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Terms of Reference:

Consultancy for two year-end assessments of project outcomes and

an end-of-project evaluation of Feed the Mind’s and VAD’s Big Lottery

Funded project – “Secure Futures”

1. Background to Implementing Organisations

Feed the Minds (FTM) is an international NGO working in partnership with local NGOs on key

development agendas. FTM is currently working with local partners in 14 countries in Africa,

South Asia and the Caribbean. Thematic areas of FTM’s work are: vocational training, public

health, civic education, peace building and theological education. FTM also recognises the

role of adult literacy in empowerment and integrates approaches to building literacy skills

into all projects and activities.

The partner organisation implementing the project is Voluntary Action Development (VAD).

VAD is a local NGO that was established in 1996 with the primary aim to improve community

livelihoods in poor and marginalised communities. Based in Kampala, VAD has been

operating in Amuria District, where this project is based, since 2010. This project draws on

experiences and lessons learned from VAD’s work in enhancing food security, enhancing

participation of women and youth, income security through group saving schemes and

revolving loans and promotion of cross-border peace between the Iteso and Karamajong

ethnic groups.

2. Project Background

The population of Amuria District has lived a transitory life for over 60 years, due to

repeated conflict and insecurity, which forced them from their ancestral homes into

government-protected camps. Following the cessation of hostilities in 2008, a fragile peace

has allowed the population of Amuria to resettle, but their return lacked the familiarity and

richness of social capital and skills that forms the foundations of a resilient community.

By 2014, resettlement back into Amuria was well developed. However, returning

communities were overwhelmed by the lack of social services in remote areas where they

had relocated. The extent of development activities that were in place in Amuria were

limited to relief services by government and international agencies, that included the World

Food Programme and Red Cross. Refugee camps were set up but many became dependent

on the provisions and services within these camps (e.g. food rations, schools, water, health

units, roads etc.) and were met with a significant decrease in quality of basic services upon

leaving the camps.

Returning communities took up livelihoods in agriculture and small-scale trade but the

returns were low due to lack of skills in agricultural or business management. 93% of the

population are reliant on subsistence farming, which given the frequency of extreme weather

events in the region, left them vulnerable to crop failure with few alternative sources of

income.

Income generating skills, which previously would have been passed down generations, have

to some extent been forgotten, leaving vulnerable groups, particularly women and young

people, without a means of generating income and making them consequently dependent on

men in the community. Following the 2010-2012 Amuria Strategic Development Plan some

international NGOs have begun to provide vocational training, however, Kapelebyong sub-

county the selected target sub-county in this project, is outside these initiatives and remains

a hard to reach sub-county.

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Currently, the government funding for Amuria is insufficient to meet the needs of the

growing population of the district. According to the population estimates by the Uganda

Bureau of Statistics (UBOS, 2011), Amuria had a population of 375,700 people. According to

the five year District Strategic Development Plan (2011-2016) for Amuria District, the

average annual turnover is 20,213,023,000 UGX (about £5,053,256). Therefore, the per

capita distribution is 53,800 UGX (about £13.5) for a full year. The allocation for Community

Development Services is low compared to other budget lines. Out of the eleven budget lines,

the average annual allocation for the Community Development Services is merely

221,999,000UGX (£55,500) to cater for the implementation of Functional Adult Literacy

Programs, empowerment of women, youths, people with disabilities and elder, provide legal

protection for vulnerable groups, provide probation and social welfare services and meet the

administrative costs. This is barely 1.1% which is un-proportional to the rest of the ten

budgetary allocations. Hence, skilling, empowerment and capacity building of women and

youth are not treated as a matter of urgency and critical priority during district planning and

resource allocation. At a lower local government level, Kapelebyong sub county runs an

average budget of 198,016,196UGX (about £49,504) which is barely 1% of the total annual

budget of the district. Out of the total budget allocation to Kapelebyong sub county, only

737,273UGX (about £184) is committed to the Community Development Services. In total

the district remits an annual budget of 2,857,041,310 UGX to sub counties making 14% of

the total budget (Local Government Councils Performance and the quality of Service in

Uganda: Amuria Scorecard 2010). By implication, therefore, besides the budget being very

low for Amuria District, very little indeed is remitted to the lower level local government

units (the sub counties), where actual implementation is done, and more (86%) is retained

at the district level to cater for planning and administration, which is disproportionately high

compared to the 14% remitted to sub counties for implementation, monitoring and

evaluation. Thus, given the general trends of misuse and squandering public resources, a lot

of wastages occur at the district level. Hence, many resources are misused at the district

and do not trickle down to the most vulnerable communities, especially the women and

youths.

