Our Impact
Every pound donated to World Aid Network is tracked to a clinical outcome. This page explains how we measure and report on what your donation achieves — and will be updated with verified programme data as it becomes available.
Quick answer
World Aid Network publishes counted programme outcomes — operations funded, patients screened, families fed — updated only from verified partner hospital reports, never estimates. The counters currently stand at zero: programmes begin once Charity Commission registration (application 5290505) is granted. The raw data is public at worldaidnetwork.org/data/impact.json.
Programme data will be published here once available. World Aid Network is a UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation with charity registration in progress. As our programmes become fully operational, verified anonymised outcome data — post-operative visual acuity results, treatment completion rates, relief distribution reach — will be published on this page.
How We Measure Impact
Impact reporting starts before the first penny is disbursed. Partner hospitals are required to submit pre-operative, post-operative and follow-up data as a condition of funding — not as an afterthought.
Eye surgery
- Pre-operative visual acuity (logMAR / Snellen)
- Post-operative visual acuity at 4–6 weeks
- Complication rate (posterior capsule rupture, endophthalmitis)
- Bilateral surgery rate (both eyes within one patient)
- Gender and age breakdown of patients treated
- Total operations funded per country per quarter
Cancer treatment
- Cancer stage at first diagnosis (I, II, III, IV)
- Treatment pathway completed vs abandoned
- Chemotherapy cycle completion rate
- Surgical outcome (clear margins, re-operation rate)
- 12-month disease-free survival (reported by partner)
- Gender and age breakdown of patients treated
Emergency relief
- Number of families reached per disaster event
- Type of relief delivered (food / shelter / seasonal)
- Time from disaster declaration to first disbursement
- Partner organisation report and distribution records
- Geographic reach within Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia
What successful outcomes look like
Cataract surgery
A successful cataract operation is defined as post-operative best-corrected visual acuity of 6/18 or better (the WHO threshold for functional vision). The majority of patients achieve 6/12 or better. Each funded patient's visual acuity result is recorded in the post-operative report submitted by the partner hospital.
Breast cancer treatment
Success is measured by treatment completion (full surgical and chemotherapy course), pathological response (clear surgical margins) and 12-month disease-free survival where partner hospitals have follow-up capacity. Earlier-stage diagnosis — driven by the screening camp programme — is itself a measurable improvement in outcomes.
Emergency relief
Effective relief is defined by reach (number of families receiving supplies), timeliness (disbursement within 72 hours of declaration for acute events), and completeness (full food and shelter package delivered, not partial). Partner distribution records are required for every relief deployment.
How we will report
Anonymised aggregate data — no individual patient identifiers — will be published on this page quarterly once programmes are fully operational. Reports will include total patients funded, outcomes achieved, and expenditure per outcome. Once charity registration is granted, annual accounts will be filed with the Charity Commission and published publicly.
Why our model produces verifiable outcomes
Named patient lists before disbursement
No money leaves World Aid Network until trustees have approved a named patient list with clinical justification. This ensures every pound is allocated to a specific patient before the operation takes place.
Milestone bank transfers — not open grants
Payments go directly to partner hospitals via bank transfer in defined tranches. Outcome reporting is required before any subsequent release. This creates a contractual incentive for hospitals to provide data.
Post-operative outcome reports
Every partner hospital is contractually required to provide a post-operative report for each funded patient. These reports include visual acuity results (for eye surgery) or treatment completion data (for cancer). Reports are reviewed by trustees.
Trustee oversight and audit
Trustees review disbursement records and outcome reports. Periodic on-site inspections of partner facilities may be commissioned. Any discrepancy between disbursement and reported outcomes triggers a formal review.
What do the programme counters show?
As of — updated only from verified partner reports, never estimates.
Programme counters begin with first partner hospital reports. Card donations are open; Gift Aid is not claimable until Charity Commission registration is granted. Counters are updated only from verified partner reports — never estimates. The raw data behind these counters is public at /data/impact.json. Small, truthful, counted numbers — published from day one — matter more to us than big unverifiable claims.