization of Child Protection Schemes and Services by Vulnerable Children in Rajasthan
Client Name	UNICEF Rajasthan
Thematic Area	HIV/AIDS
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	Jointly implemented with RNP+, this project was a pioneer in conducting a research on the extent of benefits received by children themselves of the schemes and services aimed for their benefit, particularly the Paalanhaar Scheme in Rajasthan. The research has adopted unique "Peer Research Methodology" engaging Children Affected by HIV (CAHIV) in the research. This research has fed into developing and implementing an Advocacy Agenda for strengthening the child protection schemes and services in Rajasthan.
Coverage	Rajasthan

	Ensuring Specific Rights of Women Living with HIV in Rajasthan
Client Name	UN WOMEN / Funds for Gender Equality
Thematic Area	HIV/AIDS
Type of Assignment	Technical Support
Project Description	IMPACT, in partnership with Rajasthan Network of Positive People (RNP+) had secured a Catalytic Grant from UNIFEM Fund for Gender Equity. FGE made its first round of grants in the catalytic category at the end of December 2009. In all, 27 grants were given in 26 countries, 7 in Asia Pacific Region and only 2 in India. This two year grant was aimed at developing a policy for ensuring the rights of Women living with HIV in the state of Rajasthan. IMPACT was a technical support partner in this grant to RNP+ and its role was to provide technical support to RNP+ in all areas including research, policy design and advocacy for its ratification. The purpose of this grant was to "Draft and submit a policy document to the Government of Rajasthan indicating the Package of Services to be made available to women living with HIV as part of their right to survive with dignity and support the system in ratifying and implementing the policy". Within this advocacy based project a series of consultations were carried out with different stakeholders to gather enough information to draft a "minimum support package" as entitlement for women living with HIV, for which the government of Rajasthan will make commitment to provide as their basic right to live with dignity and advocate with them for ratification and implementation of the policy. The key activities undertaken were: Capacity Building Workshops for WLHIVs and PLHIVs; Community Consultations and Diagnostic Study using Peer Research Methodology; Policy Drafting Workshop; National and State Consultations and Handing over the Policy Draft to Government of Rajasthan. During the Year 2, a wide dissemination of Policy Draft was undertaken in addition to Media Consultations, Sensitization Workshops and One-on-One Meetings. The grant was externally and internationally evaluated as a Catalytic Grant Evaluation.
Coverage	Rajasthan

	Technical Partner for Monitoring and Evaluation
Client Name	BILT Tree Tech Limited, Gurgaon
Thematic Area	Farm Forestry
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	IMPACT is currently providing technical assistance to BTTL in their World Bank funded project under Development Marketplace being implemented in Chhattisgarh and Odisha states. The project aimed at assisting tribal and marginalized farmers having smaller land in plantation of high cost yielding plantation that needs less of labor and efforts but higher cost after a stipulated time period. The assignment includes documentation of good practices, success stories, establishment of social security structures, etc. IMPACT is also helping them in developing their MIS for their farm-forestry project.
Coverage	Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra

	Estimation of Litchi Acreage in Bihar
Client Name	IL&FS Cluster Development Unit
Thematic Area	Agriculture
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT had undertaken an exploratory research for Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) which is the one of India's leading infrastructure development and finance companies. IL&FS provides strategic support to the infrastructure development through Infrastructure Services. One of their key initiatives includes Cluster Development that provides a range of turnkey services. Under these turnkey services, IMPACT was entrusted to conduct an exploratory research to undertake estimation of acreage of Litchi cultivation in Bihar state in consultation with the State Government through IL&FS Cluster Development Initiative. The main objective was to estimate total annual production of Litchi by its type of varieties in 34 blocks of 6 districts of Bihar using resource mapping. IMPACT conducted the entire research that included development of research design, training, field study, data management and analysis, documentation and reporting. This also included interactions with traders, retailers and officials from large scale food and processing industries in Bihar.
Coverage	Bihar

	Baseline Survey for CABI for developing the monitoring and evaluation system for their Direct to Farm project
Client Name	IMC Worldwide, UK
Thematic Area	Agriculture
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	In partnership with IMC Worldwide UK, IMPACT is undertaking a baseline survey for the project implemented by CABI on tele-counseling support directly to Farmers
Coverage	10 states in India

