Impact & monitoring, evaluation and learning
We measure what changes — not just what we deliver.
Training days and attendance are activity. The results that matter are skills held, income earned and enterprises that survive. Where we do not yet have verified data, this page says so plainly.
How to read this page
- Baseline being established — the indicator is defined, collection has not completed a cycle.
- Target for 2030 — an organisational goal, never a result.
- Data to be published — collected on the agreed cycle, then published here.
2030 vision
Impact is not just what we give.
It is what people are able to build afterwards.
Documented organisational targets for 2030 — not current results
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women, girls and youth trained in market-ready trades by 2030
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graduate micro-enterprises launched
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of graduates earning within 12 months
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fully built and equipped skilling centre at Kirinya
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of running costs targeted to be self-financed through Nono Caring Hearts Foundation products by 2030
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vulnerable people reached through care, outreach and products
Impact, evidence & accountability
Evidence, not adjectives.
This section exists so partners can see exactly what is fact, what is in progress and what is intention. We are establishing our baseline as the Kirinya centre develops, and we publish no figure we cannot trace to a record.
What Nono Caring Hearts Foundation is actually doing now
- Training women and young people in practical trades in very limited space.
- Producing and selling Nono Star home and personal care products.
- Supporting vulnerable households through the foundation's care work.
- Keeping internal records of intakes, production batches and sales.
What Nono Caring Hearts Foundation is currently developing
- The Kirinya Skilling & Empowerment Centre — construction and equipping.
- A structured apprenticeship pathway with stipends and supervised production.
- A monitoring system with defined indicators, collection methods and reporting cycles.
- Wholesale and institutional supply relationships to make the enterprise self-financing.
What Nono Caring Hearts Foundation intends to achieve
- A fully operational skilling centre running continuous intakes.
- Graduates progressing into employment, placements and their own enterprises.
- An enterprise that carries a meaningful share of the foundation's running costs.
- Published, verified results reported on a regular cycle.
Indicators — current facts kept apart from targets
People trained
Baseline being establishedIndividuals who have completed a full training cycle in a Nono Caring Hearts Foundation trade programme.
Historic training was delivered informally in limited space. Records are being reconstructed and verified before publication.
People currently training
Recorded internally — publication pending verificationIndividuals actively enrolled in a trade programme at the time of reporting.
Counted per intake. Published once the reporting cycle and verification process are agreed with partners.
Apprentices supported
Baseline being establishedTrainees receiving sponsored materials, stipends or supervised production placements.
The sponsorship model is being formalised; supported numbers will be reported per cohort.
Products produced
Recorded internally — publication pending verificationUnits of Nono Star products manufactured through the training and production line.
Production is logged in batch records. Aggregated volumes will be published with the first reporting cycle.
Sales generated
Recorded internally — publication pending verificationRevenue from Nono Star retail, wholesale and institutional sales.
Reported as enterprise income, kept separate from grants and donations.
People progressing toward income opportunities
Baseline being establishedGraduates engaged in paid work, production contracts or trading activity after training.
Requires follow-up at fixed intervals after graduation. The tracking method is being set up.
Placements
Baseline being establishedGraduates placed with an employer, workshop or production partner.
Depends on partner placement agreements now being developed.
Businesses started
Baseline being establishedGraduate-owned enterprises trading independently, where applicable.
Only counted where the business can be verified as trading, not merely registered or intended.
2030 scale of training
Target for 2030 — not a resultThe number of people we intend to train by 2030 across all trades.
An organisational goal dependent on the Kirinya centre being built and equipped. It is not a result and must never be read as one.
Our accountability philosophy
“We will report what we have achieved, what we are still building, and where we have fallen short.”
Nothing on this website is inflated to attract funding. Where a number does not exist yet, we say so. Where a result is weaker than we hoped, we will publish it alongside the ones we are proud of.
We are establishing our baseline as the Kirinya centre develops.
Honest sustainability story
We are not there yet.
Nono Caring Hearts Foundation is an operating social enterprise — production runs, products are sold, and trainees earn real production experience. But we are still young, and the enterprise does not yet cover all Foundation costs. This is not failure. It is an honest description of an organisation in the process of building a sustainable model.
- The enterprise generates income.
- The enterprise is still developing.
- Current earned income does not yet cover all Foundation costs.
- The organisation intends to grow earned income over time.
