Delivering Research, Safeguarding & Institutional Strengthening Across Africa
Our portfolio reflects over a decade of collaboration with international NGOs, foundations, governments, networks, and development partners across Africa. Through safeguarding systems strengthening, organisational development, programme evaluation, policy research, capacity building, and strategic advisory support, DLC has helped institutions strengthen accountability, improve systems, and create sustainable impact for children, communities, and vulnerable populations.
AFARD/Mastercard Foundation
Client: AFARD/Mastercard Foundation
Period: Jun 2025 - Jun 2028
Currently, DLC is delivering a three-year technical assistance program to a seven-partner consortium, led by the Agency for…
Segal Family Foundation (SFF)
Client: Segal Family Foundation (SFF)
Period: Mar 2022 - Mar 2026
Under this framework contract, DLC provides technical advisory and training on safeguarding for SFF and its partners in…
Porticus Africa
Client: Porticus Africa
Period: Dec 2023 - Aug 2025
DLC undertook the External learning review of Porticus' Safeguarding work in Africa, focusing on the Vital Faith Communities…
KHN Germany
Client: KHN Germany
Period: Nov 2018 - Dec 2024
Training the KNH African Partner organizations and providing follow-up support to enable them undertake Child Rights Situation Analyses…
DKA Austria
Client: DKA Austria
Period: Jun 2022 - Dec 2024
Under this contract, DLC supported 16 partners of DKA Austria in Uganda to deepen their understanding of safeguarding.…
Partners in Health International
Client: Partners in Health International
Period: Jun 2022 - Dec 2024
Under this contract, DLC is supporting partners of PIH in Rwanda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Lesotho, and Malawi in…
Kindernothilfe (KNH)
Client: Kindernothilfe (KNH)
Period: Oct 2014 - Dec 2024
Child Protection/Safeguarding National Trainer and resource for capacity building for local partners in Uganda and Kenya (Training and…
Oak Foundation
Client: Oak Foundation
Period: Jun 2018 - Mar 2024
Spearheading technical support to Oak Foundation Partners in East, Central, and Southern Africa in the area of child…
Internal Risk Management Group (hosted by Mercy Corps)
Client: Internal Risk Management Group (hosted by Mercy Corps)
Period: Jun 2021 - Oct 2023
Under this contract, DLC developed safeguarding curricula and content and delivered Safeguarding/PSEAH training to 54 INGOs and 6…
Partners in Health International
Client: Partners in Health International
Period: Oct 2022 - Oct 2023
Under this contract, DLC supported the review and development of safeguarding policies for implementing partners of Partners in…
Internal Risk Management Group/Plan International Uganda
Client: Internal Risk Management Group/Plan International Uganda
Period: May 2023 - Oct 2023
Under this contract, DLC supported Phase 3 of the Capacity Development Initiative of the Internal Risk Management Group.…
Segal Family Foundation
Client: Segal Family Foundation
Period: May 2022 - Aug 2022
Under this framework contract, DLC provides technical advisory on safeguarding for SFF and its partners in both Anglophone…
USALAMA Fund
Client: USALAMA Fund
Period: May 2022 - Aug 2022
Under this contract, DLC trained 8 partners in Central, North, and Northwestern Uganda (UCRNN, ACME, NUMEC, KOBWIDU, RICE…
Segal Family Foundation
Client: Segal Family Foundation
Period: Apr 2022
Capacity building of Segal Family Foundation partners in Anglophone and Francophone Africa on safeguarding
Mercy Corps (Internal Risk Management Group)
Client: Mercy Corps (Internal Risk Management Group)
Period: Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
Capacity building of 66 members (54 International NGOs and 12 National NGOs) of the IRMG on safeguarding
Lima Links Zambia
Client: Lima Links Zambia
Period: March 2021
Training of staff on safeguarding to inform the development of their institutional safeguarding policy.
Christian Blind Mission (CBM)
Client: Christian Blind Mission (CBM)
Period: Dec 2020
Conducted Safeguarding training for 10 implementing partner organisations in Uganda to inform development/improvement of safeguarding policies and practices.
Send a Cow Uganda
Client: Send a Cow Uganda
Period: Oct 2020
Support for action research to promote community-led safeguarding and reporting, development of resources to promote community awareness of…
Action for Rural Women Empowerment (ARUWE)
Client: Action for Rural Women Empowerment (ARUWE)
Period: Jan 2020
Training of staff on safeguarding to inform the review of their safeguarding policy.