	Impact Assessment of Educational Interventions implemented by India Education Collective (IEC)
Client Name	India Education Collective (IEC)
Thematic Area	Education
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	IEC has been implementing an innovative model for improving performance of primary (grade 1 till 5) school children in 7 states of India. The purpose of the implementation model is to build capacities of teachers and Cluster Coordinators to develop and design “different” methodologies for classroom teaching that can be scaled up within government schools. The model also attempts to introduce different approaches for assessment of children’s skills, consistent with the teaching methodologies. IMPACT has been a M&E partner to IEC since 2014 and assisting IEC in conducting the evaluations (baseline, midterm and end line) as per the programme cycles in various states. The purpose of the evaluations is to measure the changes from baseline to end line and identify what worked well and what doesn’t. Evaluations also include interviews with the cluster coordinators and teachers who are the key stakeholders in the IEC interventions.
Coverage	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya and Assam

	Impact Assessment of DELL-Model Schools
Client Name	American India Foundation (AIF)
Thematic Area	Education
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	AIF has tied up with DELL for a school transformation and improvement initiative which includes a blend of technology infrastructure, digital content, teaching learning resources, STEM interventions, life skills, development of entrepreneurship skills, etc. The objective of the initiative is to build the capacity of teachers by providing them resources and technology. IMPACT was hired for conducting the impact assessment of the initiative in two states by conducting baseline at the start of academic session and end term evaluation towards the end of academic year. Under the evaluation, assessment of students learning outcomes of Grade 6-8 students and life skills levels of Grade 9-12 were estimated at both phases to assess the improvements. Assessment of vocational skilling course for the students of Grade 11-12 was undertaken separately to see their job readiness and other soft skills, etc.
Coverage	Pune in Maharashtra and Ambala and Panchkula in Haryana

	Feasibility Study for a ChildAid Network Project in Chirang District in Assam
Client Name	ChildAid Network
Thematic Area	Education
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	ChildAid Network funds non-profit organizations for implementing the need-based support in the vulnerable pockets specifically focussing on children, their education and poverty. ChildAid Network received a proposal from an NGO to implement the interventions on education. For conducting the external feasibility assessment of the project proposal, IMPACT was assigned the task to conduct and provide recommendations for the project concept, its methodology and measure. The assignment also expected to review the proposal and incorporate the desired changes/improvements based on the findings of the feasibility study.
Coverage	Chirang district in Assam

	Evaluation of School Intervention Model in 4 Districts of Maharashtra
Client Name	EdelGive Foundation
Thematic Area	Education
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	EdelGive has been working with the education department of Maharashtra and supporting the initiatives taken up by the government departments. EdelGive is also supporting direct interventions through its partners. Gyan Prakash Foundation (GPF) and Kaivalya Education Foundation (KEF) in 4 districts of Maharashtra. To generate credible and statistically valid evidence of the effectiveness of the school intervention model, IMPACT was entrusted to conduct a Third-Party evaluation in the 2 program blocks/clusters in each district to prove its efficacy, replicability and scalability of the model. The evaluation included the school level tests for the students of grades 3-5 and information was captured from the stakeholders of the department of education who were the part of intervention.
Coverage	Amravati, Gadchiroli, Nandurbar, Parbhani and Beed districts in Maharashtra

	Providing Technical Assistance to SSK/Nirantar in Establishing M&E Systems and Undertaking Evaluation and Assessment
Client Name	SSK/Nirantar (Gender Resource Centre) supported by Sir Dorabji TATA Trust, Munbai
Thematic Area	Women Literacy and Empowerment
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	IMPACT has recently been requested by Nirantar to be a technical partner for providing M&E and Evaluation support in one of their key projects on Women Literacy and Empowerment being implemented by Lalitpur district in Uttar Pradesh. IMPACT evaluated the first phase of this project and considering the importance of IMPACT’s work, Nirantar decided to bring IMPACT as its technical partner for the entire project duration (5 years). IMPACT is in a process of strengthening the existing M&E Systems and Standards which would help SSK/Nirantar in tracking their coverage and achievements. During the 5 years project duration, IMPACT would assist in conducting baseline, mid-term assessment for the course corrections and end line evaluation in order to prove the efficacy of the project.
Coverage	Uttar Pradesh

