SINDH COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION PROGRAM CMP Year II Report (October 1 , 2014 to September 30, 2015) Quarter Four Report (July 1 to September 30, 2015) Photo: Students of Government Boys’ Primary School, Alim Khan Sirohi (Mix or co-education school) received water flasks for participation in World Environment Day event organized in their school in District Sukkur on June 5, 2015. TABLE OF CONTENTS Date: October 30, 2015 CMP is made possible by the support of the American People through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).1 CMP is implemented by International Relief and Development (IRD) under Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006. This report was produced for review by USAID. Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Year II, Annual/Quarter 4 Report: October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015 Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 A. PROGRAM SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 1 B. OVERVIEW OF ACHIEVEMENTS THIS REPORTING PERIOD ......................................... 2 C. STATUS OF ACTIVITIES AS PER COMPONENT .............................................................. 10 COMPONENT 1: Increase Communities’ Involvement in the GOS Reform of Merging, ........ 10 Consolidating, and Upgrading Schools ............................................................................................ 10 COMPONENT 2 - Improve community and district government coordination for increased girls’ enrollment ................................................................................................................................. 19 COMPONENT 3: Improve Child Nutrition In Selected Communities And Government Schools Through Research That Informs Innovation And Good Practice .................................. 52 COMPONENT 4: Pilot Component: Launch Of EMO System ..................................................... 59 D. STATUS OF ACTIVITIES PER CROSS CUTTING THEME (CCT) ................................... 74 CCT 1. Gender: Mainstreaming of Program Activities .............................................................................. 74 CCT 2. WATSAN .................................................................................................................................. 86 CCT 3. DRR: Improved Awareness, Knowledge, Preparation, and Practice .............................................. 87 E. SUCCESSES THIS PERIOD ..................................................................................................... 89 F. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES .................................................................................................. 92 COMPONENT 1: Increase Communities’ Involvement in the GOS Reform of Merging, Consolidating, and Upgrading Schools ............................................................................................ 92 COMPONENT 2 - Improve community and district government coordination for increased girls’ enrollment ................................................................................................................................. 93 COMPONENT 3: Improve Child Nutrition In Selected Communities And Government Schools Through Research That Informs Innovation And Good Practice .................................. 93 COMPONENT 4: Pilot Component: Launch Of EMO System ..................................................... 94 G. OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 96 H. PLANS FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD ............................................................................ 98 COMPONENT 1: Increase communities’ involvement in the GOS reform of merging, consolidating, and upgrading schools ............................................................................................... 98 COMPONENT 2 - Improve community and district government coordination for increased girls’ enrollment ................................................................................................................................. 98 COMPONENT 3: Improve Child Nutrition in Selected Communities and Government Schools Through Research That Informs Innovation and Good Practice .................................. 98 COMPONENT 4: Pilot component: Launch of EMO System ....................................................... 98 I. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ 100 ANNEX I. SUCCESS STORIES .......................................................................................................... 101 ANNEX II. INDICATOR BASED SUMMARY REPORT ................................................................. 104 ANNEX III. MAJOR MEETINGS AND ATTENDANCE LISTS ...................................................... 108 ANNEX IV. FINANCIAL REPORT .................................................................................................... 113 ACTUAL EXPENDITURE THIS REPORTING PERIOD ............................................................ 113 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD* .................................................. 113 Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Year II, Annual/Quarter 4 Report: October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015 Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 ACRONYMS ACM Advisor on Community Mobilization ACSE Assistant Chief Secretary for Education AEGM Advisor on Education Governance and Management ASC Annual School Census BHU Basic health unit CLIN Contractual Line Item CMP Community Mobilization Program COP Chief of Party CSR Corporate Social Responsibility CM Chief Minister DDR Disaster Risk Reduction DEO District Education Officer ELD Education and Literacy Department EMO Education Management Organization GBLSS Government Boys’ Lower Secondary School GBPS Government Boys’ Primary School GGPS Government Girls Primary School GBSS Government Boys’ Secondary School GOS Government of Sindh HANDS Health and Nutrition Development Society IBA Institute of Business Administration IRB Institutional Review Board IRC Indus Resource Center KAP Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice MOU Memorandum of understanding PAG Project Advisory Group PCP Pakistan Center for Philanthropy PMIU Project Management and Implementation Unit PPP Public Private Partnership RFP Request for Proposal RSU Reform Support Unit SBEP Sindh Basic Education Program SEF Sindh Education Foundation SMC School Management Committee SOW Scope of Work SRSO Sindh Rural Support Organization STTA Short Term Technical Assistance TA Technical assistance UC Union Council U.S. United States USAID United States Agency for International Development VDP Village Development Profile WATSAN Water and Sanitation Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) Year II, Annual/Quarter 4 Report: October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015 Contract Award No: AID-391-C-13-00006 A. PROGRAM SUMMARY On September 21, 2011, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed an Activity Agreement with the Government of Sindh (GOS) to implement the Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP). This initiative is one of several donor interventions that support the Government’s broader Sindh Education Reform Program (SERP) agenda. SBEP is focused on increasing and sustaining student enrollment in primary, middle, and higher secondary schools. SBEP centres on the seven provincial districts of Dadu, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Kashmore, Larkana, Qambar Shadadkot and five Karachi city Towns of Lyari, Kemari, Orangi, Bin Qasim, and Gadap. SBEP is comprised of seven component parts: 1) Construction of schools in the areas affected by 2010 floods; 2) Support to GOS policy reforms to merge, consolidate, and upgrade schools through construction of schools; 3) Improvement in early grade reading in primary schools; 4) Community mobilization, with a focus on increasing girls’ enrollment and improving the nutritional status of children; 5) Technical assistance (TA) to the GOS’ Education and Literacy Department (ELD); 6) Architecture and engineering support for school construction, and 7) Monitoring and Evaluation. The Community Mobilization Program (CMP) is a five-year program that commenced in August 2013, and forms a cornerstone of SBEP and focuses on component four. CMP has four key objectives, which are separated into four Components: 1) Increase communities’ involvement in the GOS reform of merging, consolidating, and upgrading schools; 2) Improve community and district administrations coordination for increased girls’ enrollment; 3) Improve child nutrition in selected communities and government schools through research that informs innovation and good practice; and, 4) Pilot component: Launch of the Education Management Organization (EMO) system. In addition, CMP has three cross-cutting themes that will significantly add value to these objectives; 1) Gender: Mainstreaming of program activities; 2) Water and sanitation (WATSAN): Improved facilities, knowledge and practice; and, 3) Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): Improved awareness, knowledge, preparation, and practice. The program tracks and supports the construction, merging, consolidation, and upgrading schedule of SBEP schools. CMP also works with neighboring schools that fall within designated areas around new schools being built under SBEP and that accord with the specific criteria set by USAID for CMP activities. CMP inclusive community activities are designed to make these educational improvements sustainable by increasing