Our approach

Strengthening Systems

Lasting impact starts with strong institutions, engaged communities, and connected solutions. 

Sustainable change comes from strong, locally led systems that ensure that governments, entrepreneurs, and communities have the tools and resources to sustain and scale solutions.

Why Strengthening Systems Matters 

Without strong institutions and policies, communities face the same challenges year after year. Too often, development programmes provide temporary solutions instead of addressing underlying issues. Our approach ensures that governments, entrepreneurs, and communities have the tools and resources to sustain and scale solutions. This builds resilience, promotes local ownership, and ensures systems continue delivering benefits long after individual projects end. 

By investing in water, nutrition and maternal health systems, communities become more resilient, developing the capacity to adapt and thrive even during difficult times. Through this approach, we can create more impactful, scalable and sustainable outcomes for children and their communities. 

How We Strengthen Systems for Resilience 

Our approach builds local capacity, fosters partnerships and promotes evidence-based decision-making. By tailoring interventions to local realities, we ensure sustainable solutions that work for each community.  

> Supporting Governments to deliver
 We work closely with local and national governments to enhance their capacity to provide essential water, food and care services, giving them the tools to track progress and make evidence-based decisions. 
> Connecting stakeholders for collective action
We support platforms that bring different stakeholders together. By creating synergy between governments, civil society and the private sector, we can improve alignment and increase long term access to services.
> Fostering Accountability
We support community-led monitoring and advocacy, enabling communities and institutions to track resources, measure progress and advocate for improved services. 
> Strengthening Local Leadership
We support and invest in community-based organisations to design and implement locally driven solutions tailored to their needs. 
> Turning Evidence into Action
We integrate research, learning and advocacy to create meaningful change across multiple levels, ensuring solutions have scalable impact. 

Zobayda Talukder a community changemaker

Our impact

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Evidence for Scale

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Market Systems

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Embracing the Healthy Village Tracker

Bangladesh Read article

No community development effort will be
sustainable unless local government is involved.
In the case of Bangladesh, we work with the Union Parishad (municipality).

We are happy that our Healthy Village Tracker, developed in 2020, is already adopted  by the Chairman of the Jainkathi Union Parishad.

“For achieving a Healthy Village, it is crucial to know the real-time progress of the community and to be aware of the challenges they are facing to achieve their target regarding WASH and Nutrition. With the Healthy Village Tracker, this data can be tracked automatically. Based on this data, the Union Parishad can easily determine what actions need to be performed to improve the health status of the community.” 

– Chairman of the Jainkathi Union Parishad.