Projects
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a Regional Economic Community of fifteen Member States. The SADC region acknowledged the negative impact of HIV and AIDS on social and economic development of the region and deliberately agreed to respond to the challenges posed by the epidemic.
The Zimbabwe Private Sector HIV and Wellness (ZIPSHAW) Board was established in 2011 to coordinate and strengthen the private sector response to HIV and AIDS, Wellness, and TB programmes.
Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) in collaboration with Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC), with technical and financial support from the United Nations Population Fund recently concluded the following three documents: i) Family Planning Strategy ii) CIP study iii) IUCD Study.
Finalization of the National Comprehensive Condom Programme Operational Plan reporting to the MOHCC AIDS and TB Unit in collaboration with UNFPA
MDS facilitated the Costed Development of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Operational Plan for Zimbabwe.
The Midterm review mainly serves the dual and mutually reinforcing objectives of steering and learning. Steering in the sense that the review process was to assess and report on performance and results of the R4 Rural Resilience initiative in southern Africa(Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi) and is expected to generate insights that inform any necessary strategic and programmatic adjustments.
This was an end of term evaluation which seeks to take stock of project achievements and their sustainability and lessons learned for future similar projects. Specific objectives included assessing progress, project effectiveness, lessons learned and best practices, documenting changes in production, use and effects of hermetic technologies
MDS undertook a Mid Term Evaluation of the HIV and Disability Project. The project focuses on mainstreaming disability in HIV treatment of adolescents using the adolescent peer educator model titled Zvandiri model.
The Joint Program for Gender Equality (JPGE) was developed as part of the Zimbabwe United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2012-2015 cycle extended to the 2016-2020 cycle.
The assignment involved undertaking a rapid assessment of the status of gender and energy in Zimbabwe, taking into account the policy environment, legal frameworks, existing strategies and existing initiatives and programmes, including best practices.
MDS was contracted to undertake a Mid Term Evaluation of the Joint Programme on Prevention of Gender Based Violence (JPGBV) Against Young Women and Adolescent Girls.
Development Solutions supported this end of project review which was conducted jointly by UN Women and UNICEF. The Joint programme aimed at addressing GBV against young women and adolescent girls. It had three outcomes
The objectives of the project was to provide a better understanding of the media consumption habits and attitudes of Zimbabweans drawn from different geographical, demographic and economic backgrounds.
The purpose of the project was to undertake an assessment of the current level of vulnerabilities and resilience measures in place in the targeted communities by this action.
The project’s main objectives are to catalyse government coordination for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) education policy development and implementation;
The evaluation analyzed the results of the programme achieved to date, provided detailed conclusions and formulated specific recommendations on future interventions of this nature.
The research aimed to investigate and understand the range of challenge faced by in and out of school girls during menstruation as well as the determinants of those challenges-across a range of settings and cultural contexts, i.e rural/urban Zimbabwe; Identify positive deviants and their strategies.
MDS established curricula to guide an integrated, harmonized and standardized National Case Management System, NSCM (at various levels) for the care and protection of children that facilitates access to social welfare, social protection, and justice and health services.
In 2016, with support from UNFPA and other partners, the Government of Zimbabwe commissioned, through the MoHCC and the National Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Coordination Forum, the process of developing national guidelines on the provision of youth friendly clinical SRH services in line with the 2015
MDS established curricula to guide an integrated, harmonized and standardized National Case Management System, NSCM (at various levels) for the care and protection of children that facilitates access to social welfare, social protection, and justice and health services
MDS provided evaluation services for the Drought Cash Transfer Program, which covered 10 counties of Kenya at a cost EUR3.2million. The project implemented unconditional cash transfers and sought to strengthen coordination of cash transfer programming at national and sub-national levels.
MDS completed an evaluation of the Project titled ‘Emergency Response to improve the Food and Shelter Situation of conflict affected IDPs, returnees, and host communities and reduction of the risk of flooding in Twic East, Duk, Uror, Ayod (Kuac Deng) and Bor South (Jalle) counties in Jonglei State, South Sudan’.
