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Testing for Sustainability: Lessons From the Post-Intervention Study in Taita-Taveta District, Kenya
CORE Spring Meeting 2013Plan International
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Why Do We Need Post-Intervention Studies?• To improve our understanding of the organization's
contribution to long term changes in the communities
• To review overall community ownership of previous projects
• To provide valuable input for programme managers on future programme design
• To inform how to start and finish work in specific areas
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Study Highlights• Two pilot studies in India and Bolivia in 2010. • First full study in Kenya in 2011.
o The study analyzed the extent communities had changed since the end of the implementation period (1986-2002), and the main reasons for these changes and Plan’s contribution, if any.
o Evidence was found many of the physical inputs had contributed to increased resiliency and well-being of individual families and the wider community.
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Methodology• Joint venture between Plan’s International Programme
Effectiveness Team, Plan Kenya and INTRAC. • The tools used:
o semi-structured interviewso Focus group discussionso observations o larger group meetings
• A range of informants and stakeholders participated in the study. The team consisted of three consultants and they spent 12 days conducting field work, plus a pre-study visit of two days to set up meetings with key stakeholders.
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Groups consultedTotal number of informants: 165• Primary school children• Parents• Village chiefs• Village elders• Women’s group
members• CBO committee
members
• Farmers• Nurses• Teachers and Head
instructors• District and divisional
officers
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Key Findings• Improved Latrines in good
condition• Livelihood projects
supported by Plan made a difference:o Improved family nutritiono Generator of cash to pay school
fees o Lack of project ownership or
responsibility for the communityo Adopted the role of duty bearero Many projects were seen to
have benefited the wider community.
• Large water projects supported by Plan are still operational and generally valued. o Provision of water supplies to
smaller communities were key to improving quality of life for families.
o Some larger systems remained incomplete at the time of Plan’s withdrawal
o The Water Department reported water projects left without a proper hand-over.
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Key Findings ContinuedOther larger scale projects discussed by informants included: • Construction of new
classrooms, upgrading of existing rooms, and provision of furniture, books and toilets.
• Construction a health dispensary and two buildings for Financial Services Associations (FSAs).
• The majority were in a reasonable state of repair and in use.
Community
Responsibility and Rights• Decision-making power
transferred to committees• Plan encouraged registration
of CBOs but almost all CBOs are no longer in operation.
• Parents and District Officers understood community needed to be consulted and participate in the planning/implementation process
• Systems of accountability were established in administration offices and health centers.
• Children understood their rights, as did teachers and some parents.
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Recommendations• Situation Analysis in prospective programme areas
before establishing a programme, in order to ascertain local context and needs.
• Align programme objectives with national commitments to children’s rights.
• Phasing out requires both the time, community involvement, and context
• Continue to support past partners, for instance through mentoring or referral mechanisms (e.g. support sessions at periodic meetings).
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Next Steps• The lessons learned from the study in Kenya have
helped in designing the second post intervention study which will focuses on an area that Plan left in 2006/7.
• The study will concentrate on areas that may have been exposed to rights based programming from Plan.
• This should enable Plan to explore its contribution to community empowerment and resilience in more depth.
• A review of Plan’s process of phasing out from communities is planned, which will consider these suggestions found within the Kenya Study.
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Summary• Post-Intervention studies are useful in providing
feedback in to programmatic inputs and overall long-term program sustainability and community interventions.
• If we don’t test for sustainability how do we know that our interventions are truly successful and sustainable?
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Thank You!
For more information, please contact:Patricia Murray, Program Associate
Plan International [email protected]