SINDH COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION PROGRAM

Quarterly Progress Report – Year – V, Quarter – II1 (April 1 – June 30, 2018)

Date: July 30, 2018

CMP is made possible by the support of the American People through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). CMP is implemented by Blumont under Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006. This report was produced for review by USAID.

Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. PROGRAM SUMMARY ...... 6 B. 1 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMPLISHMENTS FROM April 1 – June 30, 2018 ...... 7 B.2 MISSION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (MSF) INDICATOR SUMMARY FOR April – June 2018 9 C. STATUS OF COMPONENT ACTIVITIES ...... 10 Component I: Increase Communities’ Involvement in GOS Reform of Merging, Consolidating, and Upgrading Schools ...... 10 Component II: Improve Community and District Administration Coordination for Increasing Girls’ Enrollment ...... 15 Component III: Improve Child Nutrition in Selected Communities and Government Schools through Research that Informs Innovation and Good Practices ...... 24 Component IV: Launch of Education Management Organizations ...... 35 D. STATUS OF THE ACTIVITIES AS PER CROSS CUTTING THEMES ...... 37 CCT 1. Gender: Mainstreaming of Program Activities ...... 37 CCT II: Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) ...... 40 CCT III: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Improved Knowledge, Awareness, Preparation, and Practice ...... 41 Documentation Outreach and Communication ...... 41 E. CHALLENGES ...... 43 F. OPERATIONS ...... 43 G. PLAN FOR THE NEXT QUARTER ...... 44 Annex I: SUCCESS STORIES...... 48 Annex II: INDICATOR BASED SUMMARY REPORT ...... 54 Annex III: MAJOR MEETINGS AND ATTENDANCE SHEETS OF April – June 2018 ...... 57 Annex IV: FINANCIAL REPORT ...... 68 Annex V: SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM ...... 69

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 ACRONYMS

A/E Architecture and engineering

ADB Asian Development Bank

AKU-HDP Aga Khan University Human Development Program

CCT Cross Cutting Theme

CHW Community Health Worker

CM Community Mobilizer

CMP Community Mobilization Program

COP Chief of Party

CWG Communication Working Group

CSO Civil Society Organization

DO Development Objective

DEO District Education Officer

DG Directorate General

DHO District Health Officer

DOC Development Outreach and Communication

DRR Disaster Risk Reduction

EMO Education Management Organization

FO Filed officer

GA Ground assessment

GBPS Government Boys’ Primary School

GGHS Government Girls’ High School

GHS Government High School

GMS Government Middle School

GOS Government of Sindh

HANDS Health and Nutrition Development Society

IBA Institute of Business Administration

IE Independent Expert

IEC Information, Education, and Communication

IRC Indus Resource Center

IRD International Relief and Development

KAP Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice

LHS Lady Health Supervisor

LHV Lady Health Visitor

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 LHW Lady Health Worker

LSU Local Support Unit

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MO Medical Officer

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MSF Mission Strategic Framework

NA Nutrition Associate

P&G Proctor and Gamble

PAR Participatory Action Research

PI Private institutions

PMIU Program Management and Implementation Unit

PKR Pakistani Rupees

PPHI Peoples’ Primary Healthcare Initiative

PPP Public Private Partnership

PTA Parents Teacher Association

RFP Request for Proposal

RSU Reform Support Unit

SBEP Sindh Basic Education Program

SCDP Sindh Capacity Development Program

SELD School Education and Literacy Department

SEMIS Sindh Education Management Information System

SESP Sindh Education Sector Plan

SFO Senior Filed Officer

SHNCs School Hygiene and Nutrition Committee

SIP School Improvement Plan

SMC School Management Committee

SMP Social Mobilization Plan

SPPRA Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority

Sr. DM Senior District Manager

SRSO Sindh Rural Support Organization

SZABIST Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology

TA Technical Assistance

TEO Taluka Education Officer

TER Technical Evaluation Report

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TOR Terms of Reference

TOT Training of Trainer

UC Union Council

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USG United State Government

VDO Village Development Organization

WATSAN Water and Sanitation

WHO World Health Organization

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 A. PROGRAM SUMMARY

On September 21, 2011, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed an activity agreement with the Government of Sindh (GOS) to implement the Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP). This initiative is one of several donor interventions that supports the government’s broader Sindh Education Reform Program agenda. SBEP is focused on increasing and sustaining student enrollment in primary, middle, and higher secondary schools in seven districts in northern Sindh: Dadu, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Kashmore, Larkana, Kamber Shahdadkot, Sukkur, and the five towns of Bin Qasim, Gadap, Kemari, Lyari, and Orangi of Karachi City in Sindh Province. SBEP is comprised of seven components: 1) construction of schools in areas affected by the 2010 floods; 2) support to GOS policy reforms to merge, consolidate, and upgrade schools through their construction; 3) improvement in early grade reading in primary schools; 4) community mobilization with a focus on increasing girls’ enrollment and improving the nutritional status of children; 5) technical assistance (TA) to GOS’s School Education and Literacy Department (SELD); 6) architecture and engineering support for school construction; and 7) monitoring and evaluation (M&E). International Relief and Development (IRD)/Blumont is currently implementing the five-year USAID- funded Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) commenced in August 2013 that forms a cornerstone of SBEP, particularly component four of the program. CMP itself has four key components: 1) increase communities’ involvement in GOS’s reform campaign of merging, consolidating, and upgrading schools; 2) improve community and district administration coordination for increasing girls’ enrollment; 3) improve child nutrition in selected communities and government schools through research that informs innovation and good practices; and 4) the launch of the Education Management Organizations (EMOs)—CMP’s pilot component. In addition, CMP has three cross-cutting themes (CCTs) that add significant value to these objectives: 1) gender: mainstreaming of program activities; 2) water and sanitation (WATSAN): improving facilities, knowledge, and practice; and 3) disaster risk reduction (DRR): improving awareness, knowledge, preparation, and practice. Additionally, CMP is providing small grants to neighboring schools to address needs that they identify and prioritize in school improvement plans (SIPs). The program tracks and supports the construction, merging, consolidation, and upgrading of SBEP schools. In addition to the 106 newly constructed schools, CMP also works with 303 non-construction schools (also termed “neighboring schools” due to proximity to construction schools). CMP’s inclusive community activities are designed to make these educational improvements sustainable by increasing community support for their local schools and advocacy for better educational provisions.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 B. 1 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMPLISHMENTS FROM April 1 – June 30, 2018 Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) continued to empower communities to take the lead in school reconstruction, consolidation, merging, and upgradation related activities and remained a catalyst by facilitating the process. Overall, progress on construction schools regained communities’ trust and successful implementation of school consolidation, merging, and upgrading reforms with facilitation from the District Education Department, and communities’ involvement paved the way for sustainability. During the reporting quarter, CMP organized two district level School Consolidation, Merging, and Upgradation Orientation Workshops (in Jacobabad and Sukkur Districts). The purpose of the orientation workshops was to provide technical assistance in implementing school consolidation and Government of Sindh (GOS) reforms. In addition to district level workshops, CMP hosted a provincial consultative workshop in Karachi to highlight key accomplishments of these reforms and share the structural and implementation level challenges faced by the District Education Department. In this quarter, CMP, in collaboration with USAID and the Program Management and Implementation Unit (PMIU), organized the inauguration ceremony of Government High School (GHS) Vikya Sangi (the first newly constructed school in Larkana district). The ceremony was co-chaired by USAID's Deputy Mission Director and the Minister for Education and Literacy. In addition to GHS Vikya Sangi's inauguration event, CMP also organized opening and hand-over ceremonies of five USAID-funded reconstructed Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP)-focused schools in Khairpur and Sukkur Districts. Besides supporting construction schools, CMP also provided small grants to 37 School Management Committees (SMCs) from April to June 2018. Small grant contribution is bringing visible, positive changes to non-construction schools and attracting students by providing an enabling learning environment. CMP also observed that sub-committees are self-sustained in developing, implementing, and monitoring social mobilization plans (SMPs) and school improvement plans (SIPS), which is a sign of effective community mobilization efforts and an indication of sustainability. SMCs updated 11 SMPs and provided assistance to 105 schools in updating their existing SIPs. CMP and communities jointly organized different school and cluster-level events, which not only raised awareness about that particular event/day but also helped to expand community outreach. Key events included: Annual School Days, World Environment Day, International Mothers’ Day, and Education Fairs (Taleemi Mela). Another purpose of organizing such events was to enhance awareness among community members regarding children’s rights, girls’ education, and gender mainstreaming. CMP invested enormous efforts in communities pertaining to behavioral change in health, nutrition, and personal, domestic, and environmental hygiene. CMP and Aga Khan University Human Development Program (AKU-HDP) conducted a round of Participatory Action Research (PAR) in four communities to measure the impact of their networking with other stakeholders. CMP printed information, education, and communication (IEC) materials and disseminated it to schools. IEC materials will be utilized to enhance the awareness of community members and students through hygiene sessions. CMP completed the data analysis of the second round of screening of 30,647 children. The process of round II screening was initiated in October 2017, where CMP documented the process of data collection. The current report captures the data analysis of all children. CMP also conducted 24 School Health and Nutrition Committee (SHNC) training programs, trained 495 members, and organized health awareness and rollout sessions to further share this knowledge beyond the SHNC members. During CMP’s local fundraising events, community members, notables, and local philanthropists contributed cash and gifts in-kind, such as furniture for students and teachers, water coolers, and stationery worth Pakistani rupees (PKR) 216,400 to the improvement of 17 schools. CMP’s assistance to communities in women's participation and gender mainstreaming resulted in increased women’s participation in newly-elected SMCs. CMP witnessed an approximate 30% increase in women’s membership in SMCs and also observed that some of the CMP focused schools elected women chairpersons. Gender mainstreaming sessions were organized in Jacobabad and Sukkur Districts to sensitize district-level officials toward gender integration. CMP’s continuous assistance to the School Education and Literacy Department (SELD) enabled them to get PKR 1 billion allocated in the government budget under financial year 2018 – 2019 for the implementation of Education Management Organization (EMO) reforms. It is worth mentioning that, the said allocation is classified P a g e 7 | 70

Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 as “recurrent budget”, which has a greater chance of financial sustainability beyond the life of program. SELD received 25 bids against all four packages of EMO schools under request for proposal (RFP) # 4. CMP also hosted a pre-bid meeting and road show to provide an avenue to potential EMOs to interact with relevant stakeholders and get clarity about EMO reforms. CMP also facilitated the signing of agreements between independent auditors, independent experts, and Escrow mechanism for EMOs under RFP # 3. CMP enjoyed significant visibility in leading print and electronic media channels during high profile events. Besides that, CMP’s communications team also produced an in-house documentary to highlight positive impact on the ground.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 B.2 MISSION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (MSF) INDICATOR SUMMARY FOR April – June 2018

The following table highlights progress during the reporting period against MSF indicators. However, this report includes progress made against MSF, as well as non-MSF indicators displayed in Annex II. MSF Indicator Table for progress report, year V, quarter III (April-June 2018)

Current Reporting Cumulative quarter Total Performance LOP Data through Progress to Frequency Number Indicator Target March 31, (April 1 – date - June 2018 June 30, 30, 2018 2018) Goal: Sustain community mobilization and school-based management in Sindh Province

Component 2: Improve community and district government coordination for increased girls' enrollment

4C. Number of learners enrolled in This is annual primary, indicator, so elementary and 2.1.1 120,000 118,676 will be tracked 118,676 Annually secondary US and reported Government annually (USG) assisted schools 4.1a. Number of out-of-school This is annual children newly indicator, so enrolled or re- 2.1.2 25,000 64,014 will be tracked 64,014 Annually enrolled in and reported education system annually with USG assistance 4.3.1a. Number of Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) or similar Target already 2.1.3 400 447 447 Quarterly “school- achieved governance” structures supported 4.3.2c. Number of school Target already 2.2.1 improvement plans 400 439 439 Quarterly achieved developed through USG assistance 4.3.2a. Number of District Education Target already 2.3.1 100 225 225 Quarterly Officers trained achieved with USG support.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 MSF Indicator Table for progress report, year V, quarter III (April-June 2018)

Current Reporting Cumulative quarter Total Performance LOP Data through Progress to Frequency Number Indicator Target March 31, (April 1 – date - June 2018 June 30, 30, 2018 2018) Pilot Component: Launch Education Management Organization (EMO) System 4.3.1b. Number of This is annual USG assisted CSOs indicator, and 4.1.2 working to 10 4 is tracked and 4 Annually improve education reported quality and access annually

C. STATUS OF COMPONENT ACTIVITIES

Component I: Increase Communities’ Involvement in GOS Reform of Merging, Consolidating, and Upgrading Schools

Orientation of DEOs, DOs, TEOs, and Supervisors on GOS Policy of Consolidation, Merging, and Upgradation of Schools

Corresponding Indicator: MSF - Number of administrators and officials who complete professional development activities with USG assistance In order to ensure school consolidation, merging, and upgradation reform of GOS's SELD is thoroughly understood and effectively implemented by district and school level education officials, CMP organized district level orientation workshops in Jacobabad and Sukkur Districts. The participants included District Education Officers (DEOs), Taluka Education Officials (TEOs), Head Teachers of campus, and SBEP targeted construction schools. During the workshop, participants reviewed the action points of previous workshops, suggested possible actions for the smooth implementation of consolidation, merging, and upgradation policy in SBEP focused schools, and District Education Officials attending one-day suggested a list of potential schools that need to be Orientation Workshop on School Consolidation, Merging, and Upgradation – Sukkur. included in the upcoming round of consolidation. Besides this, participants also discussed the challenges faced while implementing these reforms. The presence and involvement of SELD's local support unit (LSU) made it easier to respond to the questions raised by participants. CMP district teams and community mobilization advisors assured their facilitation to DEOs in the preparation and submission of school-specific feasibility and proposal to assist SELD, as well as the community, in the implementation process.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 One Day Consultative Workshop on School Consolidation, Merging, and Upgradation at Provincial Level

Corresponding Indicator: MSF - Number of administrators and officials who complete professional development activities with USG assistance Following the district level orientation workshops, CMP organized a provincial level consultative workshop on school consolidation, merging, and upgradation in Karachi by bringing together key stakeholders, including; Directors and Additional Directors, SELD, DEOs, Program Managers, school consolidation and school reform sections of the Reform Support Unit (RSU) along with their technical team, the PMIU, and CMP senior management. The main purpose of the consultative workshop was to share, district-wise, the progress of implementing the consolidation policy in notified SBEP schools and to discuss the mechanism to prepare feasibility reports based on CMP mapping and ground assessment of potential consolidation of SBEP schools.

