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Our services

We specialize in delivering services in research, MEL, Safeguarding, and Accountability to Affected People tailored to all our clients, mainly humanitarian and development actors. Our services are tailored to Afghanistan’s context and to each of our clients. Leveraging advanced technology and field expertise, Malan excels in rigorous data collection, analysis, and capacity building. We support policy development, MEL frameworks, and Safeguarding systems, emphasizing cultural relevance and community engagement.

Our expertise

We possess expertise in research, monitoring, evaluation, and learning, Safeguarding, and Accountability to Affected People. Our MEL capabilities include third-party monitoring, field monitoring and data collection, framework development, evaluations, and impact assessments. In research, we deliver a variety of studies, policy briefs, opinion polls, market assessments, and humanitarian situation monitoring. Our Safeguarding capability covers policy and system development and case investigations, and our Accountability to Affected People capability covers strengthening community feedback mechanisms and ensuring aid accountability through localized, data-driven approaches.

Partnerships

Malan is open to contracts, cooperative agreements, direct grant support, consortiums and multi-actor projects, and sectorial and tailored approaches that address the specific needs of sectors and organizations.

Projects

Malan has established itself as a trusted partner in research and monitoring, evaluation and learning across Afghanistan. Thanks to their extensive experience, our co-founders and core team have successfully delivered over 20 research and MEL assignments for clients, including United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, UN agencies, bilateral donors, and international NGOs.

Our appraoch

Malan invests in personnel, technology, and information systems to stay agile. We continuously evaluate the quality of our work and adapt to the changing context by exploring new approaches. Malan’s review process encompasses the gathering and scrutiny of both primary and secondary data. Customizable and tested MEL products and software solutions tailored to client requirements, incorporating platforms, using KoboToolbox, ODK, Survey123, SurveyCTO, and visualization tools.

Why Malan?

We are a unique Afghan consultancy. Our difference is in our value-based approach to our work. Our confidence stems from our technical expertise, local ownership and presence, tailoring our services to fill the existing gap in Afghanistan.