Empowering Communities
Through Sustainable Solutions
AWF partners with governments, multilaterals, and communities to deliver evidence based programmes in health, WASH, and education, rooted in local knowledge and built for lasting change.
Empowering Communities
Through Sustainable Solutions
AWF partners with governments, multilaterals, and communities to deliver evidence based programmes in health, WASH, and education, rooted in local knowledge and built for lasting change.
Empowering Communities
Through Sustainable Solutions
AWF partners with governments, multilaterals, and communities to deliver evidence based programmes in health, WASH, and education, rooted in local knowledge and built for lasting change.
Driven by passion, backed by experience, focused on excellence
Driven by passion, backed by experience, focused on excellence
Driven by passion, backed by experience, focused on excellence
Built on the belief that effective strategy requires disciplined execution and partners invested in sustained value creation.
Built on the belief that effective strategy requires disciplined execution and partners invested in sustained value creation.
Built on the belief that effective strategy requires disciplined execution and partners invested in sustained value creation.
100+
100+
100+
Collaborated with businesses across the world, creating impact in more than a 100 projects
Collaborated with businesses across the world, creating impact in more than a 100 projects
Collaborated with businesses across the world, creating impact in more than a 100 projects
8+ Countries
8+ Countries
8+ Countries
AWF has a global presence as well as completed and on going projects in different parts of the world
AWF has a global presence as well as completed and on going projects in different parts of the world
AWF has a global presence as well as completed and on going projects in different parts of the world
Perspectives others miss
Perspectives others miss
Perspectives others miss
"Most consultants tell you what's wrong. AWF stays until it's right."
- Anna Lebot, COO Lumin
"Most consultants tell you what's wrong. AWF stays until it's right." - Anna Lebot, COO Lumin
"Most consultants tell you what's wrong. AWF stays until it's right."
- Anna Lebot, COO Lumin
AWF operates on the principle that analysis and execution are inseparable. We remain accountable to results and impacts, not just deliverables.
AWF operates on the principle that analysis and execution are inseparable. We remain accountable to results and impacts, not just deliverables.
AWF operates on the principle that analysis and execution are inseparable. We remain accountable to results and impacts, not just deliverables.
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Diagnose First
Diagnose First
No mandate proceeds without a thorough and independent assessment of the prevailing context.
No mandate proceeds without a thorough and independent assessment of the prevailing context.
No mandate proceeds without a thorough and independent assessment of the prevailing context.
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execute together
execute together
We do not withdraw at the point of recommendation, we co-own outcomes within the operations through every stage of delivery.
We do not withdraw at the point of recommendation, we co-own outcomes within the operations through every stage of delivery.
We do not withdraw at the point of recommendation, we co-own outcomes within the operations through every stage of delivery.
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measure results
measure results
We measure performance against targets. Every engagement yields a documented and auditable account of what is achieved.
We measure performance against targets. Every engagement yields a documented and auditable account of what is achieved.
We measure performance against targets. Every engagement yields a documented and auditable account of what is achieved.
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Partner up
Partner up
AWF convenes the necessary parties, aligning government, civil society, and international stakeholders around common goals.
AWF convenes the necessary parties, aligning government, civil society, and international stakeholders around common goals.
AWF convenes the necessary parties, aligning government, civil society, and international stakeholders around common goals.
Capabilities for every challenge
Capabilities for every challenge
Capabilities for every challenge
AWF brings structured technical capacity across the full programme cycle. From discovery to evaluation, institutional strengthening, and sustained field presence.
AWF brings structured technical capacity across the full programme cycle. From discovery to evaluation, institutional strengthening, and sustained field presence.
AWF brings structured technical capacity across the full programme cycle. From discovery to evaluation, institutional strengthening, and sustained field presence.
Strategy & Planning
Strategy & Planning
Sound development outcomes begin with sound foundations. AWF works with government counterparts and institutional partners to define programme objectives, assess contextual constraints, and establish the frameworks within which effective delivery becomes possible.
Sound development outcomes begin with sound foundations. AWF works with government counterparts and institutional partners to define programme objectives, assess contextual constraints, and establish the frameworks within which effective delivery becomes possible.
Sound development outcomes begin with sound foundations. AWF works with government counterparts and institutional partners to define programme objectives, assess contextual constraints, and establish the frameworks within which effective delivery becomes possible.
Research & evidence
Research & evidence
Every AWF engagement is underpinned by rigorous primary and secondary research. We employ mixed- method approaches to ensure that decisions at every level of a programme are grounded in verifiable evidence rather than assumption.
Every AWF engagement is underpinned by rigorous primary and secondary research. We employ mixed- method approaches to ensure that decisions at every level of a programme are grounded in verifiable evidence rather than assumption.
Every AWF engagement is underpinned by rigorous primary and secondary research. We employ mixed- method approaches to ensure that decisions at every level of a programme are grounded in verifiable evidence rather than assumption.
Implementation & delivery
Implementation & delivery
Technical recommendations create value when they are executed with discipline. AWF deploys experienced field teams, maintains close coordination with local counterparts, and provides the institutional continuity required to see complex, multi-stakeholder programmes through from inception to close.
