USAID Kenya (YYC! NEP) OCT-DEC FY 2014 Q1 Quarterly ...

USAID Kenya (YYC! NEP)

OCT-DEC FY 2014 Q1

Quarterly Progress Report

January 31, 2014

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YYC! NEP

FY 2014 Q1 PROGRESS REPORT

(01 October 2013– 31December 2013)

Award No: (623-A-00-03-0000 1 0 -00)

Prepared for Dr. Lucy Kithome

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

Education Development Centre Inc

43 Foundry Avenue

Waltham, MA 02453-8313

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.

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Table of Contents

Contents

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................ 1

I. YYC! NEP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 2

II. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS (QUALITATIVE IMPACT) .................................................................................... 4

III. PROGRAM PROGRESS (QUANTITATIVE IMPACT) ............................................................................. 6

IV. PERFORMANCE MONITORING ............................................................................................................. 16

V. PROGRESS ON LINKS TO OTHER USAID PROGRAMS ................................................................... 16

VI. PROGRESS ON LINKS WITH GOK AGENCIES .................................................................................. 16

VII. PROGRESS ON USAID FORWARD ...................................................................................................... 17

VIII. SUSTAINABILITY AND EXIT STRATEGY ........................................................................................... 17

IX. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE ................................................................................................... 17

X. SUBSQUENT QUARTER’S WORK PLAN .............................................................................................. 17

XI. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................... 19

XII. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................................................ 23

XIII. INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL REPORTS ONLY ....................................................................... 25

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

GoK Government of Kenya

EDC

NYBA

Education Development Centre

National Youth Bunge Association

SUPKEM Supreme Council of Kenyan Muslims

YYC! R Yes Youth Can! Regional

YYC! NEP Yes Youth Can! North Eastern Province

YYC! N

CBF

Yes Youth Can! National

County Board Forum

COFI Community owned financial Initiative

CNFA Citizen Network for foreign Affairs

PMP Performance Monitoring Plan

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I. YYC! NEP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The report describes activities during the period of October 1 to December 31, 2013. During the

quarter, EDC organized the first Garissa County delegates meeting to constitute the County board

for Garissa County while in Wajir County, we finalized the village mobilization to identify mobilizers,

administration of the baseline survey and training of volunteer mobilizers. A review of the

performance indicator reference sheets was done and the PMP was also revised based on feedback

from the project’s AOR.

During this past quarter two evaluators contracted by MSI visited the project for two days in Nov

2013 to carry out a baseline evaluation mandated by USAID for the project. The project facilitated

the evaluators to meet the project sample group.

There were a number of notable challenges during this implementation period, namely the lack of

registration certificates in GOK social service office which delayed bunge registration; high

expectations from the community in Wajir, implementation of devolved government structures; and

security, and low youth literacy level, all of which contributed to slowing down the project

implementation. In addition, the youth radio broadcasters trained in the first year have left the

project for other work opportunities.

Qualitative Impact

During the reporting period, Wajir county youth were mobilized and mobilizers were identified and

trained on the mobilization process. Five counties (Wajir South, Wajir North, Eldas, Wajir West and

Tarbaj) in Wajir County were reached during the reporting period. A baseline survey was

administered during the mobilization in Wajir County in order to measure youth’s perceptions and

activity related to civic engagement and governance before the project.

In Garissa County the youth continued to register as preparation for the first Delegates meeting,

Garissa township had difficulties in registration, so there were 45 bunges ready for registration but

which were not registered due to a shortage of certificates even though they were cleared by social

services as ready for registration.

The Garissa constituency delegates election was held on 3rd & 4th December 2013 to elect the

county board. The executive committee will be constituted within 30 days of the first election in the

next quarter.

EDC continued the production and airing of weekly radio programs in partnership with Star FM

using Warsan FM.Most of the 12 programs produced were related to issues about civic participation

or social issues.

Quantitative Impact

During the past quarter, Wajir County mobilized 417 youth, 40 volunteers were identified and

trained as mobilizers (Male 36 and 4 female) making a total of 49 mobilizers (Male 43 and 6 Female)

for Wajir including the mobilizers identified in the last quarter in Wajir East. The mobilization

exercise entailed village visits, calling youth for meetings with assistance of the chiefs, attending

District steering group meetings to introduce the project, meeting with individual government

representatives to discuss the project registered youth groups in Garissa and Wajir. As at 31st

December 2013, 328 (248 Garissa and 82 Wajir) youth bunges were registered with a total of 7,708

youth member (4,094 Male and 3,642 Female).