- Catalytic funding remains important for infrastructure, training capacity and development.
- Today
Earned income + catalytic support
The Nono Star line is producing and selling, and trainees earn real production experience. Earned income is growing — but catalytic funding still carries the infrastructure, training capacity and development that the enterprise cannot yet fund on its own.
- Building
Growing production, market and training capacity
We are expanding production volume, building wholesale and institutional markets, and developing the training capacity of the Kirinya centre. Each of these raises the share of cost the enterprise can meet — and each takes investment to get there.
- Future
An increasing share of costs supported by earned income
Our direction of travel is clear: over time, more of the Foundation's costs should be supported through earned income rather than grants. We report progress against this direction honestly, without setting a date we cannot defend with evidence.
“We know where we are. We know what we are building. And we are inviting the right partners to help us get there.”
We will not promise that Nono Caring Hearts Foundation will become fully self-financing by a particular date. That is a decision that must be formally adopted and supported by evidence — not a marketing line.
Read the numbers correctly
Current results, targets and future ambition — kept apart.
Funders are entitled to know which figures are evidence, which are goals and which are direction of travel. We never blur the three.
- In place today
- Designed, not yet delivered
- Goal being funded toward
- Estimate, not yet confirmed
Current results
Verified today
We do not publish outcome figures we cannot evidence. These indicators are defined and collection is being established.
Women and youth trained to date
Baseline being established
Graduates earning income
Baseline being established
Graduate enterprises trading
Baseline being established
Vulnerable people reached
Baseline being established
Targets — 2030
What we are working to
Documented organisational goals with a fixed horizon. Targets, never results.
- 2,500+women, girls and youth trained in market-ready trades by 2030
- 500+graduate micro-enterprises launched
- 70%of graduates earning within 12 months
- 1fully built and equipped skilling centre at Kirinya
- 50%+of running costs targeted to be self-financed through Nono Caring Hearts Foundation products by 2030
- 10,000+vulnerable people reached through care, outreach and products
Future ambition
Beyond the target horizon
Direction of travel once Kirinya is proven — ambition, not commitment.
A replicable centre model
Kirinya proven first, then a documented model that can be established in other districts.
Graduate-led production network
Graduate enterprises supplying into Nono Caring Hearts Foundation lines, turning alumni into a supply chain.
Majority self-financed operations
Earned income carrying the core running costs, with grants funding growth rather than survival.
The impact pathway
Training → employment → income → resilience → enterprise → community.
Each stage depends on the one before it. Skills only matter if they turn into income, and income only matters if a household and a community feel it.
- Stage 01
Training
Market-ready trade skills, quality standards and enterprise fundamentals.
- Stage 02
Employment / self-employment
Production work, supply relationships, employment or a first micro-enterprise.
- Stage 03
Income
Earnings in her own hands — the first change a household actually feels.
- Stage 04
Household resilience
School fees, food, health costs and shocks absorbed without dependence.
- Stage 05
Enterprise
A business that survives past year one, and begins to employ others.
- Stage 06
Community impact
Trained women train others, and local demand is met by local production.
What we measure
Seven things we will be held to.
Each with a plain definition and a collection method, so every published figure can be traced to a source.
- 01
Women and youth trained
Enrolment and completion by cohort, disaggregated by sex and age.
Method — Cohort register, entry and exit competency assessment.
- 02
Graduate enterprises launched
Micro-enterprises started by graduates after completion.
Method — Graduate follow-up at 3, 6 and 12 months.
- 03
Enterprises still trading after 12 months
Survival, not just start-up — the honest test of a skilling programme.
Method — 12-month follow-up survey and trading verification.
- 04
Graduate employment / self-employment
Share of graduates in paid work, supply relationships or their own trade.
Method — Graduate follow-up; definition agreed with funding partners.
- 05
Income earned
Change in reported household income against a baseline taken at entry.
Method — Baseline at entry, repeat measure at 6 and 12 months.
- 06
Vulnerable people reached
Care, outreach and product beneficiaries beyond enrolled trainees.
Method — Outreach activity records and beneficiary counts.
- 07
Share of running costs self-financed
Proportion of operating costs covered by Nono Caring Hearts Foundation product revenue.
Method — Annual accounts: earned income over total running costs.
Theory of change
From inputs to lasting change.
Inputs become activities, activities produce outputs, outputs create outcomes — and only sustained outcomes become impact.
