Our experience 

Ikocila Associates Ltd (the firm) has undertaken a number of a number of programme and project evaluations across Uganda in the fields of Water and Sanitation (WASH), GBV, Education, Livelihoods and Agriculture, HIV/AIDS, child and maternal health, Sexual and reproductive health among others. Individual consultants’ experiences in the subsequent section also show more experience in conducting population based surveys and behavioural research. Moreover, as a team we bring varied expertise in conducting behavioural surveys, household based surveys, including, behavioural science, epidemiology, statistics and operations research. Some of the recent surveys and evaluation studies in health related fields and livelihoods include the following:

ECHO INCLUDE (Innovative and inclusive accelerated education programme for refugee and host community children) end line evaluation in in western Uganda in the districts of Kikuube, Kyegewa and Isingiro.
Client: Save the Children and consortium partners (Norwegian Refugee Council, War Child Holland, Fin Church Aid, Humanity and Inclusion
Month/Year: April/ May 2021
Longitudinal Study on Home Based Early Childhood Development Model
Client: Literacy And Adult Basic Education (LABE)
Month/Year: April 2021 to March 2022
Documentation of lessons learnt, best practices and most significant change stories of ECHO APEAL (Access, Protection, Empowerment, Accountability and Leadership) project in Kikuube and Kyegegwa.
Client: Save the Children and consortium partners (TPO, War Child Holland, CARE International, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Kabarole Resource and Research Centre (KRC), Uganda Law Society, and WoMena Uganda.
Month/Year: March/ April 2021
Training staff in analytical and comprehensive report writing
Client: Pentecostal Assemblies of God (PAG), Kampala
Month/Year: January 2021
Northern Uganda Basic Education Project End of Project Evaluation
Client: Save the Children International
Month/Year: November/ December 2020
Northern Uganda Basic Education Project Most Significant Change Documentation
Client: Save the Children International
Month/Year: November/ December 2020
Baseline for Recovery, Response, Resilience, Readiness and Opportunity (R4O) Project baseline in Adjumani District
Client: War child Holland, Uganda
Month/Year: August –September 2019
Mid Term Evaluation of school WASH Health facilities & Ministry programs in Yumbe district, Uganda
Client: 4Africa/ East African Ministries
Month/Year: December 2019–Jan 2020
End Evaluation for ‘School and Community Water and Hygiene in Imvepi Refugee Settlement’ in West-Nile, Uganda
Client: ZOA, Uganda
Month/Year: October –November 2018
WASH Program Quality Assurance for two implementing partners (Link to Progress and TGS Water) in Kole District.
Client: Charity: Water International
Month/Year: May-June 2018
Development of Strategic Plan development 2018-2022
Client: Partners in Community Transformation (PICOT), Koboko Uganda
Month/Year: April 2018
Baseline survey for Education programme for Aweil in-service Teacher Training Project (March 2018) – South Sudan
Client: Yei Teacher Training College, South Sudan
Month/Year: Feb-March 2018
Development of ToT manual on WASH in Health Care for the Bidibidi refugee response project and conducting TOT for 98 clinical and health care staff
Client: ACF, Yumbe (Action Against Hunger)
Month/Year: 1st to 30th July 2017
Impact Evaluation and Tracer Study for Alternative Basic Education for Karamoja (ABEK).
Client: Karamoja Agro-Pastoral Development Programme
Month/Year: July 2017
Livelihood support project evaluation, Katakwi district
Client: Hope for Humanity, Katakwi, Uganda
Month/Year: May 2017
End of Project Evaluation: Strengthening Child Centered Alternative Community Based Education (Chance) and Youth in Karamoja.
Client: Karamoja Agro-Pastoral Development Programme
Month/Year: July 2016
Management and technical analysis of Uganda sub grantees
Client: Light My Fire, USA
Month/Year: May 2016
Sesame Value Chain Upgrade in Obongi, Adjumani and Lamwo districts
Client: UNDP
Month/Year: August 2023 to March 2024