CIFF, UK
Client: CIFF, UK
Period: Nov 2019
Training of CIFF Partners in Africa in Implementation of Child Safeguarding Procedures.
AGEH Germany
Client: AGEH Germany
Period: Oct 2019
Training of AGEH partners in Germany and the Global South on Child Safeguarding and Sexualised Violence
PELUM Uganda
Client: PELUM Uganda
Period: Aug 2019
Reviewed existing policies and supported the development of a comprehensive policy on Safeguarding for children and vulnerable adults,…
Retrak U.K
Client: Retrak U.K
Period: Nov 2013 - Oct 2016
Capacity building support to Retrak Country offices in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Malawi in the development, review, and implementation…
CBM Regional office Kenya
Client: CBM Regional office Kenya
Period: Apr 2016 - May 2016
Conducted a child safeguarding audit of 4 supported schools for children with disabilities in Kenya.
CBM Regional Office Nairobi
Client: CBM Regional Office Nairobi
Period: May 2016
Child safeguarding Investigation and Audit of two CBM supported schools in Kenya.
Child Fund Uganda
Client: Child Fund Uganda
Period: Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Child Protection Capacity building support, including Training staff in child protection and safeguarding, and supporting the development of…
Joint Efforts to Save the Environment (JESE) Fort Portal
Client: Joint Efforts to Save the Environment (JESE) Fort Portal
Period: Feb 2015
Child safeguarding Capacity building support, including Training staff in child safeguarding and supporting the development of a revised…
Save the Children International Uganda
Client: Save the Children International Uganda
Period: Aug 2014 - Oct 2014
Conducting a child safeguarding mapping exercise for the country programme and developing local child safeguarding procedures.
Radio Waa (Lira) Uganda
Client: Radio Waa (Lira) Uganda
Period: Feb 2014 - Jul 2014
Child Safeguarding Capacity building support, including Training staff in child safeguarding and supporting the development of a child…
Kindernothilfe (KNH) / PKF
Client: Kindernothilfe (KNH) / PKF
Period: May 2013 - Oct 2013
Capacity building support to the KNH 18 partner organizations in Uganda to develop organizational child Safeguarding policies. This…
Deaf Child Worldwide (U.K)
Client: Deaf Child Worldwide (U.K)
Period: Apr 2011 - Jun 2011
Capacity building support for 2 DCW partners in Uganda in child Safeguarding and the development of organizational child…
Plan International Uganda
Client: Plan International Uganda
Period: Aug 2020
Survey on sexual exploitation of girls and young women at the workplace.
Send a Cow Uganda (SACU)
Client: Send a Cow Uganda (SACU)
Period: Jul 2020
Community-Led Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults. A Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Study in Selected Project Sites of…
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Period: Jul 2017
Study on monitoring and accountability mechanisms for children's rights in Uganda.
Bread for the World
Client: Bread for the World
Period: Jul 2016
Comparator survey of NGO salaries in Uganda.
Wellspring Advisors LLC Washington DC
Client: Wellspring Advisors LLC Washington DC
Period: Aug 2016
Preparation of an Advisory Paper on Impactful Advocacy and Communication Strategy for the National Violence against Children Study…
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Period: Mar 2016
Preparation of the Alternative NGO documenting the 10-year progress of implementation of the UN convention on the rights…
World Vision Uganda
Client: World Vision Uganda
Period: Jan 2016
Consolidation of ADAPT Child Protection Mapping reports from 18 WVU areas of operation to inform Program design and…
National Council for Children
Client: National Council for Children
Period: Apr 2015
Assessing the effects of decentralization on service delivery for children in Uganda.
Save the Children International Uganda
Client: Save the Children International Uganda
Period: Mar 2015
Child Rights Situation Analysis for Country Strategic Program 2016–2021.
Wellspring Advisors LLC Washington DC
Client: Wellspring Advisors LLC Washington DC
Period: Jul 2014 - Oct 2014
Situation analysis of child rights in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya focusing on advancing legal rights for children and…
National Council for Children
Client: National Council for Children
Period: Mar 2014
State of Uganda Children Report 2012/13: Progress towards the MDGs focusing on Child and Maternal Health
National Council for Children
Client: National Council for Children
Period: Jul 2014
Study on the utilization of the National Child Participation Guide 2008.
