EnCompass helps clients embrace inclusion and accessibility to support girls’ access to education, improve reading outcomes in community schools, increase services for orphans and vulnerable children, build life skills for school-going youth, and address the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. Our participatory, appreciative processes support design, evaluation, and quality improvement processes that boost the effectiveness of education-focused programs. Our rigorous use of data helps clients draw cross-cutting learning from education interventions and engage in continuous quality improvement of their programs.
Strategic Review for IPDET
The International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) at Carleton University contracted EnCompass to perform a strategic review. This evaluation served as a tool to help IPDET assess the relevance
USAID, Gender-based Violence Toolkits for Education and Infrastructure
EnCompass and ADVANTAGE consortia partner Cardno designed and wrote two sector-specific GBV Resource Guides for USAID staff: one focused on the Education sector, including school-related GBV; and, the other focused on the
USAID, Training for Education Sector Teams (TEST), Effective Portfolio Performance Management
Under subcontract to Business Community Synergies, EnCompass designed and facilitated a five-day training course for USAID Education Sector staff in effectively implementing new USAID policies and a new program design
USAID, Time to Learn Project, Zambia
EnCompass worked to strengthen the evidence base for community school-based education in Zambia in order to ultimately improve early grade literacy. EnCompass built evaluation and research capacity of Zambian institutions, including
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Building Life Skills for Botswana School Children
EnCompass provided technical assistance to the Government of Botswana’s Ministry of Education and Skills Development to support the implementation of a curriculum to build life skills for school-going youth. The
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Libraries Program
As the evaluation and technical assistance partner for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded Global Libraries program, EnCompass helped explore ways in which libraries, as part of multi-sectoral partnerships, could