Education and Communication

Our strategy for education and communications tool development follows human-centered design principles and utilizes the following process:

• Situation analysis through target group observation
• Strategic design of materials based on situation analysis results
• Content and illustration development for prototypes
• Pre-testing of prototypes in the field
• Revision of prototypes based on pre-testing feedback
• Development of final materials
• Production of final materials
• Interactive training of trainers, master trainers and program staff on how to use the materials during project implementation
• Monitoring and evaluation of materials in the field to validate efficacy and improve program team and partner implementation

We specialize in developing:

• Curricula for formal and informal contexts in English and local languages
• Financial literacy; financial management; primary, secondary and adult literacy and numeracy; early childhood development; life skills; health; business development; finance; and agriculture
• Training guides for trainers and master trainers
• Flipbooks, job cards and posters in English and local languages
• Story books and comics
• PVC slides, grain sacks and accompanying facilitator guides
• Behavior change campaign materials
• Radio episodes
• Advertisements
• Interactive applications (mobile applications)
• Tactile learning materials for children with special needs
• Early childhood development and learning materials

Research, Monitoring and Evaluation

At Ichuli, we believe that measuring the difference organizations make for their beneficiaries and partners is critical. We help our clients tell their stakeholders about the types of change their initiative creates, the scale of those changes, and how people’s lives have improved.

We also help our clients learn from their work so that they can improve their initiatives, better collaborate with their communities, partners and government, and more deeply engage their funders and other relevant stakeholders to understand how and why change happens.

We use the following process to design and execute monitoring, evaluation and research programming from start to finish:

• Theory of change and logical model development
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework development
• Qualitative and quantitative monitoring tool development
• Development of data collection systems, with the ability to integrate locally available technologies like mobile phones and tablets
• Sample selection and power calculations
• Baseline surveys, mid and end line evaluations and process evaluations
• Oversight of participatory monitoring, evaluation and documentation in collaboration with local stakeholders
• Impact evaluations and randomized control trials
• Results sharing and data visualization
• Technical advisory about changing or impacting policy or interventions based on results

Business Development and Financial Services

Our consultants have worked on the following types of projects:

• Development of financial literacy training curriculum and behavior change materials for value chain actors and small holder farmers in northern Uganda
• Development of Farming as a Business training manuals and accompanying materials
• Creation of contract farming behavior change communication materials for farmers in the Karamoja region in Uganda
• Development of women in business toolkits for female farmers in eastern Uganda
• Creation of village savings and loan association training toolkits for rural microfinance institutions
• Fostering bank linkages and generating digital financial service products for women in East Africa
• Crop audits for farmers in Tanzania

Our vision is to become the leading consulting firm in Africa working in partnership with our clients to deliver evidence-based advice and programming support grounded upon a foundation of practical experience, international best practices, and inter-disciplinary research and collaboration.

Dedicated to the future in Africa. We have worked for clients in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, South Sudan, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Malawi and Zambia

We are committed to the delivery of quality and on-time products and services that meet the needs and capacities of the clients we partner with.

• Social responsibility
• Quality
• Knowledge and implementation of best practices
• Focus on impact
• Contextual relevance

Ichuli’s success stems from its investment in people to bring about social change. Our staff and consultants are individuals with the right energy, mindset, abilities, and commitment to making significant change happen, and to seeing it through.

Based upon the specific assignment, we assemble implementation teams comprised of a mix of capable, intelligent local and international staff with the appropriate experience and expertise to deliver exceptional results relevant to and achievable within the East African context, against a backdrop of international standards of quality and excellence.

We deliver local solutions to local challenges within a recognised framework of international standard and quality. African perspectives and realities are central to the design of our interventions and to the questions we ask in our programming and research, as we believe that every development solution must be accessible and achievable for communities and people here to execute – both during a project’s lifecycle and beyond.

Our Method

Ichuli delivers local solutions to local challenges within a recognized framework of international standard and quality. African perspectives and realities are central to the design of our interventions and research, as we believe that every development solution must be accessible and achievable for communities and people in Africa to execute – both during a project’s lifecycle and beyond.

Our People

Ichuli’s success stems from its investment in people. Our staff and consultants are individuals with the right energy, mind-set, capabilities, and commitment to design intelligent and appropriate evaluations and research studies, and to execute them effectively. Based upon the specific assignment, Ichuli assembles teams comprised of a mix of capable Ugandan and Western staff with the appropriate experience and expertise to deliver exceptional research relevant to the Eastern and Southern African context, against a backdrop of international standards of quality and excellence.

Our Partnerships

Ichuli prides itself on developing long-term partnerships. We help clients understand their program’s strengths and weaknesses and then identify solutions that generate impactful change. In many cases, Ichuli conducts an evaluation of a client’s program and subsequently provides technical advisory services, assists with program development, designs a more rigorous monitoring and evaluation framework, or develops new educational materials and tools to close content gaps. Many clients engage with Ichuli’s team of experts long-term because we are rooted in the countries where we work, have strong relationships with local organizations and governments, and are conscious of delivering contextualized approaches to development programming.