The district is characterised by high levels of poverty. The Amuria District Development Plan

2010 – 2012 indicated that 57% of the population lived below the national poverty line. In

the 2012-16 Amuria District Development Plan this figure had increased to 77%

demonstrating the extent to which this district is being neglected in the development of

Uganda. VAD research 2012 indicates that half of the population in Amuria eats only one

meal per day.

In 2011/2012 VAD carried out an intensive community led research and consultation at

household level in Obalanga and Kapelebyong sub counties that sought to identify the

livelihoods, education and food-security needs of the population and subsequently inform

the development of intervention programs. This study identified widespread food insecurity

at the centre of a complex pattern of low household income, lack of health and education

infrastructure, resulting in poor health, low levels of health awareness and inadequate

literacy levels. It was further identified that men own and control access to family and

community resources, including produce and income from agricultural activity. Additionally,

the study revealed that women are marginalised and excluded from decision-making, placing

them at a disadvantage and marginalising women’s and girl’s issues including gender based

violence and early marriage. In additional, VAD’s 2012 research identified that only 30% of

boys and 15% of the girls in these sub-counties complete primary school.

Without skills to generate income they remain marginalised in the community, most not

contributing to household income, resulting in high levels of alcoholism, youth conflict and

female sex workers.

In 2013 and 2014, women and young people in Nyada, Amemia and Atiira parishes were

consulted on the different models of interventions and types of vocational training to be

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included in this proposal. During the focus group discussions and interviews with the women

and young people the connections between income generation skills on the one hand and

having their rights respected and being involved in household decision-making were

highlighted. It became clear that the acquisition of vocational skills alone would not alter

the status of women and young people in the communities and that specific activities would

be required to raise awareness among the male population of the rights of women and

young people and the positive roles that they would play in community development if given

adequate support and opportunities.

The FGDs confirmed that women and young people are deprived of their inheritance rights,

and are further denied ownership of productive assets. Not only do women and young

people lack livelihood skills to earn incomes and improve their standards of living, the

situation is compounded by lack of infrastructure such as small scale industries to enable

them add value to their agricultural produce, markets and roads to facilitate marketing of

their agricultural produce. Additionally, the communities lack even the very basic

microfinance services to enable them access microcredit to start small-scale income

generating activities. As result, the communities lack business and financial literacy.

3. Project Description

In recognition of the hindering factors described above, this project aims to increase the

vocational and business skills of women and young people, leading to increased income

levels. Over three years, the project will help this target group set up savings groups and

access micro-finance. The project will also work with men, women and young people to

ensure that women and young people (16 to 25 years) have a greater say in decisions

affecting their lives.

Specifically, the project will deliver support to the most disadvantaged women and young

people by:

1) Increasing vocational skills, leading to increased and diversified income generation

and reduction of household poverty levels. The project will establish 51 Self-help

Enterprise Groups (SHEGs), consisting of 1,200 women (750) and young people

(450). SHEGs will receive vocational training in local communities from Community

Vocational Trainers and Community Agricultural Trainers – all who have been trained

to our standards. By the end of three years, average household income will have

risen by 55% and 920 households will be reporting increased expenditure on

nutritional foods and access to health services.

2) Delivering workshops in business planning, marketing and communication skills as

well as workshops in financial management and money saving to SHEGs. SHEGs will

disseminate this training to 1,530 members of the wider community. Within three

years, 51 savings groups will be established and 860 women and young people will

be running business enterprises.

3) The project will deliver Rights & Responsibilities workshops to men, women and

young people, redressing the imbalance of power between the genders. 51 male

Champions will promote the rights of women to a further 2,400 men. 612 women and

young people will take on leadership roles in their local community. There will be a

reduction in household tension, violence and an increase in the involvement of

women and young girls in household decision-making. More girls will access primary

school.