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During the quarter the project invited 501 delegates from across Garissa County for the county

delegate’s forum. EDC has continued to run the one hour weekly radio programs through Warsan

FM. 12 programs were completed during the reporting period. 162 (85 Male and 77 Female)

participated in the call-in sessions by contributing to the program. The Radio production has faced

challenges in losing the youth to other radio programs that provides an opportunity for them to

earn an income.

Subsequent Quarter’s Work Plan

During the next quarter, EDC will continue to implement the work plan and update it to reflect the

priority areas to be identified for the window of opportunity Fund for Garissa County. EDC will

continue to liaise with other regional partners and USAID to implement best practices. The work

plan had called for Wajir county board elections at the end of Q1, however, the project has

postponed that activity until beginning of Q2 due to the time taken to mobilize within Wajir due to

the rains and great distances. The activities to be implemented are listed below:

Garissa County

1. Monitor and support the youth bunge registration process

2. Organize meeting for the county board to elect Ex-Com member

3. Support the count board in developing the work plans for the county

4. Link the county board to NYBA

5. Continue with mobilization to increase the number of bunges and membership with the help

of the county board.

6. Link the the county board with their leaders both at the constituency and county level

Wajir County

1. Organize monthly mobilizers meetings to get update on mobilization.

2. Monitor and support the youth group registration process and update the bunge tracker.

3. Offer youth bunges initial leadership and community needs assessment training.

4. Support bunges in action plan development process.

5. Village bunges developed action plan

6. Support the formation of constituency and county board structures.

7. Link the county board to the NYBA

8. Develop a joint County board and EDC

Mandera County

1. Preparation for Mandera visit for the implementation of the project.

2. Advertise, hire staff and orientate them into the project.

3. Make an initial visit to introduce the project to the County government.

Youth Radio

1. Radio production and broadcast on mobilization and county board formation and planning.

2. Work with County boards to broadcast programs on issues that affect youth and create

advocacy forums and publicity i.e. National ID, security etc

3. Design and create communications materials to reflect YYC NEP programs

4. Update and maintain Face book page and other communications tools

5. Support communication, marketing and mobilization campaigns for the program

The project’s work plan will be revised once the county work plans for Garissa are developed and

to reflect the county board plans. All the mentioned activities will be carried out as planned unless

challenges in security come up.

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II. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS (Qualitative Impact)

The following were key achievements for this Quarter:

Garissa County

Registration of youth bunges

127 youthbunges were registered in Garissa during the reporting period which brings to a total of

248bunges for Garissa county and 45 were ready for registration.

County wide delegates forum

During the quarter the project managed to register more that 40% youth bunges that enabled the

formation of the county board. The delegates’ forum brought together bunge president and the

senior most representative of the opposite sex from all the registered bunges in Garissa county. A

total of 251 bunges were invited for the delegates meeting to create a platform for the youth to

meet, network and share ideas, the meeting was also to allow the review of the draft constitution,

propose amendment and adopt so it can be used as final document and finally to democratically elect

five representative from each of the six constituencies to form county board.

The forum was instrumental to the project as it is among the key activities that will enable the youth

to select leaders who will identify their needs and prioritize them so that the youth can be

supported to implement their expressed priorities. The meeting was attended by delegates from all

of the six constituencies from Garissa County and other invited guest, the guest were

representatives from USAID, SUPKEM, National Youth Council and the Deputy Governor from the

governor’s office. The table below shows the distribution of the youth in terms male and female

Constituency Male Female Total

Balambala 26 26 52

Fafi 42 37 79

Lagdera 21 21 42

Garissa Township 40 36 76

Dadaab 58 53 111

Ijara 54 47 101

Total 241 220 461

The youth leaders were able to adopt the county bunge network constitution and elect their leaders

successfully, 30 youth leaders (18 Male and 12 female) were elected to form the county board.

Wajir County

Village mobilization

During the quarter 417 youth were mobilized in the county. A number of EDC staff were engaged

in the mobilization and training of youth volunteers to mobilize youth in the county. 40 mobilizers

were identified for the other five constituencies (36 Male, 4 Female). These mobilizers will continue

to mobilize youth in the county for a period of two months. Monthly mobilizers meetings were held

to gauge progress of 5 constituencies out of the six in Wajir County while they contacted the Wajir

Program Specialist for consultations. The sixth constituency was mobilized towards the end of the

quarter and its first monthly meeting will be held in the next quarter.