	Review of NGO Partners Implementing Literacy Programmes
Client Name	Sir Dorabji TATA Trust (SDTT) Mumbai
Thematic Area	Literacy
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	For Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) Mumbai, IMPACT carried out a review exercise in Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The assignment mainly included field visits to the Literacy Centres run by NGO partners, interaction with women participants to assess their achievements, documenting successes of interventions and experience sharing with respect to the implementation of interventions. In addition to the partners, a technical assistance providing organization — Nirantar (Gender Resource Centre) at New Delhi was also included in the exercise and their coordination was sought during the course of the review. The results of the review exercise helped SDTT in making the desired modifications in their interventions so as to make the interventions more women friendly as well as accessible in terms of time and reach.
Coverage	Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh

	Baseline Study for Libraries in schools in Yadgir district
Client Name	Tata Trusts
Thematic Area	Education
Type of Assignment	Baseline Survey
Project Description	IMPACT has just finished a baseline survey for TATA Trusts supported Kalike program on establishing libraries in Government schools of Yadgir block of Yadgir district in Karnataka. The survey also included both intervention and control schools where interviews were undertaken with school headmasters, librarians, teachers, etc.
Coverage	Karnataka

	Documentation of Case Studies for the program on microfinance model implemented by CPSL
Client Name	Roji Roti, UK
Thematic Area	Microfinance
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	Recently IMPACT has finished an evaluation study in Patna district of Bihar where evaluation of a livelihood model implemented by a local partner—CPSL was conducted. The livelihood model has a key feature of providing loans to poor women on a very marginal rate of interest under joint liability mode. The report has been submitted to the review.
Coverage	Bihar

	Internal Assessment of Partner NGOs
Client Name	WaterAid, India
Thematic Area	WASH
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	On behalf of WaterAid India, IMPACT had recently undertaken an internal assessment of CSO partners who were supported by Water Aid under IPAP to work with socially excluded groups like Dalits, Tribals, Persons with Disabilities on issues related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Jharkhand and Odisha states. Under the assessment, teams visited the rural sites and captured information using qualitative research tools and analyzed data gathered from various partners.
Coverage	Jharkhand and Odisha

	Assessment of the Status of Funds Released by DWSD, Jharkhand to Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSCs) for Water and Sanitation Works
Client Name	WaterAid, India
Thematic Area	WASH
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT has recently finished an assessment study on status of funds released by DWSD, Jharkhand to VWSCs for water and sanitation works in all 6 districts of SanthalPargana Region in Jharkhand. The study had both quantitative and qualitative research methodology to obtain information from the Government stakeholders as well as community members. The study identified the status of VWSCs, its works, status of submission of utilization certificates, reasons for non-submission, etc. Study also has discussed views and concerns of Jal Sahiyas (village level service provider and holding position of a treasurer in VWSC) in accomplishing their work and their work profile. At the end, needful recommendations have been provided for the DWSM and WaterAid would undertake the advocacy for the proposed recommendations.
Coverage	Jharkhand

	Assessment of Economic and Social Contribution of NREGA on Livelihoods of Socially Excluded Groups in Bihar and Jharkhand
Client Name	PACS India
Thematic Area	Social Exclusion
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IMPACT was entrusted by PACS India to undertake research study in order to assess the impact of MNREGA on livelihoods of socially excluded groups in Bihar and Jharkhand where their grantees are implementing the advocacy interventions.
Coverage	Bihar and Jharkhand

	Designing and Roll out of Management Information System for Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) Programme
Client Name	PACS India/OPM
Thematic Area	Social Exclusion
Type of Assignment	MIS Development and Research
Project Description	Jointly implemented with Oxford Policy Management Group, UK, IMPACT directly worked with PACS India and its 90 implementation partners in 7 states of India. IMPACT contributed in the designing and implementation of MIS to include input, process, output and outcome monitoring. IMPACT has been engaged in capacity development of NGOs in managing the MIS including analysis of data using participatory methods. IMPACT also provides research support to PACS as well as Helpline support for MIS Administration and Annual Data Survey to all CSO partners of PACS.
Coverage	Bihar, Chhattisgarh Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

