Floortje de la Fosse researched the impact of the Sounds of Change Academy by focusing their master’s research in ‘Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology’ on the Academy’s trainees in four different asylum centres in the Netherlands. The research focused specifically on the impact of their workshops on the centres’ children and she shared some of her insights with us during the event.
You can read the impact report here as well as a link to the full research.
For our (international) training programs, we use a monitoring and evaluation programme to tailor our training to the specific needs of our participants and partners.
In terms of creating an impact, we work on two levels: the individual and the social. We measure the impact on the individual level of our trainees using monitoring, evaluation and interviews. At a societal level, we are partly dependent upon our partners who measure the impact themselves. This is a long process which can sometimes take several years.
We are currently developing further research into the impact of our work.
We believe qualitative data - the stories, interviews, and artistic outcomes of our trainees - create a wider understanding of the context and culture of where we work, and therefore of the changes that our programmes facilitate. For a further glimpse into the artistic outcomes, we invite you to subscribe to our newsletter, as well as visit the stories and sounds sections of this website.
“The smiles that we drew on the faces of the children today are much more powerful and beautiful than all the bullet sounds they heard in the war.”
Tarek, Sounds of Change trainee in Lebanon
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