SALOHI MYAP Midterm Evaluation Report
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SALOHI MYAP Midterm Evaluation Report Final 11 July 2012 Table of Contents Executive summary ....................................................................................................................... i 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 a) SALOHI Program Overview ............................................................................................... 1 b) Description of key interventions and activities ................................................................... 2 c) Geographic coverage of the program .................................................................................. 2 d) SALOHI structure and organization ................................................................................... 3 e) Implementation history and issues to date .......................................................................... 6 2. Midterm Evaluation Materials and Methods ..................................................................... 8 3. Evaluation Results by Strategic Objective ....................................................................... 18 SO1: Health and Nutrition A. Brief description of health and nutrition interventions: ................................................. 18 B. Key Health and Nutrition Results .................................................................................. 19 C. SO1 midterm evaluation findings by activity ................................................................ 20 D. Cross Cutting Issues ...................................................................................................... 26 E. Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 27 SO2: Livelihoods A. Brief Description of Livelihoods Activities .................................................................. 49 B. Livelihoods Outputs ...................................................................................................... 50 C. Mid-term Evaluation Findings from Beneficiary Focus Groups ................................... 51 D. Cross Cutting Elements ................................................................................................. 58 E. Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 60 F. Challenges ..................................................................................................................... 62 G. Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 62 SO3: Reiliance and Disaster Risk Reduction A. Brief Description of SO3 Activities: ............................................................................. 73 B. Resilience (Disaster Risk Reduction) Outputs .............................................................. 73 C. Mid-term Evaluation Findings ....................................................................................... 74 D. Cross Cutting Elements ................................................................................................. 85 E. Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 86 F. Challenges ..................................................................................................................... 87 G. Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 88 Gender ....................................................................................................................................... 106 Environment ............................................................................................................................. 107 Partnership ............................................................................................................................... 109 4. Monitoring and Evaluation .............................................................................................. 112 5. Commodity Management and Monetization .................................................................. 124 6. Program Management ...................................................................................................... 130 7. Priority evaluation recommendations ............................................................................. 151 8. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................ 153 Appendix A: SALOHI Results Framework (Modified April 1 2012) .................................... 155 Appendix B: SALOHI Program Results to Date (December 30, 2011) ................................. 156 Appendix C: SALOHI Revised Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT) .................... 160 Appendix D: SALOHI Midterm Evaluation Scope of Work ................................................. 167 Appendix E: Composition of SALOHI Midterm evaluation teams ....................................... 187 Appendix F: List of sites visited during the SALOHI Midterm Evaluation .......................... 190 Appendix G: References and documents consulted by the evaluation team .......................... 192 Appendix H: SALOHI Midterm Evaluation Tools ............................................................ 193 Tables and Figures Table 1: SALOHI Resource Summary .......................................................................................... ii Table 2: Status of SALOHI activities, outputs and effects to date vs. Year 2 and LOA targets .. iii Table 3: Key SALOHI activities ................................................................................................... 2 Table 4: Organization of field teams for the SALOHI midterm ................................................. 11 Table 5: Health and Nutrition Evaluation Questions .................................................................. 13 Table 6: Livelihood Evaluation Questions .................................................................................. 14 Table 7: Resilience Evaluation Questions ................................................................................... 15 Table 8: Health and Nutrition Outputs ........................................................................................ 19 Table 9: Health and Nutrition Intermediate Results and Impacts ............................................... 20 Table 10: Comparison of elements of GOM nutrition strategies and SALOHI program design 29 Table 11: A comparison of essential PD Hearth elements and SALOHI PD hearth components ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 Table 12: SALOHI key messages and activities ......................................................................... 38 Table 13: SALOHI Health and Nutrition Action Plan ................................................................. 43 Table 14: SALOHI Livelihoods (SO2) Outputs as of 30 Sept 2011 ........................................... 50 Table 15: SALOHI SO2 Intermediate Results and Impacts ........................................................ 50 Table 16: Livelihoods (SO2) Action Plan ................................................................................... 64 Table 17: Resilience (Disaster Risk Reduction) Outputs ............................................................ 73 Table 18: Resilience (SO3) Action Plan ................................................................................... 103 Table 19: SALOHI Midterm Environmental Action Plan ........................................................ 107 Table 20: SALOHI Partnership Action Plan ............................................................................. 110 Table 21: Commodity Action Plan ........................................................................................... 128 Table 22: Consortium partner implementation constraints ....................................................... 144 Figure 1: SALOHI target zones by partner ................................................................................... 3 Figure 2: SALOHI Organogram ................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3: Program Coordination Unit (PCU) organogram............................................................ 6 Figure 4: SALOHI Program Managers rating of their organization's contribution to PCU ..... 137 Figure 5: SALOHI Program Managers' rating of the PCU's contribution to their organization’s implementation, vs. Managers' rating of other technical assistance providers .......................... 138 Figure 6: SALOHI Program Managers' overall rating of SALOHI consortium structure in supporting their organization's implementation ......................................................................... 139 Figure 7: SALOHI Partner Y1 - Y3 budgets vs. expenditures ................................................. 145 Figure 8: SALOHI Partner Y1 - Y3 budgets vs. expenditures (% of Y3 LOA) ....................... 146 Thanks! The SALOHI team would like to thank everyone involved in the midterm evaluation process. In particular, we extend our thanks to the following people, without whom the midterm evaluation would not have been possible: