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Sustainable, COmprehensive
REsponses (SCORE)
for
vulnerable
children and their families
Cooperative Agreement No. AID‐617‐A‐11‐00001
End of Year 2 Report
October 2012 – September 2013
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Table of Contents:
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5
Technical
Approach
...................................................................................................................
5
Overview of Goal, Objectives and Approach ......................................................................... 5
Geographic Scope and Targets .............................................................................................. 9
General situation and Implementation Plan ........................................................................... 15
Achievements against SCORE targets .................................................................................. 15
Workplan targets/Achievements Year 2 ............................................................................. 15
Monitoring and Evaluation of Emergency Plan Progress (MEEPP) ..................................... 22
Performance Monitoring Plan. ............................................................................................ 23
Follow‐up VAT Analysis. .......................................................................................................... 25
VAT Analysis, Impact data. ...................................................................................................... 26
A closer analysis by Objective Area. .................................................................................... 28
“Cui bono?”, who benefits from SCORE. ............................................................................. 36
Concluding remark about the VAT impact analysis. ............................................................ 38
Linkages with other programs and coordination mechanisms ............................................... 38
Major Challenges, Constraints and Lessons Learned .............................................................. 39
Resource utilization ................................................................................................................. 40
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Executive Summary
The SCORE project has reached the end of its Year 2 of implementation. In line with
predictions at time of year 1 report, the total number of households enrolled in the project
(22,864) is currently just below the Life of the Project –LOP target (25,000). SCORE is
confident to reach and surpass target during year 3. From then most of SCORE efforts will be
directed to supporting existing beneficiaries and accompanying them to graduation.
SCORE maintained its commitment to “fit the project to the people”, designing targeted
response plans fine‐tuned to the specific circumstances of beneficiary households. In order
to inform this strategy, SCORE used extensively project‐generated data and the vulnerability
profiles of each of the SCORE households.
In line with its multi‐sectoral, family‐centered approach, SCORE reached a total of 104,815
vulnerable people in its beneficiary households with one or more OVC Core Program Areas –
CPAs. Out of these, 60,749 (57.9%) have received 3 or more CPAs beyond psychosocial
support.
SCORE has achieved and surpassed all of its quantitative work‐plan targets for year 2.
Furthermore
and
above
all,
in
terms
of
impact,
SCORE
has
achieved
a
remarkable
decrease
in vulnerability of its beneficiaries. 20% of SCORE households re‐assessed at the end of year
2 are now below enrolment threshold, meaning that they are now on the pre‐graduation
path. Overall, 50.7% of SCORE households have moved from a vulnerability bracket to a
lower one (i.e. from critically vulnerable to moderately or slightly vulnerable, and from
moderately to slightly vulnerable).
SCORE supported the creation of 894 Village Savings and Loans Associations, involving more
than 25,000 members, half of which are members of vulnerable households. The SCORE
VSLAs have saved more than 1.5 billion Uganda Shillings (more than 500 thousand USD) and
have used this money to engage in income generating activities. More than 1,200 youth
have been identified by SCORE implementing partners as needing job placement support
through an apprenticeship and have been placed. 50% of SCORE apprentices who completed
their training are currently employed. Unemployment and reliance on remittances among
SCORE households has decreased by 50%, and median income increased by 57%.
SCORE is supporting 508 Farmer Field Schools, comprising 11,628 people, and has provided
horticulture training to a total of 14,232 families. These activities are proving very useful in
rural and urban settings alike, as a dietary diversification strategy and for income generation
/ savings promotion. An estimated 30,746 people have benefited from behavior change
communication in the areas of nutrition and food preparation. The proportion of SCORE
households eating a balanced diet has increased from 48.8% to 62.2%, and the proportion of
households eating less than 2 meals a day decreased by more than 50% (from 27.9% to
13.5%).
A total of 7,683 community group members, LCs, police officers, health workers and
teachers have been oriented on child protection issues. Furthermore, 351 schools have been
targeted with capacity building and other initiatives to promote safety, protection,
development and wellbeing for children. The implementing partners of SCORE have carried
out a total of 24,367 home visits to beneficiary households. Protection failures for SCORE
children have decreased by more than 50% throughout the programming regions.
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Introduction
AVSI Foundation leads a consortium comprising CARE, TPO and FHI360, responding to USAID
Request for Applications (RFA) Number RFA‐617‐11‐000001 Sustainable Responses for
Improving the Lives of Vulnerable Children and their Households.
The SCORE project (Sustainable, Comprehensive Responses for vulnerable children and their
families) aims
to
reach
25,000
vulnerable
households
(with
125,000
members)
in
35
districts
across Uganda. SCORE utilizes a family‐centered, multi‐sectoral approach, and privileges a
strong evidence‐based approach to inform programming and promote learning.
Technical Approach
Overview of Goal, Objectives and Approach
The Goal of the proposed program is to decrease the vulnerability of critically vulnerable
children (VC) and their households.
The program aims to achieve the following objectives, through the respective strategies.
Objective
1‐
To
improve
the
socio‐
economic
status
of
VC
households.
SCORE addresses socio‐economic empowerment through an integrated, market‐based
approach centered on a) increasing household financial resources, b) increasing the socio‐
economic skill base, and c) facilitating market inclusion.
Activities included under this Objective are:
‐ Establishment of and support to Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs).
‐ Promote social insurance schemes and linkages to other financial services
‐ Provide market‐oriented skills development.
‐ Develop enterprise and market opportunities
Objective 2‐ To improve the food security and nutrition status of VC and their household
members.
The objective of improved food security and nutrition is addressed through a mix of
activities aimed at enhancing the capacities of VC households to produce and use foodstuff,
as well as improving household knowledge and behavior with regard to nutritional practices
and services. The strategic directions are therefore a) increased food production, b)
improved food utilization, and c) referral and linkage to existing agricultural, nutritional and
health services.