Child Restoration Outreach (CRO) Mbale
Client: Child Restoration Outreach (CRO) Mbale
Period: Jun 2013 - Oct 2013
Undertaking a study on the dynamics of the street children phenomenon in Eastern Uganda (Mbale Buduuda and Sironko…
World Vision International Uganda
Client: World Vision International Uganda
Period: Sep 2012 - Sep 2013
Mapping of the community level child protection system in 10 World Vision target districts namely; Bundibugyo, Nakasongola, Mpigi,…
UNICEF/Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Uganda
Client: UNICEF/Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Uganda
Period: May 2012 - Mar 2013
National mapping of the Uganda's child protection system. This involved extensive review of secondary data, consultation with multi-sectoral…
African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
Client: African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
Period: Nov 2012 - Feb 2013
Situation analysis of child-headed households in Uganda.
Kindernothilfe (KNH)/ SHG Coordination Office
Client: Kindernothilfe (KNH)/ SHG Coordination Office
Period: Nov 2012 - Jan 2013
Undertaking a study on the existing legal framework and implications for registration and operation of Self-Help Groups (SHG)…
AfricaWide Movement for Children (AMC) /ACPF
Client: AfricaWide Movement for Children (AMC) /ACPF
Period: Oct 2011 - Mar 2012
Assessment of Uganda's progress in the implementation of Africa Fit for Children (AFFC) declaration and plan of action.
Plan International Uganda
Client: Plan International Uganda
Period: Oct 2012 - Nov 2012
Facilitated the process of soliciting for children's views on the amendment of the Persons with Disabilities Act 2006…
African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
Client: African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
Period: Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
National survey on violence against children in family settings.
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Period: Mar 2011
Situation Analysis of the Status of Child Rights in Post Conflict Northern and North Eastern Uganda.
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Period: Aug 2010 - Sep 2010
Assessment of Children's Access to the Toll-free Child Helpline Service in Uganda.
Oak Foundation, Switzerland
Client: Oak Foundation, Switzerland
Period: Jul 2010 - Sep 2010
Assessment of the child protection system in Uganda.
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network
Period: Jun 2010
Situation Analysis of the trends in Child Adoption and Legal guardianship in Uganda.
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network
Period: Dec 2009
Study on the status of birth registration in Uganda.
ANPPCAN Uganda/DANCHURCH AID
Client: ANPPCAN Uganda/DANCHURCH AID
Period: Nov 2008 - Dec 2008
Undertaking a study on Social Justice amidst Complex realities: The Case of Pokot women and children in North…
Plan International Uganda
Client: Plan International Uganda
Period: Jun 2019
Midterm evaluation of the Increased access to life-saving wash and protection services for south Sudanese refugees and host…
Child Fund International Uganda
Client: Child Fund International Uganda
Period: Nov 2018
End of Project Evaluation for Strengthening Child Protection (at national regional and community levels) in Northern Uganda (Gulu…
USAID/Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity
Client: USAID/Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity
Period: Aug 2018
Endline survey of the Social Behaviour Change Communication Campaign to reduce the corporal punishment of children in school…
Child Fund International Uganda
Client: Child Fund International Uganda
Period: Mar 2018
Baseline Survey for the Empowering Communities to protect children in Kitgum Matidi and Lagoro sub counties in Kitgum…
Plan International Uganda & National Identification and Registration Authority
Client: Plan International Uganda & National Identification and Registration Authority
Period: Jan 2019
National baseline survey on strengthening civil registration and vital statistics in Uganda covering 112 districts.
USAID/Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity
Client: USAID/Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity
Period: Oct 2017
A baseline survey of the Social Behaviour Change Communication Campaign to reduce the corporal punishment of children in…
USAID/Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity
Client: USAID/Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity
Period: Aug 2017
Endline survey of the Social Behaviour Change Communication Campaign to promote parental involvement in children's reading practice at…
USAID/Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity
Client: USAID/Uganda Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity
Period: Jul 2017
Baseline survey for the Social behaviour change communication to increase parental engagement in children's reading practice.
Child Fund International Uganda
Client: Child Fund International Uganda
Period: Dec 2016
Baseline Survey for the BMZ funded Project "Strengthening Child Protection in Northern Uganda, in Dokolo and Gulu"
Child Fund International Uganda
Client: Child Fund International Uganda
Period: Nov 2016
Baseline survey for community-led child protection project in Kitgum & Agago.
Plan International Uganda
Client: Plan International Uganda
Period: Oct 2016
End of project evaluation for basic primary education in Lira.
