Results Ngo

Question 3.4 seeks to know what change is this initiative intended to achieve and for whom and What results/ impact will this project have on the ground

It is important to list out the results to ensure that the project creates the desired impact.

Results are positive experiences benefited by the beneficiaries after the implementation of the project activities. When you think of change that will happen due to the execution of the project, you can easily list out the results.

Renaissance Ngoumou Results

Outputs are immediate results that we achieve soon after the completion the project or any specific project activity. For example, if a training on human rights is carried out in a project, the output or the immediate result of it is “a greater understanding of human rights amongst the participants.”.

For example, in our “Improving the Rights of Women for their Better Participation in Social, Economic and Political Systems” project, the results can be as follows:

The NGO activities include, but are not limited to, social, environmental, advocacy, and human rights work that center on social or political change either on a broad or local scale. These non-governmental groups play a critical role in developing society, improving our communities, and promoting citizen participation for the good of all. As a result, several NGO operatives have started using their base of operations for other purposes besides charity, namely child abuse. This lack of adequate training, background checks, is resulting in NGOs getting mired in several scandals, including child abuse over the last few years.

Ngoc Results

• “Better protection of women’s rights through the effective enforcement of existing laws and policies on gender equality and empowerment of women.
• Greater understanding and awareness of women about their rights and assertion of their rights and how to access public services and public information
• Improved access to and availability of healthcare and education services for women including the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS and vocational trainings to generate livelihood.
• Increased capacity of women leaders and women’s local and grassroots networks to participate in political processes and gain better understanding of policies and legislations.”

Results are changes that we expect to take place after implementing the project activities. The results are generally positive experiences undergone by the beneficiaries.

Results are divided into three types:

1. Outputs

2. Outcomes

3. Impact

Outputs are immediate results that we achieve soon after the completion the project or any specific project activity. For example, if a training on human rights is carried out in a project, the output or the immediate result of it is “a greater understanding of human rights amongst the participants.”

The outcomes are results that have been or that are to be achieved after a period of time, but not immediate. In the above example, it could that “the participants have gone further to communities to inform them about human rights or carrying out policy advocacy in favor of human rights.”

Results Ngon

The impact is the longer-term result that has happened because of the activities undertaken in the project. The impact in the example given above could be “policies are framed by the Government to protect the human rights of the people.”