The Role of Measurement To obtain support we must prove that improvement is occurring!

Whose Support? - The wealthiest immigrant community provides a small percentage of potential financial support: - Disinterest due to communalism - Stated lack of disposable income - Cynicism about program effectiveness

Effectiveness and Transparency Reality: In India Education NGO’s are businesses. They are created for the purpose of obtaining available foreign/domestic funding to provide professional staff employment. The reported activities are done for the purpose of satisfying donor requirements Effectiveness and transparency are requirements not goals! ASHA must require them!

Solution: Measurement Transparency Index: - 25% Internal detailed funding records - 25% Internal detailed expenditure records - 25% Detailed reporting to sponsors - 25% Detailed reporting to target group! - 100%

Target Group Definition -Caste/Gender/Religion Availability Boy/Girl ratio of Target Group X 100 = 1.00 Boy/Girl ration of Community

Cost Target Group Impact Amount Received – Actual Target Expenditures X 100 = Amount Received

Activities Participation Percentage participation in successful activities 25% Target Group Newsletter Distribution 25% Micro Bank Availability 25% Numerical Oriented Mission Statement 25% Post Office Savings Program 100%

Life Quality Index Activity% Increase Growing Vegetables23% Brushing Teeth10% Girls in School-5% Voting25% %

Why Measure? - Improved Effectiveness - Quantitative Project Comparison - Eliminate Cynicism - Avoid Emotional Decision Making

Action Items Create a five person ASHA wide committee. Five Chapters! Responsible for creating a measurement requirement that can be added to all project proposals Responsible for annual improvements to measurement Responsible for a single page outlining successes and failures of use annually