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Success Stories
The
ForeignAID Ratings team has a strong track record of success providing
high quality services in a fast, accurate, and reliable way. ForeignAID Ratings team members have
completed projects in a number of countries in addition to the U.S.
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Monitoring
and Evaluation Success Stories
ForeignAID Ratings has conducted evaluations and ratings of a wide range
of development agencies around the globe. Our experienced
international network of evaluators has rated organizations that focus on
youth, education, health, capacity building and microfinance, for
example.
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USAID’s
Office of Private Voluntary Cooperation
(PVC)-American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) NGO Strengthening
Program, Central America and Africa |
COMPLETED:
ForeignAID Ratings provided in-depth rating reports and
scores for seven USAID partner NGOs and NGO Networks. The countries included:
Angola (2 local NGOs); Zambia (1 local NGO
and 1 local Network);
Guatemala
(1 national network); Honduras (1 national network); and 1 regional
network covering Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras. |
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Gatoto
Primary
Community
School,
Nairobi,
Kenya |
NEW ISSUE:
ForeignAID Ratings assigns AA- rating to
Gatoto Primary Community School, a small-medium primary school
serving low-income families. |
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NGO Development Foundation,
Sarajevo,
Bosnia
&
Herzegovina |
NEW ISSUE:
ForeignAID Ratings assigns BBB+ rating to the NGO Development
Foundation, community development foundation building NGO capacity. |
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Youth Forum 2001,
Razgrad,
Bulgaria |
NEW ISSUE:
ForeignAID Ratings assigns BB rating to Youth Forum 2001, a
community-based youth organization. |
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Rural Unit for
Health and Social Affairs
(RUHSA),
Christian
Medical College, Vellore, India |
NEW ISSUE:
ForeignAID Ratings assigns AA- rating to RUHSA, a
community-based inter-sectoral health and development NGO
that targets the rural poor. |
Other Consulting Appointments
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ForeignAID Ratings team leader, Shiv, interviews microfinance clients
of Mabhuri Maheswari Solidarity Group in
Orissa,
India
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ForeignAID Ratings
team leader previously led an international team to monitor and
evaluate CARE’s rural microfinance program in
Orissa, India.
Designed to empower rural poor women by increasing their incomes and
economic security, this seven-year microfinance program is funded
through a $15 million grant from the U.K.’s Department for
International Development. As co-author of the evaluation study,
ForeignAID Ratings team leader traveled to the field to measure the
impact of and make recommendations to the microfinance program. He
formulated the evaluation methodology, based on quantitative and
qualitative data, and led individual and group interviews to key
stakeholders such as CARE’s partner-microfinance institutions,
solidarity groups and individual women clients to analyze the
effectiveness of the program. |
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ForeignAID Ratings team leader previously designed a ratings
tool to evaluate microfinance institutions (MFIs) in
India for
PlaNet Finance.
Based on quantitative and qualitative data, the ratings tool evaluates
an MFI’s portfolio performance, management systems, financial
resources, products and services, organizational governance (board and
human resources), alliances and collaborations, and sustainability.
ForeignAID Ratings team leader also designed the methodology to apply
the ratings tool and an appropriate weighting scheme, which emphasizes
an MFI’s level of sustainability. |
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Below is a sample of ForeignAID Ratings IT success stories.
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ForeignAID
Ratings
administers YouthWorx 2004
IT-training program for disdvantaged youth in Nairobi, Kenya in
partnership with the University of Nairobi |
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ForeignAID Ratings administered the 2004 YouthWorx program, which trained high-potential
children of single parents and disadvantaged youth in computer hardware,
software and networking.
YouthWorx student Susan Njenga enjoys learning
computer skills at the University of Nairobi.
"I can now handle a
computer well. I can seek sponsorship from the internet. I can apply for
job opportunities through the email and I can stay in touch with big
people in the [ICT] industry."
Willson Kioko, Student, YouthWorx Nairobi 2004
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Team members
install Ecuador’s First Internet-connected computer lab in a public
elementary school |
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Escuela
Fiscal Zoila Ugarte de Landivar, Quito, Ecuador
Inauguration of Ecuador’s first Internet-connected computer lab in a
public elementary school. |
ForeignAID Ratings
team members, while at the University of Pennsylvania, led the “Formando Un Puente”—Building a Bridge—Delegation
to build Ecuador’s first internet-connected computer lab in a public
elementary school. Built in partnership with 3Com and SatNet, the
computer lab put a smile on the faces of students at Escuela Fiscal
Zoila Ugarte de Landivar and has added a new facet to the education at
the school. |
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Team Awarded $1
Million For Efforts To Bridge The Digital Divide With Computing
Infrastructure In Ghana |
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ForeignAID
Ratings consultant, Rohan Amin, demonstrates Windows XP
to university students in
Kwahu Daah,
Ghana.
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ForeignAID Ratings team members, while at the
University
of
Pennsylvania
, received a grant of
Hewlett-Packard equipment and services totaling $1.12 million to lay
the foundation for a high-speed information and communicationinfrastructure in
the West African nation of
Ghana
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Ghana
's Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and at
community technology centers (CTC's) in
Kumasi
,
Ghana
's second-largest city, and in the
country's Eastern Region.
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