Resources

Supporting documents

Please visit The Hive Hub which is the main Salvation Army resource library for International Development and Relief. Quick links to some of the most relevant documents are here:

Definitions of Thematic Areas

CDv2 proposal template_Guidance Table.pdf

IPSv2 proposal template_Guidance.pdf

MEAL terms and definitions

The Salvation Army is working on a number of guidance documents to support MEAL which will be available by the end of 2026.

External resources

IndiKit has prepared a range of practical tools to help you ensure the maximum quality of your survey designs and implementation, including checklists for managing surveys, brief guides, a sample size calculator, and links to external resources. These have not been verified by The Salvation Army but you may find them helpful.

Sample Size and Margin of Error Calculator

Use the IndiKit Calculator to determine the minimum sample size for your surveys and to understand the margin of error of your data.

• Sample Size and Margin of Error Calculator

Rapid Guides

IndiKit’s Rapid Guides respond to aid workers’ demand for short and useful guidance on a range of survey-related topics.      

• Rapid Guide to Disaggregating Quantitative Data (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

• Rapid Guide to Survey Sampling (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

• Rapid Guide to Describing Survey Methodology (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

• Rapid Guide to Individual Interviews (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

• Rapid Guide to Mobile Data Collection (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

• Rapid Guide to Designing SMART Indicators (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

• Rapid Guide to Collecting Survey Data on Gender-Based Violence (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

• Rapid Guide to Localizing and Translating Survey Tools (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish) 

Practical Checklists

IndiKit’s survey checklists enable you to quickly assess whether you have omitted an important step in your survey design and implementation.

• Quantitative Surveys Checklist (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)  

• SMART Anthropometric Surveys Checklist (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)  

• Surveys Budgeting Checklist (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)  

• Surveys Logistics Checklist (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)              

The Quality Improvement and Verification Checklists (QIVC) provided below focus on improving the quality of the data collector’s work. Use them only after training the data collectors on the points the checklists monitor.

• QIVC for Individual Interviews (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

• QIVC for Focus Group Discussions (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

• QIVC for Anthropometric Data Collection (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)