The M&E team trains LSP mentors on using the new tool for tracking student data.


Mentors for Invisible Children Uganda’s (ICU) Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) work full time following up with students and helping them to navigate the challenges they face as they pursue secondary and university education. Last week the ICU Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team sat down with mentors to train them on how to record quantitative and qualitative information about the guidance, counseling and psychosocial support they provide, in order to better track the students’ progress.

A number of M&E trainings have been organized for the mentors to improve their service to students. For instance, data gathered at past LSP academic seminars have allowed mentors like Geoffrey to know the views of the students and their expectations. “This helps me endeavor to meet their needs as well as improve on how I work with them,” he says.

With help from the M&E team, mentors are in position to keep clear records and have accurate, quality reporting on the students that they mentor. Collecting this data also lays the groundwork for evaluating the program and finding ways to improve and adapt as time goes on continually improve the quality of mentoring for students in LSP.

Geoffrey, an LSP mentor, meets with students at their school