The MDS team conducted an end of project evaluation of the Joint Humanitarian Response for El Niño in Zimbabwe 2 (ZIMJRII) implemented by a consortium of seven members of the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) and led by Oxfam Novib.
Consultancy service aimed at delivering comprehensive Organisational Development support to each of the selected youth-led Organisations; from assessing capacity needs of organisations, to developing tailored capacity building plans and training of staff in organisations.
The consultancy was engaged on carrying out an Evaluation of the 2014-2018 Parliament of Zimbabwe Strategic Plan and the Design of the 2019-2023 Parliament of Zimbabwe Institutional Strategic Plan.
The consultancy was engaged on carrying out an Evaluation of the 2014-2018 Parliament of Zimbabwe Strategic Plan and the Design of the 2019-2023 Parliament of Zimbabwe Institutional Strategic Plan.
MDS was hired as technical expert to provide gender technical assistance to the Ministry Of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development to build the capacity of the line ministries in the ZIMASSET food and nutrition cluster to use the national gender equality and women empowerment (GEWE) M&E framework to engender their quarterly reporting on ZimASSET.
The purpose of the implementation plan is to provide a clear course of action structured around the technical and advocacy components of the national STI Strategy. This document details specific actions within each objective of the STI Strategy.
This assignment focused on the assessment of the informal sector to come up with deductions on the situation of HIV/AIDS in the sector and the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions.
The existing National Family Planning Advocacy and Communication Strategy (2012-2015) expired, hence generated need for the review and development of a new advocacy strategy.
The School Improvement Grant (SIG) programme aims to provide financially constrained schools with enough resources to address their most basic needs and to meet a minimum set of school functionality criteria with the aim of improving the quality of teaching and learning at the school level and reducing user fee costs for vulnerable children.
Evaluation of Government of the Republic of Zambia
Study of the Impact of Non-Timber Forest
Organisational Development and Support to Youth Organisations Second Phase
Zimbabwe - National Multi-Tier framework Energy Access Household Energy Survey
Institutional Contract to carry out and independent impact study for the School Improvement Grant (SIG)
According to UNICEF’s Evaluation Policy 2018, every UNICEF Country Programme must be evaluated at least once during every two country programme cycles. As the Zambia Country Programme (2016-2021) neared completion,
Selection procedure for Consultancy and Support Services (CSS) in Zimbabwe
UNKI, ZIMBABWE EDUCATION BASELINE ASSESSMENT
The assignment sought to develop a national framework that will guide the Government of Zimbabwe on the support and institutionalisation of a WASH monitoring system within the government Rural WASH monitoring systems.
Health Facility Assesment
Curriculum Development
Youth Advocates
Stocktaking/NAP Development
Development of an Informal Sector Strategy
Review of STI implementation plan and costing of the strategy
Multi-donor Parliamentary Support Programme
Mid-term evaluation Zimbabwe HIV and Disability Impact Mitigation Project
Business Associations Mapping Consultant
The research was based on a feminist approach supported equality for women and men with a bias towards women and girls. With a purpose of ensuring equality and justice for all, Zimbabwe Women’s Lawyers Association (ZWLA) enabled women and children’s access to the justice delivery system through free legal aid provision,
Strategic Planning and Organizational Programs Consultancy
GEWE Revision of Indicators
External Evaluation FOR Post harvest management
Final Independent Evaluation for the UN JPGE
Support the Ministry of Women Affairs Gender and Community Development (MWAGCD) to pilot the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment M&E Framework with the line ministries within the Food Security and Nutrition Cluster under the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation, 2013-2018 (Zim Asset).
Final evaluation of the Joint Humanitarian Response for El Niño in Zimbabwe 2 (ZIMJRII)
MDS conducted an evaluation of the Integrated Food Nutrition and Income Security (FNI) programme implemented by a consortium comprising SNV, CAFOD and Environment Africa the EUR4million programme was funded by the EU and supported integrated interventions to achieve food, income and nutrition security for 17,000 smallholder farmer households for four years in Hwange and Binga districts.