	Designated as Preferred M&E Technical Partner for Grantees of DM Grant 2014
Client Name	World Bank/Development Marketplace
Thematic Area	Multiple Sectors
Type of Assignment	Technical Assistance
Project Description	IMPACT has been recently included in the category of the Preferred Technical Partners for Monitoring and Evaluation support for the NGO grantees implementing projects funded by World Bank under Development Marketplace for the year 2014.
Coverage	All North-East states

	Development of Digital Management Information Systems for MPMS and IMB Projects
Client Name	Crea
Thematic Area	Gender & Women
Type of Assignment	Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Project Description	Crea has been supporting its partners in three states in the implementation of MPMS and IMB projects. IMPACT has been selected for providing the digital MIS support to the Crea teams for monitoring the success of the projects as well as making decisions timely wherever course corrections are required. IMPACT has developed a data MIS application which programme team uses for providing the day-to-day status of coverage. IMPACT provides the dashboard for the projects as well as monthly consolidated reports.
Coverage	Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh

	Development of Digital Management Information Systems for Meri Panchayat Meri Shakti (MPMS) and It’s My Body (IMB) Projects
Client Name	Crea
Thematic Area	Gender & Women
Type of Assignment	Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Project Description	Crea has been supporting its partners in three states in the implementation of MPMS and IMB projects. IMPACT has been selected for providing the digital MIS support to the Crea teams for monitoring the success of the projects as well as making decisions timely wherever course corrections are required. IMPACT has developed a data MIS application which programme team uses for providing the day-to-day status of coverage. IMPACT provides the dashboard for the projects as well as monthly consolidated reports.
Coverage	Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh

	Contribution Towards the Empowerment of Marginalized Communities to Claim their Rights and Influence Policies and Activities of the Government through Solidarity and Collective Action for a Socially Just Society
Client Name	The Swallows India
Thematic Area	Multiple - Violence Against Women, Women Rights, Forest Rights, Livelihoods
Type of Assignment	Capacity Building (Implementation Partner NGOs)
Project Description	“foreningen Svalorna Indien Bangladesh”– The Swallows India Bangladesh is a non-profit development organisation, with head office in Lund, Sweden. The Swallows was established in 1959 and works in India since 1962. There were about 6 partner NGOs who work in their targeted areas to empower the marginalized communities ensuring their rights are not violated and claimed properly. Additionally, these organizations were influencing the government policies through their advocacy and capacity building initiatives to take collective action for a socially just society. IMPACT was entrusted to work with partners of Swallows India to support them in conducting the baseline survey in their programme areas. The main objective of the baseline survey was to think through the programme objectives more critically, re-visit the change the programme intends to facilitate, identify processes or indicators that would help in assessing the change and to provide an information base against which the change could be assessed or effectiveness of the programme could be reviewed. To finalise the baseline survey of the country programme, it was imperative that The Swallows undertake a similar process at the project level. This enabled The Swallows to establish information base at project level and to identify critical indicators that would help in tracing the progress at the project level. The process enriched the capacity at both The Swallows and project levels in fine-tuning log frames and in revisiting the theory of change.
Coverage	India (4 States – Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand)

	Landscape Study on Women Entrepreneurship – Its Challenges and Impact on Health, Socio-Economic Security and Family Wellbeing Outcomes of Women Entrepreneurs
Client Name	EdelGive Foundation
Thematic Area	Livelihood/Women Empowerment
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	EdelGive Foundation has contracted IMPACT to undertake landscape study on women entrepreneurship in order to assess the ease of setting enterprise by women in the existing socio-political and policy environment and to understand the evident as well as hidden reasons for women’s reluctance to be entrepreneurs and challenges faced by those who dare to be entrepreneurs. IMPACT will cover the 12 states across India covering 24 districts (2 districts per state) selected on the basis of criteria so as to incorporate different regions and states with peculiar characteristics.
Coverage	6 Regions; 12 States; 24 Districts across India