Activities included under this Objective are:
‐ Establish and support Farmer Field Schools and/or urban horticulture
‐ Behavior Change Communication on food consumption and nutritional practices
‐ Map nutritional needs and promote linkage with nutrition and health services
Objective 3‐ To increase availability of Protection and Legal Services for VC and their
household members.
Child protection interventions aim to strengthen social safety nets protecting vulnerable
children from abuse and exploitation. The strategies in which activities will be rooted are a)
mobilization and awareness of communities around child protection concerns, b)
empowerment of families to access protection and legal redress services, and c) enhanced
referral mechanisms for relevant protection and legal services.
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Activities included under this Objective are:
‐ Map both formal and existing traditional child protection structures in each target
community
‐ Conduct targeted trainings that directly address capacity gaps identified
‐ Conduct child protection activities within schools
‐ Conduct interactive learning sessions with VC households & community based
organizations
‐ Conduct family visits and provide counseling and other social support services
‐ Provide legal support and referral to individuals and families
Objective 4‐ To increase capacity of vulnerable women and children and their households to
access, acquire or provide critical services.
Activities bridge existing gaps and offer a safety net that can capture and redirect vulnerable
households who fall short of, or require further support. The main strategies pursued under
this Objective are to a) stimulate household awareness and ownership in the request for and
provision of critical services, b) reinforcement of the civil society/ community based
organizations to support and care for vulnerable children and their households, and c) the
development of referral systems, including partnerships with the private sector.
Activities included under this Objective are:
‐ Conduct dialogues and Workshops for Vulnerable Households
‐ Train and Mentor local implementers
‐ Map Essential service delivery points
‐ Create concrete referral structures/system to critical services
‐ Foster innovative partnerships for vulnerable women, children and their households
with private firms to increase economic and social opportunities
The consortium’s technical Approach rests on the following programmatic principles:
• Family‐centered approach to build self ‐reliance of vulnerable households. SCORE involves
and empowers families to be the first line of prevention and response to children
vulnerability. This is aimed to overall increase the households’ demand for services and the
capacity to access and provide them. SCORE aims to make services available that respond to
the unique needs and vulnerabilities of each household, guided by fine‐tuned needs
mapping and the development and implementation of innovative “household development
plans”. This approach aims to “fit the project to the people”, tailoring services to individual
families instead of adopting a one‐size‐fits‐all, standardized approach, and therefore
addressing their specific needs while also balancing the trade‐off between the possibilities of
spending a lot on one activity or a little on many activities amid scarce resources. Each
household is therefore guided along a pathway towards increased self ‐reliance. At the same
time, using a children’s rights approach, the program will support the creation of an enabling
environment in which children are valued and cared for, and protected from abuse, neglect
and exploitation.
• Building capacity of and working through local structures. Whereas the central goal of the
SCORE project is to reduce the vulnerability of children and their households, its strategic
approach is to build the capacity of and operate through a very diverse range of local
community structures. In particular, SCORE aims to a) intensify efforts to strengthen
community networks and structures to deliver community‐based services, and b) mobilize
and empower existing community networks to increase demand for services and improve
community‐facility linkages to complete the “continuum of response” model.
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SCORE involves community networks and structures to select VSLAs and FFS. SCORE involves
and empowers community based actors as Community Based Trainers and FFS facilitators,
as well as Nutrition Peer Educators, and this year is going to work on community legal
volunteers in relevant areas.
SCORE promotes
referrals
to
and
involvement
of
existing
structures
as
appropriate
and
in
line with national guidelines (probation, police, LCs, Health Centres, and VHTs, among
others).
SCORE works with Community Based Organizations, which already exist in the area, and
builds their capacity, both technically (in the 4 SCORE Objective Areas) and managerially (for
instance, facilitating their link and reporting in the OVC MIS, their utilization of M&E,
management and coordination of a complex set of activities). These stronger expressions of
the civil society will remain in the targeted districts and continue to be an important local
structure on which the community can rely.
• Gender mainstreaming throughout all elements of the project. SCORE mainstreams
Gender
at
all
levels
of
the
action’s
design
and
implementation.
Needs
assessments
are
made
cognizant of the comparative vulnerability of women‐headed households. The development
of household‐specific response plans factors the nature and extent of gender‐related roles
within the household’s livelihoods systems, and in particular women’s importance in
ensuring children’s education, nutrition, protection and well‐being. Women are significantly
targeted by activities, while at the same time promoting male participation. Furthermore,
SCORE’s programming standards emphasize women’s participation in activities and in
collective decision‐making, such as within Village Savings and Loans Associations and/or
Farmer Field Schools.
• Attention to minorities and women and children in special circumstances. Conscious of the
particular nature of needs and challenges of specific categories of vulnerable children, the
program privileges targeting of AIDS orphans, children living with HIV, children with
disabilities, street children, and children in conflict with the law. Partnerships with CBOs with
specialized experience in addressing the needs of these groups has been established and
fostered by SCORE. The success of such approach is testified by the impact analysis, which
shows that children with disabilities benefit from the project to the same degree as their
non‐disabled peers (see below, the “Impact” section).
• Coordination and Country Ownership. SCORE takes advantage of the reach and experience
of its members to promote effective coordination of USG, national and international actors
engaged in the response to VC in Uganda. The program is consistent with the relevant policy,
planning and technical documentation, such as the PEAP, the Peace Recovery and
Development Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP), the Health Sector Strategic Plan‐HSSP and
the National OVC Policy as well as the National Strategic Programme Plan of Interventions
for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children 2011/2015. At district level, SCORE and its
Implementing Partners participate in OVC coordination systems (including in the USAID‐
supported DOPs) and planning processes to ensure that activities are embedded in the
overall strategies to address the vulnerabilities of children and their households. SCORE
actively involves different local structures, such as family and child protection units, health
departments, police, and schools.
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Objective:Prevent fromfalling intocriticalsituation
Stability
Objective:Maintainstability
Critically VCHH
Objective:
Stabilize andpromote toeconomicallyviable level
Objective 1- Improved socio-
economic status of VC
households.
