Monica Bandeira

Monitoring and evaluation associate, Results for Change

Monica is a psychologist, researcher, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specialist who has 16 years of experience working within the nongovernmental organisation sector, where she has provided programmatic, M&E, research, reporting, systems design, and capacity building services.

Monica makes use of new technologies to facilitate M&E data gathering. With her training and experience as a psychologist, she brings in-depth programmatic understanding to her work. Over the last few years, she has focused more on measuring the impact of psychosocial interventions, in contextually appropriate and useful ways.

Monica continues to publish journal articles in peer reviewed journals in collaboration with programme staff on the data collected. She is currently completing her PhD with the University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Study of Resilience focusing on the role of resilience on the mental health outcomes of adolescents from several African countries.