Experience with the NGO-IDEAs Impact Toolbox
The NGO-IDEAs Impact Toolbox has been implemented in dozens of NGOs in various sectors and project types.
Nine examples are documented in the publication “How do they do it?” Here we present a list of these examples. Chapter 3 of the publication gives short descriptions of more examples in further sectors, like peace work, street children, persons with disabilities and commercial sex workers.
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JPIC-IDC: Resources needed to implement the Toolbox
What non-financial resources are needed and what steps taken to introduce NGO-IDEAs? This is explained on the example of a housing cooperative in the Philippines, with an Excel table to calculate financial costs of implementation.
Example JPIC-IDC (4 pages, 100 KB) 
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KRWCDS: All tools in Rural Development
A combination of all the toolbox tools: wealth and well-being ranking, individual and group goals and NGO-based analysis (PIAR) in the Saving and Credit sector in India.
Example KRWCDS, chapter 2.1
ACT!: Well-Being Ranking for Self-Help Groups
Well-being ranking in a program of self-help groups in Kenya.
Example ACT!, chapter 2.2
St. Joseph Pakanyi: Savings and Livelihood
A Kolping group in Uganda used the Toolbox approach to individual and group goals to create and measure impact.
Example St. Joseph Pakanyi, chapter 2.3
Juhudi: Inclusion of Persons with Disability
Juhudi is a group of persons affected by Leprosy in Tanzania who set group goals to reduce discrimination and improve their livelihoods.
Example Juhudi, chapter 2.4
Ramakrishna Mission: Pre-Schools
Parents, teachers and children in pre-schools in West-Bengal, India, have set individual goals to assess and improve performance. This is an approach that is not group based.
Example RKM, chapter 2.5
Sri Ramakrishna Ashram Nimpith: Pregnant and Lactating Mothers
Pregnant and lactating mothers in Western India set goals for themselves to assess and improve their situation. This is an example for an application in the health sector on the basis of only a few months.
Example SRAN, chapter 2.6
Embu Diocese: The Tools in a Federation of Livelihood Groups
A federations of agricultural groups in Kenya applies individual and group goals to become more effective. This is an example for the application of the Toolbox with a representative body. It also gives an idea of the difficulties that people overcome when creating something new.
Example Embu, chapter 2.7
BASIWASCO: A Water Cooperative
The Board of a water cooperative in the Philippines applies a questionnaire with members using individual and group goals to improve the coop’s performance.
Example BASIWASCO, chapter 2.8
Dipshika: Using NGO-IDEAs in a family approach
A livelihood programme in Bangladesh works with households, not groups.
This example describes how to introduce goals on a household level, and how households monitor the achievement of their goals individually.
While NGO-IDEAs was initially developed for a group approach, Dipshika has shown that the NGO-IDEAs tools can work and be beneficial in programmes that work only with families. (8 pages, 1MB), Download here.