CMP presented a summary of 409 program focused schools (781 schools have been notified by SELD as consolidated schools and 331 are remaining). It was highlighted that out of 78 notified consolidated schools, 66 schools were transformed to campus schools while the remaining 12 were merged with other campus schools. In addition to the schools’ summary, CMP also briefed the participants about a data collection tool, prepared by CMP, which helped in tracking the implementation progress through quantifiable indicators. Furthermore, participants also discussed the structural and implementation level challenges at the school, district, and provincial level and agreed on a mutually-developed way forward, which outlined the role of each stakeholder, i.e. RSU, PMIU, CMP, Directors, and DEOs. Following are the suggested action points and responsible department/organization:  DEOs would write a letter to school administration to complete all tasks required under the school consolidation, merging, and upgradation reforms. CMP would provide technical assistance to school administration and SMCs in completion of the agreed tasks;  RSU would lead to surrender the Sindh Education Management Information System (SEMIS) codes of merged schools. CMP would provide list of such schools to RSU. Once the codes are surrendered, CMP would duly inform the district and school administration;  The RSU School Consolidation Manager shared a copy of notification regarding demarcation of administrative and financial powers of campus school principals promoting their administrative authority over all staff of merged schools. DEOs were requested to issue a compliance letter with reference to SELD notification, as shared by RSU;  RSU would share the list of schools and details of posts transferred so far, once it gets notification from the Finance Department, Sindh. CMP would further disseminate the notification and details in SBEP schools;  A team of LSU personnel, DEOs, and CMP would work together in each district to: o Review, supervise, and strategize activities/actions ensuring implementation of consolidation policy in all notified SBEP schools; o Initiate the process of upgrading SBEP construction schools to a higher level as proposed by PMIU-SBEP; and o Prepare a feasibility report of proposed consolidation of schools, if found appropriate in local context;  The SBEP target schools, which were part of EMO-RFP #4, would preferably be notified after the due diligence process. The proposed deadline was May 28, 2018; and  CMP would provide support and technical assistance to those concerned in all three components, i.e. (i) implementation of consolidation at school, district, and RSU level, (ii) upgradation of

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 construction schools, and (iii) preparation of feasibility reports for proposed consolidation of SBEP schools. The workshop was concluded with an appreciation note by SBEP's Program Manager, in which he highlighted the efforts of different sections of SELD–GOS and other development partners in implementing the school consolidation policy in SBEP target schools.

Mapping, Ground Assessment, and Support in Implementation of School Consolidation, Merging, and Upgradation Reform

Corresponding Indicator: MSF - Number of administrators and officials who complete professional development activities with USG assistance In continuation of CMP’s efforts to mobilize communities and increase community involvement, CMP field teams in Kamber Shahdadkot, Karachi, Kashmore, Larkana, and Sukkur conducted meetings with SMC general bodies and communities to explain the salient features of the reform, initiate dialogue for further clarity, and see the feasibility for implementation of the consolidation policy. During these interactive sessions with school staff and community members, SMC members understood the importance of school consolidation, merging, and upgradation and its benefits to the communities' children. CMP responded to the queries raised by community members regarding this reform and provided technical assistance in conducting ground level assessment, mapping, collecting SMCs' resolutions, and other documents for evidence, as well as defining the way forward for the school level tasks pertaining to the school consolidation or merging process. The field team also conducted and facilitated sessions with school staff and community members to ensure that everyone understood and endorsed the implementation of this reform. Besides assistance to the community, CMP also aided TEOs and DEOs in preparing feasibility reports and proposals for the schools where consolidation is possible as per GOS policy. These feasibility reports, proposals, SMC resolutions, and other documents were submitted to Director, SELD in order to issue notifications for consolidated schools. After the issuance of notifications for consolidation and/or merging, CMP conducted meetings with the school administration and SMCs, shared the checklist of indicators for the school consolidation policy, and provided an orientation to accomplish all the indicators of school consolidation and merging policy. CMP closely coordinated with the LSU to ensure all necessary steps were followed as outlined in the consolidation policy.

Organization of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremonies between SMCs, Community, and Architecture and Engineering (A/E) Construction Contractors

Corresponding Indicator: MSF - Number of PTAs or community-based school governance structures engaged in primary or secondary education supported with USG assistance Following the pre-construction meeting in Jacobabad district in the previous quarter, the SBEP program steering committee approved the construction of the Government Boys’ Primary School (GBPS) Ali Sher Jakhrani. Therefore, CMP, in coordination with PMIU, facilitated the signing of an MOU between the school construction contractor and SMC of GBPS Ali Sher Jakhrani, Jacobabad District. The basic purpose of the MOU signing ceremony was to clearly describe the roles and responsibilities of the community, SMC, and contractor. In addition to terms of reference (TORs), the MOU included details such as school design, construction timelines, temporary learning facilities and equipment, and material disposition from the old school.

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The signed MOU aims to ensure that construction activities are held efficiently, without compromising quality or harming the interests of all involved parties. The ceremony garnered large community participation, which included parents, teachers, and students. The SMC and construction contractor signed the MOU as primary signatories, and CMP signed as a witness. The MOU remains valid until completion of school construction. All primary signatories (SMC and construction contractor) have agreed to abide by the outlined roles and responsibilities before, during, and after construction of the schools. During the signing ceremony, the SMC chairperson presented a brief introduction of the area and school, while the CMP representative provided a detailed overview of SBEP and its components. The Halcrow representative shared the design, structure, and features of the state-of-the-art school building. The SMC chairperson expressed his gratitude for USAID and GOS for providing such worthy investment for the betterment of future generations.

Inauguration Ceremonies of Newly-Reconstructed SBEP Schools in CMP Districts

Corresponding Indicator: MSF - Number of PTAs or community-based school governance structures engaged in primary or secondary education supported with USG assistance During the reporting quarter, CMP, in collaboration with USAID and PMIU–GOS, organized an inauguration ceremony of the USAID-funded newly constructed Government High School (GHS) Vikya Sangi, Larkana District on June 28, 2018. The event was co-chaired by John Smith Sreen, USAID Deputy Mission Director, and Dr. Saadia Virk Rizvi, Minister for Education and Literacy, and attended by senior officials from USAID/USG as well as GOS, including PMIU's Program Director, Director SELD, representatives of Larkana District administration, SBEP component leads, students, parents, civil society, and media representatives. SBEP partners set up the stalls to share information about their respective programs. The USAID Deputy Mission Director highlighted the importance of education and reiterated the importance of USAID’s partnership with GOS to improve the quality of education in the province. Dr. Saadia Virk Rizvi appreciated the efforts of USAID and SBEP partners in modernizing education in the province. She encouraged students to take interest in their studies so they may serve their community and nation in a profound way. On this occasion, Mrs. Zamna Begum, SMC Chairperson of Government Girls Primary School (GGPS) Vikya Sangi, gave an overview of the Dr. Saadia Virk Rizvi’s, Minister for Education and school and welcomed the participants. During the Literacy, address during the inauguration of GHS ceremony, students performed tableaus and the event Vikya Sangi. - Larkana District received significant coverage from print and electronic media.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Opening Ceremonies and Handing-Over of USAID-Funded Reconstructed SBEP Schools Corresponding Indicator: MSF—Number of PTAs or community-based school governance structures engaged in primary or secondary education supported with USG assistance In addition to one mega event of GHS Vikya Sangi school inauguration in Larkana district, CMP also set up the stage for the opening and handing-over ceremonies of five newly constructed schools (three in Khairpur and two in Sukkur Districts). These events were chaired by district administration officials and garnered huge participation from people in all walks of life, including students, parents, community notables, PMIU representatives, the district education department, SBEP partners, civil society, and media representatives. After opening ceremonies, these Director SELD Sukkur inaugurating GHS Kamal Khan state-of-the-art schools were handed over to the Indhar – Sukkur District selected EMOs. PMIU facilitated the school handing-over process to the district education department and, further, to selected EMOs. During these events students expressed their excitement and interest for studying in new well-equipped school buildings with all adequate facilities. Following the opening of new schools, CMP conducted school-based activities to socialize parents and communities and familiarize them with new buildings and their facilities. Halcrow's technical team also conducted a session with school staff and SMCs to provide guidelines for school infrastructure repair, maintenance, and complaint management system.

USAID Visit to SBEP Construction School in Larkana District Corresponding Indicator: MSF—Number of PTAs or community-based school governance structures engaged in primary or secondary education supported with USG assistance On June 28, 2018 USAID Deputy Mission Director John Smith Sreen, Program Director, PMIU, COR USAID along with other USAID and GOS officials visited SBEP construction school GBPS Saidodero, which was under construction, in Larkana District. The purpose of the visit was to see the progress of construction work and to meet with the community and seek their perspective on the construction phase. During the visit, Halcrow's Chief of Party (COP) briefed the delegation about the technical aspects of the construction while PMIU's PD briefed them on the SBEP’s role, especially CMP's efforts in community mobilization. USAID's Deputy Mission Director appreciated the efforts of SBEP partners and assured his continued support.

Update on Social Mobilization Plans Corresponding Indicator: Custom—Percent of community-based social mobilization plans developed having implemented at least one item The community mobilization field team conducted meetings and provided technical assistance to SMC, sub-committee, and community members to develop and update SMPs. The most important aspect of developing and updating SMPs is to ensure active community participation in identifying school needs, prioritizing and planning activities, and operating efficiently at the community level. SMPs include several activities, e.g. SMC general body meetings, SMC and school functionality, annual School Days, international and national day celebrations, as well as organizing activities to ensure student enrollment and retention. During the reporting period, CMP aided SMCs in updating 11 existing plans in Dadu District. P a g e 14 | 70

Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Component II: Improve Community and District Administration Coordination for Increasing Girls’ Enrollment

Joint Progress Review and Planning Meetings with Line Departments (Education, Health, and Administration)

Corresponding Indicator: MSF—Number of administrators and officials who complete professional development activities with USG assistance To increase coordination among different stakeholders at the district level (i.e. SBEP targeted schools, SELD, LSU, and SMCs) and improve the overall status and quality of education in CMP targeted schools, CMP initiated the process of a joint quarterly progress review and planning meetings. During the reporting period, CMP conducted joint quarterly meetings in Kamber Shahdadkot, Karachi, Kashmore, Khairpur, and Sukkur Districts, attended by DEOs, TEOs, LSU representatives, and head teachers of construction schools. These meetings provided an opportunity to education officials to review the program’s District Education Officials attending Joint Quarterly progress, learn about the implementation-level Progress Review Planning and Networking Meeting at Sukkur District. challenges such as consolidation and merging policy, low enrollment and attendance in schools, shortage of teaching and non-teaching staff, issues in restructuring SMC executive committees, and seek support from relevant stakeholders to improve access to and the quality of education. During the quarterly meetings, officials appreciated CMP’s efforts and demonstrated their commitment to overcome above-mentioned issues.

Refresher for Field Teams on Social Mobilization

CMP acknowledges that the improved knowledge and understanding of staff about community mobilization concepts and strategies will lead to enhanced effectiveness of CMP’s interventions and its lasting impact on communities. Considering the importance, CMP organized a community mobilization refresher for CMP and its implementing partners’ staff. A sum of 73 team members from all seven districts and five towns of Karachi joined the session (four districts’ teams on one day and the remaining three districts' and five towns' teams on the second day). The session allowed the existing staff to refresh their knowledge on community mobilization strategies, framework, and major activities, and to review the challenges and lessons learned during the past four years and discuss approaches to sustain mobilization efforts. There were some members who recently joined the CMP team in addition to existing staff, so this refresher served as a detailed orientation for them to commence/continue their work effectively. At the beginning of the refresher, both community mobilization advisors (from Karachi and Sukkur) shared the social mobilization work structure, baseline results, SMC diagnosis findings, and strategies for integration. They also emphasized the importance of mobilization and effective ways for meaningful community engagement. Besides community mobilization advisors, there were also sessions conducted by other component leads, like the Senior Small Grants Manager, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager and Senior Health and Nutrition Component Manager. Participants’ active involvement and interactive methodology created a conducive learning environment.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 In the two-day refresher, participants were able to understand:  The community mobilization process and its impact on communities and children;  Social mobilization work structure and key interventions;  The process of integrating activities among components and with cross cutting themes (CCTs);  Challenges/learnings of first round of small grants and possible measures for second round of disbursement;  Tools to community engagement for increasing enrollment and retention in CMP targeted schools; and  Best practices and areas of improvement in the community mobilization process.