Objective 2- Improved food
security and nutrition status of
VC and their households.
Objective 3- Increased availability of
Protection and Legal Services for VC and
their households.
Object
vulnera
acquire
I n c r e a s e s o c i o -
e c o n o m i c s k i l l b a s e
I n c r e a s e H H
f i n a n c i a l
r e s o u r c e s
F a c i l i t a t e M a r k e t
I n c l u s i o n
1 . 1 E s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a n d S u p p o r t t o V i l l a g e S
a v i n g s a n d L o a n s A s s o c i a t i o n s ( V S L A s )
1 . 2 P r o m o t e s o c i a l i n
s u r a n c e s c h e m e s a n d l i n k a g e s t o o t h e r
f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s .
1 . 3 P r o v i d e m a r k e t - o r i e n t e d s k i l l s d e v e l o p m e n t
1 . 4 D e v e l o p e n t e r p r i s e a n d m a r k e t o p p o r t u n i t i e s
I n c r e a s e d H H
f o o d
p r o d u c t i o n
I m p r o v e F o o d
U t i l i z a t i o n
2 . 1 E s t a b l i s h a n d S u p p o r t F a r m e r F i e l d S c h o o l ( F F S ) a n d u r b a n h o r t i c u l t u r e .
2 . 2 B e h a v i o r C h a n g e C o m m u n i c a t i o n o n f o o d
c o n s u m p t i o n a n d n u t r i t i o n a l
r a c t i c e s
2 . 3 M a p n u t r i t i o n a l n e e d s a n d p r o m o t e l i n k a g
e s w i t h
n u t r i t i o n a n d h e a l t h s e r v i c e s
M o b i l i z e c o m m u n i t i e s
a n d i n c r e a s e t h e i r
a w a r e n e s s a r o u n d
c h i l d p r o t e c t i o n
E m p o w e r f a m i l i e s t o
a c c e s s p r o t e c t i o n a n d
l e g a l r e d r e s s s e r v i c e s
S t i m u l a t e h o u s e h o l d
a w a r e n e s s a n d
o w n e r s h i p
E n h a n c e r e f e r r a l
m e c h a n i s m s
R e f e r r a l t o a g r i c
& N u t r i t i o n a l H e a l t h
S e r v i c e s
4 . 1 C o n d u c t d i a l o g u e s a n d w o r k s h o p s f o r v u l n e r a b l e h o u s e h o l d s
3 . 3 C o n d u c t c h i l d p r o t e c t i o n a c t i v i t i e s w i t h i n t h e s c h o o l s
3 . 1 M a p f o r m a l a n d e x i s t i n g t r a d i t i o n a l c h i l d p
r o t e c t i o n s t r u c t u r e s i n t a r g e t c o m m u n i t i e s
3 . 2 C o n d u c t t a r g e t e d t r a i n i n g s a d d r e s s i n g
c a p a c i t y g a p s
3 . 6 P r o v i d e l e g a l s u p p o r t a n d r e f e r r a l t o i n d i v i d u a l s a n d f a m i l i e s
3 . 4 C o n d u c t i n t e r a c t i v e l e a r n i n g s e s s i o n s
3 . 5 C o n d u c t f a m i l y v i s i t s a n d p r o v i d e c o u n s e l i n g a n d o t h e r s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s
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Geographic Scope and Targets
SCORE works in five Regions and 35 districts, divided into 5 programming regions (Central, East‐Central,
East, North and South‐West). District‐level beneficiary targets have been originally informed by the OVC
Situation Analysis 2009, which provided regional percentages of critically and moderately vulnerable
children, and subsequently adjusted to take into account locally‐generated information, inputs from
Local Government and other stakeholders, and linkages with other PEPFAR projects (such as the STARs).
Figure 1‐SCORE Regions and districts.
At project start, SCORE aimed to reach at least 15,000 households during every project year. Under a
working assumption that a third of the beneficiaries will be enabled to reduce their vulnerability to the
point of reaching “graduation” within an average of three years, SCORE estimated to reach a total
25,000 households, corresponding to 125,000 vulnerable adults and children by the end of the project.
By the end of year 1, SCORE had enrolled 16,923 households, 7% higher than original target. By March
2013, SCORE had reached 21,106 households, exceeding 110,000 total beneficiaries. Currently, SCORE is
working with 22,864 households. This is just short of the Life of the Project target of 25,000 households,
and already
surpasses
the
target
total
number
of
beneficiaries,
due
to
the
higher
observed
family
size
which already pushes the total number of direct beneficiaries above 130,000.
Figure 2‐SCORE enrolment
South‐West Central East‐Central East North
Bushenyi Luweero Kamuli Butaleja Amuru
Sheema Kampala Iganga Bududa Nwoya
Mitooma Mukono Luuka Budaka Gulu
Rubirizi Buvuma Namayingo Bulambuli Lira
Buhweju Buikwe Bugiri Sironko Alebtong
Ntungamo Wakiso Mayuge Busia Otuke
Rukungiri Buyende Lamwo
Isingiro Kitgum
15,000
16,923
21,106 22,864
‐
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
TARGET Y1 ACTUAL Y1 MARCH '13 JUNE '13
Life‐of ‐Project target
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SCORE beneficiaries: vulnerability profile
This section is based on 22,864 VATs collected by SCORE. Overall, about two‐thirds of SCORE households
are critically vulnerable. There is some variability at regional level, which is both influenced by the
geographical level and prevalence of vulnerability, as well as by the paths of beneficiary identification
(referrals from other projects, parish lists, community mobilization, etc).
Figure 4‐ Vulnerability bracket of SCORE beneficiaries.
Vulnerability levels are more uniformly high with regard to the socio‐economic dimension, where out of
a total of 30 “vulnerability points”, the average scores throughout the program area are higher than 24.
