Step 1: Needs assessment

• 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: