Your team writes reports that get skimmed, proposals that blend into the pile, and M&E plans that collect dust instead of driving decisions.
These challenges don't just waste time and funding—they deny your beneficiaries the outcomes they deserve.
Whether you have 3 staff or 300, we strengthen your team's ability to communicate impact, design effective projects, and use data to improve programs - not just meet requirements. From grassroots NGOs to UN agencies - we adapt to your context and constraints.
Why Work With Us?
- • Direct access to Neil Kendrick - Experience training thousands of humanitarians in more than 20 countries
- • Interactive problem-solving sessions - Working meetings that address your specific challenges, not generic lectures
- • Focus on practical application - Skills your team can use immediately in their day-to-day project operations
- • Sustainable capacity building - Your team gains independence, not dependency on external consultants
- • Flexibility for field realities - Recorded sessions for staff in remote areas, adaptable scheduling
- • Ongoing support - Six-week follow-up included to ensure skills stick
- • Inclusive approach - From small NGOs to UN agencies, we adapt to your size and budget
"This training tackled our biggest reporting challenge head-on. The strategic framework Neil provided turned a complex annual process into something we can handle confidently."
How It Works
We combine expert facilitation with your working context and ensure lasting change through structured follow-up.
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Let's discuss your specific challenges and design a solution that works for your context.
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Your Instructor
Neil Kendrick
With over 25 years of expertise, Neil Kendrick, founder of ELD Impact, specializes in Professional Writing, Reporting Skills, Proposal Writing, Results-Based Management, and Monitoring & Evaluation. Originally from the UK and now based in Turkey, Neil has trained and coached humanitarian and development professionals across more than 20 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Regularly praised for his ability to demystify complex topics, Neil makes challenging concepts accessible to practitioners at any level - from field staff in rural NGOs to program managers in multilateral organizations.
How We Solve Your Challenges
Your work transforms lives—our training ensures it delivers maximum impact. We address your toughest challenges with practical training in:
Theory of Change
Create clear pathways from activities to impact that convince funders and guide implementation with confidence.
Reporting Skills & Professional Writing
Transform routine reports into strategic tools that inform decisions and demonstrate value to stakeholders.
Project Management
Master practical tools to plan, coordinate, and steer complex projects toward results despite changing contexts.
Project Planning & Proposal Writing
Design projects that deliver measurable results and craft proposals that align with donor priorities.
MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning)
Integrate all four MEAL components into project management for improved results and stronger stakeholder relationships.
Results-Based Management & M&E
Build practical systems that deliver actionable insights for better decision-making throughout the project cycle.
"I wish all development practitioners would have this opportunity. I am empowered with the necessary tools to write professionally."
- T.M., Program Manager, TechnoServe Zimbabwe
Impact Stories
It's not just about better documents and plans - it's about practical solutions that save effort, resources, and sometimes lives.
"For the first time, we actually know what we're doing"
Save the Children Afghanistan
M&E Training - 4 field managers develop their first M&E Plan
"What used to be 6 months of chaos has become a controlled, efficient process. Our annual reports are now a strategic tool, not a burden."
World Food Programme, Dakar
Annual report process workshop for 20+ staff across West Africa Region
"This is an astonishing transformation - not just in reporting, but in evidence-based decision-making"
OWDA Ethiopia's Donor
Zero clarification needed from implementing partners after 5-week training
Small changes create big results. Recent participants have:
- • Added stakeholder consultations that prevented project resistance
- • Redesigned monitoring tools, saving hundreds of hours collecting irrelevant data
- • Created early warning systems that caught problems before they escalated
- • Built community trust through simple, low-cost engagement strategies
The best time to build your team's capacity is now
- • Every month of ineffective reporting, rejected proposals, and underutilized data is a month of missed opportunities and organizational frustration.
- • Most teams see returns within the first project cycle - better proposals funded, reports that drive decisions, M&E data that actually improves programs.
- • We work with a limited number of groups each quarter to ensure quality and personalized attention - typically just 3 teams to maintain our high standards.
Email us with your biggest training challenge. We'll respond within 24 hours to arrange a call to explore practical solutions for your specific context.
Organizations trained include: ActionAid, Adidas Foundation, ADRA, CARE International, Caritas, Concern Worldwide, Diakonia, DFID, GIZ, Hand in Hand, Inter-American Development Bank, Nepal Water for Health, Norwegian Church Aid, OWDA, Oxfam, Population Services International, RET International, Safe Abortion Action Fund, Sasakawa Africa, Save the Children, SDC, SNV, Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, SwissContact, TechnoServe, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, USAID, World Food Programme, among others.