Second most frequently and intensely reported vulnerability area is Food Security and Nutrition, with a
peak in the East Region. Family Strengthening and Essential Services follows suit, with higher averages in
the Central and North Region. The comparatively lower average scores for Protection are related to a
comparatively less widespread concentration of protection failures (although the occurrence of child
labor is reported in nearly half of the beneficiary households), which therefore leads to a lower average
measurement.
Figure 5‐ Vulnerability breakdown by thematic area. SCORE beneficiaries.
Analysis of
the
VAT
data
shows
that
in
16.0%
of
SCORE
‐enrolled
households
the
index
child
has
a
disability. This is more prevalent in the North Region (26.8%) and least prevalent in the Central Region
(10.9%). Furthermore, disability among the HH head is more prevalently observed in the North Region
(21.4%) and least so in the East Region (21.8). This data is still being analyzed but part of the regional
differentials can be linked to the specific patterns of beneficiaries’ referral to SCORE, mapping priority of
district stakeholders, as well as different burden of disability.
Region Critically Vulnerable Moderately Vulnerable
Central 60.6% 39.4%
East 77.9% 22.1%
East Central 62.6% 37.4%
Northern 66.3% 33.7%
South Western 57.9% 42.1%
Overall (N=22,864) 63.0% 37.0%
Region Socioeconomic
empowerment Protection
Food
security
and nutrition Family
strengthening
Central 24.2 5.7 11.6 10.5
East 25.1 7.5 14.1 9.8
East Central 23.8 7.4 11.2 8.5
Northern 24.4 7.0 12.2 10.1
South Western 24.3 5.1 11.3 9.7
Overall (N=22,864) 24.3 6.3 11.8 9.8
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Table 1‐ Disability and chronic disease among 21,106 SCORE beneficiary households.
Region Have a disability Have a chronic disease
Index Child HH head Both Index Child HH head Both
Central 626(10.9%) 570(9.9%) 96(1.7%) 859(14.9%) 2,290(39.8%) 491(8.5%)
East 438(21.1%) 453(21.8%) 113(5.4%) 356(17.1%) 820(39.5%) 237(11.4%)
East Central
554(14.3%)
576(14.8%) 113(2.9%) 352(9.1%) 760(19.6%)
110(2.8%)
Northern 1,125(26.8%) 896(21.4%) 279(6.7%) 904(21.3%) 1,626(38.8%) 415(9.9%)
South West 633(12.2%) 848(16.3%) 159(3.1%) 617(11.9%) 1,397(26.9%) 269(5.2%)
Overall 3,376(16.0%) 3,343(15.8%) 760(3.6%) 3,088(14.6%) 6,893(32.7%) 1,522(7.2%)
In terms of monthly income, the average monthly household income reported by SCORE beneficiary
households is 43,688 UGX. This means that generally, a score beneficiary household has on average a
monetary income of 1,456 UGX a day, less than a dollar a day. The household survey revealed that on
average, six people depend on that household income which means that about USH 242 is available per
day for every individual meaning considerable strain on available monetary resources in these
households. Significant regional variations are noted, with the Central Region having the highest average
income of
66,489
UGX,
whereas
the
East
Region
showed
the
lowest
average
income
(24,605
UGX).
Figure 6‐Income data from 22,864 SCORE households.
School attendance is generally high in all regions, with 77.7% of the index children aged 6 and above
(school‐going age) reporting to be attending school. However, further analysis shows very high levels of
absenteeism, measured as absence from school for more than one third of school time. In fact, close to
half (45.4%) of in‐school index children reported having been absent from school for at least a month in
a term. Absenteeism was highest in the South‐West and in the East‐Central regions, surpassing fifty
percent (52.5% and 55.2% respectively).
Table 2‐ Schooling and Absenteeism – SCORE index children
Region
In school
Absent Population,
N
Central 3,918 (79.2%) 1,651 (42.1%) 6,004
East 1,499 (82.3%) 458 (30.6%) 2,078
East Central 2,095 (79.0%) 1,168 (55.8%) 3,992
Northern 3,132 (74.6%) 1,315 (42.0%) 5,461
South Western 3,314 (76.5%) 1,739 (52.5%) 5,329
Overall 13,958 (77.7%) 6,331 (45.4%) 22,864
source: SCORE Project database, VAT tables.
Region Average Household
Monthly Income
Average No. of
household members
Average individual
monthly Income
Central 66,489 6 11,081
East 24,605 6 4,101
East Central 38,785 6 6,464
Northern 43,869 6 7,311
South Western 28,785 5 5,757
Overall (N=22,864) 43,688 6 7,281
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In terms of feeding habits, analysis of VATs shows that about half (52.2%) of SCORE beneficiary
households do not have “good feeding habits”, defined as usually consuming at least three times a week
all the three main food categories (energy foods, body‐building and protective and regulative foods).
Significant differences are noted regionally with the South‐West having the lowest prevalence (39.8%) of
good feeding practice.
Figure 7‐ Proportion of SCORE households with balanced diet‐ 22,864 VATs.
Quantitative access to food, measured in terms of average number of meals per day, shows a very
diverse picture across regions. Whereas the overall proportion of SCORE households eating on average
less than 2 meals per day is at 28.4%, the regional range of such parameter changes between 14.5% in
the East‐Central Region and 37.5% in the Central Region.
Figure 8‐ Proportion of SCORE households eating less than 2 meals per day.
49.2% 46.4%
57.9%
47.3%
39.8%
47.8%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
CENTRAL EAST E‐CENTRAL NORTH S‐WEST TOTAL
%
REGION
37.5%
28.2%
14.5%
34.2%
22.4%
28.4%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
CENTRAL EAST E‐CENTRAL NORTH S‐WEST TOTAL
%
REGION
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It is worth noting, as done already in the early phases of SCORE, and on occasion of the dissemination of
the SCORE Baseline, that the regional profiles show how the drivers of food and nutritional insecurity
can be very diverse, and be at times and places linked to food quantity and food production, while at
others be more a matter of quality and food utilization, and at times both. For instance, households in
the South‐West region present at the same time the highest frequency of unbalanced diets and one of
the lowest proportions of households eating less than 2 meals a day. The situation is somewhat reversed
for the North Region. These observations support the choice of including both aspects of food insecurity
in the strategic design of the SCORE project, and further call for regionally and household‐specific
responses, in line with the underlying problems.
