Ekam Foundation
Rapid Assessment of Ekam Mumbai’s Surgery Support program, to evaluate the impact of financial aid on the child and family.
Partner/Client
Ekam Foundation
Sector
NGO
Location
Mumbai
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- 1457 children supported through the program
- 30+ hospitals in Mumbai covered as a part of the program
- 100 families participated in the research
- 63 of the 100 children supported were below 6 years of age
Impact Assessment of Surgery Support program
The Ekam Foundation, Mumbai works towards offering quality healthcare to every child, irrespective of their family’s financial background. One of their key programmes, the Surgery Support Programme provides financial support to economically weak families that have children in need of life-saving surgeries and therapy.
The study had three objectives:
- To document processes in terms of beneficiary selection, the timeline of support, and the type of engagement
- To understand areas of impact
- To gauge feedback from stakeholders for programme improvements
The study used a combination of stratified random sampling and convenience sampling to choose a sample of families. A stratified random sample was used, stratified on age, gender, year of treatment, and medical condition.
RESEARCH TOOLS
01.Telephone Interviews
02.Convergent Interviewing
APPROACH
This study was primarily undertaken with the rationale that it is important to measure a programme’s effects and analyse the extent to which its goals and objectives are being attained. A structured questionnaire was developed based on surveys like the Child Behaviour Checklist, Child Health Questionnaire, KidScreen, and PedsQL. From the results of the questionnaire, families were selected for telephone interviews and results from both research methods were triangulated. Internal documentation was also analysed to get a better understanding of the population Ekam serves. The study offered specific evidence to inform future programme decisions and course corrective actions.
