Rwanda Education Alternatives for Children in Tea-Growing Areas (REACH- T)
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Final Evaluation Rwanda Education Alternatives for Children in Tea-Growing Areas (REACH- T) Winrock International December 2013–March 2017 Evaluator: Deborah Orsini, Management Systems International Under contract to: United States Department of Labor Cooperative Agreement IL-23979-13-75-K Management Systems International 200 12th Street South, Suite 1200, Arlington, VA 22202 | T +1-703-979-7100 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................................................................ iii ACRONYMS .......................................................................................................................................................... iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................... vi Evaluation Findings ............................................................................................................................................ vii Recommendations for Future Programming ...................................................................................................... xii I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................... 1 A. Project Context ............................................................................................................................................... 1 B. Project Targets and Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 2 II. EVALUATION OBJECTIVES, KEY QUESTIONS AND METHODOLOGY ....................................................... 4 A. Objectives and Key Questions ....................................................................................................................... 4 B. Methodology ................................................................................................................................................... 5 III. EVALUATION FINDINGS.................................................................................................................................. 8 A. Project Scope: Challenges ............................................................................................................................. 8 B. Evaluation Questions .................................................................................................................................... 12 IV. LESSONS LEARNED AND GOOD PRACTICES ........................................................................................... 45 A. Lessons Learned .......................................................................................................................................... 45 B. Good Practices ............................................................................................................................................. 46 V. CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 47 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 47 A. Priority Recommendations Prior to Project End ........................................................................................... 47 B. Recommendations for Future Child Labor Programming ............................................................................. 47 ANNEX A: CMEP Performance Indicators ........................................................................................................ 49 ANNEX B: Responses to Interim Evaluation .................................................................................................... 55 ANNEX C: Terms of Reference .......................................................................................................................... 57 ANNEX D: Desk Review Documents ................................................................................................................. 78 ANNEX E: Field Schedule .................................................................................................................................. 79 ANNEX F: List of Key Informants Interviewed (233 People) ........................................................................... 81 ANNEX G: Final Evaluation Stakeholder Meeting ............................................................................................ 85 INDEPENDENT FINAL EVALUATION: REACH-T PROJECT RWANDA i TABLES Table 1: Sites Visited During Final Evaluation ......................................................................................................... 6 Table 2: Key Dates for Project Implementation ....................................................................................................... 8 Table 3: Partner Responsibilities for Direct Services in Target Provinces ............................................................... 9 Table 4: Project Beneficiaries and Services .......................................................................................................... 11 Table 5: Child Labor Drivers, Related Strategies and Activities ............................................................................ 12 Table 6: Increased Enforcement Indicators and Results ....................................................................................... 18 Table 7: Education Indicators and Results ............................................................................................................ 21 Table 8: Income Generation Indicators and Results ............................................................................................. 24 Table 9: Children of Legal Working Age Indicators and Results ........................................................................... 28 Table 10: GoR Policies and Private Sector Action Plan Indicators and Results .................................................... 31 Table 11: Awareness-Raising Indicators and Results ........................................................................................... 32 Table 12: Social Protection Indicators and Results ............................................................................................... 34 Table 13: Effectiveness of Best Practices ............................................................................................................. 35 Table 14: Priorities within $5,000,000 Grant Ceiling ............................................................................................. 40 Table 15: Sustainability Priorities per Final Evaluation Stakeholder Meeting ........................................................ 41 Table 16: Selected Responses to Midterm Evaluation Recommendations ........................................................... 45 FIGURES Figure 1: REACH-T Intervention Areas ................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2: Project Targets vs. Achievements .......................................................................................................... 11 Figure 3: REACH-T’s Alignment with GoR Policy and Tea Sector ........................................................................ 13 Figure 4: REACH-T Outcomes .............................................................................................................................. 16 INDEPENDENT FINAL EVALUATION: REACH-T PROJECT RWANDA ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The evaluator would like to extend sincere thanks to the staff of Winrock International and its implementing partners, ADEPE, FERWACOTHE and Duterimbere, as well as its Government of Rwanda (GoR) partners, the Ministry of Public Service and Labor (MIFOTRA), the National Agricultural Export Board (NAEB) and the National Commission for Children (NCC), for their support during the evaluation. Sincere thanks are due to REACH-T’s Project Director and Deputy Director, who responded promptly to all requests for information, provided efficient coordination of a complex itinerary, and organized a productive stakeholder meeting. On the field level, special thanks to the local coordinators, community activists, teacher mentors and mother trainers who organized meetings and provided valuable insights into project achievements and challenges. The evaluator would also like to thank all the beneficiaries who traveled considerable distances on foot for focus group interviews, and to the 52 stakeholders and beneficiaries who generously shared their feedback at the final evaluation stakeholder meeting. INDEPENDENT FINAL EVALUATION: REACH-T PROJECT RWANDA iii ACRONYMS ADEPE Action Pour le Développement du Peuple (Action for the Development of the People) ALERT Accountability for Labor Law Enforcement Referrals and Tracking System ASSOC Sector Social Affairs Officer BDA Business Development Agency BDF Business Development Fund CA Community Activist CAHR Children at High Risk (of Child Labor) CL Child Labor CLMS Child Labor Monitoring System CMEP Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation Plan CSS Conditional Scholarship Support DLI District Labor Inspectors ECD Early Childhood Development FERWACOTHE Fédération Rwandaise des Coopératives de Théculteurs (Federation of Tea-Growing Cooperatives) FOA Funding Opportunity Announcement FRw Rwandan