Secure Futures will directly reach 5,130 people in severe poverty over three years.

Individuals, consisting of 1,200 women and young people and 51 men, will directly impact a

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further 2,400 men and 1,530 members of the wider community. 7,200 additional family

members will benefit.

See Appendix 1 for a description of the project approach and Appendix 2 for a description

of outcomes and indicators.

4. Project Beneficiaries

The project targets 3 parishes in Kapelebyong sub-county of Amuria District, with one parish

receiving vocational training per year. The parishes targeted are Atiira, Amemia and Nyada.

The population of these parishes comprises a number of ethnic groups that include the

indigenous Iteso, Karamajong, Luo and Bantu. Tensions between ethnic groups exist,

particularly with smaller tribes that face discrimination based on where they own land, their

level of education and the amount of income they are able to generate.

Beneficiaries will be engaged over a three-year period. Altogether, 750 women and 450

young people will receive vocational and business skills training. The approach to train this

group is outlined in Appendix 1.

Each year, the 400 women and young people receiving training will form 17 Self-Help

Enterprise Groups (SHEG), with 20-25 members per SHEG. Each SHEG will provide training

to a further 30 community members, resulting in an additional 1,530 community members

trained in vocational and business skills.

Each SHEG will also have male champions who will promote the role of women and young

people in income generation and household decision-making. Each male champion will

engage an additional 47 men in their communities to highlight the positive role men can play

in livelihood development for women and young people.

See Appendix 3 for breakdown of project beneficiaries.

4. Objectives of Consultancy

The consultant will act as a ‘critical friend’ to provide support to the project team to help

guide and improve M&E processes and implementation approaches, where necessary. The

consultant will perform two year-end assessments, with the initial assessment implemented

in July 2016 and a second assessment implemented in July 2017. These timeframes are

near the end of project years. Further, the consultant will conduct a final end-of-project

evaluation to evaluate overall achievements in July 2018.

The two year-end assessments will ask the following questions with respect to effectiveness,

learning and sustainability:

Effectiveness

To what extent has the project achieved its objectives and outcomes?

How effectively did the project work and encourage active participation with the

beneficiaries, right holders and marginalised people?

How effective were the strategy and key activities in building knowledge and

understanding, changing attitudes and influencing adoption of better health and

health-seeking practices amongst the target beneficiaries?

How effective was the approach of integrating health education and literacy in (i)

helping beneficiaries to understand their rights; (ii) encouraging beneficiaries to

adopt health-seeking practices; and (iii) empowering beneficiaries to express their

concerns and demand improvements in health services?

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Learning

What worked well and what did not work so well in terms of the strategy and key

activities employed, including the project’s literacy capacity-building approach, and

why?

Are there any improvements in approach, methodology or activities that can be

suggested within the project’s available resources to improve the impact?

Sustainability

What would help ensure sustainability of the project?

The final end-of-project evaluation will ask the questions outlined above and will ask three

additional questions with respect to impact and sustainability:

Impact

What was the project’s contribution to the change process? How did it add value?

What intended and unintended, positive and negative change in did the project bring

about?

Sustainability

What are the prospects for sustaining the positive impact of the project after the end

of the current project funding?

5. Project Stakeholders

The consultancy will be required to engage the following stakeholders:

Feed the Minds and the project team of VAD based in Amuria District and, if

necessary, Kampala.

Government and governing authorities, including law enforcement

Groups established under the project

Women and youth members of SHEG’s

Members of wider targeted community

6. Roles and Responsibilities

The selected consultant will be responsible for:

Holding an inception meeting with FTM (online or in-situ) and reviewing any relevant

documentation to gather background information

Drafting a framework for evaluation that includes judgement criteria, indicators, a

description of the methodology, data collection tools and sources of information

Incorporating feedback on the evaluation framework prior to implementation

Organising logistics for field travel

Recruiting and training data collectors and supervising field data collection

Collecting data using participatory and/or consultative methods in sampled villages

and government offices

Providing the raw data to the FTM Programme Manager

Analysing and synthesising both qualitative and quantitative data and preparing draft

reports for the 1st and 2nd year-end assessment and the end-of-project evaluation

