News from Evidence Action February, 2020 Evidence Action Newsletter A Note from Our CEO, Kanika Bahl Here at Evidence Action, we’ve entered 2021 with hope for the year ahead, and an ambitious agenda to achieve. We are working hard to minimize the effect of COVID…

Our Year in Review       Dear Evidence Action Supporter, 2020 has been a year in which the world that we knew changed forever. A year in which the lives of people around the world were turned upside down. Our hearts go out to those who have …

The inspiring story of Chrispin Owaga       Dear Evidence Action Supporter, When I became senior manager of our Deworm the World Initiative in Kenya, I was fulfilling a lifelong aspiration.  I spent nearly half my childhood in Nyalenda, one …

The 54,000 volunteers who stood up to COVID-19 in rural Africa       Dear Evidence Action Supporter, Can you imagine not having access to clean water or soap to wash your hands during this pandemic? Worldwide, one in three people lack access …

A 50 cent investment in a child leads to lifetime impacts       Dear Evidence Action Supporter, What if investing 50 cents in a child today could dramatically improve their life, even 20 years later? We now have evidence that one of our prog…

A cost-effective clean water solution that averts greenhouse gas emissions       Dear Evidence Action Supporter, Our Dispensers for Safe Water program was awarded over 957,000 carbon credits by the United Nations Framework Convention on Clim…

Evidence-based and cost-effective solutions improve children’s lives       Dear Evidence Action Supporter, As a result of COVID-19, the World Bank estimates that between 88 to 115 million people will fall into extreme poverty. This means that…

Doubling our impact by 2024       Dear Evidence Action Supporter, We were founded in 2013 to address a big gap in the fight against global poverty— many of the most promising interventions are either implemented at a very small scale, or no…

News from Evidence Action October, 2020 Evidence Action Newsletter A Note from Our CEO, Kanika Bahl When schools around the world closed due to COVID-19, not only was children’s education interrupted — school-based health interventions like deworming and iron and…

News from Evidence Action August, 2020 Evidence Action Newsletter A Note From Our CEO, Kanika Bahl I am pleased to provide an update on our emergency response to COVID-19 in Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi: our teams successfully concluded the fourth and final delivery…

News from Evidence Action 2020 Quarter 2 Evidence Action Newsletter   Kakamega County, Kenya: a Dispensers for Safe Water team member stands beside a truck carrying chlorine and hygiene supplies, during the launch of the COVID-19 Prevention Hygiene Project. A No…

Changes to our Privacy Statement     Your privacy is important to us. We are updating our Privacy Statement to more clearly identify how we collect, use, and share information we receive from and about you, including with third parties. The ne…

Now more than ever, safe water - and safe hygiene practices - are essential       Dear Evidence Action Supporter, COVID threatens major disruptions of life-saving services, including clean water, in low- and middle-income countries. Now mor…

Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic       Dear Evidence Action Supporter, During these unsettled times, I wanted to share what Evidence Action is doing to protect our staff, the communities we work in, and the people we serve - which toget…

News from Evidence Action 2020 Quarter 1 Evidence Action Newsletter 2019’s Greatest Hits  2019 was a tremendous year not just for us, but for the field of evidence-based international development. Check out our top highlights from 2019 - including key program resu…

Our programs officially apply the research of Nobel Laureates!     Dear Evidence Action Supporter We’re writing to share some exciting news - earlier this week, Michael Kremer, Esther Duflo, and Abhijit Banerjee were awarded the Nobel Prize in…

News from Evidence Action 2019 Quarter 3 Evidence Action Newsletter Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.                            A Note from CEO, Kanika Bahl At Evidence Action we’ve had a rather busy few months. Most exciting is the com…