Bunge formation

As a result of the mobilization in the reporting period, 142 bunges were formed in the six

constituencies and 82 were registered with Gender and Social Services offices within the respective

constituencies in Wajir. The continuous registration to reach the target has been delayed due to lack

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of registration certificates. The Social Service Office has promised to bring certificates after a follow

up from the EDC’s office.

Baseline Survey

In Wajir, EDC also administered a baseline survey in order to measure youth’s perceptions and

activity related to civic engagement and governance and 648 survey samples were done in the six

constituencies of Wajir

Registration is still a challenge as the registering office is in most cases said to be lacking certificates,

which delays bunge registration in Both Wajir and Garissa. The project keeps on consulting the

social service department most of the times to help the youth and fast truck the registration

process.

Lessons Learned

The following are lessons learned from the implementation period:

Youth Literacy level

The illiteracy level is high and in Wajir and Garissa , hence administration of simple things like

participants lists is a challenge. Many times youth are asked to assist each other. The administration

of the base line surveys has to be done in local language. Youth are asked to identify youth with

some level of education to be their representatives for training to be able to provide details,

documents and reports required from the bunges.

Security of the operation area

The security situation in Kenya and especially NEP is unpredictable due to the threat from armed

groups. This threat sometimes delays implementation of the operations or forces project staff to

travel with security escorts. The recommendation is monitor the situation and share with donor.

Poor Communication and Transport network

Wajir County is one of the vast Counties in Kenya and has poor Transport and Communication

networks in most of its areas. This hampers smooth implementation of the project activities.

However EDC has been trying to cope with this situation. The recommendation is monitor the

situation and share with donor.

Managing expectations

Due to long standing neglect of the NEP region by the government and the prolonged droughts, the

region has been on relief handouts. This has impacted the perception of people in the region

(especially youth) toward aid groups and international NGOs. EDC staff faced difficult scenarios

during mobilization meetings when youth expect to be paid even when they come together for

meeting to discuss their issues and form groups. Perception change will take a long time and so the

project encourages youth to start discussing issues that affect them and how they can address that

without expecting little or no help from outside while being innovative.

Capacity of Youth in group management

As youth Bunges are being formed, the project has learned that the youth do not have the capacity

to manage their groups within the normal group management skills required of documentation of

meetings, running a group account, planning of activities and managing the implementation process.

There is need to do a lot of capacity building in helping the youth to manage their groups for

accountability and sustainability of the groups. While this was not a surprise, lower education levels

and lack of exposure for young people that the project learned through the mobilization process has

confirmed this.

SACCOs

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Though the SACCO model is the main approach to sustainable economic gain for the YYC

youth,the only operating SACCO in NEP is the Community Owned Financial Initiative (COFI) that

was formed by Citizen Network for Foreign Affairs (CNFA) which was working with famers and

livestock traders. EDC is currently gathering information on the existing sharia compliant SACCOs

and liaising with other YYC regional’s and study outside the region on existence of the same and

discuss with USAID on the way forward.

Radio Production

The Radio production has faced challenges in losing the youth radio broadcasters who acted as

interns to produce one hour weekly radio program to other local radio stations that provide better

job opportunities for them to earn an income. Based on CBF work plans, the project expects to

train other youth to be able to produce and broadcast youth friendly radio programs. With the help

of EDC staff and a consultant, youth producers and broadcasters will develop and broadcast radio

content focused on raising awareness of the YYC NEP activities including continued mobilization,

county board formation and planning, and activities, campaigns and events launched by the county

boards.

III. PROGRAM PROGRESS (Quantitative Impact) EDC has made progress in implementing the activities planned for the quarter. The tables below

present data on the indicators tracked through thework plan activities for Objectives 1 and 3.

