SBCC
Social and Behaviour Change Communication
Designing evidence-based communication approaches that help communities understand issues, make informed decisions, and adopt beneficial practices.
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Evidence-led.
Community-centred.
Ulwazi NS Research Consulting is a 100% black female-owned development research company based in South Africa. We partner with communities and organisations to generate evidence that leads to meaningful change.
Our work prioritises people-centred projects and solutions shaped by community members, for the communities they serve.
What we understand
Selected expertise
Our experience connects rigorous research with the realities, priorities, and knowledge of the people at the centre of development.
Early Childhood Development
Generating evidence that strengthens early learning, caregiver support, child wellbeing, and school readiness in the settings where young children live and grow.
Human Settlements
Examining housing conditions, access to services, lived experience, and spatial inequality to support inclusive, responsive, and sustainable settlements.
Education
Using research and community insight to strengthen learning environments, programme design, education delivery, and equitable access to quality learning.
Climate Change
Exploring how environmental risks affect communities and helping organisations shape locally relevant resilience, adaptation, and behaviour-change responses.
Socio-economic Research
Combining qualitative and quantitative evidence to understand livelihoods, inequality, service access, behaviour, and the social factors shaping people’s lives.
Our approach
Research with people, not simply about them.
We bring community knowledge and robust evidence together to help organisations make decisions that are practical, inclusive, and grounded in lived experience.
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