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OPTIMISING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE |
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Valid International was founded in 1999 as a means to bring about change in humanitarian practice. Since then, Valid has worked with like-minded individuals and organisations to improve the delivery of humanitarian and development assistance. Through operational research and the development and implementation of evidence-based approaches, Valid International is committed to increasing the impact of humanitarian action.
Valid provides specialised advisers to support programme implementation, evaluate programme impact and research humanitarian and development techniques. Our team of international experts can provide you with: |
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| Valid International to support nutrition research and monitoring in newly announced USAID project in Ethiopia |
| Valid International have been selected to provide nutrition technical assistance to the recently announced Empowering New Generations to Improve Nutrition and Economic opportunities (ENGINE) project -- a five-year USAID-supported integrated nutrition program to improve the nutritional status of women and young children in Ethiopia. The project, which represents a USAID investment of $54 million over 5 years, was won through competitive tender by a consortium of agencies led by Save the Children. Valid International will collaborate on operational research with Ethiopian university and public sector partners, and will advise and train local agencies in low-cost coverage assessment methods. Additional partners in ENGINE include the Feinstein International Center and Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Jhpiego, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communications Programs, and Land O’ Lakes Inc. International Development. |
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| NY Times Magazine Article on Plumpynut™ |
| “I wouldn’t want to see a new world order where poor people are dependent on packaged supplementary foods that are manufactured in Europe or the United States.” Valid International director Steve Collins argues that the manufacturers of new, supplementary RUFs should be obliged to produce scientific evidence, and should be strengthening developing-country agricultural value chains in this NY Times Magazine piece on the politics of intellectual property and ready-to-use foods. |
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| SQUEAC |
| Valid International, in conjunction with Mark Myatt from Brixton Health, recently developed two new tools for monitoring programme coverage: the Semi-Quantitative Evaluation of Access and Coverage (SQUEAC) and Simplified LQAS Evaluation of Access and Coverage (SLEAC). Key information, including methodology and recent experiences using SQUEAC & SLEAC, are included in this document. |
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| 1. Technical assistance in all aspects of CTC/CMAM and emergency nutrition programme implementation. This includes advice and assistance in planning, training, set up, management, monitoring and evaluation of CTC/CMAM programmes. |
| 2. Training and mentoring to help build the capacity of local staff and partners |
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3. Monitoring and Evaluation support
at project, agency and
intra-agency levels to provide practical and realistic recommendations that can improve the delivery of humanitarian aid |
| 4. Developing community mobilisation strategies based on local strengths and opportunities |
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| 5. Needs assessments, emergency preparedness and response development |
6. Programme evaluation and
re-alignment through collaboration, to develop operational research and evaluation capacity, facilitate agency learning and develop our partners’ academic capacity and profile |
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