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Table 1: Performance Data Table

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of people attending USG assisted facilitated events that are geared towards strengthening, understanding and mitigation conflict between groups

INDICATOR NUMBER: 1.1.1 UNIT:

Bunge

members

DISAGGREGATE BY: location Geographic

Location Activity Title Date W M Sub-total

Garissa

County Bunge Membership

October to

December 2013

1191 1509 2,672

Wajir

County

October to

December

2013

1126 1053 2,179

Results:

Additional

Criteria

If other criteria are

important,

add lines for setting targets

and tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods(n/a)

This Reporting Period

FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target

Achieved Target Achieved Target Target

W M W M W M W M W M W M

n/a 0 2857 15,000 4851 15,000 33,000

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of new groups or initiatives created through USG funding, dedicated to resolving the conflict or the drivers of the conflict


bunge DISAGGREGATE BY: location Geographic Location Activity Title Date W M Sub-total

Garissa

Bunges Registered October 2013 to December

2013

n/a n/a 05

Dadaab n/a n/a 32

Fafi n/a n/a 11

Balambala n/a n/a 28

Lagdera n/a n/a 16

Ijara n/a n/a 15

Wajir East

Bunge Registration

October 2013 to December

2013

n/a n/a 22

Wajir North n/a n/a 23

Wajir South n/a n/a 20

Wajir West n/a n/a 11

Eldas n/a n/a 06

Tarbaj n/a n/a 0

Results: Additional

Criteria

If other criteria

are important, add lines for

setting targets

and tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 141 800 187 800 2290

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of host nationals inhabitants reached through USG assisted public information campaigns to support peaceful resolution

INDICATOR NUMBER: 1.1.2

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UNIT:

Listenership DISAGGREGATE BY: none

Activity Title Date W M Sub-total

Radio program call in Programs on peace Oct-Dec 2013 51 52 103

Results: Additional

Criteria

If other criteria

are important, add lines for

setting targets and tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 107 400,000 103 400,000

1,263,00

0

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of media stories disseminated with USG support to facilitate the advancement of reconciliation or peace processes


Media story DISAGGREGATE BY: none


Story 1 Importance of Peace (Somali) 1/10/2013

09 11 20

Story 2 Drug abuse among female youth

(Somali)

8/10/2013 18 09 27

Story 3 Women participation in peace

building (Somali)

15/10/2013

11 21 32

Story 4 Improving Girls education (Somali) 22/10/2013 3 4 7

Story 5 Exams Cheating and its

implications (Kiswahili)

5/11/2013 3 6 9

Story 6 Looking down upon available job

opportunities among the youth

(Kiswahili)

12/11/2013 6 4 10

Story 7 Drug abuse among youth

(Kiswahili)

19/11/2013 2 4 6

Story 8 Community contribution towards

peaceful coexistence (Kiswahili)

2611/2013 15 10 25

Story 9 Peacful coexistence among

communities (Somali)

3/12/2013 4 7 11

Story 10 The role of community elders in

peace making process (Somali)

10/12/2013 4 6 10

Story 11 The role of women towards peace

making (Kiswahili)

17/12/2013 1 1 2

Story 12 The role of community elders in

peace making process (Kiswahili)

24/12/2013 1 2 3

Results:

Additional Criteria

If other criteria are important, add lines

for setting targets and tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 10 50 12 50 144

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of people participating in USG supported events, trainings or activities designed to build mass support for peace and reconciliation

INDICATOR NUMBER: 2.3.2-12

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UNIT:

Number of individuals

DISAGGREGATE BY: gender, location Activity Title Date W M Sub-total

Garissa Mobilization drive Oct to Dec

2013

82 131 213

Wajir Mobilization Drive Oct to Dec 2013

819 1086 1905

Results:

Additional Criteria

If other criteria are important, add lines for setting targets and

tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 2815 5000 2118 5000 11000

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of youth elected to positions of leadership on county boards, executive boards, or village committees



DISAGGREGATE BY: county, gender Activity Title Date W M Sub-total

Garissa County board election 4th Dec

2013

12 18 30

Wajir n/a n/a 0 0 0

Results:

Additional Criteria


important, add lines for setting targets and

tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 60 12 18 60 90

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of county elections held


Number of elections

DISAGGREGATE BY: county Activity Title Date W M Sub-total

Garissa County board election 4th Dec 2013 N?A 1

Wajir n/a n/a n/a 0

Results:

Additional Criteria

If other criteria are important, add lines for


Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 2 1 2 3

10

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of county boards formed


Number of boards


Garissa County Board 4th Dec 2013 n/a 1

Wajir n/a n/a n/a 0

Results:

Additional Criteria



tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 2 1 2 3

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of county-level work plans developed

INDICATOR NUMBER: 1.31 UNIT:

Number of plans


Garissa n/a n/a n/a 0

Wajir n/a n/a n/a 0

Results:

Additional Criteria



Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 3 0 3 3

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of groups trained in conflict mediation / resolution skills or consensus building techniques with USG assistance




Results:

Additional Criteria



Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 1000 1500

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of youth work plans developed