Submitting draft reports for year-end and end-of-project evaluations, with

accompanying data analysis to VAD and FTM staff for feedback

Conducting a knowledge-sharing meeting with the project team to provide feedback,

initial observations and/or a summary of key findings

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Incorporating feedback and submitting final reports for year-end and end-of-project

evaluations that respond to key evaluation questions and providing findings and

recommendations that could be applied to future programming

Feed the Minds and VAD will be responsible for:

Preparing relevant documentation and making it available to the consultant

Holding an introductory meeting, remotely or in-situ, with the consultant to provide

background information and to finalise timelines and expectations

Supporting the identification of key informants

Reviewing the evaluation framework and providing the consultant with specific and

timely feedback

Reviewing the drafted final reports, providing the consultant with specific and timely

feedback

7. Key Deliverables

Key deliverables from the evaluator include:

A detailed framework for evaluation that describes the methodology, data collection

tools, information sources and process of analysis, which outlines indicators and

judgment criteria

Debriefing/learning sessions/workshops with project team following evaluation

processes

Draft evaluation reports for comments (in English)

Finalised evaluation reports (in English) that includes an analysis of qualitative and

quantitative data. Year-end reports should be no more than 20 pages and end-of-

project report no more than 30 pages. Annexes with information on technical details,

informant lists and work schedules can be included outside this page limit.

The reports should include:

1. Title page

2. Table of Contents

3. Abbreviations / acronyms page

4. Executive Summary (not more than 2 pages)

5. Background and short introduction to the project

6. Methodology - Concise summary of the evaluation activities carried out

describing representative populations and methods of engagement. Numbers

interviewed should also be provided, where relevant this should also include

gender data, relationship of interviewee(s) to relevant group and age data.

7. Overview of Findings – A description of key results/findings for each evaluation

question should be provided against each key project component (i.e. outcomes

related to vocational and business training; outcomes related to the role of male

champions; outcomes related to savings groups, etc.). Please note that data

tables and case studies should be in the Appendices.

8. Analysis and lessons learned – Drawing on the previous section, a description

of key discussion points and lessons learned should be provided. This includes

recurring themes that appear in findings across several project components;

findings that appear to be linked; and other significant findings.

9. Conclusions and Recommendations – Drawing on the previous section, a

summary of key issues should be provided and a brief summary of where the

project is on track, achieving well, behind in activities, unlikely to achieve the

outcomes, etc. Key recommendations should be made that follow from the

summary of key issues mentioned above. Where possible, recommendations

should be informed through consultation with staff of VAD.

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10. Appendices - Should be kept to a maximum of 10 pages and may include

examples of the evaluation tools, case studies, tables of data.

8. Timescale

The deadline for expressions of interest is 11:59 pm GMT on Wednesday, 3rd April 2016. The

first year-end assessment is planned to take place in July 2016. The second year-end

assessment is planned for July 2017. The final end-of-project evaluation is planned to take

place in July 2018.

The deadlines for draft reports are 29th July 2016, 28th July 2017 and 27th July 2018. The

deadlines for final reports are 11th Aug 2016, 10th Aug 2017 and 9th Aug 2018.

9. Qualifications of Consultant

The external evaluator should have the following capabilities

Significant experience conducting reviews and evaluations of development projects

Knowledge of the context of Uganda

Knowledge and expertise in gender and youth issues, micro-finance and income

security and food and livelihood security. Knowledge of applying value-chains to

enhance income security is desirable.

Knowledge of the role of applied literacy/functional in building decision-making and

civil society capacities is desirable

Knowledge of spoken local languages of Amuria is desirable

10. Application Process

Expressions of interest should be sent to Eddy Buranakul at EBuranakul@feedtheminds.org

and should include the following:

An outline of your approach and details of how you would conduct the research

If the research will be conducted by a team, an outline of the team members and

their particular responsibilities

Examples of previous work undertaken in a similar/relevant area

CV of the consultant or consultants proposed to undertake the work

A budget with a breakdown of cost components including number of consultancy

days, daily rate, travel costs, accommodation and any additional costs. Please

indicate clearly the costs that will be allocated for each of the 3 phases of work (two

year-end evaluations and one end-of-project evaluation). The maximum budget for

this work is GBP 11,212, with 12% budgeted for year 1, 32% for year 2 and 56% for

the end-of-project evaluation. This amount includes travel-related expenses.