SMC Executive and General Body Meetings

Corresponding Indicator: Custom—Percent of community-based SMPs developed having implemented at least one item CMP continued to engage SMCs and sub-committees through capacity building and coordination to enable them in leading school-based interventions. The trained community members ensured availability of basic facilities at schools and also created conducive learning environments. They also played a role in sustaining this development beyond the life of the program. In this quarter, CMP, in collaboration with SMC executive committees, organized and facilitated 167 follow-up meetings on different agenda points, such as:  Reconstitution of SMCs and restructuring of SMC sub-committees;  Development and implementation of SMPs and SIPs;  Enrollment and attendance of students;  Improved visibility of school; and  Planning for CMP activities at cluster- and school-level as well as SMC record keeping. These meetings served as an effective platform for the CMP team to follow up on school-/community- level tasks and provide support to SMCs. A total of 3,526 community members (2,103 male and 1,423 female) participated in these meetings in all CMP targeted districts.

Develop and Update School Improvement Plans

Corresponding Indicator: MSF—Number of school improvement plans developed through USG assistance

School improvement planning is a process through which SMCs come up with an actionable plan. In every SIP, school improvement goals are set and strategies are adopted to achieve goals—SIPs provide a roadmap that prioritizes improvement needs to foster an enabling learning environment for students. School improvement needs and available resources may vary from one school to another. During the reporting period, CMP field teams continued to support and provide technical assistance to SMCs and their sub-committees to update 105 existing SIPs. Moreover, CMP field teams in Jacobabad and Sukkur Districts conducted meetings with school staff and SMC members on implementation of SIP activities in CMP targeted schools. The purpose of this activity was to track the progress against the planned activities under academic year 2017-18.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 District wise details of new and updated school improvement plans: S. No. District School Improvement Plans updated 1 Dadu 18 2 Jacobabad 16 3 Kamber Shahdadkot 7 4 Karachi 1 5 Kashmore 34 6 Khairpur 5 7 Larkana 11 8 Sukkur 13 Total 105

Implementation of School Improvement Plans Through Small Grants

Corresponding Indicator: MSF—Number of school improvement plans developed through USG assistance CMP’s small grants initiative is one of the key factors in improving missing facilities of non-construction schools. CMP’s provision of small grants foster retention of students, especially girls, and also contribute to increased enrollment. CMP engaged SMC sub-committees by: a.) Improving their capacity in financial management and small grants; and b.) Providing them with small grants up to PKR 150,000 so they can improve essential facilities. In this quarter, CMP approved 37 grants and disbursed a total of PKR 2,772,500 to the SMCs' grantee as a first installment, whereas a total of PKR 2,792,000 was also disbursed as a second installment to 38 SMCs, implementing grant activities. District wise details of approved grants and disbursed funds: S. District Grant’s Disbursement in Q3 of Year V No. Grants approved 1st installment 2nd installment and disbursed disbursed (PKR) disbursed (PKR) 1 Dadu 4 300,000 525,000 2 Jacobabad 7 525,000 675,000 3 Kamber 12 897,500 373,500 Shahdadkot 4 Karachi 2 150,000 -- 5 Kashmore -- -- 147,500 6 Khairpur 7 525,000 440,000 7 Larkana 0 -- 300,000 8 Sukkur 5 375,000 331,000 Total 37 2,772,500 2,792,000

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Grants Completed/Closed Out Improved facilities by using small grants

In addition to the approval of new grants applications, a total of 31 grants were completed and closed. These close outs reported various  Provision of furniture for students and types of school-level improvements made by SMCs teachers in 23 schools; utilizing grants. These inputs are contributing in  Toilets and sewerage lines in 15 schools improved and functional school facilities, safety, were repaired; accessibility and usage of infrastructure, and  Water and sanitation in nine schools creation of a positive learning environment. were restored; District wise grants close out  Drinking water facilities were provided in No. District No. five schools; 1 Dadu 4  White wash, repair, and maintenance in 10 schools; 2 Jacobabad 4  Boundary wall repaired in seven schools; 3 Kamber Shahdadkot 5  Renovation of damaged shelter in one school; 4 Kashmore 6  Equipped four schools with solar panel 5 Khairpur 2 for alternate energy; 6 Larkana 3  Repaired electric fitting for fans and 7 Sukkur 7 lights; and Total 31  Provided black boards and other learning aids in four schools.

Improve Visibility of CMP Targeted Schools

Corresponding Indicator: MSF—Number of school improvement plans developed through USG assistance In order to enhance visibility of the program, CMP field teams of Kamber Shahdadkot, Karachi, Kashmore, Larkana and Sukkur Districts displayed materials (SMPs, SIPs, nutritional status of screened children, list of subcommittee members, and other relevant materials) in 50 schools. Displayed materials include the details of interventions carried out in the schools as well as their impact. It is worth mentioning that these visibility boards are designed in alignment with USAID branding guidelines. Community Engagement to Increase Outreach

Corresponding Indicator: Custom –Percent of community based social mobilization plans developed having implemented at least one item Organizing Education Fairs (Taleemi Mela) at School Level

It is evident that extracurricular activities play a major role in children’s physical and cognitive development. Therefore, an effective schooling system inculcates such activities to promote students’ participation in order to develop their life skills in addition to academic knowledge. CMP is already engaged with SMCs to address demand-side barriers in education by raising awareness for increased enrollment and retention of students. Hence, the proposed concept is to promote modern education in schools by engaging schools, communities/parents, and SMCs.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Based on the learnings from science fairs and their earned recognition and awards, CMP, in collaboration with SMCs and school administration, organized school-level Taleemi Mela (Education Fairs) in Jacobabad, Dadu, Khairpur, Karachi, Kamber Shahdadkot, Larkana, and Sukkur Districts. Taleemi Melas were aimed to increasing the motivation of parents and making them realize that school is the best place to offer personality development activities for their children and can provide a platform for students and teachers to enhance their thematic knowledge. During these Taleemi Melas, schools set up different subject-based stalls, including science, social studies, biology, physics, handicrafts, drawing, and arts and crafts, where different models were showcased. All visitors seemed interested and received briefings from students. Furthermore, students were also engaged in various activities, such as debate competition, dance, singing, quiz, theatre, and role plays on the importance of education and challenges faced by girls in getting an education. The performing children received recognition and cash prizes for their outstanding achievements. In some of the districts, government stakeholders not only participated but co-sponsored the events as well. Overall activity was well received by school management, community, district administration, parents, students, and the education department. While sharing their feedback, community members mentioned that it was an innovative idea Student briefing a visitor during Taleemi Mela of CMP to engage students and the community for (Education Fair) - Kamber Shahdadkot District. the enhancement of education and to strengthen the community's trust for the public education system. A sum of 2,600 participants (908 male and 1,692 female) attended the Taleemi mela events. District wise participants’ details S. No. District School Male Female Total participants participants participants

1 Dadu GGPS KN 34 266 300 Shah 2 Jacobabad GGHS Haji 25 298 323 Allan Khan Jamali 3 Kamber GGHSS 87 213 300 Shahdadkot Warah 4 Karachi GGSS Wali 166 523 689 Muhammad Haji Yaqoob and GBSS Juma Himaiti Goth 5 Larkana GBHS Karani 352 154 506

6 Sukkur GBHS-G-(N) 244 238 482 Modern High School Sukkur

Total 908 1692 2600

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Organize School Days

CMP's field team continued to engage and empower communities, school staff, and SMCs to make continuous efforts to expand intra and inter community outreach and maximize the impact on the lives of the children. Organizing school days have proven to be an effective tool in this regard. Besides expanded community outreach, these activities have played a vital role in enhancing children’s performance and created healthy competition among students. In this quarter, CMP, in close collaboration with each community, SMC, and its sub committees, organized 31 school days in Dadu, Karachi, Kamber Shahdadkot, Khairpur, and Sukkur Districts to recognize and reward communities' involvement. The main purpose of organizing school days in CMP targeted schools was to encourage SMC sub- committees to organize educational activities for themselves and to recognize the performance of students in selected schools. During these events, schools announced results of annual exams for academic year 2017-18 and acknowledged those students who secured the top three positions. The outstanding students received prizes as tokens of encouragement. Following is the district wise detail of events. District wise school days participants’ details: S.No. District No. of Male Female Total schools participants participants participants

1 Dadu 2 185 33 218 2 Kamber 12 538 740 1,278 Shahdadkot 3 Karachi 1 174 109 283 4 Khairpur 13 1,315 1,019 2334 5 Sukkur 3 195 143 338 Total 31 2,407 2,044 4,451

Organize Summer Camps at Cluster Level CMP has piloted different impact-generating interventions in targeted schools. Cluster-level summer camps are certainly among innovative activities. The main objective of organizing these camps was to increase self-confidence among students, which can further help them to groom their personality. Another objective was the optimum utilization of summer break to contribute in enhancing quality education by promoting a learning and competitive environment in CMP targeted schools. It is generally observed that, during summer vacations, many students tend to lose knowledge and learning skills and their performance drops one month below the level where they left off in the spring. Summer learning loss disproportionately affects low income students due to lack of exposure opportunity, while their counterparts from a higher economic quintile bridge that learning gap through exposure or informal learning by joining different paid classes and extracurricular activities, such as summer camps. In order to provide learning opportunities to CMP targeted schoolchildren during break time, CMP organized seven summer camps at the cluster level in Dadu, Karachi, Kashmore, Khairpur, Kamber Shahdadkot, and Larkana Districts. During these camps, different activities were planned for different age groups, like cricket matches, rope pulling, racing, badminton, drawing, hina painting, local sports, and arts and crafts activities. A sum of 2,550 participants (1,223 male and 1,327 female) attended seven summer camps in seven schools.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 District wide summer camp participants’ details: S. District School Male Female Total No. participants participants participants 1 Dadu GBPS 261 37 298 Loolja 2 Kamber GBHS 2 288 290 Shahdadkot Azizullah Qureshi Jumani 3 Karachi GBPLS 345 225 570 Master Allahna Mohammad Hassan Panhwar Goth

GBES Warayo Gabol 4 Kashmore GBHSS 0 326 326 Karampur 5 Khairpur GBPS 263 310 573 Sangro Junejo 6 Larkana GBPS 352 141 493 Khuda Bux Phulphoto Total 1,223 1,327 2,550

Celebration of World Environment Day June 5 marks World Environment Day. It is a globally celebrated day for individuals to take practical action and raise awareness among communities for environmental protection. This year the theme for World Environment Day was “Beating Plastic Pollution.” To enhance children's and communities' awareness about the hazards of using plastic bags and other plastic material and its consequences on the environment, CMP, in collaboration with SMCs, organized World Environment Day in selected schools of Dadu, Karachi, Kamber Shahdadkot, Kashmore, and Larkana Districts. The events were an opportunity to increase knowledge about CMP targeted school student sharing his views environmental protection among children, encourage about environment conservation with electronic media - Kamber Shahdadkot District. them to take part in reducing plastic use, promote the use of cloth bags, and support tree plantation. During these events, CMP also highlighted how important it is to have proper water and sanitation (WATSAN) facilities to protect the environment and to keep communities healthy. The events were attended by a huge number of participants from all walks of life, including government officials, a large number of community members, parents, teachers, and children. P a g e 21 | 70

Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 District wise world environment day participants’ details: S. No. District School Male Female Total participants participants participants 1 Dadu GBPS Bazmal 139 159 298 Khoso 2 Kamber GBHSS Warah 283 2 285 Shahdadkot 3 Karachi GBPS 76 60 136 Waheerabad 4 Kashmore GBPS Khair 185 27 212 Muhammad Manganhar 5 Larkana GBPS Gul 95 34 129 Chawro Total 778 282 1,060

Inter-District SMC Exchange Visits at District Level for SBEP Construction Schools

Corresponding Indicator: Custom — Number of community exchange visits SMC exchange visits, like many other CMP community coordination initiatives, are very instrumental activities that fosters the learning and sharing of best practices between two communities. In these exchange visits, SMCs and community members of SBEP construction schools host SMC and community member delegations from other construction or non-construction schools. During the reporting quarter, CMP facilitated two exchange visits—one from Kamber Shahdadkot and the other from Sukkur District. Both exchange visits were hosted by SBEP newly constructed schools in Khairpur District. These exchange visits provided an opportunity for SMCs to enhance their understanding about the role of EMOs and their impact on school management. Participants also observed steps to be taken to improve the functioning of schools and discussed the impact of EMOs on teaching and learning outcomes, student enrollment, parental involvement, and communities' acceptance. During these visits, host SMCs shared their key accomplishments, challenges they faced, and strategies applied for overcoming obstacles after handing over these schools to EMOs. Visiting SMCs prepared a learning sheet and noted suggestions for implementing new approaches in their schools. District wise SMC exchange visit participants’ details: S. No. Districts No. of Male participants Female visiting from visiting participants from schools schools visiting schools

1 Kamber 2 33 2 Shahdadkot 2 Sukkur 1 25 12

Total 3 58 14

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Facilitating SMCs and Community to Organize Need-Based Enrollment Campaigns at Cluster Level

