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about
Links Research & Evaluation is an independent consultancy agency, based in Kenya. We support humanitarian, resilience and social justice actors with independent evaluations, assessments, studies and M&E strategies/dashboards, taking an international focus.
Links Research & Evaluation focuses on the humanitarian sectors of: food security, livelihoods, health, nutrition, multi purpose cash assistance, education in emergencies and protection. Thematic areas are: climate change adaption, resilience, natural resource management, level of localisation, migration, safe access to assistance, feminist approaches and gender. Links Research & Evaluation has experience and works in the East and Horn of Africa, Central Arica, West Africa, Ukraine, Syrian Crisis Response & South East Asia. We work in partnership with consultants around the globe to enhance the range and depth of services we offer.
We are experienced at working with national and international organisations, consortiums, working groups and clusters. We work to ensure a participatory design process, as well as training enumerators in-person or remotely. We prioritise robust qualitative and statistical data analysis, as well as inclusive, ethical and quality data collection. Please see some examples of our work here.
If you wish would like to contact Links Research & Evaluation please use the contact form here.
APPROACH
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Listening and collaboration: we listen to clients through initial meetings to ensure we understand the needs for the evaluation/assessment/study. We finalise the objectives with you and the details for the methodology, such as the sampling and data collection plan, as well as designing and agreeing data collection tools with you.
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Quality & reliable data: we strive for excellence with credible methodologies, taking steps to enable reliable data and results.
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Ethical & safe: we always follow the UN ethical data collection guidelines and the ICRC’s data protection standards. We maintain communication and transparency with you. We hold several policies for staff, which are regulary updated: Code of Ethics, Equal Opportunities Employer, Anti Slavery, CSR, Social and Environmental Impact and Anti-Fraud. We ask all staff and partner consultants to complete a UNICEF hosted course focusing on Safeguarding.
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Inclusive: we focus on civil society being at the centre of the work we carry out, through listening to stakeholders at all levels.
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Recognised standards: a focus on the operational aspect of programmes, considering recognised quality standards such as OECD/DAC, Core Humanitarian Standard and Sphere.
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Partnerships: we add value to our work, by delivering this in partnership with our network of consultants and research partners around the globe.
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Local impact: Links Research Evaluation supported the following charities & causes in Kenya in 2024: Rhino Ark Charity, Dance Centre Kenya and the Remand Rescue Cente for Children, Loresho (Nairobi).