ITAU AUDITORS LTD RWANDA ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Evaluation of National Environment Youth Project(NEYP) Final Draft Report ITAU AUDITORS LTD Kigali, January 2013 1 CONTENTS CONTENTS................................................................................................................................... 2 LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................ 5 LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 9 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION .............................................................................................................. 9 1.2. KEY ISSUES ADDRESSED ......................................................................................................................... 9 1.3. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................... 10 1.3.1. Secondary Data collection ................................................................................................................ 10 1.3.2. Primary Data collection ..................................................................................................................... 10 1.3.3. Group Discussions and Survey .......................................................................................................... 11 1.3.4 Sampling ............................................................................................................................................. 12 1.3.5 Survey Questionnaire ......................................................................................................................... 13 1.3.6 Data collection organizational ........................................................................................................... 13 1.3.7 Data Collection ................................................................................................................................... 14 1.3.8 Physical Measurement of Project Outputs ........................................................................................ 15 1.3.9 Data Processing .................................................................................................................................. 15 1.3.10 Data Validation and Tabulation ....................................................................................................... 16 1.3.11 Report Structure .............................................................................................................................. 16 CHAPTER TWO: THE PROJECT AND ITS DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT.................... 17 2.1. PROJECT START AND DURATION ......................................................................................................... 17 2.2. PROBLEMS THAT THE PROJECT SEEKS TO ADDRESS ............................................................................ 18 2.3. IMMEDIATE AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ........................................................ 18 2.4. KEY STAKEHOLDERS ............................................................................................................................. 19 2.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................ 20 2.6. EXPECTED RESULTS .............................................................................................................................. 22 CHAPTER THREE: EVALUATION FINDINGS .................................................................. 23 3.1. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................................ 23 3.2. PROJECT SUPPORT TO THE LIVELIHOOD OF BENEFICIARIES ................................................................ 24 3.3. PROJECT PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS BY DISTRICT .............................................................................. 28 3.3.1 MUSANZE District .............................................................................................................................. 28 3.3.2. GAKENKE District............................................................................................................................... 29 3.3.3. RULINDO District ............................................................................................................................... 30 3.3.4. GICUMBI Disrtict ............................................................................................................................... 30 3.3.5. HUYE District ..................................................................................................................................... 31 3.3.6. NYAMAGABE District ........................................................................................................................ 31 2 3.3.7. NYARUGURU District ......................................................................................................................... 32 3.3.8. GISAGARA District ............................................................................................................................. 32 3.3.9 NYANZA District ................................................................................................................................. 32 3.3.10. MUHANGA District .......................................................................................................................... 33 3.3.11. RUHANGO District ........................................................................................................................... 33 3.3.12. KAMONYI District ............................................................................................................................ 34 3.3.13. GASABO District .............................................................................................................................. 34 3.3.14. NYARUGENGE District ..................................................................................................................... 34 3.3.15. KICUKIRO District ............................................................................................................................ 35 3.3.16. BUGESERA Ditrict ............................................................................................................................ 35 3.3.17. Afforested Surface Area .................................................................................................................. 36 3.3.18. Protected Rivers .............................................................................................................................. 36 3.3.19. Protection of planted trees ............................................................................................................. 39 3.3.20. Project benefits and weaknesses .................................................................................................... 40 3.3.21 Protection of the river against water hyacinth ................................................................................ 42 3.4. REALIZED VS PLANNED ACTIVITIES BY DISTRICT .................................................................................. 42 3.4.1. NYARUGENGE ................................................................................................................................... 43 3.4.2. GASABO ............................................................................................................................................. 46 3.4.3. KICUKIRO ........................................................................................................................................... 49 3.4.4. KAMONYI........................................................................................................................................... 52 3.4.5. MUHANGA ........................................................................................................................................ 56 3.4.6. RUHANGO ......................................................................................................................................... 59 3.4.7. NYANZA ............................................................................................................................................. 63 3.4.8. HUYE.................................................................................................................................................. 66 3.4.9. GISAGARA.......................................................................................................................................... 69 3.4.10. NYARUGURU ................................................................................................................................... 72 3.4.11. NYAMAGABE ................................................................................................................................... 76 3.4.12. RULINDO ......................................................................................................................................... 79 3.4.13. GAKENKE ........................................................................................................................................