	Assessment of Social Impact on Lives of Women Workforce through IKEA supported Initiatives
Client Name	IKEA Services India (P) Ltd
Thematic Area	Livelihoods
Type of Assignment	Assessment
Project Description	IKEA works in 48 countries through about 400 stores and IKEA has been sourcing from India for many years. IKEA also worked with social entrepreneurs that has a positive impact on people’s lives and in communities. This initiative was named as Next Generation Social Entrepreneurs. IMPACT was requested to undertake the social audits of the Next Generation Social Entrepreneurs in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The purpose of the social audit was to understand the impact of the initiatives on the entrepreneurs as well as on the lives of their employees specially women and within the community. Site visits were made to assess the impact on lives through face to face interviews with the women workforce and the management teams of entrepreneurs.
Coverage	Varanasi and Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh; Bikaner in Rajasthan, Bangalore City and Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

	Empowering Adolescent Girls with Financial Opportunity to End Child Marriage
Client Name	IPE Global
Thematic Area	Vocational Skills and Livelihoods
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	IPE Global plans to initiate Manzil programme in Rajasthan to support adolescent girls by empowering them through vocational skills to end child marriage. IMPACT has been hired for conducting a research to provide actionable recommendations to Project Manzil team for refining their state vocational training and skilling programmes for girls both for in and out of school girls. The study covers 6 districts of Rajasthan. Under the research, the girls studying in vocationalized schools as well as non-vocationalized schools under Rajasthan Government jurisdiction and out of school girls are covered to capture their details and opinions on the current status of vocational skills as well as their demand for specific skills. Additionally, parents, gram panchayat members are covered to see their views on such initiatives. Under the research, employers and training institutions are also covered to know and understand their needs, challenges in getting the desired young women for their industries, etc. Government stakeholders such as officials from Rajasthan Skills Development Corporation, Department of Education, Labour are also covered.
Coverage	Ajmer, Bhilwara, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Tonk and Udaipur districts in Rajasthan

	Wheat Yield Estimation Study in Samastipur and Supaul Districts of Bihar
Client Name	Digital Green India
Thematic Area	Livelihoods
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	Digital Green is a global development organization that empowers smallholder farmers to lift themselves out of poverty by harnessing the collective power of technology and grassroots-level partnerships. It has been promoting best practices for wheat cultivation through video-based approach in Bihar since 2012. Earlier, the output indicators such as viewers’ outreach, screening, adoptions etc. were reviewed on the micro-practice (individual video) level. Going forward with the new strategy, it was envisaged that DG would identify most impactful practices within the package of practices for each crop. These most impactful practices would play a vital role increasing the crop yield. Further, it can subsequently help farmers to get better income also. The list of videos considered as most impactful practices under wheat cultivation were: 1. Early Sowing of wheat 2. Irrigation and urea application during pinnacle stage IMPACT was assigned a task of conducting the evaluation of the intervention through wheat yield estimation in two blocks each in Samastipur and Supaul districts of Bihar. About 400 women farmers were covered in both the districts which were supported by Ajeevika Motivators.
Coverage	Samastipur and Supaul districts of Bihar

	Potato Yield Estimation Study in Jharkhand
Client Name	Digital Green India
Thematic Area	Livelihoods
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	Digital Green is a global development organization that empowers smallholder farmers to lift themselves out of poverty by harnessing the collective power of technology and grassroots-level partnerships. It has been promoting best practices for wheat cultivation through video-based approach in Bihar since 2012. IMPACT was hired to conduct the evaluation of the intervention where videos related to crop improvement techniques were shown to the women farmers and were encouraged to adopt one or more of the three approaches including seed treatment, sowing and irrigation during tuber formation. The programme was implemented in selected blocks of Ramgarh and Pakur districts of Jharkhand. A total of 300 women farmers were covered to estimate the incremental yield of potato through most impactful practices and assess the change in estimated income of potato growers.
Coverage	Ramgarh and Pakur districts of Bihar