The executive summary from a recent evaluation you have carried out

Names and contact details of two referees

Expressions of interest are required by 3rd April 2016

Expressions of interest should be sent to Eddy Buranakul at EBuranakul@feedtheminds.org

by 11:59 pm on 3rd April 2016. Tenders will be reviewed during the week of 4th April 2016.

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 13th April 2016 and invited to present their proposal

on a date to be confirmed at the end of April 2016.

Supporting documentation that outlines the project background, approach and

monitoring and evaluation system is available upon request.

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Appendix 1 – Strategic approach

This project 3-year project will be implemented in Kapelebyong sub county of Amuria

District, North Uganda in three of the six parishes: Atiira, Amemia and Nyada.

750 women and 450 young people will receive vocation skills training (carpentry, bricklaying

and concrete practice (BCP) catering, salon, tailoring, agriculture) with business literacy

skills embedded to enable them to increase their household income. Trades have been

selected based on market analysis, beneficiary consultation and experience from previous

and ongoing projects. The project will target 3 parishes in 3 years, with 1 parish receiving

vocational training per year.

In previous and current projects, VAD has trained and worked with Community Agricultural

Trainers (CATs) to support community based agricultural activities and will extend this

model by identifying suitable and skilled community members and train them as Community

Vocational Trainers (CVTs) to provide training for the other trades. CATs and CVTs will

already be active in their trade in the locality, have existing networks and be able to provide

support in Ateso, the local language.

VAD and FTM have developed a partnership agreement for the delivery of the vocational

training with St Kizito’s Vocational Training College, Soroti, a government recognised

training centre. The CATs (8) and CVTs (15 i.e. 3 per trade) will receive 4 weeks training (5

days/week, 6 hours/day). The training will provide a unique opportunity for them to

experience further education in well-equipped training suites with nationally qualified

trainers. It will include (a) trade specific skills upgrading (b) training of trainers and (c)

business literacy. The CATs and CVTs will enhance their own business through the training

and also be able to deliver the vocational skills training to the trainees in the 3 parishes over

the 3 years. CATs and CVTs will receive follow up training of 7 and 5 days in years 2 and 3

respectively.

FTM/Literacy and Basic Education-Uganda (LABE) will provide in-service training for St

Kizito’s staff, VAD staff, CATs and CVTs in embedding literacy in vocational training to

enhance the capacity of St Kizito’s to deliver vocational training as well as the

implementation of the project.

The timing and duration of the vocational training is the result of consultations with the

community, taking into account the seasonal commitments, particularly the planting and

harvesting seasons.

Agricultural extension training and support (240 agricultural trainees with 8 CATs)

Agricultural support will take place in 3 phases;

semi-formal training sessions during the dry season (February – March, 8 weeks, 4

days/week, 4 hours/day) on general agronomic practices (GAP), integrated pest

management (IPM), post-harvest handling (PHH), animal husbandry (AH)

on-farm support during the planting season (April – July, rotating visits over 8

weeks)

on farm support during the harvesting season (July – September, rotating visits

over 8 weeks)

Each year, 240 agricultural trainees will gather in 4 clusters for the dry season training

which will be delivered by 4 pairs of CATs (30 agricultural trainees per CAT). Each CAT will

then support 30 agricultural trainees from 2 or 3 SHEGs for the on-farm support which will

include agricultural trainees visiting each other’s farms with the CAT and learning through

discussion, practical demonstration and peer support.

Carpentry, BCP, catering, salon, tailoring training (160 trainees - 32 trainees and 3 CVTs per

trade)

The vocational training for each of the trades will take place in 3 clusters, each led by 1 CVT.

The training will take place in the dry season over 12 weeks (December – March) 4

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hours/day, 4 days per week. Follow up training will take place in May and August each for 2

weeks, 2 days/week, 4 hours/day.

