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Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

For training to resonate and be most impactful, they need to be delivered in a setting and format that appeals to participants. Ensuring that they are conducted in the language participants are most familiar with and in an interactive and engaging format can aid with comprehension and ultimately impact.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Uganda adapt, approach, beneficiaries, context, effective, engagement, interaction, knowledge, language, motivate, motivation, needs, participation, planning, project design, results, structure, tools, training

Project: Strengthening Media to Promote Inclusive Democracy in Mali
Evaluation Date: January 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Sensitivity to local languages should be an essential part of project design and delivery in countries where such diversity exists (as was the case with this project in the use of Bambara for local radio broadcasting to maximise impact for non-French speaking listeners), though this may bring additional challenges in terms of measuring and evaluating the success of an intervention.

Theme: Media

Mali audience, beneficiaries, evaluate, grassroots, impact, implementation, inclusion, journalism, language, measure, media, outreach, project design, radio, reach, results, target

Project: Jeunesse et participation électorale au Burkina Faso
Evaluation Date: May 2022
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Sensitivity to local languages should be an essential part of project design and delivery in countries where such diversity exists, though this may bring additional challenges in terms of measuring and evaluating the success of an intervention.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Burkina Faso analysis, beneficiaries, data, evaluate, language, measure, monitor, project design, target

Project: Advocating for Community Radio in Zimbabwe
Evaluation Date: December 2020
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

During field visits, it was clear that the role of Community Radio Initiatives as bearers of local languages, identities, and cultures is crucial for the growth and recognition of Community Radio Initiatives. Branding can help improve their visibility. With little visible branding, community buy-in might not be as high as that which could be possible.

Theme: Media

Zimbabwe community, culture, growth, language, radio, visibility

Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Language barriers can be a challenge for engagement with Domestic Workers, producing material in local languages – written and crucially audio – is key for generating knowledge.

Theme: Rule of law

Uganda engagement, knowledge, language

Project: Creative Communication of the Nigerian Budget
Evaluation Date: July 2018
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

High levels of illiteracy and limited English language skills amongst community members – especially women – created communication challenges. The printing of budget summary materials in English-only may have restricted access to most community members. To reach a wider audience translate budget data into local languages for key publications.

Theme: Media

Nigeria language, literacy, outreach

Project: Strengthening Governance and Democratization Processes in Kenya and the East and Central Africa Region
Evaluation Date: November 2013
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

While developing an electoral knowledge resource in Swahili seemed to be a good use of resources, this was not the case since there was no demonstrated need for this resource in Swahili and the targeted beneficiaries were not made aware that the website and translations existed. Use statistics of the website were low and none of the Kenyans interviewed outside of the grantee knew the translations existed. The Kenyans interviewed said they relied on English technical material because Swahili is still a developing language and does not have the technical vocabulary.

Theme: Community activism

Kenya elections, language, Swahili, translation

Project: Access to Justice and Human Rights Education (Rwanda)
Evaluation Date: September 2013
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project could have further developed the printed support material and continued distributing it to paralegals so that it could be replicated and assimilated into other ongoing activities. The material should have been more didactic while maintaining a flexible format. The material should have been written in the local language with a more manageable length using clear examples and visual illustrations.

Theme: Rule of law

Rwanda language, materials, training

Project: Supporting local democratic governance in the mining regions of northern Upper Guinea
Evaluation Date: September 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The training materials could have been more relevant and accessible to the target beneficiaries. The resources should have been translated into the most frequently used languages. Learning materials should have also incorporated more visual elements and used radio broadcasts since many of the beneficiaries were illiterate.

Theme: Rule of law

Guinea language, literacy, radio

Project: Civic Participation of Indigenous Youth for the Strengthening of Democracy
Evaluation Date: January 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project had difficulties preparing narrative reports in English. In spite of using a translation service, a number of inconsistencies were noted between the original Spanish version and the English translation, which led to some misunderstandings.

Theme: Youth engagement

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