Non-profit Organizations and NGOs
As a non-profit or NGO, demonstrating your impact and understanding how your programs create change is essential. Causal Map helps you turn beneficiary stories and staff insights into clear, evidence-based impact pathways.
Why Causal Map?
- Create data-driven theories of change
- Understand how your interventions lead to outcomes
- Identify unexpected impacts and pathways
- Identify if your grantees see the world the same way as you do
- Communicate your impact story effectively to donors and stakeholders
Case Study: Tree Aid - Empowering Communities Through Forest Management in Burkina Faso
Causal Map partnered with Tree Aid to evaluate their BB6 forest management project in Burkina Faso. We used causal mapping to assess the project's impact on forest governance, income, food consumption and households in two communes.
The study focused on answering some research questions, such as:
- What’s the difference of impact pathways between 2 areas?
- What are the differences in narrative between the different types of interview?
- What’s the impact of the intervention on women’s lives?
- Are there any unexpected outcomes?
- Why is the project directly related to increased crop yield?
The study revealed how integrating forest management with economic empowerment and sustainable agricultural practices, has contributed to a community-driven environmental conservation. And it also demonstrated how combining qualitative research with advanced analysis tools (Causal Map app) can provide deep insights into community development projects.
This map helps quickly grasp the project's multiple impacts and their relationships, showing how it influenced various outcomes like forest protection, agricultural practices, and income generation; providing a comprehensive overview of the BB6 project's effectiveness in community development and forest management.
Case Study: AgDevCo, Uganda
This case study showcases how Causal Map was used to analyse the impact of AgDevCo's investments in Ugandan agribusinesses. The app helped synthesise data from 48 interviews and 8 focus groups with farmers, workers, and other stakeholders to answer research questions such as ‘What are the impact pathways caused by the investments on local communities and economies and how do they relate with changes in the complex system?’
Source: AGDEVCO – GADC – A Qualitative Impact Assessment – Summary Report, p.8
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