Senegal ANNUAL CHILD WELLBEING REPORT Fiscal Year 2014 I. BASIC INFORMATIONS I. BASIC INFORMATIONS 2 1. Table of Contents 2 2. List of acronyms 3 II. SUMMARY 5 III. INTRODUCTION 6 IV. PROGRESS 8 V. METHODOLOGY 8 VI. BACKGROUND 9 VII. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 10 7.1 - Education 10 7.2 – Health & Nutrition 15 7. 3 – Leadership & Local Governance 20 7.4 – Livelihood & Food Security 28 VIII. DISATER MANAGEMENT 34 IX. MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN 36 X. ACCOUNTABIITY OF THE PROGRAMME 38 XI. LESSONS DRAWN FROM THE CWB REPORT 39 XII. ANNEXES 40 02 World Vision Senegal Annual Child Wellbeing Report - 2014 2. LIST OF ACRONYMS CFEE End of primary Education Certificate ICP Nurse Head of Post ADP Area Development Programme IEC/CCC Information, Education, Communication AEMO Assistance in Open Environment. IEF Board of Education and Training AGR Income Generating Activities IRA Acute respiratory Infections AME Association of students’ Mothers. LQAS Lot Quality Assurance Sample. APC Competence based Approach MII Insecticidal treated Mosquito Nets Development programme based MILDA/LLI APD Long lasting insecticidal treated nets Approach N Ministry Objective / Objectif du APE Parents Teachers Association MO Ministère. ARAF Local Association CBO/OCB Community Based Organization ATPC Community led total sanitation. OMD Millenium Development Goal. AVEC Village Association for Saving and Credit. OMS World Health Organization. Global Analysis of Vulnerability, Food Plan for the improvement of children’s AVGSAN PAAE security and Nutrition. learning Programme for the improvement of high BDS Business Development Project PAES school education. Partnership for the improvement of the BEE Child’s Well-Being. PAQUEK quality of education in Kédougou. Integrated community management of BFEM End of Junior High School Certificate PCIME/C children’s diseases. Ten year programme of Education and CADL Centre for Local Development support. PDEF Training CAVE Early warning and watchdog committee. PDPE Department Child Protection Plan Communication pour un Changement de Management protocol of childhood CCC PECADOM Comportements illness at home CDE Economic Development Committee. PEV Extended Immunization programme Comité Départemental de Protection de Plan of continuous education and CDPE PFCSE l'Enfant. monitoring of teachers CGE School Management Committee PLD Local Development Plan. CHN Child Health Now PNLP National Programme against Malaria CHU University Hospital Centre PSE Emerging Senegal Plan Comité Local pour l'Education et la CLEF PSSC Community Health Programme Formation. CLPE Local committee for child’s protection RCE Community Education Network CODEC School Headmasters’ Association. RNA Natural Assisted Regeneration. CPN Prenatal Consultations SCOFI Committee for the schooling of girls. Departmental Service of Rural CRS Catholic Relief Services. SDDR Development. SEMFIN Senegal Microfinance CVA Citizen Voice and Action SLT Senior Leadership Team CWBT Child Wellbeing Target. SMNIC Maternal & Neonatal Care DAPSA Division SNPE National Strategy for child’s protection DEL Local Development. SONATEL National telecommunication company. DME Design, Monitoring & Evaluation SRO/ORS Oral rehydratation solution DPREME Direction of Previson and Reform of TB Tuberculosis N Ministry of Education DSDOM Caregiver at home TRO Oral rehydratation therapy Union of Bore holes management EDS Demographic health survey UCGF committees. Environmental Development Action in ENDA USAID Us Aid the Third World - NGO Faith-Based Organization / Organisation FBO VAD In-home Visit Basée sur la Foi. FLAT Functional Literacy Assessment Tool. VF Vision Fund FMNR Farmer Management Natural Resources WARO West Africa Regional Office FY Fiscal Year WASH Water, Sanitation & Hygiene GERME Better Manage one’s Firm WV World Vision IA School Board of Education. WVI World Vision International. World Vision Senegal Annual Child Wellbeing Report - 2014 03 II. SUMMARY This document is an illustration of the World Vision Senegal’s contribution to the improvement of the well-being of Senegalese children. It is a summary of the achievements registered during the 2014 Fiscal Year and which detailed below through the 04 strategic objectives of the Country Office: Improvement of the quality of Education and The improvement, protection of the life skills: environment, food security and households’ 1 income: The CFEE exam which is a major assessment for the 3 students at the end of the primary cycle is marked by decreasing (a) The ratio of households with a secondary source of income results compared with the two previous years. In WV Senegal’s reveals an average of 53.1% (27 ADPs) for an objective of intervention areas, the CFEE exam went from 53,14% in 2012 45% in 2014; to 