Supporting Scalable, Youth-Powered Programming at the Community Level in Ethiopia: The Case of Smart Start in Ethiopia

This technical brief analyzes A360’s strategy and lessons learned to date, presenting a case study of the A360 experience in Ethiopia, and offering considerations for similar AYSRH implementation in future settings.
Design Research Guide: Informed Consent for Adults

A short script used by our Ethiopia team to secure the full and informed consent of parents of adolescents, in-laws, adult male partners, community influencers, and providers.
Sample Prototyping Plan for Design
A brief, illustrated description of our prototyping plan for design in Ethiopia
Design Research Guide: Informed Consent for Adolescents
A short script used by our Ethiopia team to secure the full and informed consent of young study participants
A360 Formative Insight Decks: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania

Early-stage findings from A360’s formative design phase in 2016 present insights from the voices of the users and other key stakeholders. These provided our country teams, experts, and youth partners with inspiration to begin considering where to focus our design efforts. Tanzania Formative Insight Deck Ethiopia Formative Insight Deck Nigeria Formative Insight Deck
Design Insights: 2016 Prototype Report Card for Ethiopia
Get insights into the steps we took to think strategically and intentionally to develop the best prototypes for our work in Ethiopia
Design Insights: 2016 Formative Research Synthesis in Ethiopia
See what we learned from our Inquiry Phase in Ethiopia
Design Tool: Sample Formative Research Protocol
An example of the protocols from A360’s research for design work — in this case, representative of our work in Ethiopia.