UNIT:

Number of youth plans



11

Wajir n/a n/a n/a 0

Results:

Additional Criteria


setting targets and

tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 945 0 945 1,350

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of youth receiving scholarships to continue with secondary and tertiary education supported by USG assistance




Garissa n/a n/a 0 0 0

Wajir n/a n/a 0 0 0

Results:

Additional Criteria


setting targets and

tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 50 0 350 500

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of youth receiving entrepreneurship training with USG assistance


UNIT:




Wajir n/a n/a 0 0 0

Results:

Additional Criteria



Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 1,000 0 2,000 5,000

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of youth-led community-based initiatives implemented


Number of initiatives



Wajir n/a n/a n/a 0

Results:

Additional Criteria Baseline Results

Achieved


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

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tracking

Prior

Periods

(n/a)

Target



n/a 0 n/a 945 0 945 1,350

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of individuals receiving voter and civic education through USG-assisted programs


UNIT:



Results:

Additional Criteria


important, add lines for setting targets and tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 100 300

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of individuals who have received USG supported short term cultural sector productivity or food production


UNIT:


DISAGGREGATE BY: risk category, gender

Activity Title Date W M

Sub-total

Results:

Additional Criteria


setting targets and

tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 50 150

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of persons receiving new employment or better employment (including better self-employment) as a result of participation in USG funded workforce development

INDICATOR NUMBER: 4.6.3-2 UNIT:


DISAGGREGATE BY: risk category, gender Activity Title Date W M Sub-total

Results:

Additional Criteria



Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 1000 3000

INDICATOR TITLE: Total number of clients (households and /or micro enterprise ) benefiting from financial services provided through USG assisted financial intermediaries, including non-financial institutions or actors

INDICATOR NUMBER: 4.7.1-12 UNIT: DISAGGREGATE BY: county, gender

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Results:

Additional Criteria



tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 2000 6000

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of Financial intermediaries support by USG Assistance

INDICATOR NUMBER: 4.7.1-12 UNIT:



Results:

Additional Criteria



Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 1 3

14

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of microenterprises support by USG enterprises Assistant


UNIT:

Number initiatives


Results:

Additional Criteria


tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 0 0 1000 3000

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of youth-led income-generation initiatives implemented


UNIT:




Wajir n/a n/a n/a 0

Results:

Additional Criteria


tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a 0 n/a 400 0 400 1,000

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of persons receiving new or better employment (including better self-employment) as a result of participation in USG – funded workforce development project INDICATOR NUMBER: 4.6.3-2

UNIT:




Wajir n/a n/a 0 0 0

Results:

Additional Criteria



tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a

0 n/a 1000 2500

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of youth-managed SACCOs with improved access to bank loans as a result of USG assistance


UNIT:

Number of SACCOs



15

Wajir n/a n/a n/a 0

Results:

Additional Criteria



tracking

Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2013

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a

0 n/a 20 0 20 50

INDICATOR TITLE: Number of youth led and produced civic education radio programs produced and aired with USG assistance


UNIT:

Number of programs

DISAGGREGATE BY: none Activity Title Date W M Sub-total

Results:

Additional Criteria



Baseline

Results

Achieved

Prior

Periods

(n/a)


FY2014

FY 2014

Target

End of

Project

Target



n/a

0 n/a 10 10 25

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IV. PERFORMANCE MONITORING

During the reporting period EDC administered a baseline survey at the village level in Wajir to

assess attitudes related to civic participation, opportunities to participate and employment status of

youth. The survey was administered prior to the mobilization. The M&E team trained staff and

mobilizers in data collection procedures to ensure accurate data is collected. Data collected in

Garissa was analyzed and It will be shared with Garissa county board during the work planning

session for Garissa county the next quarter. Data collected for Wajir will be analyzed to be shared.

Data is being inputted into the database on an ongoing basis to ensure proper electronic and hard

copy filing is done.

In looking at the results of the baseline survey in Garissa, nearly three-fourths (70.0%) of

respondents were male and respondents ranged in age from 16 to 37. The largest percentage of

respondents (35.3%) had no schooling while the 2nd highest group (23.5%) had a high school degree.

