We implement community level interventions aimed to generating models that inform both public policy and programs. These include interventions in health and WASH; food security, nutrition and livelihood; education and youth empowerment; human rights, gender and inclusion; child protection; community participation and accountability systems and environmental sciences and climate resilience.
Evaluation of Freedom Fund's Survivor Leadership Fund
The Survivor Leadership Fund (SLF), initiated by the Freedom Fund, is a pioneering initiative developed to support survivor-led organisations tackling modern slavery. Launched in 2021, the SLF provides unrestricted grants, allowing flexibility in fund utilisation to enhance organisational capabilities and amplify impact. An external evaluation was conducted by the African Institute for Children Studies (AICS) during 20222023 with the primary aim of assessing the impact of the SLF on the seven survivor-led organisations in Kenya and Uganda that were selected for the inaugural pilot round of the SLF.
The study adopted mixed methods design and included qualitative methods such as key informant interviews (KIIs) and in-depth interviews (IDIs) and quantitative data collection through Polling Booth Surveys (PBS). Sixty-eight stakeholders linked to the grantee organisations participated, providing insights into decision-making processes, programmatic impacts, advantages, obstacles and potential areas for improvement.
We have modeled intervention that increase access to mental health services at community level
Building capacity of civil society organizations in advocating for public financing
We have contributed to strengthening child focused CSO’s response to COVID-19 through providing a web-map that indicates who is where (https://institutechildstudies.org/new/cso-covid-19-mapping/);
Hosting bi-weekly meetings of CSOs to identify advocacy issues and challenges in CSO response
Hosting webinars to share knowledge on what works in responding to COVID-19, teenage pregnancy among others emerging issues