Since the inception of the program, CMP and communities have been making continuous efforts and investments to increase enrollment, especially of girls, and ensure retention of students in CMP targeted communities. The increasing rate of enrollment, compared with baseline results (2013- 2014) and growing demand for education in targeted districts, reflects remarkable performance in the last four years. The recent trend analysis and midterm evaluation reports also highlighted the increase in enrollment, particularly of girls, in CMP schools as compared to non-CMP Enrollment Enhancement Walk in Kashmore District schools. CMP has also observed that supply-side issues in public sector schools, i.e. lack of buildings, limited space within existing schools, and lack of teachers, created challenges for keeping the new entrants in schools from getting quality education. To address these issues and create awareness among all stakeholders, CMP and SMCs jointly organized 24 enrollment campaigns in all CMP targeted districts. The enrollment campaign for academic year 2018–2019 was conducted in a way that achieved more meaningful results. For example, identifying campaign sites with large numbers of out-of-school children, especially girls, and schools in close geographic proximity to sufficiently accommodate their enrollment. In each district, two or three clusters with above-mentioned parameters were identified and, as a result of effective planning, 27 successful enrollment enhancement campaigns/events were carried out in all CMP targeted districts. The 8,324 participants (5,225 male and 3,099 female), including students, parents, teachers, SMCs, community members, district education department officials, and civil society representatives, attended these events under the tagline “Let’s go to school.” The main objective of organizing these enrollment campaigns at the cluster level was to increase awareness of SMCs, parents, and community members about the importance of education and encourage them to take steps for increasing student enrollment, emphasizing girls’ enrollment, and reducing dropout rates. During the enrollment campaigns, students, teachers, and SMC members conducted walks and keynote speakers delivered speeches on the importance of girls’ education. Students performed cultural tableaus, role plays on the importance of education, and participated in different extracurricular activities. CMP aided district education officials in setting up a student registration desk, which enabled visitors to enroll their children and get an on-the-spot general register (GR) number. Newly enrolled children also received giveaways as tokens of appreciation. Enrollment Desk for admission and issuance of on- the-spot GR Number. Jacobabad District

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Component III: Improve Child Nutrition in Selected Communities and Government Schools through Research that Informs Innovation and Good Practices

District-Level Networking and Coordination Meeting with Relevant Departments

Corresponding indicator: MSF—Number of administrators and officials who completed professional development activities with USG assistance To strengthen coordination among health and nutrition stakeholders at the district level, CMP field teams in Dadu, Kamber Shahdadkot, Kashmore, Karachi, Khairpur, and Sukkur Districts organized district-level nutrition networking meetings with government health and education departments and non-government organizations working on health and nutrition. The meetings aimed to share progress CMP made and challenges faced in achieving targets related to nutrition. The meetings were attended by District Health Officers (DHOs), health officials from People’s Primary Healthcare Initiatives (PPHI), district and regional Sr. Manager Health engaged in discussion with officers of the education department, and civil society participants of progress review and networking organization (CSO) representatives. meeting - Dadu District CMP’s nutrition component lead shared a detailed presentation, highlighting the progress, strategies, and plan for next quarter. During the interaction, participants shared their feedback and asked questions, which were answered by the presenter. The meetings also allowed CMP to seek information and support from other stakeholders to accomplish activities in the areas of health and nutrition, especially support in establishing a referral system for advanced diagnosis, treatment, counseling, and micro nutrient supplements for malnourished children. At the conclusion of the meetings, participants assured their continued support and also expressed appreciation for CMP’s intervention, especially anthropometry screening of children, health and hygiene awareness raising, and training of community members.

Quarterly Review Meeting

Corresponding indicator: MSF—Number of administrators and officials who completed professional development activities with USG assistance CMP and its technical partner AKU–HDP conducted a quarterly review meeting. Participants included the acting COP, Gender Advisor, Senior Program Manager-Health, Senior M&E Manager, M&E Associate, and the AKU senior team including Project Manager, sub-contractors, and field teams, including Senior District Managers, Senior Field Officers, Field Officers, Nutrition Associates, and Community Mobilizers.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018  IEC materials, such as posters and panaflex, are required to conduct health and hygiene awareness raising sessions and rollout sessions;  Time constraint for trained SHNC members to conduct rollout sessions during summer vacations; and  Challenges in training newly hired staff of sub-contractors’ teams. Proposed solutions/action points include:  IEC material has been printed and will be distributed to districts in the month of July 2018;  CMP team helped SHNC member in planning and selection of training venue; and  Newly hired staff will be trained through upcoming SHNC training. Moreover, implementing partners (Indus Resource Center (IRC) and the Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS)) agreed to arrange a refresher at the district level.

Restructuring of School Health Nutrition and Hygiene Committees (Ghizaiyat aur Sehat-o-Safai Committees)

Corresponding indicator: MSF—Number of PTAs or community-based school governance structures engaged in primary or secondary education supported with USG assistance CMP facilitated the restructuring of 45 SHNCs, locally named Ghizaiyat aur Sehat-o-Safai Committees, in Dadu, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Kamber Shahdadkot, Kashmore, and Sukkur Districts. The composition of the revised committees includes community members, school staff, social activists, and health professionals, such as; Lady Health Workers (LHWs), Lady Health Supervisors (LHS), Lady Health Visitors (LHVs), Community Health Workers (CHWs), and Medical Officers (MO). According to the revised TORs, these committees are expected to work closely with Nutrition Associates (NAs) to increase awareness in communities about health, nutrition, and personal, domestic, and environmental hygiene issues; ensure proper nutrition screenings for children ages 5-10 years, and refer malnourished children to neighboring health facilities for further diagnosis and treatment. District wise SHNC restructuring and membership details: S. District SHNCs Male Female Total No. Restructured

1 Dadu 12 42 50 92

2 Jacobabad 6 32 16 48

3 Kamber Shahdadkot 6 29 18 47

4 Kashmore 6 32 15 47

5 Khairpur 7 34 17 51

6 Sukkur 8 45 19 64

Total 45 214 135 349

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Training of School Health and Nutrition Committees (Ghizaiyat aur Sehat-o-Safai Committees) on Nutrition, Health, and Hygiene

Corresponding indicator: MSF—Number of PTAs or community-based school governance structures engaged in primary or secondary education supported with USG assistance During the reported period, CMP organized three-day cluster level trainings on nutrition, anthropometry, and health and hygiene for 495 SHNC members (307 male and 188 female) in Dadu, Jacobabad, Kamber Shahdadkot, Kashmore, Khairpur, and Sukkur Districts. The objective was to educate SHNC members on improving the nutritional status and hygiene practices of school-going children and their families with available resources. The following objectives were achieved:  Enabled SHNC members to conduct health and hygiene awareness raising sessions at the school and community level to promote the optimal growth of children;  Increased the understanding of SHNC members about the importance of the three food groups (carbohydrates, protein, and vitamins) and the provision of a healthy, balanced, and localized diet for Participants engaged in group work during all children; and SHNC training; Kamber Shahdadkot District  Imparted knowledge on the proper execution of the referral system, the management of school health corners, assistance during nutritional status screenings, and the identification of wasting and stunting cases. District-wise training participant details: S. No. District SHNCs Trained Male Female Total

1 Dadu 13 39 49 88

2 Jacobabad 7 36 15 51

3 Kamber Shahdadkot 6 28 17 45 4 Kashmore 13 42 23 65 5 Khairpur 26 93 54 147

6 Sukkur 16 69 30 99

Total 81 307 188 495

Rollout Sessions with Community Members and Students

Corresponding indicator: Custom—Number of community members trained to demonstrate awareness on nutrition and hygiene Following the three-day training of SHNC members on anthropometry, health, nutrition, and personal, domestic, and environmental hygiene, SHNC members commenced rollout sessions with the rest of the community members. During these sessions, SHNC members shared knowledge with community members and students about the importance of nutrition and best practices in personal and domestic hygiene. The rollout sessions helped achieve the following objectives:

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018  Increased community members’ knowledge of essential nutrition requirements, the three necessary food groups, and the provision of a healthy, balanced diet for children; and  Enhanced the understanding of community members on improved hygiene practices, particularly hand washing with soap before handling meals and after using the toilet. During the reporting period, SHNC members conducted 78 rollout sessions with 2,558 community members (659 male and 1,899 female). Information shared in the sessions helped community members undertake corrective measures in improving the nutritional status of their school-aged children. District-wise rollout sessions and participants’ details S. District Sessions Male Female Total No.

1 Dadu 3 49 20 69 2 Jacobabad 13 151 142 293 3 Kamber Shahdadkot 8 33 235 268 4 Karachi 8 70 185 255 5 Kashmore 11 167 421 588 6 Khairpur 24 147 587 734 7 Larkana 2 7 79 86 8 Sukkur 9 35 230 265 Total 78 659 1,899 2,558

Health and Hygiene Awareness Raising Sessions

Corresponding indicator: Custom—Number of community members trained to demonstrate awareness on nutrition and hygiene CMP conducted health and hygiene awareness sessions with community members, especially with the parents of malnourished children and students in all CMP targeted districts. A total of 81 sessions were carried out by CMP field teams, which 3,023 participants attended. Three health and hygiene sessions were conducted during newly constructed school opening ceremonies in Khairpur and Sukkur districts. The purpose of these sessions was to educate communities, parents, and students on how to CMP field team conducting health and hygiene awareness improve their nutritional, health, and hygiene raising session, Larkana District status by using available resources. Participants understood the concept of a basic diet (three foods groups and a healthy diet) utilizing local foods and ensured a balanced diet and improved personal and environmental hygiene. Below are the objectives of the sessions:  To increase the knowledge of students on the essential requirements of nutrition;  To increase the knowledge of students in the selection of three food groups for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, healthy eating habits, and the importance of five meals for children with healthy, local foods;  To increase the knowledge of students on improved hygiene practices and when and why it is required; and  To introduce the importance of physical activities, sports, and tree plantation.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 The trained SHNC members shared their knowledge with community members and students through rollout sessions on the importance of nutrition, daily nutritional requirements, the three essential food groups, and a healthy and balanced diet. The members also imparted how to improve personal and domestic hygiene and best practices.

During the reporting period, SHNC members conducted 78 rollout sessions with 2,558 community members (659 male and 1,899 female). The information shared in the sessions helped community members undertake corrective measures in improving the nutritional status of their school-aged children.

District-wise health and hygiene sessions and participants details: S. District Sessions Male Female Total No.

1 Dadu 1 28 2 30 2 Jacobabad 11 173 152 325 3 Kamber Shahdadkot 12 16 433 449 4 Karachi 7 45 239 284 5 Kashmore 7 10 203 213 6 Khairpur 32 74 1,012 1,086 7 Larkana 4 5 131 136 8 Sukkur 7 249 251 500 Total 81 600 2,423 3,023

Nutrition Screening of Children

Corresponding indicator: Custom—Number of children-targeted districts reached by USAID- supported nutrition programs To determine children’s health and nutritional status, it is important to conduct an accurate assessment that identifies potential wasting, stunting, and obesity to prevent physical as well as cognitive defects, irreversible damage, and poor health. CMP conducted a second round of anthropometry screenings of those 5–10 years old for 30,647 children (17,874 boys and 12,773 girls) in 296 schools in all CMP targeted districts, out of which 12,457 were screened for the first time while 18,190 were screened for the second time. This round of screening started in October 2017 and field work continued through March 2018. The purpose of the screenings was to identify early stages of malnutrition in children age 5-10 years and to recommend advanced diagnosis and proper treatment through the referral mechanism. Children were screened for weight, age, and height and assessed on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) modified field table, which AKU-HDP shared.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 District-wise details of screened children of ages 5-10: S. District Screening Round Schools Boys Girls Total No. First round 35 1,866 1,234 3,100 Second round (Re- 1,411 930 2,341 1 Dadu Screened) 34 Second round (New) 498 296 794 First round 35 2,043 1,339 3,382 Second round (Re- 2 Jacobabad 1,561 1,102 2,663 Screened) 35 Second round (New) 1,014 492 1,506 First round 38 1,204 1,293 2,497 Second round (Re- 998 1,124 2,122 3 Kamber Shahdadkot Screened) 38 Second round (New) 813 1,013 1,826 First round 22 475 616 1,091 Second round (Re- 4 Karachi 254 380 634 Screened) 26 Second round (New) 511 563 1074 First round 40 1,993 786 2,779 Second round (Re- 5 Kashmore 1,705 800 2,505 Screened) 40 Second round (New) 1,770 727 2,497 First round 52 2,600 1,292 3,892 Second round (Re- 6 Khairpur 2,047 1,041 3,088 Screened) 52 Second round (New) 1,305 771 2,076 First round 34 1,276 864 2,140 Second round (Re- 7 Larkana 1,099 730 1,829 Screened) 34 Second round (New) 782 572 1,354 First round 36 2,209 2,336 4,545 Second round (Re- 8 Sukkur 1,448 1,560 3,008 Screened) 36 Second round (New) 658 672 1,330

First round 292 13,666 9,760 23,426

Second round (Re- Total 10,523 7,667 18,190 Screened) 295 Second round (New) 7,351 5,106 12,457

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 In the second round of screening, 12,457 were new students (7,351 boys and 5,106 girls) while18,190 were repeat students (10,523 boys and 7,667 girls).

New Students Repeat (Re-Screened Students

Girls, 5106, Boys, 41% 7351, 59% 7667, 42% 10523, 58%

Boys Girls Boys Girls

Number of students screened by age and gender: (5–6 years: 18 percent), (6–7 years: 20 percent), (7– 8 years: 23 percent), (8–9 years: 21 percent), and (9–10 years: 18 percent)

Age and Gender

100% 2,447 2,552 2,706 2,734 2,334

50% 3150 3767 3899 3785 3273

0% 5 - 6 years 6 - 7 years 7 - 8 years 8 - 9 years 9 - 10 years

Boys Girls

Number of students screened displayed by age and grade:

Age and Grade 3000 2823 2822 2667 2547 2477 2372 2357 2500 2219 1981 2000 1784 1500 1239 959 1096 969 1000 645 404 379448 500 146 86 20 1 0 58 2 1 37 6 56 46 0 5 - 6 years 6 - 7 years 7 - 8 years 8 - 9 years 9 - 10 years

Kachi Class Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 The status of screened children for weight versus age: 57.1 percent Satisfactory (Green), 13.4 percent at risk of being underweight (Yellow Low), 6.1 percent Underweight (Red Low), and 1.9 percent severely underweight (Brown). 16.7 percent of children were at risk of being overweight (Yellow High), and 4.8 percent students were overweight (Red High). Weight for Age Yellow High, 5,053, Brown, 580, 1.9% 16.5%

Yellow Low, 4,053, 13.2%

Green, 17,281, 56.4%

Red Low, 1,844, 6.0%

Red High, 1,836, 6.0%

Brown Green Red High Red Low Yellow Low Yellow High

The status of screened children for height versus age: 82.7 percent Satisfactory (Green), 11.9 percent at risk of stunting (Yellow), 4.4 percent stunted (Red), and 1.0 percent of children were severely stunted.

