Sierra Leone

Scaling early childhood development

In Sierra Leone, Thrive intends to build a shared understanding and interest in ECD.

Thrive also intends to support the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs (MoGCA), Ministry of Social Welfare (MoSW) and other existing ECD stakeholders in Sierra Leone to identify and assess models with scaling potential. Our approach will be flexible, and we can support partners to for example evaluate existing programs to assess their potential for scale or through technical assistance. By co-producing knowledge that informs the choice of effective initiatives and their implementation we can design optimal scalable interventions.

Thrive research in Sierra Leone is implemented by Oxford Policy Management (OPM), UK- which provides evidence-based advice in areas of social and economic policy and governance globally, and the Institute for Development (IfD), Sierra Leone. IfD is a specialist, mixed methods, and qualitative research institute providing high-quality evidence In Sierra Leone since 2013. IfD core activities include program evaluations, action research, and political economy analysis.

Our Projects

Projects

LOCATION:Sierra Leone

In-depth political economy analysis (PEA+)

LOCATION:Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is at an early stage in its early childhood development (ECD) journey and the country is exploring pathways to change. Under this project, we will carry out an in-depth political economy analysis (PEA+) to strengthen Sierra Leone’s ECD policy design and delivery.

An expert team of Researchers, Investigators, Specialists & Consultants

Our team work in collaboration with ministries and national decision-makers, academics, and institutions, and the broader global community of development organisation to improve childhood health and wellbeing.