Thatโ€™s the question we explored at the ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐  ๐Š๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐†๐Ž ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž โ€“ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: โ€œ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญโ€ hosted by The Hong Kong Jockey Club ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and led by the University of Chicagoโ€™s Center for Impact Sciences.

Our team โ€” Nisha Bates (Senior Programmes Manager), Risma Farhanah (Programmes Coordinator), and Sujata Ramakrishna (Board Director & Treasurer) โ€” had the privilege to attend this two-day event on June 19โ€“20 alongside fellow changemakers from Hong Kongโ€™s nonprofit sector.

๐ŸŒ Led by Jason Saul and Heather King, PhD, this insightful workshop introduced the exciting and evolving field of ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” equipping us with tools in benchmarking, standardized reporting, impact verification, and even predictive modeling.

โœ… At Uplifters, measuring the impact of our ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ is not just important โ€” itโ€™s essential. We want to ensure that every migrant domestic worker we support sees ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž-๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. This workshop reminded us that data isnโ€™t just about numbers โ€” itโ€™s about telling the story of change.

๐Ÿ™ Thank you to The Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation and The Hong Kong Jockey Club ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง for hosting this meaningful experience and for investing in the professional growth of the nonprofit sector.

๐Ÿ’™ ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญโ€” and now, we do it with even clearer insights and stronger tools.