Step 1: Needs assessment

The step-by-step guide can be printed at the last page of 'Know How'. To get there you need to go through each step by clicking the blue arrow on the righthand side of the menu.

• Assess the need for a potential or existing intervention through a variety methods of data collection, such as interviews, focus group discussions, questionnaires or observations.
• The assessment should be done in a participatory manner, allowing enough space for the target group to come up with their own ideas of what they would benefit from.
• Collect enough baseline data to support your decision for an intervention.
• Watch this excellent short video from Efua Elens-Edeh on program design for NGOs: