WESSA Phase 1 report to HHCT_28.10.2021

• Pin-points focal topics and questions to guide focus group discussions and stakeholder engagements in the next Stage.

2 Process The entire design thinking processes has 4 phases: I: Discover; II Define; III Develop and IV Reflect. This report is about Phase I (Discover) with some elements of Phase II (Define). The Phase I process involved a combination of document analysis, focus group discussions with a range of stakeholders, individual interviews and periodic reflection with the Strategic Working Group, Exco and the Board. The time-line stretched from 23 June until 13 September 2021. This entailed a 1-month extension of Phase 1, to include additional surveys, focus group discussions and individual interviews at the request of the Strategic Working Group and Board.

2.1 Methods

2.1.1 Dialogues and engagements

Engagements took the form of focus group discussions, individual interviews and questionnaire surveys. The number of engagements in each category are summarized in Table 1. Table 1. Types and number of stakeholder engagements during Phase 1

Number of dialogues

Type of engagement Focus group discussions

Stakeholder group

Board

2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3

Exco Staff

After-school youth employed or trained

Scholars Teachers

Regional representatives Members and friends Strategic Working Group

External key informants: other NGO CEOs, donors, former Board members & clients

Individual interviews

15 13

Board members

Questionnaire surveys

Online Questionnaires administered

3

TOTAL

49

2.1.2 Document analysis

A total of 65 documents (Table 2), provided by WESSA and extracted from the Web, were assessed. Note: there was some overlap between categories.

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