East Africa Children's Fund
Client: East Africa Children's Fund
Period: May 2016
Mapping exercise to analyse contexts and identify areas for project intervention in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. areas based…
Plan International Uganda
Client: Plan International Uganda
Period: Dec 2015
End of Program Evaluation for Strengthening community-based child protection through a vibrant civil society. The project was implemented…
Kitgum Concerned Women Association (KICWA)
Client: Kitgum Concerned Women Association (KICWA)
Period: Aug 2014
Mid-term review of education and protection project.
Norwegian Association of People with Developmental Disabilities (NFU)
Client: Norwegian Association of People with Developmental Disabilities (NFU)
Period: Mar 2014
End of term Evaluation of the Organisational Development Project for Zanzibar Association of Persons with Developmental Disabilities.
Kindernothilfe (KNH) Germany
Client: Kindernothilfe (KNH) Germany
Period: Aug 2013 - Nov 2013
Evaluation of the KNH supported Community Based Training programme implemented by 4 partner organisations in Uganda.
Word-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)/ Nordic Consulting Group
Client: Word-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)/ Nordic Consulting Group
Period: Jul 2012 - Aug 2012
Review of the WWF NORAD funded project on the integration of environmental concerns and civil society engagement in…
Ethiopian based child focused NGO partner, CHILDHOPE U.K
Client: Ethiopian based child focused NGO partner, CHILDHOPE U.K
Period: Dec 2011
A Programmatic and Organizational Mid-Term Review of Evaluation of CHADET
Norwegian Association of People with Developmental
Client: Norwegian Association of People with Developmental
Period: Aug 2010 - Sep 2010
A Programmatic and Organizational Mid-term Review of the NFU's programme and organizational development support to Zanzibar Association of…
African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), Ethiopia
Client: African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), Ethiopia
Period: May 2010 - Jun 2010
Programmatic and organisational review of ACPF strategic programme.
Plan International Uganda
Client: Plan International Uganda
Period: Jul 2007
Midterm review of the GAC II project in West Nile.
Save the Children Norway - Uganda
Client: Save the Children Norway - Uganda
Period: Jul 2007
Evaluation of the Save the Children Norway Support to Child Rights Advocacy and non-formal Basic Education project 4712…
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Period: Dec 2007 - Mar 2008
Review and update of the Uganda National Action Plan on Child Sexual Abuse.
Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development National Child Protection Working Group
Client: Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development National Child Protection Working Group
Period: Jul 2015
Review of National OVC Referral Form and guidelines and Update of National OVC Service Providers' Inventory
Plan International Uganda
Client: Plan International Uganda
Period: May 2015
Documenting Best Practices in Community Based Child protection models in Plan districts (Lira Tororo Kamuli and Luwero) in…
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)/MGSD
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)/MGSD
Period: Dec 2014 - May 2015
Development of a training manual for case management in Uganda.
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)/MGLSD
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)/MGLSD
Period: Dec 2014 - May 2015
Development of guidelines to support the establishment and management of district child helpline action centres
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)/MGLSD
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)/MGLSD
Period: Dec 2014 - May 2015
Development of the Case Management Handbook for child protection workers in Uganda.
AfricaWide Movement for Children (AMC) /ACPF
Client: AfricaWide Movement for Children (AMC) /ACPF
Period: Oct 2012
Technical editing of the Synthesized progress report of the Africa Fit for Children framework.
Uganda Market Vendors' Association HIV/AIDs Project
Client: Uganda Market Vendors' Association HIV/AIDs Project
Period: Dec 2011
Development of Mentors' Manual for orphans and vulnerable children
Civil Society Coalition for Peace in Northern Uganda (CSOPNU)
Client: Civil Society Coalition for Peace in Northern Uganda (CSOPNU)
Period: May 2008
Development of new Advocacy strategy for the civil society coalition for peace in northern Uganda (CSOPNU) in view…
Bread for the World Protestant Development Service Germany
Client: Bread for the World Protestant Development Service Germany
Period: May 2016 - Jun 2028
This is a framework contract in which DLC supports 18 Civil society partners of Bread for the World…
KIOS Foundation
Client: KIOS Foundation
Period: Jun 2021 - Jun 2022
This is a one-year capacity building intervention involving about 10 partners of KIOS in Uganda. The support is…
Wellspring Advisors LLC Washington DC
Client: Wellspring Advisors LLC Washington DC
Period: Jul 2014 - Oct 2014
Organisational capacity assessment for 50 child rights organisations in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya to inform the selection of…
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Period: Mar 2013 - Dec 2013
Technical support to the strategic re-direction and capacity building of the Network. This involved review and refinement of…
Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Client: Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN)
Period: Oct 2012 - Dec 2012
Mid-term programme and organizational review of UCRNN strategic Plan implementation (2010-2015).
