Childfund Cambodia Statement of Impact – Svay Chrum
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CAMBODIA Statement of Impact SVAY CHRUM DISTRICT, SVAY RIENG PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (2011-2014) Foreword + his document presents the results After the survey ChildFund staff make of ChildFund Australia’s first formal presentations on the results at area level assessment of the impact of the meetings in which adults, youth and children Torganisation’s development programs, from partner communities participate along applying ChildFund’s Development with local government representatives and Effectiveness Framework. The findings officials. Participants give their assessment of included here were agreed by representatives the validity of survey findings by comparing of the Svay Chrum community, in Svay them to their own experiences, then discuss Rieng province, Cambodia, after reflections and make recommendations to ChildFund for prompted by considering data from the future development projects. Development Effectiveness Framework and other sources. Representatives from these meetings are then invited to a final, two day consultation in which Over the past five years ChildFund they are presented with additional evidence of Australia has been building a Development the work of ChildFund and other development Effectiveness Framework to provide answers actors, including the government, in the to three basic questions: program area over the previous three years. The first day of the meeting involves • how do we know if our work makes a discussion and agreement on the extent to difference and gets results? which change on each Outcome Indicator can be attributed to the work of ChildFund. On • how do we learn from our experience in the second day the representatives discuss order to improve the way we work? and agree on a “Statement of Impact” in CAMBODIA which they document their conclusions about • how do community members and changes that have occurred in the program local partners directly participate in the area and ChildFund’s contribution to those planning, implementation, and evaluation changes. of development projects? Representatives from six communes in the Under the Development Effectiveness District of Svay Chrum in Svay Rieng Province, Framework ChildFund staff and partners Cambodia, local government officials from the collect evidence of the results of community District and a small group of peers from non- development programs. This evidence is government organisations working in Svay quantitative (such as data on organisational Rieng produced this first Statement of Impact outputs – products or services delivered) and under ChildFund’s Development Effectiveness qualitative (such as case studies on the way Framework in February 2014. individual children, families and other partners experience the effects of activities supported For the purposes of this report, they are by ChildFund). referred to as ‘Community Representatives’. To collect evidence on long-term change Community Representatives were asked to in partner communities, and ChildFund analyse the data collected and to try to reach Australia’s contribution to that change (our a consensus on the extent to which ChildFund impact), we use an approach which combines has contributed to the changes achieved in quantitative and qualitative measurement. this province. ChildFund Australia is an independent and non-religious international development This involves conducting surveys on organisation that works to reduce poverty for children in the developing world. organisational Outcome Indicators with As such, the conclusions contained below, randomly selected samples of community regarding ChildFund’s impact in Svay Chrum, ChildFund Australia is a member of the ChildFund Alliance - a global network members in program areas every three years. represent the carefully considered opinion Results from the surveys can be compared, of the Svay Chrum Representative Group, of 12 organisations which assists more than 15 million children in 58 countries. Indicator by Indicator, to show change over rather than a view put forward by ChildFund time. Australia. Photograpy: All images in this report are of children and youth in ChildFund-supported villages in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia. Photography by Cindy Bryson or ChildFund staff. Report design: Sally Woodward-Hawes 2Copyright: ChildFund Australia, AugustSTATEMENT 2014 OF IMPACT - SVAY CHRUM DISTRICT, SVAY RIENG PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (2011-2014) STATEMENT OF IMPACT - SVAY CHRUM DISTRICT, SVAY RIENG PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (2011-2014) 3 www.childfund.org.au + Introduction Projects, inputs and outputs + hildFund Australia began operations Along with these physical improvements in Svay Chrum District in 2008. During ChildFund also contributed to raising levels the period 2008-2013 ChildFund of understanding and skills of community and Cimplemented 21 development projects in the government partners through activities such as District with a total investment of around US conducting awareness campaigns on hygiene $2.3m. These projects covered education, and sanitation, child rights and child protection household water and sanitation, livelihoods (safe migration), teacher training, especially (especially youth livelihoods), child well-being of kindergarten teachers, training of local and protection and community participation in government officials, formation and support local government planning processes. of child clubs and youth groups and for youth educators to work informally to extend ChildFund tracked project implementation awareness and understanding and raise skills throughout the period 2008-2013. Prominent amongst their peers. achievements included construction of primary schools, libraries, school water and sanitation facilities, and household wells and toilets. CAMBODIA Summary of findings related his Statement of Impact is about long term change took place in Svay Chrum over the three years, and the in Svay Chrum District, Svay Rieng Province, extent of ChildFund’s contribution to those changes. to change, ChildFund’s overall Cambodia and ChildFund’s contribution to it. TThe Statement focuses on a set of Outcome Indicators To help Community Representatives come to their contribution, and recommendations + adopted by ChildFund which cover child well-being, conclusions, they were presented with evidence from education, maternal and child health, access to water surveys conducted in April 2011 and December 2013, and sanitation, HIV and AIDS, youth working conditions which showed changes over time. The surveys were and household income. conducted by interviewing randomly selected samples of children, youth, women and selected Local Authorities. he results of the survey conducted in For the future, considering these findings The statement represents the considered views of Sampling was done using a methodology called December 2013 showed that in the six and the situation in Svay Chrum, Community community representatives, government and elected Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS). The group target communes of Svay Chrum district Representatives recommended that ChildFund officials, and civil society from Svay Chrum district. also reviewed a range of data relating to activities of Tthere are many positive changes compared should consider supporting projects in the These views were developed at commune and district ChildFund, government and other organisations, along to the results of the survey conducted in following areas: disaster preparedness and level consultations, and at two final reflection meetings at with case studies of change that took place. 2011. The Svay Chrum Representative Group management, child protection, gender, the which they reached conclusions about the changes that concluded that ChildFund had a major promotion of participation and decision- responsibility for the changes. The most making of children and youth in the process of notable changes related to health, education community development, and to strengthening and economics and the participation of activities of existing projects to ensure children, youth and families in community effective and sustainable development. development activities. 4 STATEMENT OF IMPACT - SVAY CHRUM DISTRICT, SVAY RIENG PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (2011-2014) STATEMENT OF IMPACT - SVAY CHRUM DISTRICT, SVAY RIENG PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (2011-2014) 5 + Change by Outcome Indicator Outcome Indicator 4: 100 80 and attribution to ChildFund % of children and youth who perform at or above their current grade level in reading. 60 In this section, each of ChildFund’s 18 Outcome are described, and Community Representatives indicate Indicators are presented in graphical form, showing their considered assessment of ChildFund’s contribution Community Representatives noted the results 40 changes detected between 2011 and 2013. The changes to the changes. indicating that reading capacity of children has 31 26 decreased. They concluded that this was because of frequent changes in study programs, parents failing 20 to follow up on their children’s study and failing Outcome Indicator 1: 100 to help teach their children at home. Also, some Reading (Children) 0 2011 2013 86 teachers did not invest much effort in their teaching. 82 Community Representatives requested development 100 80 % of women 15-49 years with children age 0-59 actors and government focus on improving the quality months who delivered their last child while being of education and suggested that parents pay more 80 attention to their children’s study. assisted by skilled and trained personnel. 60 65 60 Results indicate that women who delivered