Height for Age Brown, 297, 1.0% Yellow, 3,652, 11.9%

Red, 1,343, 4.4%

Green, 25355, 82.7%

Brown Green Red Yellow

Overall nutrition status of students: 2 percent of children are overweight (Red High), 9 percent at risk of being overweight (Yellow High), 57 percent Normal/Satisfactory (Green), 17.96 percent at risk of being under nourished (Yellow Low), and 9.68 percent are undernourished (Red Low and Brown).

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Yellow High, 2,943, Overall Nutrition Status 10% Brown, 722, 2% Yellow Low, 5,505, 18%

Green, 18361, 60%

Red Low, 2,242, 7% Red High, 874, 3%

Brown Green Red High Red Low Yellow Low Yellow High

A total of 3,007 children (1,459 boys and 1,548 girls) referred to nearby health facilities:

Details of children screen and referred to Neighboring Health Facilities

30,647

Boys Screened

Boys Refered to Health Facility 17,7984 Girls Screened 12,773 Girls Refered to Health Facility

Total Children Screened 3,007 1,459 1,548 Total Children Refered to Health Facility

Category-wise comparison of screened children—18,190 in rounds I and II:

Comparison of round I and II screening n=18,190 12,000 10,345 10,116 10,000

8,000

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Hygiene status of 30,629 screened children: Data for 18 children was not collected. The data reflects the observation of personal hygiene of children on factors like; washed/clean uniform, polished shoes, hand washing with soap, trimmed nails, combed hair, body odor, and overall appearance.

PERSONAL HYGIENE STATUS OF SCREENED CHILDREN 100% 3,127 2,242 90% 3,909 3,597 80% 10,410 9,722 9,622 70% 60% 26,074 50% 27,502 28,387 40% 26,720 27,032 30% 20,219 20,907 21,007 20% 10% 4,555 0% Clothes Shoes Hands Nails Hair Nail Cut Body Odor Overall appreace

Personal Hygiene Maintained Personal Hygiene Not Maintained

Participatory Action Research

Corresponding indicator: Custom—Number of community members trained to demonstrate awareness of nutrition and hygiene During the reporting period, CMP and AKU-HDP conducted follow-up meetings and interacted with community members regarding the outcome of PAR. The CMP team assessed the outcome on the following parameters:  Linkages established by communities with district level stakeholders;  Number of joint activities organized by SMCs and sub-committees in coordination with partners; and  The contribution in-kind, cash, and time invested by communities to carry out self-help initiatives for improvement of education. The objective of PAR is to explore the critical factors affecting children’s nutrition, health, and hygiene, and to understand ways in which individuals, families, and communities can understand and address the issues related to malnutrition in children. During this quarter, PAR visits were conducted in four selected sites: peri-urban (Sukkur), less remote rural (Jacobabad), remote rural (Dadu), and disaster-affected (Kashmore) communities adjacent to the following CMP schools: 1. GHS Abad Lakha, Sukkur; 2. GGPS Allan Khan Jamali, Jacobabad; 3. GBPS Bazamaal Khan Khoso, Dadu; and 4. GBPS Misri Faqeer Lashari, Kashmore. A presentation of baseline results was used to facilitate a reflective analysis and action planning for improving nutrition and hygiene practices in children with separate groups of community women and men. The table below shows the details of PAR activity in each community.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 District-wise participant details: S .No. District No. of Visits No. of Interactions No. of Participants 1 Dadu 5 3 40 – 44 2 Jacobabad 1 2 11 – 13 (including students) 3 Kashmore 4 4 30 – 32 4 Sukkur 2 4 11 – 25 (including students and youth group members)

These communities engaged in discussions to reflect upon and analyze the causes of malnutrition in children and to identify actions to change in the household, institutions, and community practices to improve nutrition, health, and hygiene. CMP assisted communities in developing action plans and identifying individual and institutional responsibilities and timelines. As a result, a notable change in all communities was the establishment and strengthening of linkages within different community groups and within relevant government line departments and non-government organizations.

The social bonds were strengthened by the community within the local community as well as those who had migrated out. The community members approached their relatives who had migrated out to other cities due to their jobs or other reasons. There was also increased bonds with NGOs like TRDP and ACF and the government, such as with the Union Council (UC), Taluka Chairman, etc.

The community has established the Village Development Organization (VDO), which collects a nominal amount of money from each household on a monthly basis. Funds are being utilized for the improvement of the village and school. The community identified problem areas that need resolving, which are education, health, and drinking water. The identified problems were resolved by VDO members in the following ways:

1. Education: Poor children were provided with uniforms and shoes. Toilet door was repaired;

2. Health: VDO has established an office and dispensary with the support of local notables, NGOs, and PPHI, and has assigned roles and responsibilities, e.g. availability of the dispenser and essential medicine in dispensary will be ensured by villagers while immunization of children and facilities based deliveries were being encouraged with the support from the nearby PPHI center.

3. Drinking water: VDO had peeped the bore of the water supply scheme and plans for extending the supply lines to all households in the village. Moreover, they had also estimated the cost for installation of a solar system for operating the water motor and will soon be collecting funds for it.

VDO had also utilized the cash for work scheme to repair two streets where rainwater stagnated during monsoon seasons. The process of strengthening linkages has just taken root in two districts (Jacobabad and Sukkur) as students, SMC members, and local organization representatives showed readiness to work together and showed their intention to work with local electables (e.g. UC and Municipal level) and try to get involved them and resolve their common community problems (poor sanitation, garbage disposal, unsafe supply of water, and lack of a family park in their area). They also intended to work together and collectively ensured accountability of government departments— government officials will be called for community-level meetings, problems would be shared, and community members would conduct one-on-one meetings with officials. Follow-up meetings would be conducted as well.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Component IV: Launch of Education Management Organizations

Fourth Round of Procurement of EMOs for SBEP Reconstructed Schools

MSF Indicator – Number of USG assisted CSOs working to improve education quality and access In collaboration with the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Node of SELD - GOS, CMP organized a three-day session on technical review of bids submitted against RFP #4 for EMOs. The session was arranged in Karachi from June 11-13, 2018 with representation from SELD and the Finance Department of GOS. CMP provided support in conducting technical reviews of the submitted bids including the tools for technical evaluation. On the basis of this technical review, CMP assisted SELD in developing a technical evaluation report (TER) for the GOS Technical and Financial Evaluation Committee’s (TFEC) consideration. During the reporting period, a meeting of GOS TFEC for EMOs was held on June 27, 2018, chaired by the Secretary, SELD. TFEC reviewed the preliminary TER for EMOs RFP #4, and accorded its approval to send clarifications to bidders. CMP provided technical assistance to ensure compliance for the current procurement cycle, and sent clarification letters to bidders in consultation with the PPP unit of the Finance Meeting of GOS TFEC for EMOs at the opening of bids Department - GOS. submitted for RFP #4 at SELD, Karachi On May 28, 2018, TFEC conducted a bid opening of RFP #4 meeting. All four district packages of RFP #4 received 25 bids (at least five bids for each district package) while Kamber Shahdadkot package secured 10 bids. After the launch of RFP #4 under group-of-schools model set up by GOS, including 20 SBEP reconstructed schools in Dadu, Kamber Shahdadkot, Larkana, and Sukkur Districts, CMP made significant efforts to reach out to potential organizations, generated their interest in the reform, and provided technical guidance to them on the objectives of reform as well as the bidding process under the procurement cycle. During the quarter, CMP held interactions with the Directorate General (DG) of Private Institutions (PI), SELD - GOS to seek support in reaching out to credible private sector institutions working in the education sector in Sindh. DG-PI issued a letter to private institutions introducing the reform, RFP #4, and invited them to participate in the roadshow and pre-bid meeting held April 25, 2018. CMP also organized a pre-bid meeting and road show for potential EMOs in collaboration with the PPP Node - SELD, GOS on April 25, 2018 in Karachi to promote RFP #4 to outsource the management of the four packages of public schools in the above-mentioned districts. The pre-bid meeting provided an opportunity for prospective organizations to discuss various aspects of the reform and bidding process as well as technically reviewing the bidding documents. The event also hosted a road show, providing for live interaction between potential bidders and representatives of Interaction of prospective bidders with School schools, communities, development partners, and Representatives at the Roadshow, Karachi government officers to gain further insight about SBEP schools under the EMO initiative.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Technical Assistance and Support for the Implementation of EMO Reforms

MSF Indicator – Number of USG assisted CSOs working to improve education quality and access CMP met with relevant wings of SELD and the GOS Finance Department and assisted to pitch for resources during the provincial budget session of fiscal year 2018–2019. It is worth mentioning that the government has allocated PKR 1 billion (equivalent to USD $10 million) in fiscal year 2018–2019’s budget for implementation of EMO reforms. Beyond the above-mentioned allocation, the Finance Department released PKR 260 million, demanded by SELD, under the budget allocated for EMO reform implementation in fiscal year 2017-2018, which totaled to PKR 560 million. CMP coordinated the interaction among various offices and facilitated preparing the necessary paperwork on the behalf Secretary, SELD, GOS, signing independent expert (IE) of SELD. agreement with EMOs during a ceremony held at CMP Karachi on April 6, 2018 For the third batch of SBEP schools handed over to EMOs in RFP #3, Secretary, SELD signed agreements for independent auditors, independent experts, and the escrow mechanism with EMOs. These agreements will strengthen accountability and effectiveness in the management of SBEP targeted schools. On invitation, CMP participated in a workshop hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and RSU - SELD on April 16, 2018. The purpose of the workshop was to conduct a review of the planning of a future project to support SELD and ADB’s secondary education sector in Sindh. SELD - GOS, while expanding EMO reforms to other (non-SBEP) schools and districts, has requested CMP’s support for the procurement of EMOs for 15 non-SBEP schools. CMP received concurrence from USAID, so technical assistance to SELD for the same will be provided when required. During the reporting period, CMP held two district-level sessions on EMO reforms in Dadu and Larkana Districts. The objective of these sessions was to provide an orientation on EMO reforms, provide an update on reform progress, explain expected roles, and to encourage their support once SBEP schools are outsourced to EMOs. Representatives of the district administration, District Education Department, and potential EMOs participated in these events. The stakeholders, including representatives of District Administration, showed their support for the reform and shared their views on implementation modalities at the local level.

Engagement with the Private Sector to Develop PPPs

CMP Indicator – Number of private sector partners (PPP) project established. CMP continued its efforts to garner private sector support for SBEP targeted schools. These efforts included coordination with existing partners of SBEP, as well as engagement with new and potential partners to discuss and explore areas of collaboration to support SBEP targeted schools. CMP participated in a session between USAID and Procter and Gamble (P&G) Pakistan on June 27, 2018. Senior leadership of USAID and P&G Pakistan participated. Participants discussed possible collaborations options between USAID and P&G Pakistan, which will be further discussed in rounds of meetings next quarter.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 CMP submitted responses to queries shared by USAID on potential PPP MOUs with Reckitt & Beckniser and TAF Foundation to support CMP target schools with health- and hygiene-related interventions, and vocational skills training respectively. The MOU drafts are currently under USAID's review.

Community-Based Local Contributions

CMP Indicator – Number of private sector partners (PPP) project established. During the reporting period, CMP held 31 resource generation events in all CMP targeted districts and six community recognition events in Dadu, Jacobabad, Karachi, Kamber Shahdadkot, and Larkana Districts. The objective of these local resource generation events was to invite notables living in the vicinity of schools to provide contributions, which will be used for the betterment of the schools. Through these events, schools received in-kind/in-cash or in-time contributions from communities, such as cash prizes to students who had outstanding academic results, and donated water coolers and water purifiers for safe Local philanthropists were given certificates in drinking water in schools. CMP tracked local recognition of their in-kind contribution to contributions worth PKR 216,400 from 17 schools in improve CMP targeted schools, Karachi Dadu, Jacobabad, Karachi, Kashmore, Khairpur, and Larkana Districts.

D. STATUS OF THE ACTIVITIES AS PER CROSS CUTTING THEMES

CCT 1. Gender: Mainstreaming of Program Activities

Gender Sensitization Sessions with District Officials

CMP continued to maintain coordination and invest in the capacity building of district level officials with an aim to sustain and scale program interventions. In this regard, CMP organized two one-day workshops on gender integration and mainstreaming for district level officials each in Jacobabad and Sukkur Districts. The objective of this workshop was to sensitize the participants to the importance of gender equity and women’s empowerment. The CMP Gender Advisor shared a presentation, highlighting progress, areas of emphasis pertaining to gender mainstreaming in the Sindh Education Sector Plan (SESP), challenges, and potential solutions related to gender integration. She further discussed different aspects of gender inclusion. This includes girls’ enrollment and retention in school after grade five, inclusion of female teachers at mixed schools, basic facilities at the school level, and the inclusion of women in decision making bodies, such as SMCs and sub-committees. She has also discussed the distribution of the girls’ stipend scheme annouced by the Education Department for the increase and retention of girl students. According to the policy, the Education Department provides a stipend of PKR 2,500 and PKR 3,500 to girl students based on their annual attendance. The participants were made aware that they have a very important role to play for the transparent implementation of this scheme.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 The workshops were attended by LSU representatives, head teachers of campus schools, DEOs, TEOs, and supervisors. Participants understood the importance of gender mainstreaming in the education sector and particularly the importance of girls’ education. They shared the efforts they made and challenges, they have been facing at the field level. One head teacher shared that “I have worked hard to increase girls’ enrollment in my school. For that I went door to door to mobilize parents and as a result of that now my school enjoys excellent enrollment and retention of girl students.” One of the DEOs shared a challenge that due to lack of Gender Mainstreaming Advisor, CMP leading orientation session with District Education Officials, transport facilities, many female teachers prefer to Jacobabad District be posted in schools in urban areas and that the government can address this issue by providing transportation. The participants expressed their keen interest in ensuring gender inclusion.