53% were married and 44% were single with the small remainder being divorced or widowed. The

baseline survey results in Garissa County revealed that youth had generally positive attitudes toward

opportunities to participate in their communities. For example, the majority of respondents valued

civic engagement in their community (90.7%) and felt they were able to be actively involved in civic

engagement in the community (89.0%). Most youth also thought that local government listens to

their views (76.2%). Youth with no schooling were generally more optimistic than those with

schooling. Around 60 percent of respondents were aware of opportunities for youth in the New

Constitution (63.7%) and the National Youth Policy (61.7%). Respondents were asked to identify

some of the biggest barriers to civic engagement and participation in local governance and around

60 percent (61.0%) checked lack of information and relevant skills.

In addition to the baseline survey, the project increased its targets, based on a request from USAID.

Due to the slow process of bunge formation in Garissa and Wajir Counties to date and the logistical

constraints to providing monitoring and support to bunges because of geographic distances and few

staff, there is some concern that the increased targets may be challenging to reach.

V. PROGRESS ON LINKS TO OTHER USAID PROGRAMS

EDC continues to exchange information and effective strategies with the other YYC regional

partners and other USAID funded programs i.e. CLUSA, Winrock, World Vision International and

Mercy Corps.

VI. PROGRESS ON LINKS WITH GOK AGENCIES

EDC has continued to collaborate and share with County governments of Garissa and Wajir on the

implementation of the YYC program, particularly the Governors office, County Director of Youth

and Education and the Gender and Social Services Offices in respective constituencies and county

headquarters. The project is linking the constituency youth representatives with the constituency

member of parliament to represent youth in constituency planning and execution of youth related

activities. Youth leaders are encouraged to work with other youth organs existing within the

counties i.e National Youth Council. EDC is connecting youth to their area members of parliament

to be able to participate in the constituency activities and link with Uwezo funds. So far, two

constituencies have been linked, Dadaab and Ijara. Efforts to link the others are underway.

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VII. PROGRESS ON USAID FORWARD EDC is striving to develop the capacity of the village youth groups (bunges) and county level youth

groups that have formed through the project. As part of this effort, EDC plans to sub-grant to the

county boards once they are established and have identified their priorities and needs later in year 2.

The project will look for creative and effective strategies to strengthen youth’s capacity based on

lessons learned and effective practices under YYC and in EDC’s youth programs in Kenya and

elsewhere.

VIII. SUSTAINABILITY AND EXIT STRATEGY

EDC has a strategy of working with local government structures and institutions that have youth

activities as well as youth-led structures. During the reporting period, EDC has been collecting

information on resources available for youth and establishing ways of creating relationships to

connect youth to the identified youth institutions and county government leadership. Since the

project focused primarily on project start up and the first phase of mobilizing youth, capacity

building and linking youth to resources to sustain their activities will follow once county boards are

up and running.

IX. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE

N/A

X. SUBSQUENT QUARTER’S WORK PLAN

Going forward during the second quarter, EDC will continue to implement the work plan and

update it to reflect prioritized activities in the window of opportunity Fund for Garissa County.

EDC will be continually liaising with other regional partners and USAID to implement best practices.

The activities to be implemented are listed below:

Garissa County

1. Monitor and support the youth bunge registration process

2. Organize meeting for the county board to elect Ex-Com members

3. Support the count board in developing the work plans for the county

4. Link the county board to NYBA

5. Continue with mobilization to increase the number of bunges and membership with the help

of the county board.

6. Link the county board with their leaders both at the constituency and county level.

Wajir County

1. Organize monthly mobilizers meetings to get update on mobilization.

2. Monitor and support the youth group registration process and update the bunge tracker.

3. Offer youth bunges initial leadership and community needs assessment training.

4. Support bunges in action plan development process.

5. Village bunges developed action plan

6. Support the formation of constituency and county board structures.

7. Link the county board to the NYBA

8. Develop a joint County board and EDC

Mandera County

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4. Preparation for Mandera visit for the implementation of the project.

5. Advertise, hire staff and orientate them into the project.

6. Make an initial visit to introduce the project to the County government.

Youth Radio

1. Radio production and broadcast on mobilization and county board formation and planning.

2. Work with County boards to broadcast programs on issues that affect youth and create

advocacy forums and publicity i.e. National ID, security etc

3. Design and create communications materials to reflect YYC NEP programs

4. Update and maintain Face book page and other communications tools

5. Support communication, marketing and mobilization campaigns for the program

The project also continues its youth-led radio broadcasting throughout Year 2 in partnership with

Star FM. However, unfortunately, the trained youth broadcasters have left the project and moved

on to other better employment opportunities, which is forcing the project to identify other youth to

training as broadcasters.