In terms of child protection, 29.4% of the index children are reported to be involved in a form of child
labor. Regional variations are registered, with eastern region reporting the highest prevalence of child
labor (35.9%) and the Central Region reporting the lowest (20.1%). The differences are statistically
significant. Data also further show that more than a third of index children (40.9%) were reported to
have been victims of child abuse (psychological, physical, sexual or neglect). The Eastern Region (51%)
has the highest prevalence of reported child abuse. When asked if the child has ever been involved in
alcohol or substance consumption, 6.9% reported in the affirmative. The North and Eastern regions,
both at
8.4%
had
the
highest
reporting,
while
the
Central
Region
had
the
least
at
3.5%.
Data
indicates
that substance abuse among SCORE beneficiaries is a concern, and family support activities will have to
integrate this topic through the life of the project.
Figure 9‐ Child Protection Failures among 16,924 SCORE beneficiary households.
Information generated from the analysis of collected vulnerability data has been used to fine‐tune the
strategic responses that SCORE put in place. This is in line with one of the central tenets of the SCORE
project, that is that each individual and household is unique, with a specific set of needs and resources,
and therefore the most effective response that the project can put in place is one that fits the project to
the person, through evidence‐based responses, rather than vice‐versa. This is shown by the diversity of
response plans, as exemplified by this sample taken from slightly more than 18 thousand households.
Region Child Labor Child Abuse Substance
North 31.3% 39.7% 8.4%
East 35.9% 51.0% 8.4%
Central 20.1% 33.8% 3.5%
South West 31.4% 36.5% 8.2%
Overall (N=16,924) 29.4% 40.9% 6.9%
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Figure 10‐ Activities included in a sample of 18,071 SCORE response plans
General situation and Implementation Plan The SCORE project has reached the end of its Year 2 of implementation. The total number of households
enrolled in the project (22,864) is more than 90% of the Life‐of ‐Project target.
During the past quarter, SCORE completed the comprehensive follow‐up of its first cohort of
beneficiaries. A second assessment based on the VAT has been carried out, and the results for 11,123
households have been analyzed. The analysis of data, which will largely constitute the source of the
“Impact” section below, returns a very rich picture of SCORE’s beneficiaries, and of the changes, and
more
specifically
the
improvements,
occurred
in
their
lives.
The
analysis
of
the
data
also
set
the
backdrop for the discussions of the SCORE Mid‐Term Review, which informed updated activities,
strategies and targets for the remaining half of the project’s life.
Achievements against SCORE targets
SCORE has achieved nearly all its quantitative workplan targets for year 2, often greatly surpassing them.
With regard to the targets that have not been reached, reasons have been analyzed and follow‐up
action identified and included in the workplan for year 3.
Workplan targets/Achievements Year 2
In terms of process indicators and activity tracking, a set of targets were identified at the time of
approval of
the
Year
2 SCORE
Workplan.
Targets
and
cumulative
achievement
for
Year
1 are
presented
in the table below.
The achievement indicators testify to the considerable programmatic effort put in place by the SCORE
team. Nearly all output indicators reflect achievements well above the planned Year 2 targets.
Code Activity description HH that planned for the activity
Count/Number Percentage
1.1 Establishment of and Support VSLAs 13,715 75.9%
1.3.1 Market and financial literacy 2,066 11.4%
1.3.2 SPM 5,421 30.0%
1.3.3 Community skills 3,654 20.2%
1.3 Youth benefiting from Apprenticeship 3,939 21.8%
1.4 Linkage/Access to market 4,166 23.1%
2.1.1 Establishment of and Support to FFS 10,809 59.8%
2.1.2 Horticulture/Backyard gardening 7,036 38.9%
2.2 BCC on nutrition 4,548 25.2%
3.4 Interactive learning sessions 9,548 52.8%
3.5 Family visits and counseling 5,894 32.6%
4.1 Community dialogues/workshops 7,511 41.6%
4.4 Referral for
essential
services 1,746 9.7%
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Table 3- Overview of SCORE year 2 workplan targets, and end-of-year achievement*
Act. Indicator Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL Rate
1.1 VSLA Formed 214 59 38 183 146 426 199%
1.1 VSLA members 5,350 1,905 1,404 5,138 3,405 11,852 222%
1.1 VCHH in VSLA 3,695 955 567 2,183 2,222 5,927 160%
1.2
HH with
premiums
2,985
181
83
67
50
381
13%
1.3 HH with market skills 3,820 400 2,033 5,014 5,327 12,774 334%
1.3 Apprentices placed 750 1,271 1,271 169%
1.4 HH linked to market 4,116 314 422 634 2,499 3,869 94%
2.1 HH supported by FFS 3,105 1,431 1,607 2,428 1,888 7,354 237%
2.1 HH supported by Horticulture 4,540 2,974 4,578 4,480 3,089 15,121 333%
2.2 BCC beneficiaries FSAN 23,750 6,833 8,205 7,038 8,400 30,476 128%
2.3 Malnourished children referred 553 656 724 328 55 1,763 319%
2.3 FFS registered as PG 166 69 35 515 36 655 395%
3.2 Stakeholders trained in CP 908 2,007 1,824 1,800 2,052 7,683 846%
3.3 Schools implementing CP activities 330 351 106%
3.4 Households in CP interactive lessons 9,343 7,741 3,726 11,467 123%
3.5 Household Visits 19,288 6,617 4,547 6,518 6,685 24,367 126%
3.6 Beneficiaries referred 16,500 4,754 3,198 3,022 2,098 13,072 79%
4.1 HH in community dialogues 10,436 11,519 11,519 110%
4.4 Referrals to essential services 2,738 708 2,360 714 974 4,756 174%
* As per approved workplan (SCORE Year 2 Workplan).
