This booklet reports the results of Part 1 and consultations with 36 Township-level CSOs. In some areas, this first part has resulted in as many new questions as definitive findings. The 2nd part of the survey will build the sample up to 80 CSOs and will be slightly re-designed to test these initial findings, and to explore the follow-up questions that have emerged.
All 36 CSOs are grant-holders of the Uplands Township Fund which operates in 15 Townships in Kachin, Chin, Kayah and Shan States. The UTF is funded by LIFT. The grant-maker (Fund Facilitator) is a consortium of NGOs.
Survey informants were all grant-holders that had been in receipt of a grant for at least 3 months by December 2017. Consultations were facilitated by the Fund’s Township-based field-teams. Matt and Shwe designed and tested the survey template and convened a half-day familiarisation workshop with the field-teams prior to the consultations.
