Self-confidence, pride in one’s own worth, the upliftment of knowing you are making a difference and creating a better life for all, that is cefa's contribution.

People seek better, more rewarding, lives. They and the communities in which they live need to be able to move on from a mere struggle to survive. For that people need education and training.

cefa's contribution (through its own and private sources funding) is made by providing careful measurement and analysis of this education and training intervention in a community, both then and later, positive results are maximised and used for future growth, negative results are weeded out. cefa measures the quality of the training, the ability of trainees to apply what they have been taught – and the extent to which those trainees are making a contribution to the upliftment of their communities and the enhancement of their well being.

To ensure quality to each project cefa offers a community well-being situation analysis in order to provide all stakeholders with the data needed to effectively prioritise essential interventions and focus training and resources on the critical gaps hindering the attainment of "a better life for all".

This document review as well as discussions with key stakeholders consistently highlight six critical weaknesses in the current national service delivery for poverty alleviation.

1. A lack of data to support evidence-based programme interventions.
2. A lack of data on who are the poorest and on what they need most, which significantly hinders effective targeting of resources.
3. A lack of baseline data for the national service delivery performance and community profiling M&E framework.
4. A need to strengthen and empower the relevant key stakeholders’ (i.e. public and private sector) resources and capacity to design, plan, manage, monitor and evaluate the response to essential interventions for poverty alleviation.
5. A lack of coordination across multiple sectors, hindering the ability to manage a cohesive, integrated multi-sectoral response to community well-being.
6. Limited engagement, resources, and partnering with civil society to directly support the national response.

The community well-being situation analysis explores these specific gaps, and provide concrete recommendations expected to be filled by all stakeholders.

To address these weaknesses listed above, the community well-being situation analysis includes a baseline study driven by empirical data, using both quantitative and qualitative measures, with the purpose of yielding:

1. An accurate and realistic description of the status of community well-being in each of the participating communities.
2. Clarity on current services being provided, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses and identifying key gaps in services to be addressed. This should include an estimate of the percentage and extent of services being received inclusive of external support.
3. Firm empirical thresholds from which progress (and later impact) can be measured over time. This will include sound data, disaggregated by age, gender, district, and status of community well-being status. This should include an estimate of the percentage of who, type of, and level of satisfaction with the service delivery being received.
4. A review of coordination efforts at the national, district and local levels, along with the authority over service mapping and overseeing service delivery.
5. A review of key stakeholders’ current capacity to deliver services to the communities.
6. An in-depth knowledge of key issues affecting community well-being.