End of Support Evaluation of the Government of Sweden support to the SADC HIV and AIDS Programme, 2010-2016
Evaluation of the Project titled ‘Emergency Response to improve the Food and Shelter Situation of conflict affected IDPs, returnees, and host communities and reduction of the risk of flooding in Twic East, Duk, Uror, Ayod (Kuac Deng) and Bor South (Jalle)
Final Assessment YF Health Services
Development of Advocacy and Communications Strategy
End of Project Evaluation for Drought Cash transfer project
Final Evaluation of WASH in schools
M &E framework for ZWRCN
Seed and Knowledge Initiative End of Phase Evaluation
Provision of an update of the Situation of Children’s and Women’s Rights in Zimbabwe from a rightsbased, gender and equity-focused approach
Capacity Assessment of the Informal Sector on their repsonse to HIV and AIDS
End of Project Evaluation for the SITA project
The Evaluation of the 2014-2018 and the Desing of the 2019- 2023 Institutional Strategic Plans for Parliament of Zimbabwe
Development Solutions team conducted the Joint Assessment on Education in Emergencies. This project was initiated due to the observation that children are affected by emergencies in very unique ways, and their ability to cope is frequently overestimated.
Organisational Development and Support to Youth Organisations Second Phase
MDS was tasked to investigate and understand the range of challenges faced by in and out of school girls during menstruation as well as the determinants of those challenges across a range of settings and cultural contexts in rural and urban Zimbabwe.
Safeguard Young People Programme End of Phases 1 and 2 Programme Evaluation
The 3rd Multi Donor Parliamentary Support Programme (PSP)End of Project Evaluation for Parliament of Zimbabwe and Office of the Auditor General
R4 Rural Resilience Initiative in Southern Africa (Phase II) - Midterm Review
Exploratory Mission in Zimbabwe
The purpose of the evaluation was to generate substantive evidence and lessons learned on the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, gender and equity focus of the Afya Bora ya Mama na Mtoto project.
Review of Government Social Fund Selection
Social Pension Fund Feasibility Study
Zimbabwe - National Multi-Tier framework Energy Access Household Energy Survey
GFSA Gap Assessment
MDS was engaged to implement a pilot study in strengthening informal social protection mechanisms in Africa, with particular interest on Zimbabwe.
Evaluation and Learning of Stopping Abuse and Female Exploitation (SAFE) programme in Zimbabwe.
UNFPA-Condom Costing
Selection procedure for Consultancy and Support Services (CSS) in Zimbabwe
Evaluation of Government of the Republic of Zambia – UNICEF Country Programme of Cooperation, 2016-2021
Institutional Contract to carry out and independent impact study for the School Improvement Grant (SIG)
Study of the Impact of Non-Timber Forest Product Collection on Household and Community Resilience
Sexual harassment Strategy
Developing a National Sustainability Framework for the Rural WASH Information Management System
UNKI, ZIMBABWE EDUCATION BASELINE ASSESSMENT
Gender Mainstreaming
MDS was contracted to conduct Health Facility Assessments across 10 higher and tertiary education institutions (HTEIs) in Zimbabwe. The UNESCO, Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3 Plus) project, sought to ensure that young people in higher and tertiary education institutions (HTEIs) in Zambia and Zimbabwe realize positive health,
Request for proposals - Learning Coordination on Comic Relief's new funding initiative 'Levelling the Field 2.0'
UN joint Peace Building project
Oxfam Ibis Governance, OD, Leadership
Youth as a Social Pillar of Cohesion
Business Association Mapping
GEWE Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Mid term Evaluation of HIV and Disability Project
Rapid Assessment of Gender and Energy in Zimbabwe
Strategic Planning and Organizational Programs Consultancy
External Evaluation FOR Post harvest management
MDS is the local firm in a consortium comprising CIDT and Development Data that is undertaking a National Longitudinal Study On the Pathway of a Cohort of Primary and Secondary Aged Students to gain Deeper Understanding of the Process of Survival in the Zimbabwean Education System and the Experiences of those who Drop Out.
Dev of the Pre exposure profilaxis
Gender technical assistance to MWGCD
Final Independent Evaluation for the UN JPGE
Mid term review of Multi donor PSP
Informal Social Protection