Demystifying Meal: A Practical Guide

About this book

MEAL was never meant to be paperwork. It was meant to change lives.

For too long, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning have been reduced to a box-ticking ritual, a tangle of jargon and donor reports that keeps programmes busy but rarely makes them better. Demystifying MEAL changes that. Drawing on nearly two decades in the field from remote clinics to urban settlements to emergency response, Andrew Tandeo clears away the jargon and puts people back at the centre. Here, MEAL is explained with rare clarity and warmth; not as a compliance exercise but as a living practice that turns data into decisions and decisions into measurable change. Inside you'll find practical tools you can apply tomorrow, real-world case examples, plain-language definitions, reflection prompts, the templates, checklists and sample budgets that most guides leave out.

Whether you're building your first MEAL system or refining years of experience, this is more than a manual. It's your compass for work that doesn't just prove impact but improves it.