Creamos tracks a variety of qualitative and quantitative indicators throughout each program year to ensure it continues to achieve its mission-driven impacts.
The emotional support program, initiated in 2015, has experienced rapid growth over the past five years. In its first year, this program served 91 women through psychoeducational and exercise groups. It slowly grew to integrate individual therapy, and has expanded to incorporate group therapy and additional theme-specific groups as needs arise. In 2019, 177 women were involved in emotional support programs; 75% have reported an increase in their social support scale, 50 women engage in consistent weekly therapy and/or psychoeducational groups with the organization’s social worker and psychologist, and 8 were referred to the public mental health hospital for ongoing care.
The success of the income generating program is largely gauged by the quantity of jobs created, which provides women with an ethical and sustainable income and allows them to leave their high-risk work in the garbage dump. Since the program’s inception in 2008, 92 women have gained employment with Creamos’, tripling their previous income and achieving a consistent, safe and reliable source of income.
Finally, though only in its first year, the adult education program is already demonstrating positive results. Nearly doubling anticipated enrollment, 124 adult learners are currently engaged in the program across grade levels ranging from basic adult literacy to university. Of special celebration, the organization currently provides scholarships for three women to attend the local university, with ten more currently engaged in the application process.