OBJECTIVE 1‐Socio‐Economic Empowerment.
In the course of year 2, SCORE supported the creation of 426 Village Savings and Loans Associations,
involving a total of 11,852 members, of which 5,927 are members of vulnerable households. This
achievement is
about
twice
as
high
as
the
year
2 target,
and
testifies
how,
overall,
the
VSLA
concept
has
been received very well in nearly all communities.
The composition of the SCORE‐supported VSLAs, as in the proportion of members who are SCORE direct
beneficiaries, is at about 50%. However, there is great variability in this proportion, which in fact ranges
from a low of 25% to a high of 80%. The reason for this lies, as also explained in previous reports
dedicated to the issue, in the geographic proximity of SCORE beneficiaries selected for VSLA support,
which in certain areas made it impractical to group more than 6‐10 beneficiaries in the same association
(which was then “filled” by other community members, hence the lower relative proportion of SCORE
direct beneficiaries).
As part
of
its
Operational
Research
and
contribution
to
the
CLA
(Collaborative
Learning
and
Adapting)
agenda, SCORE is carrying out an activity of monitoring and analysis of economic outcomes for SCORE‐
supported VSLAs, with particular attention to whether and how it correlates with the composition of the
membership. Results will inform VSLA‐related establishment and support accordingly. By the end of Year
2, 894 SCORE‐supported VSLAs have saved 1.5 billion Uganda Shillings (at an indicative UGX/USD
exchange rate of 2,500, total savings therefore exceeded 500,000USD). Member households have then
borrowed to invest in income generation activities or otherwise address their needs, and total loans
exceeded 1 billion Uganda Shillings. An interesting feature of SCORE‐supported VSLAs is in fact the rate
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of utilization of the savings, expressed as loan/saving ratio, which stands at 84.5%, higher than other
“standard” VSLA experiences.
Microinsurance has been the activity, among all implemented by SCORE, which had the lowest degree of
penetration among beneficiary households. Despite the development of a MoU with Jubilee Insurance,
the development of two funeral insurance coverage offers, and extensive outreach work to inform
beneficiaries about the potential benefits of this initiative, only a very limited portion of households
opted to seek coverage. The total number of subscribers is in fact only 13% of the target initially set at
the beginning of the year. Among the challenges encountered, and summarized at the recent SCORE
Mid‐Term Review, are the low level of appreciation of the concept (even amongst SCORE staff), mistrust
by some communities, and even resistance by some district officials. For instance, in the South‐West
Region, the offer of microinsurance has met direct hostility from local leaders, who have often actively
campaigned against the initiative among communities. SCORE opted to reduce this activity in the area,
while continuing efforts at explaining the positive aspects for vulnerable households to the stakeholders
antagonizing it. A number of subscribers have nevertheless significantly benefited from support. Aisha1
in the South West Region bought a premium of 30,000UGX for her family and promptly received
500,000UGX when she lost her husband. She used 200,000 to pay debts for the burial expenses and the
remaining 300,000
to
finalize
payment
for
land
she
was
in
the
process
of
buying.
Sidney2
in
Ntungamo
lost his wife to a lightning. He received a payment of 500,000UGX, which he used to offset the debts
from burial expenses. The strategies that will be pursued in the coming year will include increased
sensitization of relevant stakeholders and VSLA members, exchange visits to areas where members have
already benefited, and possibly explore the feasibility of developing and piloting other appropriate and
innovative insurance products (agricultural, health or other).
Also in the area of Apprenticeship, SCORE has made significant progress during the past year. A
guidance document for the selection of apprentices, assessment and selection of artisans, placement
parameters, evaluation criteria, has in fact been developed by the SCORE TSC (capitalizing on and
integrating several inputs from USAID technical officers) and is currently being utilized. A total of 1,271
youth
have
been
identified
by
SCORE
implementing
partners
as
needing
job
placement
support
through
an apprenticeship and have been placed. Trades selected for apprenticeship included Saloon and
Hairdressing, Tailor and Garment Cutting, Motor Vehicle Technician, Carpentry & Joinery, Brick Laying
and Concrete Practice, Welding, Bakery & Food Handling, IT/Computers, and Hotel Management. SCORE
has put additional effort in the area of facilitating job placement, on‐the job training, and
apprenticeships for SCORE beneficiaries. Currently, 228 out of 453 youth who completed their
apprenticeship (corresponding to 50%) are reported to be employed. There is therefore some evidence
of youth getting gainful employment and starting own businesses, and contributing to their households’
well‐being and basic needs.
In the area of market skills, the year 2 of SCORE marked great progress in coverage. A total of 12,774
households (three times the original target) received either Basic Financial Literacy –BFL training, or
Selection Planning
and
Management
–SPM
training,
or
community
skills
trainings
(candle
making,
soap
making, weaving, briquette making, etc). This component of SCORE activities was driven by a strong
demand among VSLA members in particular for skills with which to better handle the financial resources
that had become available (remember the comment made above regarding the high loan/saving ratio).
1 Not real name, to protect confidentiality.
2 Not real name, to protect confidentiality.
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Furthermore, a partnership was started with Stanbic Bank, which committed to contributing a total of
210 million UGX to the SCORE project for the implementation of Basic Financial Literacy trainings for
vulnerable families. Coverage of these activities is expected to continue to rise in the course of year 3.
Objective 2‐ Improving Food Security and Nutrition
SCORE supported 508 Farmer Field Schools, comprising 11,628 members, with farming (through the FFS
model) and through horticulture training a total of 14,232 families. This is three times the original target,
and reflects the extremely high uptake of the horticulture model, which has been recognized as a very
useful initiative by households in rural and urban settings alike, both as a dietary diversification strategy
and as an income generation / savings promotion strategy.
A total of 195 FFS (38% of the total) have evolved to the point of registering as production groups (with
some regional variation, highest in North and East‐Central, and lowest in Central and South‐West). It is
expected that many more FFS supported by SCORE will register themselves in the course of Year 3 and
will take advantage of the linkages promoted by SCORE in terms of value‐chain and marketing.