Toolkits are provided for each trade which include a combination of shared and individual

tools. These will be provided at the beginning of the training. Care and maintenance of tools

will be included in the training. Literacy materials will be developed through a participatory

workshop with FTM/LABE which will support the embedding of literacy throughout the

project. The Field Officer (business, finance literacy) will support the embedding of literacy

across the project.

Each year, the 400 women and young people receiving vocational training will form 17 Self-

Help Enterprise Groups (SHEGs) (11 Women’s SHEGs and 6 Youth SHEGs). Each SHEG will

have 20-25 members (average 23.5). These SHEGs have two functions, firstly to develop

skills and support each other in establishing successful income generating enterprises and

secondly to disseminate these skills to the wider community.

One member from each SHEG community will be trained by the Field Officer (business,

finance literacy) as a community business and finance skills co-ordinator. They will receive 2

weeks training using the two manuals (community business and financial skills / community

savings) and a small honorarium for 3 months. They will support SHEG members through

workshops (4 hours a week for 3 months) to:

a) *develop skills in business planning, marketing and communications, , covering

market needs, profit and loss, basic book keeping, marketing, customer service.

b) *improve awareness and understanding of savings, the establishment and

management of a community savings group.

*The business and finance skills coordinator will support these workshops for the 3 months,

after which they will become self-help groups.

The creation of savings groups will initially start with SHEG members, however, each SHEG

will develop skills and disseminate these through a ToT approach with each SHEG training a

further 30 community members each (total 1,530 over 3 years).

SHEG women and young people will participate in two separate series of workshops to learn

about their rights and responsibilities, with particular focus on involvement in decision-

making at household level, gender based violence, understanding their possible role in the

community, taking on leadership roles and becoming change agents in their communities

(advocacy).

One man will be identified in each SHEG community as a champion for the rights of women

and youth. After attending a 5 day workshop on valuing the role of women and young

people in income generation and household decision-making and the positive role men can

play in livelihood development for women and young people, each male champion will

disseminate to 47 men in their community and will receive a small honorarium to support

this work.

An advocacy toolkit and supporting IEC materials will be produced which will include

activities using participatory theatre, dance, storytelling and radio slots. These materials will

be developed collaboratively by a group of beneficiaries including women, young people and

men, supported by FTM. The focus of these materials will be to improve the quality of life of

all household members. The tool kits activities will be jointly delivered by VAD project staff

and the women and young people involved in the project, this will ensure community

ownership of the activities and outcomes of the project.

In the 2nd year a south-south learning workshop will take place to enable learning among

FTM partners engaged in vocational training for women and young people. This will enable

VAD to gain from the experience of FTM partners in Sierra Leone and 2 other countries with

different models of vocational training, all with literacy and business skills embedded. VAD

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will also gain from sharing their successes and challenges and critiquing their own model of

vocational training.

During project delivery, local government officials from the community based service sector

both at the district and sub-county will be brought on board during implementation,

monitoring and evaluation to share expertise, experiences and learnings, and to ensure that

they understand, own, multiply the effect and carryon the impact after the project life cycle.

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Appendix 2 – Outcomes and Indicators

Outcome Indicator Level (numbers are cumulative)

Timescale Measurement

1. Marginalised women and young people will gain vocational skills leading to increased and diversified income generation and the reduction of household poverty levels

1.1 No. of women and young people gaining vocational skills

a) 250 women, 75 young women and 75 young men (1 per household in 1 parish)

b) c) 500 women, 150

young women and 150 young men (1 per household in 2 parishes)

750 women, 225 young women and 225 young men (1 per household in 3 parishes)

a) By end of year 1

By end of year 2

b) By end of project 3

Attendance registers and achievement records of vocational training

1.2 Percentage increase in average household income

a) 30% increase (average of 400 households)

45% increase (average of 800 households - 60% for parish 1 and 30% parish 2) 55% increase (average of 1200 households – 75% parish 1, 60% parish 2, 30% parish

a) By end of year 1

By end of year 2

b) c) d) By end of

project

Baseline assessment Women and young people’s household income records Field officer Income reports after 6 months