Lake Victoria Regional Local Authorities Cooperation (LVRLAC)
Client: Lake Victoria Regional Local Authorities Cooperation (LVRLAC)
Period: Apr 2009 - Jul 2009
Organizational Capacity Assessment of Lake Victoria Region Local Authorities Cooperation (LVRLAC)
Lake Victoria Regional Local Authorities Cooperation (LVRLAC)
Client: Lake Victoria Regional Local Authorities Cooperation (LVRLAC)
Period: Jul 2008 - Aug 2008
Facilitating the Development of a six-year strategic Plan (2009-2014)
Bread for the World & Faith to Action Network
Client: Bread for the World & Faith to Action Network
Period: Nov 2019
Coordination both logistical and rapporteuring services for the East and Horn of Africa Desk of Bread for five…
Bread for the World
Client: Bread for the World
Period: Apr 2017 - Nov 2019
Coordination and rapporteuring for workshops in East and Horn of Africa.
Bread for the World & PELUM Uganda
Client: Bread for the World & PELUM Uganda
Period: Sept 2019
Coordination and workshop management of three-day workshop on Food Security and Gender Workshop for PELUM chapters in Africa
New Venture Fund
Client: New Venture Fund
Period: Jun 2019
Coordination of INSPIRE Implementation Jamboree (Seven strategies for ending violence against children)
Bread for the World
Client: Bread for the World
Period: Nov 2018
Coordination and workshop management for the Lobby and Advocacy workshop and partners annual meeting for Bread for the…
New Venture Fund Inc
Client: New Venture Fund Inc
Period: Aug 2018
Coordination, management and rapporteuring services for the INSPIRE learning and sharing event for Tanzania Civil society and government…
Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Development Partnering with Kindernothilfe and ChildFund International
Client: Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Development Partnering with Kindernothilfe and ChildFund International
Period: Oct 2014 - Jan 2018
Technical support (training, mentoring, networking and follow-up) to local partners to develop and implement institutional child safeguarding policies…
Bread for the World
Client: Bread for the World
Period: Jul 2017
Coordination, co facilitation and rapporteuring services for two Outcome and Impact Orientation workshops for consultants and then for…
Impact and Innovations Development Centre
Client: Impact and Innovations Development Centre
Period: Dec 2016
Provided Rapporteuring Services for a three days Learning event organised for Partners of Elevate Children Funders Group in…
Oak Foundation, Switzerland
Client: Oak Foundation, Switzerland
Period: Nov 2016
Organising and a co-facilitation of the annual partners meeting under the theme Sharing learning to improve VAC programming…
Bread for the World
Client: Bread for the World
Period: Jul 2016
Organised and Co facilitated the Annual Partners meeting for Bread for the World Partners in Uganda
The East Africa Children's Fund
Client: The East Africa Children's Fund
Period: Jul 2016
Organising and co facilitation of a workshop to identify program areas for its work on funding interventions aimed…
CBM Kenya
Client: CBM Kenya
Period: Apr 2016 - May 2016
Conducted a child safeguarding audit of 4 supported schools for children with disabilities in Kenya
Elevate Children Funders Group
Client: Elevate Children Funders Group
Period: Jul 2015
Coordinated and Co facilitated a regional program learning event on preventing and responding to violence against children in…
Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development/Ministry of East African Affairs Uganda
Client: Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development/Ministry of East African Affairs Uganda
Period: Jul 2015
Facilitated the National Consultative workshop on the East African Community Regional Children's Conference
Wellspring Advisors LLC Washington DC
Client: Wellspring Advisors LLC Washington DC
Period: Oct 2014
Coordinated and Facilitated a meeting with donors within Elevate Children Funders' Network to brainstorm on the situation Analysis…
Child Protection Funders Group
Client: Child Protection Funders Group
Period: Oct 2013
Coordinated and facilitated the Child Protection Funders Group (Oak Foundation, Bernard van Leer Foundation and Wellspring Advisors) partners…
NORAD Norway
Client: NORAD Norway
Period: Mar 2013
Facilitated the NORAD partners Civil Society Seminar in Uganda.