Special attributes of our services
Special Attributes Of Our Services
TRIANGULATING ALL THE WAY | INFORMING SOUND DECISIONS
Partnership focus:
As much as VALIData Research is a profit—oriented private corporate, its work is driven by a quest for partnership with organizations that contract it and communities that they serve. This partnership is achieved through
(a) using proceeds of consultancy work to support corporate social responsibility projects that empower local communities and
(b) granting voluntary services to help financially challenged organizations.
Learn MoreA culture of learning:
We conduct researches that facilitate learning as much as possible by
(a) repackaging our findings into manuals, pamphlets, etc.,
(b) producing project closure reports at the end of each assignment in which we chronicle our process, its challenges and lessons to guide the planning of future researches, and
(c) facilitating follow up planning processes.
Learn MoreFocus on data utilization:
We believe that researches are meant to inform remedial actions, so we strictly apply utilization—focused research principles that include consultative planning of research processes, submission of weekly progress reports, packaging of research information in multiple formats for ease of use among non—technical users, etc.
Learn MoreInsistence on triangulation:
We believe that the most objective picture of social research comes from multiple sources of primary and secondary data as well as multiple research methods. We triangulate all the way and so inform sound decisions!
Learn MoreHolistic one—stop shop service package:
We view research as a process and part of community development efforts, not an event or add—on. We therefore offer every other prior and follow—up service that blends research with the whole package of com-munity and organizational development.
Learn MoreTechnological alertness:
We move with times when it comes to research technologies and no longer use paper—based data collection tools, but tablets anchored on KoBo—Collect software. We use Stata, SPSS and Excel for quantitative data analysis. For qualitative analysis we use N—Vivo.
Learn More
Technological alertness:
We move with times when it comes to research technologies and no longer use paper—based data collection tools, but tablets anchored on KoBo—Collect software. We use Stata, SPSS and Excel for quantitative data analysis. For qualitative analysis we use N—Vivo.
A culture of learning
We conduct researches that facilitate learning as much as possible by (a) repackaging our findings into manuals, pamphlets, etc., (b) producing project closure reports at the end of each assignment in which we chronicle our process, its challenges and lessons to guide the planning of future researches, and (c) facilitating follow up planning processes.
Focus on data utilization
We believe that researches are meant to inform remedial actions, so we strictly apply utilization—focused research principles that include consultative planning of research processes, submission of weekly progress reports, packaging of research information in multiple formats for ease of use among non—technical users, etc
Partnership focus
As much as VALIData Research is a profit—oriented private corporate, its work is driven by a quest for partnership with organizations that contract it and communities that they serve. This partnership is achieved through (a) using proceeds of consultancy work to support corporate social responsibility projects that empower local communities and (b) granting voluntary services to help financially challenged organizations to follow up on the findings and effectively implement recommendations of our researches.
Testimonials
Testimonies of our previous clients
“Using the impact study that they conducted for us, ACDRC/VALIData Research jointly facilitated a five—year strategic plan with TfT alumni from 16 countries—Indonesia, Scot-land, India, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Swaziland, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe…. TfT’s experience of working with ACDRC/VALIData is that they are rooted in participatory approaches that promote the active participation of stakeholders. Engag-ing them will take your organisation to another level” (The Grail Cen-ter’s Training for Transformation (TfT) Program, Kleinmond, West-ern Cape, South Africa)
Saul Goodman
Ceo & Founder
“What boosted our confi-dence in ACDRC/VALIData Research is that they per-formed their first assign-ment for us as our sub—contractors and did it well enough to keep our good name and reputation intact. We therefore contracted them again in 2016, en-trusting them with the deli-cate responsibility of evalu-ating and determining the future direction of one of our key regional programs, which it completed by the standards that we ex-pected” (SAfAIDS)
Sara Wilsson
Designer
“ACDRC/VALIData have proved, through their different teams that they are profes-sional, efficient and masterful in their fields of expertise namely research, programming and organizational development. We have engaged the organizations annually from the time we knew them and referred them to, WizEar, our partners, which too have so far contracted ACDRC to facilitate its strate-gic planning process. I affirm, therefore, that ACDRC/VALIData give value for money and are worth the while of any institution interested in services that involve organiza-tional development, program planning and research, especially with children, the youth and/or adults with disabilities, or the writing of user–friendly reports for onward use in program planning” (Leonard Cheshire Disa-bility Zimbabwe — LCDZ)
