While implementing community development programmes and providing resource support to development agencies, foundation has gained expertise in research, project implementation planning, monitoring and evaluation. Foundation provides resource support to a range of agencies including UN organizations, government, civil society organizations and international NGOs.
SDF has been involved in participatory research and studies in rural and urban areas. Poverty assessment, capability assessment of SHGs, stakeholder analysis, socio-economic assessment and impact analysis are the key areas of our expertise in participatory research. In addition to research and consultancy support to development agencies, we carry out participatory research as an integral part of our projects to analyze existing situation of people in terms of their problems, ways and means of solving the problem, existing resources and requirements. Assignments undertaken by us as a technical resource agency are as follow.
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Research and Studies
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Agency
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End Line Study of Livelihood Improvement Project in Himalayas conducted in Meghalaya and Uttara khand State
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International Fund for Agricultural Development, New Delhi
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2.
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Preparation of State Road Map for sustainability and replicability for successful practices related to children, adolescents and women
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UNICEF, Lucknow
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Documentation of Best Practices on Health and Nutrition
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ICDS, Lucknow
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4.
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Child Reporters Empowerment Tracking Study
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UNICEF, Lucknow
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Capability Assessment of NGOs
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PACS Programme, DFID, New Delhi
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6.
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PRA based Socio-Economic Assessment
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UNICEF, Lucknow
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Capability Assessment of SHGs
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European Commission and Forest Department of Haryana
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8.
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Vulnerability crisis in urban slums
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Oxfam, Lucknow
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PRA based Pilot Study on women empowerment
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UP Land Development Corporation
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Formulation of Project based on Integrated Child Rights and Women Empowerment Framework
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UNICEF, Lucknow
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11.
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Social Mobilization Process and Tools
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UNICEF, Lucknow
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12.
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Comprehensive Guidebook on SHG promotion process
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UNICEF, Lucknow
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Participatory Management and Process Documentation
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UP Land Development Corporation.
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