1.3 No. households

reporting increased

expenditure on

nutritional foods,

access to health

services or

basic/essential

household items (e.g.

plates, bedding)

b) 280 (70% of 400) households

c) d) 600 (70% of 400 +

80% of 400) households

e) f) 920 (70% of 400 + 80%

of 400 + 95% of 400) households

e) By end of year 1

f) g) By end of

year 2 h) i) By end of

project

Baseline assessment Household assessments Focus groups and interviews Case studies

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2. Women and young people will gain business, finance, marketing and group dynamics skills to support the development of new enterprises or secure employment to support the reduction in poverty at the individual and household level.

2.1 2.1 No. of savings groups trained and established functioning effectively (providing at least 5 loans per year to members)

17 savings groups functioning effectively (1 per SHEG community) 34 savings groups functioning effectively (1 per SHEG community) 51 savings groups functioning effectively (1 per SHEG community)

a) By end of year 1

b) By end of year 2

By end of project

Savings groups registers, records and minutes

Field officer reports

Case studies of women and young people in receipt of loans

2.2 No. of women and young people trained and involved in business enterprises for at least 4 months

a) 200 women and young people (50% of 400)

500 women and young people (50% of 400 + 75% of 400) 860 women and young people (50% of 400 + 75% of 400 + 90% of 400)

a) By end of year 1

b) c) By end of

year 2

By end of project

Records of Community Based Finance and Business Coordinator Business records of women and young people Field officer reports

2.3 No. of new community members provided with support on business and finance by the SHEG members

a) 510 (17 SHEGs x 30 community members)

b) c) 1020 (34 SHEGs x 30

community members) d) e) 1530 (51 SHEGs x 30

community members)

d) By end of year 1

e) f) By end of

year 2

By end of project

SHEG records Field officer reports Survey of SHEG community members

3. Men, women and young people are sensitised about gender roles resulting in women and young people being change agents in their communities and leading to an increase in household quality of life.

3.1 No. of community men being reached by male champions for the rights of women and young people

a) 800 men (17 champions, 1 per SHEG community each reaching 47 other men)

b) c) 1,600 men (34

champions, 1 per SHEG community each reaching 47 other men)

d)

a) By end of year 1

b) By end of year 2

Records of champion men

Community meetings with men

Field officer reports

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3) e) 2,400 men (51 champions, 1 per SHEG community each reaching 47 other men)

c) By end of project

3.2 No. of women and young people taking on leadership roles in the community

a) 102 women and young people (average 6 in each SHEG communities)

306 women and young people (average 6 per year from 34 SHEG communities) 612 women and young people (average 6 per year from 34 SHEG communities)

a) By end of year 1 By end of year 2 By end of project

SHEG records

Community group records

Field officer reports

3.3 Reduction in gender discrimination at household level

a) Reported reduction in household tension and violence

Reported increase in the involvement of women and young people in household decision making Reported increase in the access to and achievement of girls in primary school

a) By end of project

b) By end of project

c) By end of project

Baseline data

Interviews and focus group discussions with men, women and young people

Case studies

School records

14

Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Total

DIRECT

BENEFICIARIES

Women receiving

vocational training 250 250 250 750

Young people receiving vocational training (male) 75 75 75 225

Young people receiving vocational training

(female) 75 75 75 225

Sub total 1200

Dissemination by SHEGs SHEGs Individuals

Community women

gaining saving skills 11 30 330 330 330 990

Community young people

gaining saving skills (equal numbers of young women and young men) 6 30 180 180 180 540

Men gaining awareness of the rights of women 17 47 800 800 800 2400

Sub total 3930

Total DIRECT beneficiaries 5130

INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES

SHEGs Individuals

Community members gaining skills in women's rights, advocacy and

savings 17

150 1st yr + 50 2nd or

3rd yr 2550 3400 4250 10,200

Individuals

with SIGNIFICANT increased

household income

Additional

household members

Household members

benefitting from an increase in household income 400 6 2400 2400 2400 7,200

Total INDIRECT beneficiaries 17,400

Total direct + indirect beneficiaries 22,530

Appendix 3 – Breakdown of project beneficiary numbers