An estimated 30,746 people have benefited from behavior change communication in the areas of
nutrition and
cooking.
This
achievement
is
the
result
of
a stepped
‐up
effort
informed
by
the
analysis
of
SCORE data and the direct observation of the nutritional situation of children in SCORE‐supported
families.
Referrals for treatment of malnutrition have also been higher than planned. During year 2, a total of
1,763 referrals for malnutrition were made, with a geographical focalization in the Central and East‐
Central. Referral completion, measured on a sample of 922 cases needing malnutrition treatment, has
remained low, at about 59%. Upon verification, it was noted that not all children who were referred
were severely malnourished children. Guidance has been circulated among implementing partners in
order to improve accuracy of identification and referral. Among other challenges encountered in this
area, health facilities lack basic anthropometric equipment for screening and classifying malnutrition
cases,
health
workers
have
low
technical
capacity
to
manage
malnutrition
cases,
and
most
HC
IIIs
and
IVs do not have the infrastructure and supplies to carryout OTC and ITC interventions. SCORE has been
constantly dialoguing with the Ministry of Health, of whom a representative also attended the SCORE
Mid‐Term Review. Recent information points to the MoH having secured funding for equipping health
centres. SCORE pledged to link with MoH to identify centres in need within its program area.
Objective 3‐ Child Protection and Legal Services
SCORE‐targeted sub‐counties have been completely mapped for child protection services and
structures. This process has made use of local structures, existing maps developed by the “cousin”
project SUNRISE, and has undergone field‐level validation and completion. The mapping of the
remaining third of the targeted districts is ongoing, in the sense that not all the sub‐counties targeted by
the project have been completed.
SCORE has identified a number of gaps in the capacity of formal structures at local level (mainly LCs,
police and health workers, as well as teachers) in the area of Child Protection. Initially, SCORE expected
its programming area to largely overlap with the SUNRISE project (which has a mandate and resources
to build the capacity of local structures in the area of child protection in particular). However, the
district split that followed the publication of the SCORE RFA resulted in a significant increase in the
number of district to be targeted by SCORE (from about 20 to 35). This has resulted in a large gap in
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capacity and in technical support coverage for these structures. SCORE has therefore had to invest
resources in this technical area well beyond the initially planned level of effort (which assumed it to
have a residual function to complement SUNRISE‐supported capacity building). A total of 7.683
community group members, LCs, police officers, health workers and teachers have been oriented on
child protection issues of relevance to their area, and on referral pathways that they have a duty to
contribute to (and this represent more than five times the initially planned target). SCORE has operated
in a coordinated way with SUNRISE (who perform similar activities) in order to minimize overlap and to
gain maximum synergies from the two projects’ implementation.
SCORE has identified, based on the map of school attendance of children from enrolled families, 351
schools to target with capacity building and other initiatives to promote safety, protection, development
and wellbeing for children. Teachers selected from these schools have been trained on the Good School3
concept and are now coordinating plans and activities for child wellbeing and protection at the
respective schools. SCORE will continue collaborating with these schools and put in place or support
innovative initiatives aimed to promote protection and vulnerability reduction among their students.
Furthermore, SCORE is undertaking some operational research to gauge the degree of benefit that
vulnerable children and other children attending those schools have achieved through its intervention.
Significant protection failures have been identified by SCORE among its beneficiaries, as described in
earlier sections. The response by SCORE IPs was extensive, and by the end of the year 11,467
households had been reached with interactive learning sessions on protection (covering issues ranging
from abuse, neglect, discipline, birth registration, sexual violence, and child labor). Participants in the
sessions included both direct and indirect beneficiaries (that is, families enrolled in SCORE, as well as
other community members) and were facilitated by different stakeholders, depending on the topic
(including implementing partner staff, LCs, police, and others). The year 2 target was surpassed by 23%.
A key factor for the proper implementation of the approach proposed by SCORE is the understanding of
and a rapport with each beneficiary household. This rapport is to be established through regular
contacts
with
the
family.
Furthermore,
direct
visitation
of
beneficiary
households
allows
for
“new”
points of criticality or attention to be identified. The implementing partners of SCORE have carried out a
total of 24,367 home visits to beneficiary households, about 26% more than the originally intended
target.4 Still, this area has been identified at the SCORE Mid‐Term Review as needing further attention,
due to the important linkages that home visits can bring to other SCORE services and to referrals in
general.
In the area of referrals for protection and legal service, SCORE supported birth registration (an area of
widespread vulnerability for its beneficiary households) within a comprehensive initiative to increase
education of household members on the importance of birth registration (aimed to increase demand),
lobbying with district and sub‐district authorities to waive or reduce registration fees (to improve
supply), and cost‐sharing the financial requirements for registration (improving matching). As a result,
3 http://www.raisingvoices.org/files/goodschool_learn_whatis.pdf , p10
4 Home visits are intended to ensure that child protection occurs in the family but also it allows for monitoring of
whether other project activities like VSLA, food and Nutrition security are benefiting the index child. Furthermore,
it allows for dissemination of other relevant protection information referral etc..
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4,008 vulnerable children obtained birth registration documents. In addition, 470 children received
referrals for protection and legal support.
Objective 4‐ Family Strengthening and Access to Critical Services
SCORE has very actively engaged beneficiary and non‐beneficiary households from the same
communities in dialogues and workshops aimed to strengthen their knowledge and skills in a wide range
of areas, encompassing parenting and life skills, education, hygiene, sanitation, shelter, water. This
effort, which by the end of the year 2 accounted for 11,519 vulnerable households (and a total of
31,459 households, including the indirect beneficiaries) reached aimed to reinforce the families and
communities in their crucial role of first line of prevention and response to vulnerability for their
children. This achievement (10% above workplan target) is one of the main strategies pursued by SCORE
with the aim to obtain and maintain sustainable change in the situation of its beneficiary households. It
is also important to note that also with regard to this activity SCORE has actually benefited a significantly
larger constituency than its direct beneficiaries. The proportion of direct beneficiaries (i.e. households
enrolled in SCORE) among those who attended the community dialogues is at 30% (varying between
20% in the North and 33% in the South‐West).