	Situational Analysis in Sricity, Andhra Pradesh
Client Name	Quest Alliance and International Youth Foundation (IYF)
Thematic Area	Livelihoods
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	International Youth Foundation (IYF) in collaboration with Quest Alliance commissioned a research to understand the employment opportunities and ecosystem in and around Sricity – a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) established by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2012. The purpose of this research is to understand the demand and supply of human resource and the employment opportunities available in the region for young people, particularly young girls in the age group of 18-25 years. The research engaged with a variety of stakeholders including employers, training institutes, recruitment agencies and NGOs, academic institutions in the region along with the youth and their parents. IMPACT was hired to conduct the labour market/employers’ assessment as well as undertake survey to assess the work readiness among youths to understand the Ecosystem also. About 300 youths and 100 parents were covered. Under the research assessment, employers like PepsiCo, Colgate Palmolive, Cadburys, FoxCon Mobiles (Rising Star Mobiles), etc. who are in Sricity Integrated Business City were interviewed. Additionally, recruitment consultants and manpower supplier agencies, training institutions were also covered to oversee the situation for youths.
Coverage	Sricity Integrated Business City, Nellore district

	Evaluation of National Skills Development Corporation Partners
Client Name	National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC), Govt. of India
Thematic Area	Livelihoods
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	Wadhwani Foundation India (WFI) provided its support to the NSDC supported vocational training partners (VTPs) in providing the soft skills integrated with technology support for the future entrepreneurs. IMPACT was hired by NSDC to undertake the evaluate the VTPs to see the effectiveness of the vocational and soft skills acquired by the participants. Under the evaluation online tools were used to collect data from the participants and telephonic interviews were conducted. The findings were presented to the NSDC and Wadhwani Foundation jointly.
Coverage	Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

	A Study on Benchmarking of Ongoing Livelihood Projects in India
Client Name	Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation (S-ILF)
Thematic Area	Leprosy
Type of Assignment	Research
Project Description	S-ILF hired IMPACT to undertake a study on benchmarking the current livelihood projects implemented by S-ILF in India. The aim of the study was to establish the current status of the livelihood projects and identify the interventions on what works and what doesn’t. Additionally, it was to ascertain whether there are signs of sustainability of existing projects. IMPACT conducted the site visits to meet the implementers as well as the beneficiaries who were mainly residents of leprosy colonies at all the locations covered under the study. A wider framework was developed, and the data was collected and synthesized for preparing the study report as well as the presentation.
Coverage	Total 9 States were covered—Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal

	INDIA Country Partner for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Unit (MELU) constituted by DFID, UK for Global Fund to End Modern Slavery
Client Name	IMC Worldwide / GFEMS
Thematic Area	Migration and Modern Slavery
Type of Assignment	Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
Project Description	IMPACT is the India country partner for the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Unit (MELU) constituted by DFID to be the third-party monitoring unit for Global Fund to Eliminating Modern Slavery (GFEMS), where modern slavery in garment and apparel industry is one of the three focus areas. IMPACT is working with the global team at IMC Worldwide, UK to develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks and tools and will soon be conducting regular independent monitoring visits to the identified partners in India.
Coverage	East, South East Asia and Oceana Region & South Asia Region

	- District Eye Health Assessment - Facilities Assessment for Readiness for Conducting cataract eye operations
Client Name	Sight Savers India
Thematic Area	Eye Health
Type of Assignment	Research and Assessment
Project Description	IMPACT was entrusted by SightSavers India to undertake a research and assessment named as District Eye Health Assessment (DEHA), using a specially customized computer-aided tool called DEHAT. Under the study, IMPACT conducted site visits to identified District and Block level health facilities to collect the information on their readiness for the cataract operations along with the facilities assessment in terms of their infrastructure, equipment and supplies. Post data collection, IMPACT prepared a separate district-wise report for all the districts. Additionally, NHM officials were also contacted to collect the financial allocations and coverage on eye operations.
Coverage	59 Districts across 8 States (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal)

