Gauging Long Term Impact in the Social Sector

Gauging Long Term Impact in the Social

Sector

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To ensure the best results for the children in our programmes, we need to measure our impact

Impact

Transparency

Quality improvements

At SOS CV, we strive to ensure the best results in lives of child participants.

If we measure the effects of our work, we will create transparency of our performance. This is a precondition ...

... to improve or maintain the quality of our programmes. This ensures we maximumise the effectiveness of our

work.

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Our work and the corresponding inputs have three different effects over time

Input ImpactOutcomeOutput

All resources spent for programme interventions

Immediate effects of our programmes

Short-/medium-term effects of our work

Long-term effects on both children and communities

For example, the children who have good living conditions in their SOS families

For example, the financial and human resources invested in family-based care

For example, children in SOS families have a good educational foundation by the time they leave our care

For example, when living as independent adults, they can take care of themselves and their families


Our work and the corresponding inputs have three different effects over time

Input ImpactOutcomeOutput

All resources spent for programme interventions

Immediate effects of our programmes

Short-/medium-term effects of our work

Long-term effects on both children and communities

Impact Assessment focuses on long-term impact and thereby helps us achieve the best results for

our children in our programmes

For example, when living as independent adults, they can take care of themselves and their families


Now,let's shift our focus to Impact and how we can measure it

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We assess impact for our core work inFamily Strengthening (FS) and Family-Based Care (FBC)

Family Strenghtening Family Based Care


We assess three components of impact, considering both non-financial and financial impact of our programmes

Impact on individuals, the community and the society

Long-term effectson the

community

Long-term effects

on individuals and

their families

Long-term effects on the

society

(Social return on investment)

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Non-financial impact is measured primarily by interviewing stakeholders

Score

2 31 4

doing well

notdoing well

Former (and optionally current)

participants are interviewed and

answers are scored whether they are doing well or not

Impact on theindividual

Impact on thecommunity

Different stakeholder groups

are interviewed, e.g., local

authorities, other NGOs/CBOs and

community leaders


Protection & social inclusion

Impact on the individual is measured along dimensions holistically covering key aspects of well-being

Care

Physical health

Food security

Accommodation

Education & skills

Livelihood (economic security)

Social & emotionalwell-being



Complementary dimensions are considered to assess the impact of our work on the communities that we support


Community awareness

Alternative care

Progress towards sustainability

Next-generation

benefits

Giving & volunteering

Impact on community via individual

Impact on community via programmes

Community-based support systems


For financial impact, we measure the social return on investment

Social return on investment(SROI)

The social return on investment (SROI) measures how much benefit an investment creates for society

How many dollars worth of benefit for society are created

by my 1-dollar investment?


Financial impact is assessed by comparing costs and benefits of a programme

:Benefits

The SROI quantifies the benefits of a programme for the broader

community ...

Costs

... and compares it to the costs of the programme

Non-quantifiable elements are

excludedConservative assumptions are applied


The approach has been successfully applied

We tested the approach in two well-established SOS CV programme locations: Hawassa, Ethiopia, and Mbabane, Swaziland.

The approach worked well and is a good framework for future assessment. We even learnt how to further improve the methodology.

While we were impressed by the impact we are having in these locations, areas for development were identified to further improve our work.


Targeting the most vulnerable children, who have limited prospects for future success, the results confirm our impact

The pilot study provided insights of SOS having some very positive impact on the situation of the children

Between 70 and 95% of former participants reportedly perform well in at least six of eight dimensions

Especially the scores in education and food were exceptionally high

Local stakeholders highly value the work of SOS CV staff in terms of • being a key player in child protection • strengthening networks• building capacity and sharing knowledge

On an individual level On a community level


In particular, nearly all participants of FBC perform well in at least 6-out-of-8 dimensions — an indication of the ‘value added’ by our work

0 50 100

70%

All dimensions75%

At least 7/8 dimensions

90%

At least 6/8 dimensions

95%

Individuals doing well in key dimensions (in %)

30%

30%

FBC (n = 20) FS (n = 10)

0 50 100

46%

58%

92%

84%

38%

42%

FS (n = 13)FBC (n = 19)

SwazilandEthiopia


Every €1 invested returns at least €4 to €6, depending on location

SOS CV programmes Ethiopia

SROI of 4:1 SROI of 6:1

Swaziland

Potential for additional upside: Conservative assumptions applied

Actual impact even higher: Non-quantifiable elements excluded

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Please do not hesitate to contact us if you want to learn more about our social impact assessment approach

Douglas Reed

Germain Houedenou

[email protected]

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PeterFechner

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AlexanderBaic

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