46% in 2013 to reach 25,30% in 2014. This is partly due to (b) the target of 50% of parents or guardians who suffered a the many disruptions which affected the National education shock and were able to cope or to use positive coping system during the last 5 years (strikes ...), but also reforms strategies is far from being achieved (5.36% on average); initiated including APC which is not yet fully harnessed by (c) The weighted averages of the ratio of adolescents affected by teachers; whereas it is integrated into the students’ assessment inadequate access to food and of households who experienced system. However, the FLAT evaluation carried out on all the one or more months of hunger in the past 12 months indicates programmes has enabled to note on average, significant progress 31.34% and 85.83% respectively. between 2012 (12%) and 2014 (42.69%), despite the fact that all the country is still in the extreme risk area (0-50%). These Recommandations : results illustrate the need for continued support for teachers (1) multiply the savings groups (AVEC) in the programmes; through ongoing training on the competence-based approach, (2) enhance the production infrastructures already in place in to work for the strengthening of commitment and ownership the southern area, (value chain analysis and market access); of education by communities, systematize remediation plans and (3) disseminate the BDS approach (self-help approach). establish community monitoring programs for students. The emergence of a strong and capacitated Recommandations : local leadership for children and organizations: (1) support for teachers through ongoing training on the competence-based; work for the strengthening of 4(a) only 25% of the 28 ADPs that reported on the ratio of commitment and ownership of education by communities; adolescents who have a strong link with their parent or (2) systematizing remediation plans and establishing guardian, exceeded the strategic commitment of 2014 ( 60%); community monitoring programmes for students. (b) only 3 out of the 28 ADPs exceeded the threshold set at 55%, while in 2013, 7 out 9 ADPs went beyond the 50% target The improvement of health and nutritional relating to adolescents who know about the presence of status of children under 5 years of age and mechanisms to receive and respond to abuse, neglect, women of child bearing age: exploitation or violence against children; 2 (c) 100% of the 28 ADPS went beyond the 2014 target (40%) (a) In the 28 ADPs, 76% of children under 5 who experienced regarding the ratio of adolescents who claim to have birth a so called ARI, were taken to a health facility; certificates. (b) 59% of those who had diarrhoea (within the last 2 weeks preceding the survey), received proper treatment under the Recommandations : 28 programmes; (1) Promote youth participation to communities’ decision (c) 75% of the 24 programmes that reported on the immunization making bodies; coverage rate on essential vaccines among children(aged 0-11 (2) disseminate the CAVEs; months), had higher or equal performances than the national (3), systematize and set up a feedback mechanism to send the average performance that is 70% and 9 of which exceeded the village registers to the secondary birth registers; 85% target set by the Ministry of Health; (4) involve health personnel and Imams in the promotion of (d) the prevalence of underweight among children under 2 years birth registration. is “acceptable” (green) according to the WHO standards, in 74% of the 19 programmes that sent reports. Recommandations : 1) Support IEC / CCC activities, (2) support the recycling of matrons (3) involve community leaders and traditional healers during the trainings on ARI (4) promote CLTS in all the programmes. 04 World Vision Senegal Annual Child Wellbeing Report - 2014 III. INTRODUCTION During the FY 2014, World Vision Senegal has managed a portfolio of 28 programmes in 6 regions of Senegal. Over the past 7 years, WV Senegal sought to capitalize on its experience and implement a preparation of a development programme approach (DPA). The Senegal model revolves around four main pillars, the fourth of which consists in preparing a monitoring, evaluation and integrated learning system. T able 1 : Mapping of the National Strategy (2013-2015) In 2014, WVS Senegal adapted a new structure with partners, communities, and households to improve focussing on those strategic commitments and enabling the well-being of 639.000 children, particularly the most to significantly contribute the well-being of children vulnerable ones in 6 regions of Senegal by 2015 (see the (sustainable and visible impacts). This new structure is strategy map). To fulfil that goal, our 4 strategic objectives made up of a specialized staff and using a new modus have been formulated