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Waache Wasome LET GIRLS LEARN TANZANIA Quarterly Progress Report FY2017 Q2 December 15, 2016 – March 31, 2017 Cooperative Agreement AID-OAA-A-17-00001 Submitted by World Education, Inc./Bantwana Initiative April 30, 2017 Table of Contents Acronym List ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................. 4 I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 A. Project Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 6 B. Key Objectives...................................................................................................................................................... 6 C. Geographic Coverage & Target Population .................................................................................................. 6 II. PROJECT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................................. 7 OBJECTIVE 1: Build the agency, knowledge, and protective assets of girls in secondary school ............. 7 1.1 Protect our Youth (POY) Clubs ............................................................................................................. 8 1.2 Community Mentor Program ................................................................................................................ 13 OBJECTIVE 2: Increase family commitment and capacity to invest in girls’ education .............................. 14 2.1 Livelihoods Improvement for Mothers and Caregivers of Adolescents (LIMCA) .................... 14 2.2 Parenting skills for mothers and caregivers of adolescents ............................................................ 18 OBJECTIVE 3: Foster a girl friendly and supportive school environment ..................................................... 19 3.1 GBV Prevention and Response Training ............................................................................................. 19 3.2 Peer Study Groups ................................................................................................................................... 20 OBJECTIVE 4: Increase access to youth friendly reproductive health services ........................................... 21 4.1 Adolescent Reproductive Health & Sports ........................................................................................ 22 OBJECTIVE 5: Provide alternative education pathways for girls who have dropped out of secondary school due to pregnancy and/or early marriage .................................................................................................. 22 Cross-Cutting Activities ............................................................................................................................................ 22 III. MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING ........................................................................................ 23 A. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Plan ....................................................................................... 23 B. Project Monitoring ............................................................................................................................................. 23 C. Waache Wasome Evaluation ............................................................................................................................ 24 IV. PROJECT MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 24 A. Start-up activities................................................................................................................................................ 26 B. Year 1 Annual Work Planning ........................................................................................................................ 27 C. Implementing Partners & Sub-awards ........................................................................................................... 28 D. Partnerships ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 E. Communications & Other Activities ............................................................................................................. 30 V. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES .............................................................................................................. 31 Key Opportunities ...................................................................................................................................................... 31 Key Challenges............................................................................................................................................................. 32 Waache Wasome: Let Girls Learn Tanzania | FY17Q2 Quarterly Progress Report 2 Acronym List AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ARH Adolescent Reproductive Health Camfed The Campaign for Female Education CEFM Child, Early, and Forced Marriage CIDA Canadian Institute Development Agency DCDO District Community Development Officer DEO District Education Officer DED District Executive Director DEI District Education Inspector DMO District Medical Officer DREAMS Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe DREAMS IC DREAMS Innovation Challenge DSHCo District School Health Coordinator DSWO District Social Welfare Officer DTO District Trade/Cooperative Officer EEV Economic Empowerment Volunteer EWS Early Warning System GBV Gender Based Violence HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus ICT Information and Communications Technology LGA Local Government Authority LIMCA Livelihoods Improvement for Mothers and Caregivers of Adolescents M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MOEST Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology MoHCDGEC Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender Children, and the Elderly NPA-VAWC National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children (2017-2022) NORC National Opinion Research Center OVC Orphan and Vulnerable Children PEPFAR President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PCGD Police Child & Gender Desk PO-RALG President's Office Regional Administration and Local Government POY Protect Our Youth SOP Standard Operating Procedure SRH Sexual Reproductive Health STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, Math STI Sexually Transmitted Infection TAG Teen Advisory Group TBI Tanzania Bora Initiative UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government VEO Village Executive Officer VSLA Village Savings and Lending Associations WEdO Ward Education Officer WEO Ward Executive Officer WEI World Education, Inc. Waache Wasome: Let Girls Learn Tanzania | FY17Q2 Quarterly Progress Report 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY World Education, Inc.’s Bantwana Initiative (WEI/Bantwana) is pleased to submit the first quarterly report for the Waache Wasome project, covering the period December 15, 2016 through March 31, 2017. Waache Wasome is a five year, $10.5 million project funded by USAID under the Let Girls Learn Challenge Fund. Waache Wasome is implemented by WEI/Bantwana in partnership with Restless Development, WGBH Educational Foundation, The Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MOEST), the President’s Office—Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG), Local Government Authorities, and local implementing partners. Waache Wasome (‘Let Girls Learn’ in Kiswahili) seeks to increase girls’ enrollment and retention and challenge discriminatory norms and practices that constrain adolescent girls’ access to education. In line with the three pillars of USAID’s Let Girls Learn approach (Increasing Access to Quality Education, Reducing Barriers to Success, and Empowering Adolescent Girls), Waache Wasome works across the ecological model—with girls, their families and caregivers, their schools, and the communities and local structures where they live. This quarter focused on the critical operational, administrative, and planning activities required to ensure a rapid and smooth start-up of Waache Wasome. WEI/Bantwana hired and oriented new staff, conducted work planning, submitted the PY1 work plan to USAID, introduced the project to the MOEST and Local Government Authorities (LGAs) in Karatu District Council, and opened a field office in Karatu. WEI/Bantwana ensured a thorough introduction of the project to a range of multi-sectoral LGA stakeholders at the Council, ward, school, and village levels to emphasize partnership and local ownership from the beginning. WEI/Bantwana’s intentional approach to LGA engagement creates goodwill and enhances sustainability. As a testimony to that partnership, Karatu LGAs have allocated space for the Waache Wasome Karatu field team to co-locate in LGA premises at the District Commissioner’s office block free of charge and LGA technical staff have been actively engaged in project start up activities and have expressed their commitment to continue to support Waache Wasome. Furthermore, LGAs in Karatu have