{"id":204,"date":"2026-03-11T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/?p=204"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:32:09","slug":"wunti-al-khair-foundation-and-development-exchange-centre-explore-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Wunti Al-Khair Foundation and Development Exchange Centre Explore Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wunti Al-Khair Foundation (WAKF) has taken a significant step toward strengthening its development initiatives by visiting the Development Exchange Centre (DEC) to explore a potential collaboration. The visit, which focused on the crucial areas of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&amp;E), Organizational Systems, among others, signals WAKF&#8217;s commitment to ensuring the effectiveness and sustainability of its community-focused programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wakf-news-app.vercel.app\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwakf-news-app.vercel.app%2Fapi%2Fmedia%2Ffile%2FWhatsApp%2520Image%25202025-09-18%2520at%252012.10.47.jpg%3F2025-10-13T08%3A29%3A40.356Z&amp;w=3840&amp;q=100\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A delegation from the Wunti Al-Khair Foundation, led by key officials, engaged in productive discussions with the leadership and technical team of DEC. The main objective was to understand DEC&#8217;s long-standing expertise in implementing robust M&amp;E systems for its various development projects. DEC, a non-governmental, non-discriminating, women-focused organization, has a well-established reputation for its integrated and participatory approaches to community development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the visit, both organizations identified M&amp;E as a vital area for collaboration. Effective M&amp;E is crucial for non-profit organizations as it allows them to track progress, measure impact, ensure accountability to donors and beneficiaries, and make data-driven decisions to improve future programs. By partnering with a seasoned organization like DEC, WAKF aims to enhance its own M&amp;E framework, ensuring its projects\u2014from agricultural support to business empowerment and scholarships\u2014are not only impactful but also transparent and well-documented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two organizations expressed a mutual desire to formalize a partnership that would leverage DEC&#8217;s experience in M&amp;E and WAKF&#8217;s growing portfolio of development programs. The collaboration is expected to lead to more effective and sustainable interventions that address the specific needs of communities in Bauchi State and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both WAKF and DEC are dedicated to fostering positive change, and this potential collaboration is a testament to the power of working together to achieve shared goals of community empowerment and sustainable development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wunti Al-Khair Foundation (WAKF) has taken a significant step toward strengthening its development initiatives by visiting the Development Exchange Centre (DEC) to explore a potential collaboration. The visit, which focused on the crucial areas of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&amp;E), Organizational Systems, among others, signals WAKF&#8217;s commitment to ensuring the effectiveness and sustainability of its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.thewakf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}