USAID KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) FY 2018 Q3 PROGRESS REPORT JULY 2018 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by DAI Global, LLC. USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 1 USAID KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) FY 2018 Q3 PROGRESS REPORT 1 April – 30 June 2018 Award No: AID-OAA-I-13-00013/AID-615-TO-16-00010 Prepared for John Langlois United States Agency for International Development/Kenya C/O American Embassy United Nations Avenue, Gigiri P.O. Box 629, Village Market 00621 Nairobi, Kenya Prepared by DAI Global, LLC 4th Floor, Mara 2 Building Eldama Park Nairobi, Kenya DISCLAIMER The authors’ views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 2 CONTENTS I. NIWETU EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................... vii II. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS (Qualitative Impact) ................................................................ 9 III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS (Quantitative Impact) .......................................................... 20 III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS (QUANTITATIVE IMPACT) ............................................... 20 IV. CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ................................................................. 39 V. PERFORMANCE MONITORING ................................................................................ 40 VI. PROGRESS ON GENDER PLAN ............................................................................... 41 VII. PROGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND MONITORING ........... 42 VIII. PROGRESS ON LINKS TO OTHER USAID PROGRAMs ...................................... 42 IX. PROGRESS ON LINKS WITH GOK AGENCIES ..................................................... 42 X. PROGRESS ON USAID FORWARD .......................................................................... 43 XI. SUSTAINABILITY AND EXIT STRATEGY .............................................................. 43 XII. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (if applicable) ............................................ 43 XIII. SUBSEQUENT QUARTER’S WORK PLAN ........................................................... 43 XIV. FINANCIAL INFORMATION.................................................................................. 44 Cash Flow Report and Financial Projections (Pipeline Burn-Rate).......... 44 CHART 1: OBLIGATIONS VS. CURRENT AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES ...... 46 TABLE 2: FINANCIAL TABLE ........................................................................................ 46 TABLE 3: BUDGET DETAILS .......................................................................................... 47 XV. ACTIVITY ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................... 49 ANNEXES and attachments ............................................................................................ 50 Annex 1: Meetings and Conferences ......................................................... 50 USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 iii Annex I: Success Story (1) ......................................................................... 53 Annex II: Success Story (2) ........................................................................ 54 Annex III: Success Story (3) ....................................................................... 55 Annex IV: GPS Information ...................................................................... 56 Annex V: List of Deliverable Products ...................................................... 56 USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 iv ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AID-Africa Access Initiatives for African Development (AID-Africa) AMEP Activity Monitoring & Evaluation Plan AP Action Plan ASDEF Africa Social Development Focus BAWAKI Baraza La Walimu Kibra CCN Champions for Change Network CIDP County Integrated Development Plan COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CBOs Community Based Organizations CSOs Civil Society Organizations CVE Countering Violent Extremism GMC Garissa Mediation Council BRICS Building Resilience in Civil Society DA Delta Africa DAI DAI Global, LLC. DCC Deputy County Commissioner DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DDPDG Dadaab District Peace and Development Group DGO Director of Grants and Operations EOP Executive Office of the President FOAID Focused Approach and Development Concern (FADC) FGD Focus Group Discussion FOAID Focus on Arid Lands & Integrated Development FY Fiscal Year GLO Government Liaison Officer GOK Government of Kenya IPL Isiolo Peace Link IWOF Isiolo Women of Faith K-YES Kenya Youth Employment and Skills Program KEPSA Kenya Private Sector Alliance USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 v KIfPDF Kibra Interfaith for Peace and Development Forum KDF Kenya Defense Force KII Key Informant Interview M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MCPR Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation MDPC Mandera District Peace Committee NIWETU NiWajibu Wetu NCTC National Counter Terrorism Center NSCVE National Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism RC Nairobi Regional Commissioner’s Office RVI Rift Valley Institute RDI Raia Development Initiative ROAD Rights Organization for Advocacy and Development ROO Reach Out Organization RSM Royal Media Services, Ltd SCORES Sensitization of Community on Radicalization and Empowerment Solutions SUPKEM Supreme Council of Kenyan Muslims TO Task Order USAID United States Agency for International Development USIU-A United States International University Africa VE Violent Extremism VEOs Violent Extremism Organizations WCC Women Care and Concern WCYBN Wajir County Youth Bunge Network WFPD Mandera Women for Peace and Development WPDA Wajir Peace and Development Agency USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 vi I. NIWETU EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Qualitative Impact Some highlights from the past three months include: Progress on County Action Plans (CAPs) During Q3, NIWETU made significant progress on the CAPs in Garissa, Isiolo, Mandera, and Wajir. Partner Isiolo Peace Link (IPL) completed a final draft of the Isiolo County Action Plan (ICAP) and held its first validation meeting with government and civil society representatives. The ICAP represents NIWETU’s first successful collaboration with county and national government to produce a county CVE strategy. The final ICAP is scheduled to be presented in August. The ICAP process has provided the NIWETU team with a number of important lessons learned and good practices as the project works on similar CAPs in Garissa, Wajir, and Mandera. These three CAPs are in varying stages of development, with a draft Garissa County Action Plan (GCAP) already under review and sensitization forums ongoing in Mandera and Wajir. Empowering Women and Youth During Q3, NIWETU continued to improve the CVE knowledge and skills of 952 women and youth in the project’s hotspot areas. NIWETU worked with partners to: • Support a youth debate tournament to discuss the effects of VE in Wajir; • Develop a series of trainings for police and local women that both improved knowledge on CVE good practices and fostered stronger relationships between communities and security forces; • Empower local mentors in Nairobi to impart CVE messages to the youth that they work with. The project recognizes the essential and unique roles that women and youth play in CVE efforts and will continue to work with these groups going forward. Development of the NIWETU project Gender Plan and Learning Agenda During Q3, the NIWETU team developed a draft Gender Plan and Learning Agenda: • The NIWETU Gender Plan draws upon the Q1 2018 research agenda, which included a gender analysis in hotspot locations and reviewed gender in the project’s internal business operations. The completed plan will inform how the project incorporates gender into implementation for the second half of the project. The NIWETU Gender Plan Team devised an initial strategy and outcome, which was then reviewed by the Gender Review Board. The draft Gender Plan recognizes the different ways that women and men are involved in VE and devises ways to better understand and integrate these dynamics into NIWETU’s operational and programmatic decision-making. The Gender Plan will be finalized and approved next quarter. • The Learning Agenda will improve NIWETU’s use of project learning in order to inform project decision-making and support NIWETU’s ability to act as a flexible and adaptive program. Furthermore, the Learning Agenda will help the project better communicate important learnings and emerging good practices to the wider CVE audience. Furthermore, learning will be incorporated into NIWETU’s performance management system in order to inculcate a culture of learning among project staff and partners. The Learning Agenda will be implemented next quarter. In addition, NIWETU awarded two new grants to local partners during the reporting period. These include: • Royal Media Services (RMS): Live National Television Program Creating CVE Awareness at Garissa University. • African Social Development Focus (ASDEF): Training of Chiefs on CVE Knowledge and Skills in Wajir County. USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 vii These sub-grants are a critical component to providing support for local CVE solutions, and a vehicle for providing technical