Session with Women on Women's Rights, Communication, and Leadership Skills

CMP conducted 10 cluster-level sessions with 366 women on women’s rights, communication, and leadership skills in Dadu, Jacobabad, Kamber Shahdadkot, Karachi, Khairpur, Larkana, and Sukkur Districts. The purpose of the sessions was to inform women members of SMCs and sub-committees about their basic rights, raise their voice to claim those rights, and maximize their participation. In Jacobabad District, the session was led by CMP’s Gender Advisor, and field teams conducted the remaining nine sessions. Participants were very impressed with the content and methodology of the session and shared that it was the first time they had realized the importance of communication skills—“We never realized that despite being illiterate we can utilize communication skills so effectively and play our role for girls’ education in our villages.” Most of the participants agreed that, “Generally women in our society do not get their basic rights and seldom have a say in the local decision making.” According to some of the participants, “We often face gender-based discrimination from our own families and community as well.” Some participants mentioned that now the trend is shifting; girls are allowed to attain their right to education. “In the past our basic rights, such as the right to education, decision making, participation, information, mobility, and even choice of marriage were denied.” Most of the women welcomed this paradigm shift and promised that they will not only share this basic information with other women in the community, but will also make proactive efforts to protect girls’ rights to education in their respective villages.

Community Dialogue to Address Girl Dropouts

CMP realizes that meaningful community engagement is vital in increasing girls’ enrollment and retention in school. To understand the root causes of dropping out and to address this issue through communities’ active participation, CMP organized 13 community dialogues with 513 members including 468 women in Dadu, Jacobabad, Kamber Shahdadkot, Karachi, and Larkana Districts. The purpose of these community dialogues was to increase awareness in communities and parents about the right to education for children, especially girls, and to enroll in school to continue their education.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 At the beginning of the sessions, participants listed numerous reasons for not sending their girls to school. For instance, some parents shared poverty as a reason. They mentioned, “Although SELD provides free books, we are unable to pay other small day-to-day expenses,” while others listed the distance of school from their home and a lack of safety and security in schools as limiting factors. A few participants also perceived social norms as responsible for this situation, saying that male family members are generally not in favor of continuing girls’ educations. After discussing all the issues, when the Gender Advisor stressed the importance and advantages of Women participants attending community dialogue to girls’ education and the role of a mother in realizing address girl dropouts, Kamber Shahdadkot District the basic right of their girls, the majority of participants accepted the reasons as inexcusable on their part. In conclusion, attendees were satisfied and expressed their keen interest and commitment to take necessary measures to get girls admitted in schools and ensure their attendance.

Meeting to Encourage Female SMC Executive Body Participation

CMP, under the gender mainstreaming theme, is working to increase women’s participation in SMCs. In turn, the program has worked at the community level to create demand and at the provincial level to advocate for policy reforms. In response to CMP and other CSOs’ advocacy work, SELD revised the SMC policy and included 50 percent female membership and representation of youth. CMP has encouraged more than 4,000 women to participate in SMC sub-committees that could serve as potential candidates for new SMC executive body positions. Keeping in mind the revised SMC policy, the CMP Gender Advisor held 24 meetings about the election of SMC executive bodies and the inclusion of women and youth in Dadu, Karachi, Kamber Shahdadkot, and Larkana Districts. Five hundred and thirteen general body members participated in these meetings, including 232 female members. All participants agreed to include women members as per the government policy. SMC elections have been completed in most CMP schools; some are in the process of notification and some schools did not elect SMC bodies according to the policy.

Celebration of International Mothers’ Day

During this quarter, CMP celebrated International Mother’s Day to recognize mothers’ contributions in the development and growth of their children. CMP revived the cultural practice of Katchehri (social informal dialogue to share ideas) to engage women and to discuss social issues. The project organized eight Katchehris on May 12, 2018 in all CMP targeted districts. This approach allowed women to openly share their concerns about their daughters’ education, especially a lack of access to education, absence of basic facilities like separate functional toilets for females, furniture, female teachers, boundary walls, and safe and conducive learning environments. Participants submitted the following recommendations to the District Education Departments:  Female teachers are required for mixed-gender schools so that girls receive a secondary and higher secondary education;  The Education Department must address teachers’ absenteeism issues;  Construct or repair washrooms in girls’ schools and separate washrooms in mixed-gender schools;

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018  SELD must ensure a high quality of education;  Upgrade girls’ primary schools to higher secondary schools; and  Increase the number of girls’ schools in all districts, as there are few girls’ schools. This forum also allowed the CMP team to interact with women, encouraged them, and recorded their feedback on CMP’s activities. This activity received very positive feedback from mothers and increased their confidence. Sharing her views, Ms. Zareena, a housewife in Kamber Shahdadkot District, stated that “I am glad to participate in this Mother’s Day because this program was exclusively organized for women and provided us an opportunity to highlight our issues about girls’ education. I understand the importance of education because I am an illiterate woman. In my Women participants during an International Mothers’ opinion education is a source of enlightenment Day Celebration at GGELS Locoshed, Sukkur district and the key for a bright future.” District-wise details of International Mothers’ Day: S. Districts Events Male Female Total No.

1 Dadu 1 11 223 234

2 Jacobabad 1 3 89 92

3 Kamber Shahdadkot 1 2 157 159

4 Kashmore 1 7 219 226

5 Khairpur 1 0 57 57

6 Larkana 1 31 187 218

7 Sukkur 1 1 50 51

8 Karachi 1 87 354 441

Total 8 142 1,336 1,478

CCT II: Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) Corresponding Indicator: MSF—Number of administrators and officials who completed professional development activities with USG assistance Considering the importance of water and sanitation, CMP ensured that all ongoing or newly-approved small grants have WATSAN as an essential, integrated theme. CMP approved small grants for 37 schools and ensured that WATSAN was among the top priority and would be addressed, including functional toilets, potable drinking water, and proper drainage.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 CCT III: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Improved Knowledge, Awareness, Preparation, and Practice Corresponding Indicator: MSF—Number of administrators and officials who completed professional development activities with USG assistance During the process to restructure SMC sub-committees, CMP outlined DRR knowledge, awareness, preparation, and practices as one of the important roles sub-committee members were expected to fulfill. This was an ideal opportunity for both the program and communities to discuss the concepts of DRR and to increase their awareness. Through this restructuring process, members have a better understanding about ways to cope with disaster situations if they arise. Documentation Outreach and Communication

Publication of Information, Education, and Communication Material Regarding Nutrition Component: During the reporting period, the CMP Communications department finalized designs and publishing of posters related to nutrition, health, and hygiene. AKU-HDP developed the content with input from students. The posters and panaflex have been printed and dispatches to CMP district teams as well as to schools are underway. These posters will help students and communities understand and improve their personal and environmental hygiene. Printing of Success Stories and Procurement of Giveaways: In line with the Year V work plan, the CMP Communications department completed the printing of success stories and giveaways. These items are being used as a tool to improve CMP’s visibility in not only targeted areas but also to a wider audience during public events, such as the Karachi Literature Festival and school inauguration ceremonies. District Managers are also using these items during their visits to respective government officials, line departments, and high level visitors/delegations. USAID-Sponsored Talk Show on Radio FM 101: During the reporting period, CMP participated in a 30-minute live radio talk show, which is part of USAID’s effort to enhance program visibility and outreach. CMP explained its mobilization activities and why it is important to engage with communities for an education project. They also discussed the community’s role in implementation of this program. Provincial Communications Working Groups and Certificate Distribution Ceremony: As part of the USAID Development Outreach and Communication’s (DOC) Office Communication Working Group (CWG), the CMP Communications department attended a special CWG meeting on June 21, 2018. The meeting, which was chaired by the USAID Deputy Mission Director, John Smith Sreen, was attended by communications professionals from USAID-funded projects in Sindh. During the meeting, a sector-wise group discussion was held on project communication strategies, success stories were discussed, and CMP participants were awarded certificates of appreciation for contributions made in highlighting USAID’s work in Sindh. A recently-produced CMP video on land donation was also screened; this video was the result of DOC’s March 2018 filmmaking and editing training. CWG members, as well as USAID’s team, appreciated CMP’s effort in developing a professional in-house product.

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 E. CHALLENGES Due to frequent transfers and postings of Education Officers at district and taluka levels, CMP is often providing orientations to newly-appointed officers on project activities, which cause delays in implementing school consolidation activities, specifically the issuance of notifications. District Managers conduct quarterly review and planning sessions at the district level, to provide them orientations and to share updates. Representative of LSU (the Local Support Unit) is also helping to coordinate with RSU in the consolidation notification process. As Judicial Magistrate frequently visit their offices, Education Officials are reluctant to attend CMP meetings and activities in the field. In turn, the project is prioritizing activities in which the participation of DEOs is essential/mandatory (i.e., inaugurations, schools hand-over events, etc.). After holding SMC executive committee elections in CMP targeted districts, notifications of newly- selected SMC members are not issued to schools, which may delay SMC-related activities (i.e. trainings & grants activities). With the sudden announcement of summer vacations due to extreme heat, few school-based planned activities were not conducted as planned. However, they will be undertaken after the break. Due to the suspension of project vehicles by one implementing partner, school-based activities were delayed. As a result, the project has arranged to rent vehicles on the partner's behalf to continue implementation.

F. OPERATIONS During the reporting quarter, CMP hired following staff:

 Muhammad Asim Lohar, Data Entry Officer;  Muhammad Saleem, Sr. Security and Risk Assessment Manager;  Mona Korejo, Admin and Logistics Assistant;  Sajid Ali Mangi, Program Officer – Health;  Hamid Ali Bozdar, Admin Officer; and  Mehran Khan, Small Grants Specialist. The following team members resigned from CMP:

 Mansoor Sarwar, PPP Specialist; and  Muhammad Saleem, Sr. Security and Risk Assessment Manager.

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G. PLAN FOR THE NEXT QUARTER Oct 2017 - Target Activity Sep 2018 ACTIVITY Code Number Jul Aug Sep

Component I Activities Task A: Stake holder analysis in target districts Conduct Mapping and Ground Assessments (GA) for Schools 1.1 96 school 8 8 8 Consolidation and Merging

Provide Support to CMP Schools in Implementation of 1.2 40 schools Consolidation and Merging Orient DEOs, DOs, TEOs, and Supervisors on GOS Policy of 1.3 8 Events 2 Consolidation, Merging and Upgradation of Schools ** Hold Pre-construction Meetings for Package I, II and III 1.5 5 Meetings 1 Schools Organize MOU Signing Ceremonies between SMCs, 1.6 Community, and Architecture and Engineering A/E 27 Events 4 5 Construction Contractors Component II Activities Task A: Diagnose SMCs to assess functionality and girls' access Data Collection on New Enrollment and Review with Baseline 2.1 409 Enrollment Trends Task B: Activate/reactivate SMCs and their activities 2.4 Refresher for Field Teams on Social Mobilization 1 1 2.5 SMC Executive and General Body Meetings 409 2.6 Develop and Update School Improvement Plans (SIPs) 409 (Update) 50 109 100

2.7 Organize Taleemi Mela for students at school level (Thematic) 24 8

Provide Mentorship and Support to Students for Taleemi Mela 2.8 8 Districts at District Level 2.11 Organize winter and Summer Camps at Cluster Level 18 6 2.12 Community Recognition Days 43 5 Inter District SMC Exchange Visits at District Levels for SBEP 2.14 16 8 Construction schools Task C: Mobilize active district education governance linked with communities Joint Progress Review & Planning Meetings with Line 2.16 20 8 Departments (Education, Health and Administration) Task D: Award small grants to schools (not identified for construction) Grants to be disbursed and completed (Second round 200) 197 23 23 23 2.19 Progress Verifications and Grants Closeout Visits 544

Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Component III Activities Task A: Collect baseline data of children's nutrition level District Level Networking and Coordination with Relevant 3.1 Department 20 8 Task B: Research reasons for poor nutritional levels of children and design innovative approaches to improve children’s nutrition. Post KAP Survey and PAR for Identifying Current Nutritional 3.2 1 Practices in Children and Households 3.3 Formative Action Research for Media Messages 5 Task C: Design approach and implement activities to improve children's nutrition in targeted areas Sub-Task C.1: Conduct health screening in schools Identified Issuance of Referral Slip/Voucher for Medical Aid under 3.6 malnourished Referral Mechanism cases Sub-Task C.2: Provide health and nutrition education Training of SHNCs on Nutrition, Anthropometry, Health 3.9 85 9 9 9 Hygiene Sub-Task C.3: Establish safe and supportive environments in schools: 3.11 Nutrition Component Quarterly Meetings 4 1 3.12 Health Awareness Campaign through Mass Media, i.e. Radio 12 2 2 3.13 End line Survey 1 Component IV Activities Task A: Support GOS policy on EMOs Provide Technical Assistance to GOS in Formulating and 4.1 Innovating Policies / Systems / Frameworks / Procedures in Outsourcing Public Schools to EMOs Organize Consultative Sessions / Roundtables / Workshops / 4.2 Dialogues / Roadshows on EMOs/PPP reforms implementation 4 Events 1 and suggested innovations in policies, strategies and processes Organize Consultative Meetings Focused on EMOs at 4.3 6 Events 2 District/UC/Taluka Level EMOs Reform Management: Provide support to GOS and 10 contracted 4.5 contracted EMOs for ground level implementation of EMO EMOs reforms Task B - Outsource school management including community mobilization efforts to NGOs and private sector partners Provide legal assistance to GOS in outsourcing public schools 4.6 to EMOs Pre-bid meetings / consultative sessions on RFPs / bid review 4.7 4 Events 1 sessions for procurement process of EMOs 4.8 Technical legal assistance for EMOs procurement packages 83 Schools

