Impact Metrics
In 2011, as part of our process of developing Ubuntu’s institutional capacity, we worked with McKinsey & Company to help us better measure, review and communicate our impact. We produced a set of integrative outcome measures to track, assess and generate insight around our impact. Our findings thrilled us, as they concretely validated what we already knew: Ubuntu is working. They clearly show the high social returns generated by an investment in Ubuntu.
Highlights from Ubuntu Education Fund’s 2011 Impact Report:
• 96% of Ubuntu clients adhere to their HIV drug regimens, compared to 57% in the city of Port Elizabeth and 75% in all of South Africa.
• 94% of Ubuntu clients are successful with their TB treatment at Ubuntu, compared to 41% in the Eastern Cape Province, 76% in South Africa, and 80% globally.
• 82% of Ubuntu clients are tracking towards the ultimate goal of a productive career within four years of joining Ubuntu.
• 1.2 years of progress are gained by children in Ubuntu’s academic program for each year enrolled. Children who attend public schools and are not in Ubuntu gain only half a year for each year they are in school, thus falling behind one grade level every two years.
• 72% of Ubuntu clients pass the Matric (Grade 12) exam, while only 37% of students in community schools pass.
• $195,000 is the net lifetime contribution to society by a child who has grown up as an Ubuntu client.
• $9,000 is the cost to society of a child from our community who is not an Ubuntu client.
• $2.20 is the net gain to society from every dollar invested in Ubuntu.
• $8.70 are real lifetime earnings for every $1 invested in an Ubuntu child.
Above is a summary of our 2011 Impact Report. The full report is available upon request.
