Independent Quality Assurance & Event Verification
Decisions affecting lives deserve evidence that has been independently verified.
RAYID does not collect programme data, conduct research, or implement projects. We verify whether the evidence produced by others is accurate, credible, and worthy of the decisions it informs.
The credibility gap
Institutions responsible for collecting data should not also be responsible for verifying it.
An institution that collects its own data has an incentive to protect its reputation. Quality concerns get overlooked, corrected quietly, or underreported to protect timelines and standing.
RAYID exists to remove that conflict of interest.
What RAYID is not
- Not a research firm or data collection provider
- Not a MEAL service provider
- Not an implementing partner
- Not an NGO, charity, or donation platform
What RAYID is
- An independent quality assurance and verification firm
- A live verifier of field activity and event delivery
- An objective reviewer of evidence and knowledge products
- Accountable to standards, not to reported results
Core services
Five core service areas
Our approach
A consistent, mixed-method verification approach
Metadata verification
Checking GPS, timestamps, background recording and device data against collected data.
Random callback interviews
Re-contacting a random sample of respondents or beneficiaries to confirm reported information.
Spot checks and back-checks
Direct observation of data collection and field-visit using structured checklists to confirm data collection actually occurred as planned.
Audio recording and transcript cross-checking
Cross-reference recorded interviews against submitted data to detect fabrication or misreporting.
Who we serve
Organizations that are accountable for their evidence
Humanitarian organizations
Independent assurance over assessment and monitoring data used to target assistance and report results.
Development partners & donors
Verification of implementing-partner evidence before it informs funding, scale-up, or closure decisions.
Government institutions
Objective quality review of survey, registry, and programme data underpinning public policy.
International research institutions
Independent verification and quality assurance of research, assessment, survey, and MEAL data produced by other organizations.
Private sector
Independent verification and quality assessment of field data to strengthen confidence in evidence used for decision-making.
Insight. Quality. Impact.
Independent assurance, before the decision is made
Tell us what evidence needs verifying, and we will define the standard it should be measured against.