Solicit in-kind and strategic resource support for targeted schools from private sector organizations, corporate sector, 80 Schools (32 4.9 8 local businesses, communities and philanthropists, foundations, Events) and NGOs

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 Task C - Provide assistance to GOS in establishment of PPP node and form Project Advisory Group (PAG) Meetings of Project Advisory Group (PAG) / GOS Technical 4.10 4 1 and Financial Evaluation Committee (TFEC) Cross Cutting Activities Gender Mainstreaming Task A : Capacity building Session with women on women rights, communication and 5.1.1 30 participation skills 6 6 sessions with 5.1.3 Gender sensitization of DEO staff all DEOs and TEOs. 2 5.1.5 Seminar with the change agents 5 1 Task B: Women participation 17 Cluster 5.1.7 Community dialogue to address girl dropouts 3 2 level Task C: Policy Reforms Policy reforms work with RSU on Provincial, Directorate and 5.1.9 District Level for women inclusion in SMCs restructuring, female teachers, mix schools policy, girls scholar ship. Task D: Program input as cross cutting Gender mainstreaming input incorporate in all components 5.1.12 planning level, concept note, training manual and strategy. Task E: Joint effort of PPP and gender to address the needs of girls students Meetings with different stakeholders to get support for girls Ongoing / need 5.1.14 students at school level. based 5.1.16 Review of RFPs and KPIs with PPP team WATSAN Activities Task A: Task B: 400 (IRC=200 5.2.1 Health & Hygiene sessions (IRC and HANDS) HANDS=200) Disaster Risk Reduction Communications and Outreach Support program, enhance visibility and increase awareness

6.1 Publication of Success Stories Book 1 2,000 6.2 Production of video documentaries 3 1 6.3 Media visits 3 1 Development and dissemination of key messages for radio 6.4 2 campaign for CMP activities 1 Development of social media content for SBEP and 6.5 Ongoing Blumont/IRD Facebook/twitter

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Preparation of visibility material for events and workshops 6.6 Need based (groundbreaking, inaugurations, handing over ceremonies) Provide support for Monthly, Quarterly Reports and Annual 6.8 20 Reports 6.9 Outreach enhancement theater 3 1 1 Preparation and development of Awareness raising material/campaign on nutrition (IEC material, public service 6.10 1 announcements, video, community outreach through interaction) Support PMIU, USAID COMMS and Partners in joint 6.12 On-going communications activities Monitoring and Evaluation Activities Task A: M&E Plan Task B: Performance Indicators 7.2 Indicators Data Collection, Review and Consolidation 20 7.4 Original MOVs archiving against performance indicators 20 7.5 Internal DQA of CMP 3 Task C: Monitoring Visits 7.6 Process Monitoring visits during implementation of activities 100 7.7 Data verification and validation visits 100 Task D: Reporting 7.8 Weekly Report 80 7.9 PMIU-SBEP Monthly Bulletin 20 7.10 Monthly Report 13 Quarterly Reports and Data uploading on Pak Info and SBEP 7.11 7 web portals Task E: Capacity building and Learning Refresher Session on Data collection, Management, Reporting 7.13 2 and Learning 1 Task G: Facilitation and Support to External Stakeholders 7.14 Facilitate and support PMIU and SCDP Joint Monitoring Visits 7

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Annex I: SUCCESS STORIES

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Annex II: INDICATOR BASED SUMMARY REPORT SCMP Indicator Table for the 3rd Quarter (April-June 2018)

Current Reporting Cumulative quarter Total Performance LOP Data till Progress to Frequency Number Indicator Target March 31, (April 1 – date- June 2018 June 30, 30, 2018 2018) Goal: Sustain Community mobilization and school-based management in Sindh Province

Component 1: Increase communities' involvement in the GOS reform of merging, consolidating, and upgrading schools

439 developed Percent of community and based social 439 SMP 84.5% (338 1.1.1 mobilization plans 80% of 400 0 Annually developed developed are out of 400) implemented implemented

Number of community members trained on how to Quarterly 1.2.1 develop and 2,000 1,997 0 1,997 implement (Internal) social mobilization plans Component 2: Improve community and district government coordination for increased girls' enrollment

Number of learners enrolled in primary, 2.1.1 elementary and 120,000 118,676 0 118,676 Annually secondary USG assisted schools Number of out-of- school children newly enrolled or re- 2.1.2 25,000 64,014 0 64,014 Annually enrolled in education system with USG assistance Number of PTA or similar “school- 2.1.3 400 447 0 447 Quarterly governance” structures supported Number of school improvement plans 2.2.1 400 439 0 439 Quarterly developed through USG assistance

Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report YV, Q-III Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 SCMP Indicator Table for the 3rd Quarter (April-June 2018)

Current Reporting Cumulative quarter Total Performance LOP Data till Progress to Frequency Number Indicator Target March 31, (April 1 – date- June 2018 June 30, 30, 2018 2018) Percent of SMCs having implemented at 57.5% (230 out 57.5% (230 2.2.2 least one item of their 80% of 400 of 400) 0 out of 400) Annually School Improvement implemented implemented Plan Cumulative Number of SMC/community members trained on Quarterly 2.2.3 6,000 7,781 0 7,781 enhanced (Internal) accountability and school governance. Number of Quarterly 2.2.4 community exchange 100 62 2 64 (Internal) visits Number of District Education Officers 2.3.1 100 225 0 225 Quarterly trained with USG support. Number of small grants disseminated Quarterly 2.4.1 500 2862 37 323 to SMCs of non- (Internal) construction schools Component 3: Improve child nutrition in selected communities and government schools through research that informs innovation and good practice

Percent of focus schools implementing 428 Schools 428 Schools 3.1.1 activities for 80% of 400 0 Annually 107% of 400 107% of 400 improved hygiene practices. Percent of trained 70% of 85.8% (1855 86.6% (2302 community members trained out of 2161) out of 2656) that demonstrate 3.2.1 community Participants 447 Participants Annually increased knowledge member increased increased of hygiene and knowledge knowledge nutrition. Number of community members 8,000 Quarterly 3.2.2 trained to disseminate community 2161 495 2,656 (Internal) awareness on members nutrition and hygiene

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Current Reporting Cumulative quarter Total Performance LOP Data till Progress to Frequency Number Indicator Target March 31, (April 1 – date- June 2018 June 30, 30, 2018 2018) Number of field team members trained on Quarterly 3.2.3 80 63 0 363 Nutrition and (Internal) Hygiene Number of children in targeted districts 3.2.4 reached by USAID 40,000 23,426 12,457 35,883 Quarterly supported nutrition programs. Pilot Component: Launch education Management Organization (EMO) System Number of Public Private Partnership 4.1.1 (PPP) projects 5 8 0 8 Annually established and Implemented Number of USG assisted CSOs 4.1.2 working to improve 10 4 0 4 Annually education quality and access

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Annex III: MAJOR MEETINGS AND ATTENDANCE SHEETS OF April – June 2018

Date April 3, 2018 Purpose: To issue letter notifying schools Venue Directorate of Education Larkana List of Participants Name Title/Organization Mr. Anweruddin Jamali Director Education Primary Schools Larkana Mr. Hassan Ali Solangi Deputy Director, Directorate of Education Larkana

Mr. Mazhar Ali Shaikh Senior District Manager CMP Larkana

Dates April 25, 2018

Title: Roadshow + Pre-Bid Meeting for EMOs

Venue PC Hotel, Karachi

List of Participants

Name Designation Organization

Iqbal Durrani Secretary Education School Education Dept.

Sr. Program Manager – Education and Sajjad Gilani CMP PPPs

Zahid Jatoi Education Reform Expert CMP

Abeer Ahmed Jumani Program Specialist Legal CMP

Mustafa Ahmed Program Manager Legal CMP

Arif Hussain Manager Program Jordan

Salman Amjad DPM HANDS

Kashif Siddiqui Regional Head IRM

Mr. Iqbal Administrator Zafar Sultan Trust Limited

Qazi Zubain HOD Zafar Sultan Trust Limited

Afzal Ahmed GM Read Foundation

Riaz Hussain Assistant Director AASA Consulting

Jamsheed Alam Head of Procurement RSU-SELD

S. Gohar Ali Shah GM OPS PEI

S. M Zeshan Director GET

Saqlain Haider Shah Sr. District Manager IRD- CMP- Jacobabad

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Imam Bux SML Chairman USAID

Hina Ali E-Learning E-Learning

Samad Talib Manager PM PMIU

Lila Ram USAID

Hamzo Khan PPP-Node Director

Syed Tayyab Rizvi Manager Program IRC

Irshad Begum H.M. GGPS Viki Sangi Larkana GGPS Viki Sangi Larkana

Zaimina Sangi Chairman, Viki Sangi Larkana GGPS Viki Sangi Larkana

Abdul Razak Chairman SMC GGPS Ali Mohd Chawro

Abdul Aziz HM GBHS Monder Lakha

Rabia Shah HM GGPS Gagi

M. Khizar Barakzai Assistant Project Manager Halcrow Pakistan

Kaka G Ali Resident Engineer Halcrow Pakistan

Dawood Project Engineer Halcrow Pakistan

Abid Larkai President NDF

Maqsoud Ali Sr. Instructor STVETA

Sikandar Ali SGD

Abdul Ghafoor Head of Program FRDP

Pirya Kanwal Security Assistant IRD- CMP

Ali Project Director AC Pira

Bahadur Khan Chairman

Shahzad F. Officer IRD

Khan Muhammad Chairman SMC

Ronak Chairman SMC

Hamida HM Gazi Muhammad

Mansoob Manager- Cons PMIU-SBEP

Abdul Jabbar Officer PMIU-SBEP

Irfan Hussain Ad- Finance PPI Unit-SED

Akbar Zaib Khan Director Dewan

Agha Abbas Manager Takeam

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Tarique Hussain Manager Program PDSA

Aalia Shah Sr. M&E Manager CMP-IRD

Iftikar Manager Finance ASAS

Naveed PM UNDP

S M Adnan PM SEC

Adeel

Hamid Khan DSE EDU

M. Saleem Ahmed Add DSE Primary EDU

S. Inam Ali Senior Manager RSU

Fahad Ali DD SPPRA

Aftab Khan PS PSWO

Abdul Aziz Marketing Manager Sindh Bank

Rafiq Mangi Acting COP CMP- IRD

Bashir Khan SO (B&P)

Hafeez Manger- LRCM PMIU-SBEP

Javeed Ahmed Manager SSDP

Muhammad Tariq Head Master

Hassan Khan F. Officer IRD

Mazhar Ali Shaikh Sr. DM IRD

Manzoor Ahmed Advocate High Court

Abdul Gani Director TiT

Omer Faheem Director Technology Integration ITACEC

Muhammad Afzal Regional Manager The City School

M. Taha Baig Regional Coordinator The City School

M. Aqeel Farooq Manager, Exam The City School

Husnain Raza BDM The School of Writing

Muhammad Tariq Head Master

S. Anwar Shah S.M.C. Chairman

S. M. Bilal Qadri RCO SMIU

Sumera Mario Head Master

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Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Quarterly Progress Report Y-V, Q-II Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018

Hawa Khatoon Chairman

Shahina Pathan Head Master

Shazia Gard Chairman

Abdul Ahad Head Master

Imam Bakhsh SMC Chairman

Hosh Muhammad F.O CMO CMP-IRD

Adeel Durrrni CFO PARHAO SABAQ

Hira Nazir Ex. Coordinator CMP-IRD

Mushtaq A Director DCAR

Sohail Ahmed Manager Program

Lubna Khalid Director SZABIST

Aazan Ali Officer PPRS SEF

Naveed Khayal SFO IRC

Muhammad Ahmed Analyst SBEP

Mahnoor Fatima Project Assistant SBEP

Noor Hussian Additional Director Sukkur IBA

Shabina HANDS

Sadiqa Salahuddin Executive Director IRC

Haris Ali Assistant Director PPP Unit/FD

Visionary Foundation Rashid Khan CEO Pakistan

Ismail Zardari PM RDF

Pardeep Khan PL RDF

Ayesha Arif Marketing Head Akhuwat

Ashraf Larab SGA (Manager Education) SGA

Asim Mushtaq Executive SECON

Shahzad Khan Officer The City School

Syed Sohail Hashmi DFA CMP-IRD

Uzma Mukhtar Assistant Registrar The City School

Mushraaf Ali Assistant Director School Education

M. Zuhaib Manager RSU-SELD

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Agha Adeel Haider Director IT Saint May School

