Maarifa Consult has greatly diversified its activities over the years and currently offers services in some twenty sectors. Regardless of the area of expertise, Maarifa Consult is committed to carrying out its work with a focus on sustainable development, making the long-term perspective the cornerstone of its actions and achievements. Maarifa ’s operations are primarily related to six (6) Sectors;

Humanitarian Sector

Evaluation of humanitarian action is becoming increasingly important for several reasons: The effectiveness of relief operations is crucial to the beneficiaries; Humanitarian operations are becoming more complex and more frequent. The number of conflicts requiring humanitarian assistance has increased dramatically, and humanitarian aid’s share of overall international aid reached a peak of 10% in 1994; Humanitarian operations are characterized by turbulence, uncertainty, insecurity, political sensitivity and multitudes of beneficiary groups, implementing actors and funding agencies with different interests and agendas. At operational level the focus on immediate needs and tasks detracts attention from broader and long-term perspectives; Humanitarian agencies have short institutional memories. Personnel turnover is extremely rapid and the majority of field workers are young and have a relatively short “life time”. Hard-learned lessons are not passed on. Our team have a record of 15 years in conducting trainings and evaluations in emergency areas. The team has worked in South Sudan, Uganda in refugee settlements in West Nile and Somalia.

Education Sector

Maarifa Consult rigorously evaluates all kinds of educational programs by performing cost-benefit analyses, measuring effects on student learning, and providing recommendations to help improve program design and implementation. Our portfolio of educational program evaluations includes studies of early childhood education, summer and after-school programs, educator pay-for-performance, programs intended to reduce educational disparities, and choice- and standards-based reforms.

Agriculture Sector

Since its modest beginnings, the agricultural sector has become increasingly complex and multi-faceted. Based on our experience, our team will bring you the cutting-edge expertise to the agricultural sector in addressing the social and economic needs in Africa.

Gender and Development Sector

As a development strategy, gender mainstreaming requires attention to gender perspectives, making them visible and showing the links between gender equality and the achievement of development goals. To evaluate gender mainstreaming in development projects and programmes requires a squaring of evaluation criteria such as relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability, with gender mainstreaming indicators at both project and programme level. Our experts have grounded themselves in conducting evaluation on various aspects in gender such as Gender Analysis, Assessment and Audit. Additionally, the team has developed various gender mainstreaming strategies and our team has developed gender policies for both local and international partners

Human Rights and Governance Sector

Over the years, Maarifa Consult has collaborated with numerous international bodies working in the field of civil/human rights and the right to shelter and education – development of teaching tools, training of leaders/experts, awareness-raising activities, etc. Our team is well-versed in designing, implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Rights and Governance Projects.

Water and Sanitation Sector

In terms of water and sanitation, Maarifa’s expertise lies in the evaluation of programs. To fulfill these Maarifa Consult combines technical, economic and social analyses, including the development of management capacities, in order to promote a participatory management approach that integrates water resources and sanitation issues, in both rural and urban settings.

Health Sector

Maarifa’s evaluation mandates in this area have focused on: evaluation of development policy and expenses, institutional evaluation of organisations working in the health sector; evaluation of projects and programs supporting; evaluation of systems strengthening of Health Projects; evaluation of public health interventions