Actual Number of Beneficiaries

The indicator measures the actual number of people who were supported by the project’s environment-related programming (i.e. the direct beneficiaries). This indicator shows the scale of the provided assistance.

Determine the indicator’s value by reviewing the following sources:

- Monitoring data (e.g. distribution lists, attendance lists, post-distribution surveys)

- Results of KAP surveys (e.g. assess the percentage and number of the target group members who experienced some benefits)

- Regular project reports (e.g. reports to a donor)

The indicator’s value includes all the people who received some type of support provided by the project (i.e. do not automatically use the originally planned number of direct beneficiaries – use the actual number of people supported).

Disaggregate the data by gender and the type of support people received.

1) Ensure that you avoid double counting – always count the same people only once, irrespective of how many types of support they received.

2) Do not include the number of indirect beneficiaries in the calculation – focus only on those who directly received support as a result of the project activities.