JOMORO DISTRICT ASSEMBLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014-2017) ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2016 Prepared By: DPCU JOMORO DISTRICT ASSEMBLY P. O. BOX 72 HAFF ASSIN i TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................... iv LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................... v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................ 1 CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................. 3 District Profile ............................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................. 3 1.1.1 Vision .................................................................................................................... 3 1.1.2 Mission Statement .................................................................................................. 3 1.2.1 Location And Size ................................................................................................... 3 1.2.2 Relief and Drainage .................................................................................................................. 5 1.2.3 Climate and Rainfall ................................................................................................................. 5 1.2.4 Vegetation ................................................................................................................................. 6 1.2.5 Governance ............................................................................................................................... 6 1.2.5.1 Administrative And Institutional Development ................................................................. 7 CHAPTER TWO ..........................................................................................................11 2.0 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES REPORT .....................................11 2.1 District Medium Term Development Plan (DMTDP) 2014 – 2017 ...................................11 2.1.2 Key M&E Objectives for the Year ............................................................................12 2.1.6 Status of Implementation of the DMTDP .................................................................13 3.0 REPORT ON FUNDING BY SOURCES ..........................................................................14 3.1.2 Efforts to Generate Funds ..................................................................................................... 14 3.1.3 Update on Income and Disbursement .....................................................................14 3.1.6 Update on District Core Indicators ..........................................................................16 CHAPTER THREE .......................................................................................................23 4.0 UPDATE ON CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ISSUES ..........................23 4.1.1 Vulnerability, Gender, Children And Social Protection ...................................................... 23 4.1.2 Child Rights and Protection ................................................................................................... 23 4.1.4 Community Care ...................................................................................................23 4.1.6 Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (Leap): ....................................................24 ii 4.1.7 GENDER ...............................................................................................................24 4.1.9 The National Health Insurance Scheme ..................................................................26 4.2 WASTE MANAGEMENT, WATER AND SANITATION ......................................................29 4.2.2 Key Activities ....................................................................................................29 4.2.3 Premises Inspection ...............................................................................................31 4.2.4 Public Health and Hygiene Education ......................................................................31 4.2.6 Total Waste Collected ............................................................................................34 5.0 Ghana Youth Employment And Entreprenuerial Development Agency (Gyeeda) ...........36 5.1.2 MODULES .............................................................................................................36 5.2.0 Rural Enterprises Programme/ Business Advisory Center (BAC) .................................37 5.2.2 Business Advisory Centre...................................................................................38 5.3 Ghana School Feeding Programme ...........................................................................39 5.3.2 Impact of the Programme on Education ..................................................................40 5.3.4 Status of Street Naming .........................................................................................41 5.4 CAPITATION GRANT FOR 2015/2016 ACADEMIC YEAR ...............................................42 5.5 HIV/AIDS SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT ....................................................................43 5.6 Malaria Advocacy Interventions .................................................................................44 6.0 Environmental Protection and Climate Change ............................................................45 6.1.2 Climate Change and Environmental Protection Interventions by NGO’s .......................46 6.2 HEN MPOANO (NGO) ................................................................................................48 CHAPTER FOUR .........................................................................................................51 7.0 THE WAY FORWARD ................................................................................................51 APPENDIX .................................................................................................................52 iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 1. AEA: Agricultural Extension Agents 2. BAC: Business Advisory Center 3. BECE: Basic Education Certificate Examination 4. CHPS: Community Health Panning Services 5. CSLP: Coastal Sustainable Landscape Project 6. DA: District Assembly 7. DACF: District Assembly Common Fund 8. DPCU: District Planning Co-ordinating Unit 9. GoG: Government of Ghana 10. GAW: Greater Amanzule Wetland 11. GSGDA Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda 12. HIV/AIDS: Human Immune Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 13. IGF: Internal Generated Fund 14. LEAP: Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty 15. M&E: Monitoring and Evaluation 16. MOFA: Ministry of Food and Agriculture 17. MTDP: Medium Term Development Plan 18. NGOs: Non-Governmental Organizations 19. NHIS: National Health Insurance Scheme 20. OPD: Out Patient Department 21. PLHIV: People Living with HIV 22. REP: Rural Enterprise Programme 23. VAT: Value Added Tax iv LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1: UPDATE ON INCOME ........................................................................................ 14 TABLE 2: UPDATE ON DISBURSEMENT .............................................................................. 15 TABLE 3: UPDATE ON DISTRICT CORE INDICATORS .............................................................. 17 TABLE 4: SOME KEY ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING THE PERIOD .......................................... 29 TABLE 5: 2016 MODULES .......................................................................................... 37 TABLE 6: TRAINING PROGRAMMES .................................................................................. 38 TABLE 7: SCHOOLS COVERED FOR THE SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME ...................................... 40 TABLE 8: DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITATION GRANT IN BASIC SCHOOLS ......................................... 42 v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Annual Progress Report for 2016 constitutes the findings, observations and reactions of the monitoring and evaluation activities undertaken in the District during the period under review. Quarterly, Government and Development partners commit significant resources to support a wide range of development interventions that are designed to improve the social and economic conditions in the country. All Government agencies at the sector, Regional and District levels that are tasked with the responsibility of implementing these programmes and projects are expected to demonstrate, through evidence based information, that these interventions are having the desired effects in terms of positively transforming the lives of all beneficiaries. In the context of good public sector governance, the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools to generate reliable and valid information to help government make sound policies and decisions in becoming increasingly relevant. The establishment of a comprehensive national monitoring and evaluation system is seen as a key to facilitating the realization of Ghana’s vision of becoming a middle-income economy. The MTDP was established to improve the delivery of services in the District. This was executed by organizing stakeholders review meetings to assess the performance of the District that deepened the understanding