Since the early 2000s, the VillageFXB Poverty Reduction Model has been regularly evaluated. A real impact on the economic, health and social status of children and adults has been demonstrated:
- In 2025, an external evaluation was carried out by Yever consulting on the implementation of the VillageFXB model in Mon and Kayin states, Myanmar, in 2017. It reveals that the VillageFXB model has been well implemented, with significant positive impacts in several areas. Its relevance is high, particularly in Mon State, because of the precariousness of its population. The beneficiaries were considered to be well selected. The effectiveness of the project is highly effective in nutrition, access to care, hygiene (WASH) and education. Families have improved their nutrition, health and living conditions, while education has benefited from strong youth participation. Some economic activities and savings activities were evaluated more moderately effective, due in particular to successive waves of Covid-19, political instability and inflation. Operational effectiveness is also high: despite political and health challenges, FXB has managed its resources well and its monitoring and evaluation is of high quality.
- In 2024, an external evaluation by a Burundian independent was carried out 21 months after the closure of the VillageFXB project. Despite the difficult context of inflation and floods, the vast majority of the gains have been retained, as shown by the figures: 92% of households maintain income-generating activities and continue to save within the NITs, 97% have maintained their vegetable gardens, and 79% remain affiliated with a health mutual. If certain indicators — such as number of daily meals or income — have been affected by economic and climate shocks, access to care, immunization of children and vocational training show lasting progress.
- A partnership with City of ParisSince 2006, FXB has been able to drive more than 900 families (nearly 5,500 people) to economic and social autonomy in Kigali, Rwanda. An external evaluation, conducted by the Group - Mutualized Consultants Experts of the Solidarity Sector in 2019, revealed, among other things, that among these families – some of whom have graduated from the program for 10 years already – 81% have maintained the cultivation of a vegetable garden, primarily intended for self-consumption, beyond the duration of the project. All the houses visited have shown a special effort to ensure adequate hygiene and environmental protection practices. 81% of parents reported significant satisfaction with support for children's education. The former participants expressed a very high level of satisfaction with the support received for their economic development.
- In 2018, an independent consultant from Burundi conducted a retrospective evaluation of 8 VillageFXB programmes conducted in Burundi between 2006 and 2017. The 800 beneficiary households were divided into three analysis groups, depending on the time between the evaluation period and the end of household participation in the programmes. This assessment, carried out between 1 and 12 years after the end of the programmes, shows that 74% of households find food easily on a regular basis, 83% of households have access to improved sanitation, between 44 and 56% of households save regularly, and average monthly incomes are above the regional average.
- In 2016, a VillageFXB program in Villupuram, India was evaluated by an independent researcher one year after the end of its implementation. The objective was to measure the sustainability of impacts. Thus, all women beneficiaries were still involved in collective Income Generation Activities (AGRs), with different levels of profit. The most profitable AGR is the hemp rope manufacturing unit. In terms of sanitation, the most significant change concerns access to improved latrines. Beneficiaries also confirmed a better understanding of diseases and prevention tools. Finally, FXB has raised students' desire to learn and has encouraged the motivation of disadvantaged rural families to support their children's higher education.
- 2015, based on baseline data, semi-annual and annual evaluations, as well as the final results of the poverty reduction model evaluation methodology VillageFXB, University of Pennsylvania and Harvard researchers reviewed the evolution of the status of beneficiary families before and after their participation in the programmes. This analysis was conducted by comparing them with a sample of families from the National Demographic Health Surveys. The study is based on data from 20 programmes implemented between 2009 and 2012 in Rwanda and Uganda, representing over 1,500 households.The results show that the VillageFXB programmes have led to significant improvements in economic security, health and nutrition, access to water, sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial well-being, and school participation of children.
- In 2014, an external evaluation of a VillageFXB programme in Uganda, carried out by the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, revealed that former beneficiaries were significantly less affected by multidimensional poverty than their peers, even three years after the end of the programme.. The most significant improvements were in housing and land ownership, savings, access to immunization for children, food diversity and access to improved water sources.
- Between January 2012 and January 2014, three successive external evaluations conducted by an independent Burundian evaluator, were carried out to measure the sustainability of the results of the VillageFXB programme in Nyakabiga, Burundi, one year, two years and three years after its conclusion. The results of these assessments show that 98.2 per cent of children are still in school, 93.7 per cent of households consume at least two meals a day, 88.9 per cent of children under the age of five have a normal brachial perimeter, and families are able to save an average of 207,000 Burundi francs a year (approximately 132 USD). In addition, access to health care remains sustainable, and all deliveries have been attended by medical personnel.
- In 2009, an external evaluation of the VillageFXB programme in Buriram, north-east Thailand, conducted by theThaksin University, revealed that 100% of young participants completed primary school and went to secondary schoolThe national average for completion of primary school was 40%. In addition, the evaluation found that increase in average income earned by participating families from 60 to 62 per cent, with more than 80 per cent of families continuing to pursue income-generating activities. The evaluation concluded that the VillageFXB programme had been implemented effectively and « had significantly improved the living conditions of a large number of orphans and vulnerable children ».
- In 2008, a mid-term evaluation of the VillageFXB poverty reduction pilot programme in Bu Tuo, China, conducted by UNICEF and the Bei Jing Institute of Information and Controlshowed significant results. The analysis revealed a substantial increase in household income and assets, a 25 per cent reduction in household debt, and significant improvements in the health, education and emotional well-being of children. Among children who have lost both parents, the emotional and psychosocial condition has improved dramatically, sixfold since their participation in the program.
- In 2007, an external evaluation of a VillageFXB programme in Rwanda, conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa), revealed that four years after the end of the programme, 86% of beneficiaries still live above the poverty line and 97% continue to exploit their initial income-generating activity. In addition, their children attend school more regularly, continue their education longer and achieve better results than their peers.