- 1
Inputs
Funding, a permanent centre, equipment, trainers, curriculum and raw materials.
- Capital & equipment
- Trainers & curriculum
- Care and outreach
- 2
Activities
Cohort training, supervised production, enterprise coaching and market linkage.
- Trade skilling
- Earn-as-you-learn production
- Enterprise support
- 3
Outputs
Assessed, competent graduates and saleable Nono Caring Hearts Foundation products leaving the workshop.
- Graduates
- Products & revenue
- Market relationships
- 4
Outcomes
Graduates earning through employment, supply or their own enterprise.
- Income earned
- Enterprises trading
- Household resilience
- 5
Impact
Dependence replaced by dignity, and communities transformed by local income.
- Dignity
- Community transformation
- Self-financing model
Levels in the results chain
Defined indicators with methods
Records in the M&E system
Target year for every goal
These are structural facts about our measurement framework, not results. Every outcome figure on this site stays marked as a baseline, a target or data still to be published until it has been verified.
The impact model
Inputs become activities, outputs, outcomes — and only then change.
Each level is only credible if the one before it holds. We report at every level, not only at the level that flatters us.
- 1
Inputs
What has to be in place before anything can happen.
- Funding
- People
- Equipment
- Facilities
- Partnerships
- 2
Activities
What we actually do with those inputs.
- Training
- Mentorship
- Production
- Enterprise support
- Community outreach
- 3
Outputs
What is delivered, and can be counted directly.
- People trained
- People completing training
- Products produced
- Graduates supported
- Enterprises launched
- 4
Outcomes
What changes for a graduate after training ends.
- Employment
- Self-employment
- Income
- Enterprise survival
- Financial independence
- 5
Longer-term change
What we hope contributes to change, and will test rather than assume.
- Household resilience
- Children remaining in school
- Greater economic participation
- Community transformation
- Reduced dependence
Theory of change
Stated plainly, and testable.
If
IF we equip excluded women and youth with market-relevant skills, train them on real products, provide start-up support, savings and market linkages, and surround them with mentorship and care,
Then
THEN they can earn income, gain confidence, increase financial independence and build micro-enterprises,
So that
SO THAT households and communities become more resilient.
This is a stated theory, not a claim of proven causation. Many factors shape a household's income. Our job is to test each link with data, and report where the evidence is thin.
What we measure
Six indicators, each with a definition and a method.
An indicator without a definition and a collection method is a slogan. These are the six we will be held to.
- In place today
- Designed, not yet delivered
- Goal being funded toward
- Estimate, not yet confirmed
- 01
Women, girls and youth trained and certified
People enrolled in a cohort who complete training and pass exit competency assessment.
- Unit
- people
- Method
- Cohort register plus entry and exit competency assessment.
- 2030 target
- 2,500+ by 2030
- 02
Graduate enterprises launched and still trading after 12 months
Micro-enterprises started by graduates, and the number and value of those still trading twelve months later.
- Unit
- enterprises (and value in UGX)
- Method
- Graduate follow-up at 3, 6 and 12 months with trading verification.
- 2030 target
- 500+ launched by 2030
- 03
Graduate employment / self-employment rate
Share of graduates in paid work, a supply relationship, or their own trade within 12 months of completion.
- Unit
- % of graduates
- Method
- Graduate follow-up survey; definition agreed with funding partners.
- 2030 target
- 70% earning within 12 months
- 04
Income earned by beneficiaries and by the Nono Caring Hearts Foundation enterprise
Change in reported beneficiary income against a baseline taken at entry, and revenue earned by Nono Caring Hearts Foundation production.
- Unit
- UGX
- Method
- Baseline at entry, repeat measure at 6 and 12 months; enterprise accounts.
- 2030 target
- Baseline to be established with partners
- 05
Vulnerable people reached through care and outreach
Care, outreach and product beneficiaries reached beyond enrolled trainees, counted without double counting.
- Unit
- people
- Method
- Outreach activity records and beneficiary registers.
- 2030 target
- 10,000+ by 2030
- 06
Share of running costs self-financed
Proportion of annual operating costs covered by earned income from Nono Caring Hearts Foundation products and services.
- Unit
- % of running costs
- Method
- Annual accounts: earned income divided by total running costs.
- 2030 target
- 50%+ by 2030
Impact dashboard
The dashboard is live. The data is not — yet.