Technical recommendations create value when they are executed with discipline. AWF deploys experienced field teams, maintains close coordination with local counterparts, and provides the institutional continuity required to see complex, multi-stakeholder programmes through from inception to close.
Technical recommendations create value when they are executed with discipline. AWF deploys experienced field teams, maintains close coordination with local counterparts, and provides the institutional continuity required to see complex, multi-stakeholder programmes through from inception to close.
Monitoring, evaluation & learning
Monitoring, evaluation & learning
Results are defined at the outset and measured throughout. AWF designs monitoring and evaluation frameworks that are embedded within programme operations, producing auditable performance data, enabling course correction in real time, and generating the documented evidence of impact that institutional donors and government partners require.
Results are defined at the outset and measured throughout. AWF designs monitoring and evaluation frameworks that are embedded within programme operations, producing auditable performance data, enabling course correction in real time, and generating the documented evidence of impact that institutional donors and government partners require.
Results are defined at the outset and measured throughout. AWF designs monitoring and evaluation frameworks that are embedded within programme operations, producing auditable performance data, enabling course correction in real time, and generating the documented evidence of impact that institutional donors and government partners require.
Why we are different
Why we are different
Why we are different
AWF delivers results by remaining present through implementation, accountable to outcomes, not deliverables.
AWF delivers results by remaining present through implementation, accountable to outcomes, not deliverables.
AWF delivers results by remaining present through implementation, accountable to outcomes, not deliverables.
Values
Values
Equity, inclusion, and diversity are not peripheral commitments at AWF, they are embedded in how we design, staff, and deliver every engagement. We hold ourselves accountable not only to our clients, but to the communities whose lives our work is intended to improve.
Equity, inclusion, and diversity are not peripheral commitments at AWF, they are embedded in how we design, staff, and deliver every engagement. We hold ourselves accountable not only to our clients, but to the communities whose lives our work is intended to improve.
Experience
Experience
AWF brings over 25 years of sustained field presence across health, WASH, and education, working alongside the World Bank, UNICEF, FCDO, and government counterparts at federal and provincial level. That depth of institutional relationship is not replicated quickly.
AWF brings over 25 years of sustained field presence across health, WASH, and education, working alongside the World Bank, UNICEF, FCDO, and government counterparts at federal and provincial level. That depth of institutional relationship is not replicated quickly.
Innovative
Innovative
AWF applies cutting-edge research methodologies, digital data management tools, and adaptive programme frameworks to deliver solutions that are both rigorous and practical. We innovate where it demonstrably improves outcomes and impacts.
AWF applies cutting-edge research methodologies, digital data management tools, and adaptive programme frameworks to deliver solutions that are both rigorous and practical. We innovate where it demonstrably improves outcomes and impacts.
Bespoke
Bespoke
No two mandates are the same, and AWF does not treat them as such. Every engagement begins with a clean slate grounded in participatory research, contextual analysis, and methodologies adapted to the specific realities of the client and programme environment.
No two mandates are the same, and AWF does not treat them as such. Every engagement begins with a clean slate grounded in participatory research, contextual analysis, and methodologies adapted to the specific realities of the client and programme environment.
In the field
In the field
In the field
A selection of engagements across health, WASH, education, and policy, delivered for governments, multilateral agencies, and development partners.
A selection of engagements across health, WASH, education, and policy, delivered for governments, multilateral agencies, and development partners.
A selection of engagements across health, WASH, education, and policy, delivered for governments, multilateral agencies, and development partners.
Clean Building Safe & Resilient Communities
Clean Building Safe & Resilient Communities
Summative evaluation of a multi-year programme strengthening protection, inclusion, and resilience for women and children in Malawi, commissioned by a leading international development organisation.
Summative evaluation of a multi-year programme strengthening protection, inclusion, and resilience for women and children in Malawi, commissioned by a leading international development organisation.
Malwai
Malwai
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1
National programme independently evaluated
National programme independently evaluated
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3
Thematic pillars assessed:
Safety, Inclusion, and Resilience
Thematic pillars assessed:
Safety, Inclusion, and Resilience
Women's Economic Empowerment & Livelihoods
Women's Economic Empowerment & Livelihoods
An integrated three-year programme delivering vocational skills, financial inclusion, and entrepreneurship support for women and adolescent girls across Pakistan.
An integrated three-year programme delivering vocational skills, financial inclusion, and entrepreneurship support for women and adolescent girls across Pakistan.
Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab, Pakistan
10,000+
10,000+
Women & adolescent girls reached
Women & adolescent girls reached
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3
Years of sustained programme delivery
Years of sustained programme delivery
Citywide Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH) Review
Citywide Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH) Review
Formative assessment of citywide sanitation coverage in Tajikistan's capital, commissioned by UNICEF in partnership with Agua Consult.
Formative assessment of citywide sanitation coverage in Tajikistan's capital, commissioned by UNICEF in partnership with Agua Consult.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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1
National sanitation strategy supported in development
National sanitation strategy supported in development
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3
Instruments delivered:
Citywide assessment and WASH Joint Sector Review
Instruments delivered:
Citywide assessment and WASH Joint Sector Review
Solutions you can count on
Solutions you can count on
When the mandate is complex and the stakes are high, AWF delivers.
When the mandate is complex and the stakes are high, AWF delivers.