M. Aslam Ghani MD SPPRA

Abdul Ghaffor Additional Director Education

Sanjay Talreja Advisor-PPP SCDP

Kamlesh Nawani Logistic Officer IRD-CMP

ED LRF

Abdul Jabbar Sr. DM Sukkur CMP-IRD

Rizwan Ali JRD

Razik Katir Admin & Logistic Specialist CMP-IRD

Safdar MD

M Sultan H.M Taga Head Teacher

Zar Muhammad Advocate SHC BA

Shankar Office Attendant CMP- IRD

Niaz Driver CMP-IRD

M. Alam Driver CMP-IRD

Tauseef Lateef Director- PPP Node PPP Node

Irfan Shaikh Head Master GBMS Waleed

Prem Sagar SM KMR CMP-IRD

M. Amjad Jamal Manager Communication CMP-IRD

Samiullah Support Staff CMP-IRD

Mansoor Sarwar Sr. Manager- PPP CMP-IRD

Murad Khan Driver CMP-IRD

Sajjad Driver CMP-IRD

Sajjad Gillani Sr. Program Manager CMP-IRD

Muhammad Mustafa Manager Legal CMP-IRD Ahmed

Liquat Ali Shah Sr. RDM CMP-IRD

Shama Shaikh Advisor C M CMP-IRD

Tariq Masood Sr. Manager PM&E SBEP (PMIU)

Abdul Khaliqe

Inayat

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Abdul Malik

Shah Bux

Aijaz Ali Lecture CM

Ali Bux Advocate Villager

Nasir Bux Chairman

Nazir Ahmed Larik DEOP Pr Manager Dadu Education

Issa Khan Project Manager REPDS

Hafiz Shahabuddin DEO (ESAS) Sukkur SELD

Abdul Aziz DES (ESSHS) SELD

Abdul Aziz Kalhoro HM GHS

Ghulam Hussain Chairman SMC GHS Hussain Kalwar

Meer Muhammad HM GBHS Muhlla Ali Mahesar

Iqbal Ahmed Chairman Waleed Shaikh

Abdul Nabi HM GBHS Pat Gul Muhammad GBHS Pat Gul Muhammad

Abdul Ahad HM

Imam Bakhsh Chairman SMC

Riaz Ahmed HM

Ali Mohammad

Abdul Chawro Land Owner

Sohaul S.S COP Halcrow Pakistan

Salman Managing Partner Muslim HANDS

Huma Imam Khan Edu Expert HANDS

Zara Hussian Program Manager Zindagi Trust

Amanullah Sr. DM CMP-IRD

Ali Sipra Innovative Consultant Az Corp Entertainment

Hammad COO Rotary Pakistan

Syed Anwar Ali Shaikh SMC Chairman

Ishtaque Hussian Financial Analyst CMP-IRD

Nawab Ali DEO Larkana Education

Akhtar Hussian DEO Elementary Education

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Anwar Din Jamali DSE Larkana Education

Farooq Ahmed DEO Kamber Education

Bashir Ahmed Lakho DDEO ESHS Kamber Education

Wakeel Ali Sr. DM CMP-IRD

Dr. M Aslam Khan Senior Executive HANDS

Qalandar SGM HANDS

Shabina SFO HANDS

Aftab Kausar DEO Dadu Education

AIMS Education

Sarmad Jan Zafar MSE Coordinator Lodhran Pilot Project

Atif Qadri Manager Admin & Procurement Lodhran Pilot Project

Mumtaz ali Soomro Chairman SMC Taga Education

Advisor Lodhran Pilot Project

Sardar Jan FRDP

Mohsin Tejain Ex. Director School of Writing

Fayyaz Sr. DM CMP-IRD

Abdul Qayoom SM CMP-IRD

Sr. PM CMP-IRD

Mohsin Ahmed Procurement Specialist CMP-IRD

M. Farooq Mukadum Procurement Specialist CMP-IRD

Nesar Ahmed Program Manager CMP-IRD

Abeer Program Specialist CMP-IRD

Salma HR Specialist CMP-IRD

Naushata Khanum

Samar Shah GM Take One

Ali Akbar CEO Gorakh

All Pakistan School Moin Ali President Foundation

Syed Rasool Bux Director Education

Mumtaz Officer RSO

DSE Primary Education

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Shafi Muhammad DEO, Sukkur Education

Ulfat Bangash Program Manager Education HDF Pakistan

Nashwa Shakeel Grants Coordinator HDF

Iqbal Ahmed

Saeed Nasir Consultant SGA

Javed Ahmed Secretary Education SGA

M Dittal Kalhoro CEO SRSO

Birjis Jaleel Director AASA Consulting

Fida Hussain Director Sukkur IBA

Taihera Awan Deputy Project Director Akhuwat

Fawad Shams COP SRP

Somaiya Ayoob Comms Consultant AzCorp

Aman PIR Chairman Education FPCCI

Khalida Khan SK Kweel

Dr. Mumtaz Noorwala CEO Specific Research Lab

Dr. Faryal Mohammad SRO KCBS KU

Abdul Hameed Bulo Advisor CMP-IRD

Khadim Hussain SDM CMP-IRD

Zahid Abbas Jatoi Education Reform Expert CMP-IRD

Shahzad Yousaf SDM- Karachi CMP-IRD

Date May 7, 2018 Purpose: Meeting with DEO on School Information Venue DEO Office Larkana

Mr. Nawab Ali Khokhar DEO Primary Larkana Mr. Zahid Ali Soomro Deputy DEO Larkana Mr. Mazhar Ali Shaikh Senior District Manager CMP Larkana Mr. Masood Soomro Assistant Education Department Larkana

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Date May 7, 2018 Purpose: Meeting and Field visit with Taluka Education Officer Pano Akil on school consolidation and merging in campus schools RFP #4 Venue GHS Mulla Ali, GHS Hussain Kalwar List of Participants Name Title/Organization Mr. Abdul Aziz Kalhoro Taluka Education Officer Pano Akil Mr. Abdul Jabbar Sr. District Manager-CMP Sukkur

Date May 9, 2018 Purpose: Notification of consolidation & merging of schools in campus schools RFP #4

Venue Directors Education Secondary Schools Sukkur List of Participants Name Title/Organization Mr. Abdul Aziz Hakro Director Education Secondary Schools Sukkur Mr. Abdul Rasheed Administrative officer to Director Schools Secondary Mr. Abdul Jabbar Sr. District Manager-CMP Sukkur

Date May 18, 2018 Purpose: To discuss challenges in conducting school-base activities Venue TEO Office Bin Qasim List of Participants

Name Title/Organization

Mr Jameel Akhter TEO Education Department Miss Rooma Yameen NA Karachi Miss Sanam Raz NA Karachi

Date May 21, 2018 Purpose: To discuss challenges in conducting school-based activities Venue TEO Office Bin Qasim List of Participants

Name Title/Organization

Mr Jameel Akhter TEO Education Department

Mr Prince Tom Naz FO Karachi Miss Rooma Yameen NA Karachi Miss Sanam Raz NA Karachi

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Dates May 28, 2018 Meeting of the TFEC Representatives for (Technical Financial Evaluation Title: Committee) for RFP # 4 Bids Opening Venue Sindh Secretariat

List of Participants

Name Designation Organization

Iqbal Durrani Secretary Education School Education Dept.

Waheed Shaikh Addl. Secretary School Education Dept.

Mazhar Siddiqui Director General, PDR Wing School Education Dept.

Hamzo Tagar Director HR and Admin (PPP Node) School Education Dept.

Ali Sibtain Director PPP Unit, Finance Dept.

Tauseef Latif Director PPP Node PPP Node, SED

Muhammad Moosa Deputy Secretary Finance Dept. Sr. Program Manager – Education and Sajjad Gilani CMP PPPs Zahid Jatoi Education Reform Expert CMP

Abeer Ahmed Jumani Program Specialist Legal CMP

Mustafa Ahmed Program Manager Legal CMP

Date June 4, 2018 Purpose: To discuss overall SCMP progress in Karachi Venue Directorate Office Education Karimabad List of Participants

Name Title/Organization Mr Hamid Kareem Director Education Schools Karachi Mr Musharraf Rajput Assistant Director Campus Schools Miss Farhat Assistant Director elementary & Secondary Schools Mr Shahzad Yousuf Sr. DM SCMP Mr Prince Tom Naz FO Karachi

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Dates June 27, 2018 Meeting of the TFEC Representatives for (Technical Financial Evaluation Title: Committee) Venue Sindh Secretariat

List of Participants

Name Designation Organization

Aalia Shahid Secretary Education School Education Dept.

Mazhar Siddiqui Director General, PDR Wing School Education Dept.

Hamzo Tagar Director HR and Admin (PPP Node) School Education Dept.

Ali Sibtain Director PPP Unit, Finance Dept.

Muhammad Moosa Deputy Secretary Finance Dept.

Mustafa Ahmed Program Manager – Legal CMP

Zahid Jatoi Education Reform Expert CMP

Abeer Ahmed Jumani Program Specialist Legal CMP

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Annex IV: FINANCIAL REPORT

Actual Expenditure This Reporting Period

PREVIOUS (Inception to THIS QUARTER (Apr-June CUMULATIVE March 31, 2018) 2018)

$15,627,678.93 $1,017,213.67 $16,644,612.21

(Figures taken from March invoice) (Invoice Amount Apr, May, June 2018) (Figures taken from June Invoice)

Estimated Expenditure Next Reporting Period*

July August September TOTAL

$ 375,000 $400,000 $335,000 $ 1,110,000

(Estimated expenditures for next reporting period (July-September 2018) taken from the Cash Projection submitted to USAID) * IRD note: This quarterly report covers the period from 1 Apr thru 30 June, 2018 and is in line with USAID’s standard fiscal year reporting cycle.

Please note that the accrued costs provided in the Estimated Expenditure Report for the next reporting period are accounting estimates for the three months covered by the report. Actual expenditures for the period that will be recorded in IRD's accounting records and amounts invoiced for this period may vary materially from the amounts contained in this Projected Expenditure Report. While IRD has tried to be as complete as possible when making these estimates, all recipients of this information, including auditors, must understand the risk associated with relying on accounting estimates prepared so far in advance of the books and records for accounting period being closed.

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Annex V: SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

ANNEXURE A School Improvement through Implementation of Small Grants Program: Activities Completed January – March 2018

Amount # School School Improvements Pak Rupees

GBPS Muhammad Water cooler with stabilizer, new furniture, and new 1 150,000 Ibrahim Indher ceiling fans. GGPS-Community 2 150,000 Repair of class rooms walls and floor, ground fill Model School Mulla Ali Repair of boundary wall, repair of rooms, purchase of 3 GGPS-Sanjar Bhatti 150,000 furniture, wall chalking, and painting Repair of boundary wall, purchase of furniture, and 4 GBPS-Sanjar Bhatti 150,000 ground fill GBPS-Gahi Khan Twelve new desks, repair of toilets, repair of floors, and 5 149,900 Ansari installation of solar panels GBPS-Ghulam Haider 6 150,000 Repair of shelter, repair of rooms, and repair of furniture Jakhrani GBPS-Muhammad Repair of boundary wall, repair of toilet, and purchase of 7 150,000 Sharif Khoso furniture GGPS-Abdul Qadir Repair of boundary wall, repair of toilets, and color of 8 150,000 Chachar school building GBPS-Main Sardar Repair of doors and windows, new white boards, install 9 150,000 Suhrab Khan Sarki ceiling fans with fitting Color of school, repair of toilets, purchase of furniture, 10 GBPS-Lashkar Khan 150,000 electricity fitting, and ground fill 11 GBPS-Sadaroo Khoso 149,000 Water pipeline, new furniture, color of school

12 GGHS-Sukkur 150,000 Purchase of soft boards, new chairs, and tables. GBPS-Nusrat Colony Purchase of new furniture and repair of old furniture. 13 150,000 No: 06 old Sukkur Electric water cooler, door repairs, new furniture, and 14 GBPS Chohar Pur 150,000 new fans Water cooler, new furniture, ceiling fans, and purchase of 15 GGHS Johi 150,000 solar panels GBPS Khan Purchase of motor, water pipeline, tank, repair of toilet, 16 150,000 Muhammad Abad purchase new furniture, and earth fill GBPS Main Campus 17 150,000 Repair of toilets, new furniture, and new ceiling fans Johi GBELS Noor Shah Water supply line and new motor, earth fill of school 18 150,000 Bhit ground 19 GBHS Khahi 150,000 Repair school building, and repair of toilets

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Repair of floor of two rooms, repair of walls, new motor 20 GBPS Bahoo Khoso 150,000 and water tank, new furniture, and electricity fitting repair Repair of toilets and motor installation, new furniture, 21 GBPS Main Thull 150,000 and white boards.

22 GGLSS Abad Lakha 75,000 Solar plates and solar fans

Renovation of compound wall, repair of main gate, install 23 GBPS Dhamrah 150,000 electric motor pump, and repair of toilets Repair boundary wall, cooler electric motor, and repair 24 GBPS Nou Goth 150,000 drainage 25 GBPS Mirpur Urdu 150,000 New wooden black boards and purchase of exhaust fans GGHSS Phuljee 26 150,000 Repair toilet and purchase of new furniture Station

GBPS Rab Rakhio 27 144,700 Repair of toilets, provision of water and new furniture. Lakho

Repair of boundary wall and main gate, repair of toilets, 28 GGPS Khandoo 150,000 and purchase of new furniture Repair of doors, windows, repair of toilets, and 29 GBPS Hamzo Bhatti 150,000 provisions of water and new furniture Repair of toilets, drainage system, new furniture, and 30 GGHS Bozdar Wada 150,000 solar system.

GGHS (N) DMB Electric cooler with stabilizer, water filter, student’s and 31 150,000 Sukkur teacher’s chairs, and sound system

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