EDC does not envision deviating from the approved work plan in a significant way, however due to

constraints (described below in Section XII), the county board formation process (including

elections, sensitization) for Wajir will take place in Quarter 2 of Year 2 instead of Quarter 1 of Year

2 as planned in the annual work plan.

Below is a table that describes the changedtiming in activities from the approved work plan. Planned Activities from

Previous Quarter

Actual Status this Quarter Explanations for Deviations

County Board formation- Garissa This activity did not take place in

Q1 of Year 2 as planned in work plan; this will take place at the

beginning of Q2 of Year 2.

Due to difficulties with village

bunge registration process with the Ministry of Gender & Social

Services the county board formation process has been delayed overall.

Garissa County board and EDC

joint Work plan

This activity did not take place

in Q1 of Year 2 as planned in

work plan; this will take place

at the beginning of Q2 of Year

2.

Due to delayed registration

process with the Ministry of

Gender & Social Services there

has not been the requisite

number of bunges mobilized to

reach the county board

formation stage. Thus delayed

the election of county board. County Board formation- Wajir This activity did not take place in



Due to difficulties with registration

process with the Ministry of Gender & Social Services there has

not been the requisite number of bunges mobilized to reach the county board formation stage.

Train County boards on leadership and management

This activity did not take place in Q1 of Year 2 as planned in work plan; this will take place at the


Due to the delayed formation of the county boards, delayed the training of county boards on

leadership and Management.

Establish county and village level

woo systems in Wajir

This activity did not take place in



Due to the delayed formation of

the boards delayed the identification of the woo activities

by the county board.

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XI. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Cash Flow Report and Financial Projections (Pipeline Burn-Rate)

T.E.C.: 10,900,000 Cum Oblig: 8,900,000 Cum Expenditure: 7,476,103

Obligation 1st Quarter Actual

Expenditures 2nd Quarter Projected

Expenditures 3rd Quarter Projected

Expenditures 4th Quarter Projected

Expenditures

8,900,000 91,589 596,413 449,677 619,961

Personnel 29,857 109,029 96,853 123,606

Fringe Benefits 4,270 27,584 24,867 112,896 Travel 18,512 232,976 50,181 68,739

Equipment 2,380 8,294 - - Supplies 490 2,248 1,632 1,573

Contractual 5,919 38,285 11,567 12,051 Construction - - - -

Other Direct Costs 8,960 35,051 25,157 21,659 Subgrants - - - -

Indirect Costs 21,201 142,945 68,187 108,203 Windows of Opportunity Fund - - 171,233 171,233

Budget Notes (Listed below are assumptions, major changes, estimations, or issues intended to provide a better understanding of the numbers)

Personnel Salaries for Q1 only includes one month of pay for local salaries (October); Q2 estimates include 4 months of pay for local salaries (Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb) and anticipates hiring 2 field office staff 1 in Garissa and 1 for Wajir County; Q3 estimates include 3 months of pay for local salaries (Mar, Apr, May) and anticipates hiring 2 field office staff Mandera County; Q4 includes 4 months of pay for local salaries (Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep).

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Fringe Benefits Q2 includes a catch-up for Q1 actuals that haven't been paid yet. Q4 includes an annual contribution to our local staff IPP and an annual severance accrual for local staff.

Travel*

1st Q actuals include an international trip for the HO financial analyst to Nairobi for training purposes; and multiple trips for YYC staff to travel from Garissa to Nairobi for various meetings County Activities including: Garissa Mobilizer Transportation; Monthly Mobilizer follow-up Meetings Wajir Mobilizer Identification & training; Mobilizer Transportation Q2 estimates include an international trip for the HO project associate to assist with the Garissa County Board Forum elections and work planning; SACCO training for YYC staff; and contain an average of 6 trips per month for YYC staff to travel to/from Garissa/Nairobi County Activities including: Garissa Mobilizer transportation; Constituency Delegates Meeting; County Board Elections/work planning Wajir Mobilizer Identification & training; Monthly follow-up meetings with Mobilizers; Mobilizer transportation; Constituency Delegates meeting; County Board Elections; and Work Planning session for the County Board members All Counties travel for Radio Program Development component; and travel costs associated with M&E data collection. Q3 estimates include an international trip for the Project Director and contain an average of 6 trips per month for YYC staff to travel to/from Garissa/Nairobi County Activities including: Mandera the initial mobilization visit; stakeholder forum; and mobilizer identification and training in municipality Q4 estimates include County Activities including: Mandera Mobilizer Identification & training for the sub counties; and monthly follow-up meetings with the mobilizers. All Counties travel costs associated with M&E data collection.