	Evaluation of Integrating Selected MIYCN Interventions in Existing Polio Eradication Platform of Project Concern International (PCI) in Uttar Pradesh
Client Name	Alive and Thrive (A&T)
Thematic Area	Maternal Health and Nutrition
Type of Assignment	Evaluation
Project Description	Project Concern International (PCI) was implementing the Core Group Polio Project (CGPP) in 5 high-risk districts (Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Sambhal and Shamli) in Uttar Pradesh. The CGPP was operating in “high-risk areas” (HRA) for polio within the sections not covering the entire block areas. Building upon the success of polio eradication, PCI had plan to focus on strengthening routine immunization (RI) and other critical health and nutrition interventions using its lessons learned, promising practices, and the various mobilization platforms it has helped to create. A&T collaborated with PCI for an implementation research project to test the feasibility of integrating selected MIYCN interventions in the platform of the CGPP to improve selected MIYCN behaviours and practices relating to maternal dietary diversity, exclusive breastfeeding, and dietary diversity in complementary feeding in the community. The study design was a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) model that compared groups receiving the standard package of interventions vs. nutrition (MIYCN) intensified package of interventions. Evaluation of this randomized control trial included repeated cross-sectional surveys at the baseline and end line – both were conducted by IMPACT. Basically, the success of the model was assessed on the basis of improved changes in the selected indicators on MIYCN and knowledge and practices related to dietary diversity and complementary feeding among pregnant women and mothers of 6-23 months children.
Coverage	Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Sambhal and Shamli districts in Uttar Pradesh

	mSakhi, an mHealth Intervention with ICDS in Jhansi District of Uttar Pradesh
Client Name	IntraHealth
Thematic Area	Maternal Health and Nutrition
Type of Assignment	Assessment
Project Description	IntraHealth introduced msakhi, an open source Android application in Badagaon block of Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh, in India. It was initially provided to two grass root health functionaries i.e. ANMs and ASHAs. After two successful years of use of msakhi by these two functionaries, IntraHealth piloted the application with the third grass root functionaries i.e. Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), whose roles cut across health and nutrition within Maternal and Child Health. AWWs are the functionaries of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, while ASHAs and ANMs belong to the Ministry of Health. IMPACT was hired for conducting the Assessment of the mHealth Intervention in Jhansi to assess the knowledge of AWWs and ICDS supervisors on key health and nutrition issues as well as knowledge of pregnant women and mothers of children aged 12-23 months. A total of 75 AWWs and 605 women were covered along with focus group discussions with ASHAs/AWWs/AWW Supervisors.
Coverage	Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh

	An Approach to Comprehensive Family Planning Services and Quality of Care of Sterilization and IUCD Services in Bihar
Client Name	EngenderHealth India
Thematic Area	Family Planning / Reproductive Health
Type of Assignment	Facility Assessment
Project Description	EngenderHealth works to improve the health and well-being of people in the poorest communities in the world. They do this by sharing expertise in Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) and transforming the quality of health care. EngenderHealth while working with Bihar Technical Support Programme planned for facilities assessment in Bihar in order to assess their readiness for the MiniLap sterilization and PPIUCD services. IMPACT was entrusted to undertake the assignment in all the programme districts in Bihar. In all, 201 health facilities were assessed which mainly included district hospitals, sub-divisional/Referral hospitals/FRUs and select PHCs with competent surgeons. Under the facilities assessment, site visits were made to check the availability of staff, operation theatre readiness, infrastructure setup with equipment and medicines and client interviews were also conducted to assess the satisfaction with the services.
Coverage	36 Districts of Bihar

	Expanding Access of IUCD Services in India (EAISI) Project in Rajasthan and Gujarat
Client Name	EngenderHealth India
Thematic Area	Family Planning / Reproductive Health
Type of Assignment	Assessment of Grant
Project Description	EngenderHealth works to improve the health and well-being of people in the poorest communities in the world. They do this by sharing expertise in Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) and transforming the quality of health care. EngenderHealth through the EAISI project aimed to increase contraceptive use by improving access to quality intra-uterine contraceptive devices (IUCD) services in two states: Rajasthan and Gujarat. EAISI project focussed on ensuring increased availability of IUCD services and strengthen quality and sustainability of IUCD services as well as promote demand for quality IUCD services. IMPACT was requested to conduct the assessment across both the states in all the project districts. In all, 138 facilities in Rajasthan and 42 in Gujarat were covered across 25 districts in Rajasthan and 26 districts in Gujarat. Apart from District Health Managers and other stakeholders and additionally FP clients who availed services (through exit interviews) were covered.
Coverage	26 districts in Gujarat and 25 districts in Rajasthan