Traditionally, programs were either designed for Emergency Relief scenarios or five year Development Activity Programs. This posed a challenge for contexts which warranted both short-term relief efforts and long-term programming addressing the causes of chronic poverty. The concept of development relief evolved from the lessons learned trying to categorize food security crises or shocks into either long-term development or emergency relief programming. In 2004, TANGO worked with USAID to develop guidelines for Development Relief programs which integrate emergency and development programming and build community resilience to recurrent shocks. TANGO continues to work with multiple donor agencies, UN organizations and NGOs to identify programmatic strategies for addressing both long-term and short-term needs.
Early Warning Consultant for Mercy Corps and CRS
Mercy Corps and Catholic Relief Services
TANGO developed an Early Warning System for Mercy Corps and Catholic Relief Services in order to obtain community level information on indicators concerning food security at the household level. The Early Warning System was integrated into existing Development Relief Programs in order to facilitate rapid emergency response as well as provide supplementary information to macro-level early warning systems such as the Eritrean Relief and Refugee Commission. To this end, TANGO designed an Early Warning System tailored to specific livelihood strategies while maintaining comparability with current information systems.
Development of a Proposal for Food For Peace (FFP) funds in Angola
World Vision International (WVI)
TANGO drafted a Development Relief Proposal (DRP) for World Vision International in order to attain funds from Food For Peace (FFP) in Angola. The proposal outlined program objectives and activities including: empowering women by facilitating access to assets, promoting a holistic understanding of HIV/AIDS as a livelihoods issue, and promoting conflict resolution, good governance, and social integration. The proposal will be implemented by an alliance between World Vision International, CARE, and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and conform to the PL 480 Title II Proposal Guidelines for Development Activity Programs.
Evaluation of World Vision Myanmar's Emergency Response to Cyclone Nargis
Feb 2009 - Apr 2009 Cyclone Nargis was one of the most devastating disaster of 2008, affecting thousands of households in the delta region of Myanmar. T ANGO recently evaluated World Vision Myanmar's emergency response to Cyclone Nargis. The focus of World Vision Myanmar's intervention for the emergency response was on food, temporary shelter, water and sanitation, provision and facilitation of access to health services, emergency livelihood assistance, and child protection. TANGO employed a mixed quantitative and qualitative methods approach to evaluate the impact of World Vision Myanmar's response to the emergency, providing clear evidence of project impact as well as guidance for future relief and development programming based on the results of the evaluation. Cote d’Ivoire Livelihood Study of War Affected Populations
Cote d'Ivoire Jan 2004 - Jun 2004 CARE-SWARMU (Southern and Western Africa Regional Unit) / World Bank
Although a peace accord to end the open civil war in Côte d’Ivoire was signed by all parties in January 2003, a climate of insecurity persisted, and the breakdown of basic social services in areas outside government control led to food insecurity in the north and west where many households were forced to eat their seeds. The Government of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire (GdRCI) requested the World Bank’s assistance, working with CARE as an implementing planner and TANGO International providing technical support to conduct a qualitative and quantitative study in six geographic areas using a mix of data collection methods taking into account the ethical and protection concerns involved with developing profiles of Internally Displaced Persons and refugees who may have been forcibly displaced. The study report consisted of two parts, first a descriptive narrative and analysis of vulnerability for each of the geographic locations. The second part included a set of recommendations for future programming based on needs and opportunities analysis and recommendations for targeting and for monitoring the impact of the forthcoming Relief, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (RRR) program.
Central America Disaster and Crisis Monitoring and Evaluation
Jul 2003 - Jul 2003 World Food Programme (WFP)
The primary objective of this assignment was to help the WFP Regional Bureau for Central America and four country offices design and initiate a multi-country baseline study for the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) Targeted Food Assistance for People Affected by Shocks and for the Recovery of Livelihoods. The major activities undertaken included: 1) the design and facilitation of a participatory workshop to develop a Logical Framework and a set of common indicators for monitoring and evaluating PRRO outcomes and outputs; 2) design the baseline study methodology, including draft instruments for the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data; and 3) work with the country offices of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua to finalize their own PRRO logical frameworks and to organize their respective baseline studies, together with their primary partner organizations.