The
dialogues
brought
about
many
different
outcomes
in
favor
of
vulnerable
families,
mainly
by
changing their behaviours and attitudes, as well as catalyzing community action directed to ensure
improvements for most vulnerable families. As an example, in the South‐West, dialogues were
accompanied by outreaches resulting into 470 vulnerable women screened for cervical and breast
cancer (27 positive clients are now accessing treatment from Mbarara regional hospital), and in the East‐
Central a by‐law was developed in Iganga that improved school attendance (school absenteeism and
child labor were a problem due to parents engaging children in guarding rice fields). Also, in the South‐
West, hygiene and sanitation dialogues have resulted into 185 pit latrines constructed.
Table 4-Examples of topics addressed at SCORE Community Dialogues.‐ The importance of
health
‐ Hygiene
and
sanitation
‐ Gender
based/domestic
violence
‐ Parenting and child
care.
‐ Importance of will
making
‐ HIV/AIDS
‐ Alcohol consumption
‐ Child's
wellbeing
‐ Exposure of children
to alcohol
‐ Advantages of having
a pit latrine
‐ Prevention of drug
accidents at home(Proper
drug storage)
‐ Water, sanitation and
hygiene
‐ Cervical and breast
cancer awareness and
screening
‐ Mental health and
disability
‐ Educative role of parents
‐ Elimination of Mother to
Child Transmission Of
HIV/AIDS ‐
EMTCT
‐ Sensitization on life skills
education
‐ Is it possible to return home?
‐ Gender roles
The second main strategy for sustainability of SCORE outcomes is the reinforcement of local civil society,
and in particular of its implementing partners. SCORE operates through 50 local implementing partners,
and all of them have received a wide range of capacity building interventions ranging from technical,
programmatic areas
(agriculture,
savings,
cooking,
protection,
parenting)
to
managerial,
financial
and
other administrative topics. All implementing partners have been administered an Organizational
Capacity Assessment Tool (OCAT) at the beginning of the SCORE partnership. Since the beginning of the
project, the OCAT was administered twice to the implementing partners, and findings show a general
improvement among partners, throughout the areas of analysis (managerial, programming, monitoring).
Despite the improvement, a number of partners (ref the group circled in the OCAT graph) still need
support, and will be under special attention by the SCORE team.
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Several partnerships with private, NGO, and other USAID‐funded partners were also implemented in the
field. A collaboration with Goal allowed 16 households with dilapidated shelters to be moved to new
houses in Bugiri district (East‐Central Region). Partnerships with OURS, CORSU and CURE Hospital
allowed several successful referrals for children with disabilities (198 children with diverse disabilities
have been assessed and referred accordingly). Following collaboration and outreaches with RHU, 27
positive clients are now accessing treatment at Mbarara Cancer Institute, 30 clients were recommended
for PAP smear to ascertain their results, and 42 clients have been treated for advanced PID/Infections.
The partnership with Jubilee Insurance made available two microinsurance packages which 381
vulnerable households bought.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Emergency Plan Progress (MEEPP)
The activity reports submitted through the Monitoring and Evaluation of the Emergency Plan Progress
(MEEPP) system give a powerful overview of the achievements of the SCORE Project through its second
year of activity implementation. A total of 104,815 vulnerable people, have been directly served with
one or more OVC Core Program Areas –CPAs. Out of these, 60,739 have received 3 or more CPAs
beyond psychosocial support. Food and nutritional support has been one of the areas with the largest
reach, with
75,855
documented
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reached.
In terms of age breakdown, it is possible to see another feature of SCORE: the family approach. Family
members are targeted by different activities in the measure they are the most appropriate for. SCORE
will train a mother on cooking, and not a 5 year old child, for instance. The direct beneficiaries 18+
targeted by SCORE activities are overall less than 40% of the total number of direct beneficiaries.
It is also important to note that these numbers correspond to the SCORE direct beneficiaries only. These
are people who belong to families for whom we have a VAT and NAT, and where we therefore can link
an activity to every member by virtue of the SCORE coding system. A characteristic of the SCORE project
is however to involve significant numbers of indirect beneficiaries, too. By “indirect”, we mean people
who may
attend
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participate
in
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without
being
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passed
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VAT assessment. For these people we only have the number, but cannot track multiple contacts
throughout activities, and therefore they are not reported here. However, as already mentioned
elsewhere in this report, the SCORE multiplier (that is, the number of indirect beneficiaries for every
direct beneficiary) is often larger than 1. This therefore means that the data presented in this session is
only a very conservative “floor” for the actual reach of the SCORE project.
Table 6-PEPFAR indicators for SCORE
INDIVIDUALS
# Of OVC supported to attain vocation/apprentice skills 1,132
# of OVC provided with food /Nutritional support 75,855
# of OVC supported to receive health services 18,379
# of
OVC
supported
to
access
education
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# OVC provided with PSS 72,151
# of OVC assisted to register births 3,780
# of OVC referred for other services 1,370
HOUSEHOLDS
# of OVC HHs who received economic strengthening support 10,607
# of OVC HHs that received agricultural/farm input 12,800
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Gender breakdown for activities reaching beneficiaries has been generally even for children under 18
years, while it skewed towards females for adults. As a result, the total proportion of females among
beneficiaries reached by at least one CPA is 52.2%. This is by and large consistent with the gender
composition of members of SCORE‐supported households, and seems to show that SCORE activities do
involve males, too (this was a concern at times raised, which however was probably due to selective
attention by the reporters). By region, the proportion of females among beneficiaries ranges between
49.4% and 54.1%.
Table 7 Number of SCORE beneficiaries served at least once (Oct 2012‐Sept 2013), by Gender and Age
Regions
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comprehensive discussion of this result, its char