Curious about the big difference in effective per-person costs between this intervention in Ecuador vs in sub-Saharan Africa, is there any main factor that leads to the much lower cost in Latin America.
HI Simon, thanks for the feedback—while I don’t have access to the StrongMinds budget, based on their public tax returns, one difference I can point to is that we do not have any US-based staff (and subsequently, any US-rate salaries). In general, I would also add that we only have one type of intervention, whereas StrongMinds has added additional services/​departments, which are likely critical and very beneficial, but harder to measure impact.
I’m happy to share our 2023 budget with anyone who would be interested: joy@vidaplena.global
Thanks for the analysis.
Curious about the big difference in effective per-person costs between this intervention in Ecuador vs in sub-Saharan Africa, is there any main factor that leads to the much lower cost in Latin America.
HI Simon, thanks for the feedback—while I don’t have access to the StrongMinds budget, based on their public tax returns, one difference I can point to is that we do not have any US-based staff (and subsequently, any US-rate salaries). In general, I would also add that we only have one type of intervention, whereas StrongMinds has added additional services/​departments, which are likely critical and very beneficial, but harder to measure impact.
I’m happy to share our 2023 budget with anyone who would be interested: joy@vidaplena.global