Needs Assessment

At the start of Planning of any humanitarian intervention, it’s important to first conduct community needs assessment, and that to counter the genuine needs of the community and identify the most affected groups, which in turn reflects the priorities of the intervention program, therefore delivers a better response for the community needs. Platform aids organizations and associations to carry out needs assessment using best practices by reviewing secondary sources of information and using a set of tools to collect data, then arrange and analyze it to produce a comprehensive community needs assessment report that shows community needs and resources and also includes recommendations for future programs and interventions. Needs assessment at Platform includes:

• Initial Rapid Assessment
• Multi-sector needs assessment (MSNA)
• Post-conflict needs assessment