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<p>There was a slum community where a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) was working on eradicating malaria and dengue. However, the NGO did not receive the expected outcomes from their project. Hence, a research organisation was tasked to identify the problems that the people had in accessing their services. The NGO then used different tools with various [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Post natural disasters, countries should focus on rebuilding their infrastructure and resources, stronger and faster, and in an inclusive manner so that post-disaster support reaches all sections of the society. This will not only ensure that people restore their income and assets as early as possible, but also mitigate long-term consequences in domains such as [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Slums aren’t a rare sight in Mumbai.  But every time I came across one, only two things came up to my mind – how did these illegal structures come up and how do people manage without basic amenities like water and sanitation? But I never pondered about it beyond that. Through my internship at the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In recent years, government policies have taken several initiatives to push for a more formal economy to promote the idea of financial inclusion, by encouraging online payments and going cashless and the opening of basic saving bank deposit accounts for certain sections of the society, under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana(PMJDY), etc. These bank [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all people to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly towards it.” – J.F. Kennedy Last year, we published a Vlog on ‘Why Data is important to achieve the SDGs in India’ . It outlined four [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Theory of Change (ToC) is essentially a comprehensive description and illustration of how and why the desired change is expected to happen in a particular context. Articulate your ‘Change Mission’ for more effective fundraising – Articulating the problem your organisation wants to solve and how your organisation solves it, improves grant-receiving opportunities. ToC is a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>4th Wheel has received a grant by the Swedish Institute (www.si.se) to design and conduct a workshop on ‘Identifying contextualized indicators to measure the Sustainable Development Goals in India’. The expected results of the workshop are an improved understanding among participants on measuring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and indicator development, and an exchange of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Good programme planning, combined with effective monitoring and evaluation, enhances the impact of development programmes. This idea is represented by the popular and strategic approach of Results-Based Management (RBM), increasingly being used by several governments and charitable organisations across the globe. A strong RBM system focuses on the ‘life cycle’ of programmes, where ‘results’ are [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Targets 3.1 and 3.2 of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 – good health for all –  sets indicators for reducing the global maternal mortality rate (MMR) to less than 70 per 1,00,000 live births and global neonatal mortality rate (NMR) to as low as 12 per 1000 live births by 2030. Closer home, the National [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The rhetoric of the self-serving, evil corporation is one we are all too familiar with. It is also one that up until very recently, I completely bought into. I certainly did not believe they served any cause beyond self-interest that I could get behind (funnily enough, business school seems set on making me do just [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A Project on Youth-Led Development, using Technology for Social Change An ambitious project is underway in Bhuj and Gandhidham talukas of Kutch district in Gujarat, based on an understanding that all youth use phones and are involved on various social media platforms. Sadly their engagement in socio-economic development is rare. A collaboration between UNESCO-MGIEP, T-Learning, and 4th Wheel, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In part 1 of 4th Wheel’s guide on “Using Data Mining for Donor Profiling”, we discussed data mining, donor profiling, and their relevance in the non-profit sector. To recap: Since the techniques used for mining meaningful data and conducting impact evaluation rely on computer science and coding, the process is often automatic (or semi-automatic) once [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In the age where we are all a string of numbers that can be reduced to categories and patterns through which organisations and politicians target us with their products and agenda, it’s difficult (if not impossible) to stay completely off-the-grid and keep your information private. At a time like this, it becomes more important than [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Participatory methods emerged as an alternative tool to traditional-style development methods in the 1970s and have been well-used for development practice since the 1990s. (Macbeth) The tools have become popular among researchers because they challenge the traditional top-down system of work by propagating a more linear method towards addressing development issues  Moreover, they are positive and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Documentation is often seen as a difficult task by most development organisations. The documentation challenge generally links back to a lack of knowledge on and usage of ideal tools and techniques for documentation. Another critical challenge is from the point of view of motivation for and realisation of the need for documentation. Photo source: Process [&hellip;]</p>

<p>According to the 2018 Global NGO Technology Report, 82% of its respondents believed that email updates were the most effective communication &amp; fundraising tool employed by NPOs, NGOs, and charities. In this day and age where today is already yesterday, technology has become an integral part of our personal as well as professional lives. With companies [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Be it the development, corporate, government, or any other service sector, annual reporting of work, achievements, and profits are considered a minimum mandate. Very often writing annual reports is seen as an ‘annual grind’ to meet the minimum requirements put down in company/society registration acts, give an account of funds to donors, and a way [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“Collaboration should be about evolution and not revolution” &#8212; Raj Gilda, Co-founder, Lend-A-Hand A noble quote that justly defines the collaboration between J.P Morgan, UnLtd India &amp; 4th Wheel Social Impact for the Learning Journey series – Skilling Matters. A mere 2% of the Indian population has received any form of skilling which is lower than [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Contextualised understanding is the foundation for sustainable programmes. Good research enables contextualised understanding. A survey is the most commonly used method for conducting research but it may not lead to inclusive &amp; participatory data. This video talks about innovative research tools like Photo Voice, Card Sorting &amp; Temperature Gauges.</p>

<p>When we think of India, we think of diversity and culture, but we also think of overpopulation. A burgeoning population of 1.2 billion means that the average age in the country is 29 and half of our population is under 25 years of age. We have the opportunity to turn this seemingly negative factor into [&hellip;]</p>