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The data from this table represents all the data Freedom from Hunger has collected on food security
and may either represent the repetition of data collected from the same cohort over time or represent
data from entirely different cohorts collected at the same time from the same organization. For example,
in 2006, Freedom from Hunger conducted a food-security assessment across all regions of CRECER,
representing practically the entire country. In 2009, we included food security in the Microfinance
and Health Protection initiative study we conducted with CRECER, which represented clients from
the La Paz region alone. There are seasonality and programmatic differences between the data collected
at CRECER. Our aim with the impact-monitoring system, which includes food security, poverty
assessment, focus-group discussions and the impact stories, is to be able to provide data collected at
ESPOIR in Ecuador. We evaluated food security among incoming clients in 2007 and re-evaluated a
cross-section of the same cohort in 2009. Because we had not yet designed the impact-story component
of the monitoring system, we do not have incoming-client impact stories; however, the impact stories
collected for ESPOIR that are represented in this paper represent the clients in the 2009 cohort.
The data represented here suggest that food-insecurity levels are trending in the direction we would
hope for: food-insecurity levels between incoming and mature clients appear to be improving over time.
The data represented here also suggest that our partners, on average, are reaching fairly food-insecure
populations, with over one-half of the organizations represented here reaching 50 percent or more foodinsecure
populations. The greatest food insecurity appears to exist among our West African partners.
“Impact Story” Partners
This report is based on data collected from a total of 274 client stories in eight countries and with nine
partners: Promotion et l’Appui au Développement de Micro-Entreprises (PADME) in Bénin; Crédito con
Educación Rural (CRECER) in Bolivia; Le Réseau des Caisses Populaires du Burkina (RCPB) in Burkina
Faso; Fundación ESPOIR in Ecuador; Bandhan in India; Kondo Jigima in Mali; Saving for Change also in
Mali; Alternativa Solidaria Chiapas (AlSol) in Mexico; and PRISMA in Peru. Table B shows the number
of member stories included in this analysis for each partner.
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