The structure below is what we will report against, view by view. Demographic and trend views stay empty until verified data exists, because an illustrative chart is not evidence.
Verified results to date. Nothing is shown here until cohort and follow-up data has been collected and checked.
1. Women, girls and youth trained and certified
Unit: people · Target: 2,500+ by 2030
Baseline being established
2. Graduate enterprises launched and still trading after 12 months
Unit: enterprises (and value in UGX) · Target: 500+ launched by 2030
Baseline being established
3. Graduate employment / self-employment rate
Unit: % of graduates · Target: 70% earning within 12 months
Baseline being established
4. Income earned by beneficiaries and by the Nono Caring Hearts Foundation enterprise
Unit: UGX · Target: Baseline to be established with partners
Baseline being established
5. Vulnerable people reached through care and outreach
Unit: people · Target: 10,000+ by 2030
Baseline being established
6. Share of running costs self-financed
Unit: % of running costs · Target: 50%+ by 2030
Baseline being established
No verified data has been entered for this view yet. Rather than fill the dashboard with illustrative figures, we leave it empty until the numbers can be evidenced from source records.
Accountability
The honest scorecard.
We will publish what is working, what is not yet working, and where we are still building the evidence.
What is working
- Care and outreach are active in the community today.
- Training design is built around real, saleable products rather than classroom exercises.
- The Kirinya project is costed from a professional Bill of Quantities, not an estimate.
What is not yet working
- Training runs in borrowed and rented space, which caps cohort size.
- Graduate follow-up is not yet systematic, so survival rates are unproven.
- Earned income does not yet cover a meaningful share of running costs.
Where we are still building evidence
- No verified baseline exists yet for income change.
- Demographic disaggregation is being introduced at intake.
- Enterprise survival at 12 months has not been measured through a full cycle.
Annual reporting
What every future annual report will publish.
The same rows, every year, so performance can be compared rather than presented. A year appears here only when its figures have been verified.
Report rows
| Indicator row | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training | Data to be published | Data to be published | Data to be published |
| Graduation | Data to be published | Data to be published | Data to be published |
| Employment / self-employment | Data to be published | Data to be published | Data to be published |
| Enterprise | Data to be published | Data to be published | Data to be published |
| Income | Data to be published | Data to be published | Data to be published |
| Nono Caring Hearts Foundation enterprise revenue | Data to be published | Data to be published | Data to be published |
| Vulnerable people reached | Data to be published | Data to be published | Data to be published |
| Sustainability ratio | Data to be published | Data to be published | Data to be published |
- 2026Under developmentFirst reporting cycle; collection systems being introduced.
- 2027Not yet availableScheduled once the 2026 cycle closes.
- 2028Not yet availableScheduled.
Downloads
Indicator definitions & measurement plan
Available on requestDefinitions, units, collection method and frequency for each of the six indicators.
M&E framework
Under developmentThe framework being finalised with partners before the first reporting cycle.
Reporting templates
Under developmentCohort register, graduate follow-up and outreach templates.
Annual impact report
Not yet availablePublished after the first full reporting cycle closes.
Case studies
Not yet availablePublished only with informed consent and verified detail.
Public project pack
AvailableThe Kirinya centre concept, costs and how support is directed.
Download
- Open now, on this site or as a download
- Released to identified funders and partners
- Being written or formalised
- Does not exist yet — we will not invent it
M&E architecture
The system behind the numbers.
Six records, in sequence, designed so every published figure can be traced back to a source. As collection is digitised, this dashboard reports directly from those records.
- 01
Intake register
Every trainee recorded at enrolment with sex, age band and vulnerability criteria, plus an income baseline.
- 02
Assessment record
Entry and exit competency assessment per cohort, so completion means something measurable.
- 03
Follow-up survey
Graduate contact at 3, 6 and 12 months covering work, enterprise trading and income.
- 04
Production & sales ledger
Products made and revenue earned, feeding the sustainability ratio directly from accounts.
- 05
Verification
A figure is only published once it is checked against source records. Unverified data stays unpublished.
- 06
Reporting
Indicators published to this dashboard and to funder reports on an agreed cycle.
For development partners
Fund outcomes you can verify
Nono Caring Hearts is building a place where women build their futures. You can fund a phase, equip a workshop, sponsor a trainee or give in kind.
And behind that contribution is a person who gets another chance to learn, create, work and move forward.
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