St. Jude Child-care centres (SJ), established in 2006, provides free accommodation and holistic support for needy families travelling for their children’s cancer treatment to metropolitan hospitals in India. Lumière conducted two research studies for SJ in 2010 and 2011. SJ was on the threshold of expansion and needed to assess how their vision could be …
Levels of meat supply have risen dramatically over the last decades according to the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation1. However, according to Greenpeace, the organization behind this research, the consumption of meat is associated with many negative effects on our climate and environment as well as on our health, such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, …
Ukraine has the second-largest HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In 2016, 240,000 people were living with HIV – 120,000 more than in 2010. Annual new HIV infections in the country have risen from 9,500 in 2010 to 17,000 in 2016, although the infection rate slowed down in 2014 and 2015, suggesting recent prevention measures …
This is the sixth blog-post from Paola Loy Villagran, the recipient of the ESOMAR Foundation scholarship in Guatemala. Guatemala is going through very difficult times recently, because just a few weeks ago an intense volcanic eruption in the country sent lava flowing into rural communities, killing at least 500-600 families and leaving thousands homeless. Dangerous flows …
IT’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED IN ‘MAKING A DIFFERENCE’! We have recently announced the winners of the ESOMAR Foundation “Making a Difference” Competition which highlights and promotes how research has made a real difference to Not-for-Profits. We have opened a fundraising campaign to support and reward the winners of the Competition, namely, the organizations …
Best international NFP case study EMPOWERING DIGITAL STORYTELLING FOR GOOD “This simple and impactful case study is set for making a tremendous difference across all NFPs globally” THE ISSUE Our Better World (OBW), the digital storytelling initiative of the Singapore International Foundation, needed to better understand the national psyche and uncover drivers to culturally and …
Most innovative NFP case study REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY – A PROVIDER, A MOTHER, AND A POWDER “Huge potential impact in India and internationally where diarrhea kills large numbers. This is a really excellent, thorough and innovative and effective piece of research” THE ISSUE Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death among children and dehydration …
Best local/domestic NFP case study MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT STUDY IN DRC “This very important piece of research is something that could make a real difference to half the population.” THE ISSUE Catholic Relief Services (CRS) needed to determine whether menstrual management practices have an impact on school absenteeism for girls and wanted to evaluate how …
Stunting is the impaired growth and development of children caused by poor nutrition and repeated infection resulting in their height being two standard deviations below the WHO Standards. Stunting in the first 1000 days from conception, has adverse consequences on cognition, educational performance, adult wages. It’s not a “visible” illness and goes undetected in the …
Esomar Foundation continued the webinar series on Qualitative Research in Non-Profit organizations with a new webinar dedicated to the use of different qualitative approaches to achieve various objectives. The webinar focused on examining how different forms of qualitative research can be used to help support non-profit organisations. The online event was hosted by Phyllis Macfarlane …