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Equipment EDC's original proposal included the purchase of laptops, a printer, and satellite phones. Not all items have been procured yet and Q2 estimates the purchase of 2 laptops, 1 printer, and 2 satellite phones.

Supplies 1st Q actuals and Q2 - Q4 estimates contain no deviations from our proposed and approved budget

Contractual 1st Q actuals are lower than expected due to a delay in reporting field office expenses to EDC's Home Office. Q2 estimates are higher than usual to include the timing difference. Q3 - Q4 estimates contain no significant deviations from our proposed and approved budget

Construction Construction costs are not included as part of our current award and at this time EDC does not anticipate incurring any construction costs for the remainder of the award

Other Direct Costs No deviations of note to report in Other Direct Costs for any quarter. Actuals and estimates contain no significant deviations from our proposed and approved budget.

Subgrants There are no subgrants in our current award and at this time EDC anticipates that it will only issue subgrants from the WoO Fund for the remainder of the award

Indirect Costs Calculated as per award conditions

Windows of Opportunity Fund EDC estimates that we will begin issuing grants from the Windows of Opportunity fund beginning in Q3

*Costs related to mobilization activities mentioned in the notes are estimates of when the costs will be booked. Mention of the specific activity indicates that the activity has some costs either paid or estimated in the quarter, but ALL costs associated with a particular activity may not be booked in the quarter in which the activity took place. There is a lag between the time the activity is undertaken and the expenses for that activity are reflected in the financial reports.

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Table 3: New Sub-Award Details

N/A

XII. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION

Constraints and Critical Issues

Government Officials and Youth Group Registration

Non-responsiveness of the government officials in the Gender and Social Service Offices in

supporting the project is posing a challenge for the youth bunge registration. Both Wajir and

Garissa had the same problem during the reporting period.

Staffing

EDC’s experience in the last quarter has been that the YYC model requires more staffing to build

capacity, monitor and develop the youth bunges. With the limited project staff and the vastness of

the area of operation and associated security risks, young bunge capacity building may be limited to

certain sites which are easier to access. Moreover we anticipate that regular day to day monitoring

of the bunges will also be difficult due to the lack of more field staff.

Security in North Eastern Province and Garissa

During the reporting period, the number of security incidents has reduced though the security

situation with current threats is unpredictable. EDC will continue to monitor the situation closely

and inform USAID of the impact security has on the program implementation.

Devolved (Decentralized) Government

The implementation of the devolved county governments is still a slow process in NEP as it is for

the rest of the country, The project is coordinating with relevant ministries during the

implementation period. Despite the challenges, EDC in consultation with USAID will continue to

approach all those government arms as potential stakeholders and involve them in the project

implementation process to seek their support.

Literacy Level

During the quarter as the project team visited the villages outside the main towns in wajir, the

literacy level is extremely low and in all occasions, staff had to interpret the information into the

local Somali / Garre dialect. Unfortunately, very few youth in these areas have completed much

education beyond the primary level. This required staff to take more time in administering the

baseline survey. EDC anticipates that low literacy could be a greater constraint as the project

moves further into more rural areas of Wajir and Mandera. Low literacy will impact the strategies

used for mobilization and capacity building activities for better management of the bunges and the

boards.

Infrastructure

The road and communication networks are a key hindrance in coverage of large numbers of youth.

As a result, trainings and meetings have to be planned in more central places due to non-availability

of public transport and lack of a cellular network to be able to communicate with youth. EDC have

planned to hold the trainings and meetings in more central towns either at the constituency level or

at the county in order to enable the volunteers to attend the planned meetings or trainings.

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Changes in the Project

During this period of implementation the project’s most significant challenge was the delay in

registration of youth groups (as cited above) which has delayed the timeline for other activities, such

as county board formation.

Other changes related to increased expenses related to mobilization that were discussed earlier

under Sections X and XI.

Contract, Award or Cooperative Agreement Modifications

and Amendments

N/A

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XIII. Information for ANNUAL Reports Only N/A

B. Sub-Awards

No subgrants will be issued until the Windows of Opportunity Fund is operational.

C. GPS Information

N/A

D. List of Deliverables

E. Summary of non-USG Funding

N/A

F. Type of Accounting System Used During Reporting

Period

N/A

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