Eight pillars, drawn on together
We rarely deliver one of these in isolation. A training programme comes with the data system that tracks it; a governance assignment comes with the records practice that sustains it. That combination is the reason to hire us rather than three separate contractors.
Skills training and capacity building
Vocational training, life skills and digital literacy programmes designed around the realities and abilities of the participants we serve — delivered through hands-on, accessible, group-based facilitation rather than lecture-only formats.
Vocational and agribusiness training we run
- Cassava processingOne week
- Rice processing5 days to one week
- Soap making3 days
- Bee keepingOne week
- Poultry production3 months
- Vegetable production3 months
- Mushroom production3 months
- Agro processingBy arrangement
Durations are our standard course lengths. Longer programmes run through a full production cycle so participants finish with an operating enterprise, not only the knowledge to start one.
Research, data management and grant proposal development
Evidence that clients and donors can act on throughout implementation, not only at close-out.
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M&E system design
Frameworks with defined indicators, baselines, targets and means of verification, so progress can be tracked objectively rather than assessed at the end.
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Baseline and endline assessments
Establishing where beneficiaries start and measuring what changed, using instruments designed for the specific programme and population.
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Surveys and data analysis
Field data collection and analysis that turns raw returns into findings a client or donor can use.
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Grant proposal development
Design and development of funded research and training grant proposals, drawing on our leadership's record of securing funded projects with donors and institutional partners.
Information technology and data systems
We maintain a dedicated in-house IT wing. It builds and deploys the tools our field teams use, which means the data our programmes generate is captured cleanly, stored securely, and turned into analysis rather than left in notebooks.
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Mobile and web data collection
Tools that let field teams capture programme, beneficiary and financial data accurately and in real time.
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Databases and dashboards
Structured storage and reporting views that make programme data legible to managers and donors.
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Software development
Client-facing platforms and back-end systems built to the requirements of the organisation using them.
Currently in the field
OVLINK operates a dedicated mobile application for the digital collection of data on Persons with Disabilities, capturing beneficiary information, accessibility needs and programme participation directly from the field for our disability-inclusive programmes.
Child rights and advocacy
Work on the rights and protection of children, delivered in partnership with local institutions and assemblies rather than around them.
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Capacity building
Training for the people and institutions responsible for child protection in their communities.
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Policy advocacy
Advocacy on the rights and protection of children at institutional and district level.
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Community sensitization
Engagement that reaches communities directly, delivered with local partners.
Conflict resolution and peacebuilding
Interventions that address local disputes and strengthen social cohesion at district and community level.
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Mediation
Facilitated resolution of disputes between parties within a community or district.
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Peacebuilding
Work that addresses the underlying conditions behind recurring local conflict.
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Community dialogue
Structured conversations that bring affected parties into the same room with a clear process.
Educational consultancy
Making sure learning interventions are pedagogically sound and appropriately paced for the learners they serve.
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Curriculum development
Designing and reviewing curricula against the needs of the learners and the context they sit in.
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Training-content design
Turning technical subject matter into sessions that can actually be delivered and absorbed in the field.
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Inclusive-education advisory
Advice on accessibility, pacing and learning support so that programmes work for the learners most often designed out of them.
Local governance, administration and HR management
Organizational, administrative and human resource support for client institutions and for our own programmes — including structuring project teams and group-level documentation.
Workshops for District and Municipal Assemblies
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Training needs assessment
Establishing what capacity actually needs building before designing the training.
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Performance appraisal
Appraisal systems and the practice of running them consistently.
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Administration and records management
Filing, retention and retrieval practice that survives staff turnover.
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Revenue mobilization
Approaches to internally generated funds at district and municipal level.
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Community development
Planning and delivery of community-level development activity.
Business development and finance
Project money managed to donor and institutional standards, and enterprise skills for the people our programmes are meant to leave standing on their own.
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Budgeting and procurement
Project budgets built and managed against actual prices, with procurement handled to institutional standards.
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Financial reporting
Reporting that meets donor and client requirements, prepared by a chartered accountant.
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Entrepreneurship and business-management training
Practical record-keeping, costing and market-access skills that let beneficiaries and client organisations sustain their enterprises.
Not sure which of these you need?
Most assignments cut across several. Describe the problem and we'll tell you which pillars apply — and whether we're the right firm for it.