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Sustainable COmprehensive REsponses (SCORE) for Vulnerable Children and their f amiliesEnd of Year 2 Report

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Sustainable, COmprehensive

REsponses (SCORE)

for

vulnerable

children and their families

Cooperative Agreement No. AID‐617‐A‐11‐00001

End of Year 2 Report

October 2012 – September 2013


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Table of Contents:

Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5

Technical

Approach

...................................................................................................................

5

Overview of Goal, Objectives and Approach ......................................................................... 5

Geographic Scope and Targets .............................................................................................. 9

General situation and Implementation Plan ........................................................................... 15

Achievements against SCORE targets .................................................................................. 15

Workplan targets/Achievements Year 2 ............................................................................. 15

Monitoring and Evaluation of Emergency Plan Progress (MEEPP) ..................................... 22

Performance Monitoring Plan. ............................................................................................ 23

Follow‐up VAT Analysis. .......................................................................................................... 25

VAT Analysis, Impact data. ...................................................................................................... 26

A closer analysis by Objective Area. .................................................................................... 28

“Cui bono?”, who benefits from SCORE. ............................................................................. 36

Concluding remark about the VAT impact analysis. ............................................................ 38

Linkages with other programs and coordination mechanisms ............................................... 38

Major Challenges, Constraints and Lessons Learned .............................................................. 39

Resource utilization ................................................................................................................. 40


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Executive Summary

The SCORE project has reached the end of its Year 2 of implementation. In line with

predictions at time of year 1 report, the total number of households enrolled in the project

(22,864) is currently just below the Life of the Project –LOP target (25,000). SCORE is

confident to reach and surpass target during year 3. From then most of SCORE efforts will be

directed to supporting existing beneficiaries and accompanying them to graduation.

SCORE maintained its commitment to “fit the project to the people”, designing targeted

response plans fine‐tuned to the specific circumstances of beneficiary households. In order

to inform this strategy, SCORE used extensively project‐generated data and the vulnerability

profiles of each of the SCORE households.

In line with its multi‐sectoral, family‐centered approach, SCORE reached a total of 104,815

vulnerable people in its beneficiary households with one or more OVC Core Program Areas –

CPAs. Out of these, 60,749 (57.9%) have received 3 or more CPAs beyond psychosocial

support.

SCORE has achieved and surpassed all of its quantitative work‐plan targets for year 2.

Furthermore

and

above

all,

in

terms

of

impact,

SCORE

has

achieved

a

remarkable

decrease

in vulnerability of its beneficiaries. 20% of SCORE households re‐assessed at the end of year

2 are now below enrolment threshold, meaning that they are now on the pre‐graduation

path. Overall, 50.7% of SCORE households have moved from a vulnerability bracket to a

lower one (i.e. from critically vulnerable to moderately or slightly vulnerable, and from

moderately to slightly vulnerable).

SCORE supported the creation of 894 Village Savings and Loans Associations, involving more

than 25,000 members, half of which are members of vulnerable households. The SCORE

VSLAs have saved more than 1.5 billion Uganda Shillings (more than 500 thousand USD) and

have used this money to engage in income generating activities. More than 1,200 youth

have been identified by SCORE implementing partners as needing job placement support

through an apprenticeship and have been placed. 50% of SCORE apprentices who completed

their training are currently employed. Unemployment and reliance on remittances among

SCORE households has decreased by 50%, and median income increased by 57%.

SCORE is supporting 508 Farmer Field Schools, comprising 11,628 people, and has provided

horticulture training to a total of 14,232 families. These activities are proving very useful in

rural and urban settings alike, as a dietary diversification strategy and for income generation

/ savings promotion. An estimated 30,746 people have benefited from behavior change

communication in the areas of nutrition and food preparation. The proportion of SCORE

households eating a balanced diet has increased from 48.8% to 62.2%, and the proportion of

households eating less than 2 meals a day decreased by more than 50% (from 27.9% to

13.5%).

A total of 7,683 community group members, LCs, police officers, health workers and

teachers have been oriented on child protection issues. Furthermore, 351 schools have been

targeted with capacity building and other initiatives to promote safety, protection,

development and wellbeing for children. The implementing partners of SCORE have carried

out a total of 24,367 home visits to beneficiary households. Protection failures for SCORE

children have decreased by more than 50% throughout the programming regions.


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Introduction

AVSI Foundation leads a consortium comprising CARE, TPO and FHI360, responding to USAID

Request for Applications (RFA) Number RFA‐617‐11‐000001 Sustainable Responses for

Improving the Lives of Vulnerable Children and their Households.

The SCORE project (Sustainable, Comprehensive Responses for vulnerable children and their

families) aims

to

reach

25,000

vulnerable

households

(with

125,000

members)

in

35

districts

across Uganda. SCORE utilizes a family‐centered, multi‐sectoral approach, and privileges a

strong evidence‐based approach to inform programming and promote learning.

Technical Approach

Overview of Goal, Objectives and Approach

The Goal of the proposed program is to decrease the vulnerability of critically vulnerable

children (VC) and their households.

The program aims to achieve the following objectives, through the respective strategies.

Objective

1‐

To

improve

the

socio‐

economic

status

of

VC

households.

SCORE addresses socio‐economic empowerment through an integrated, market‐based

approach centered on a) increasing household financial resources, b) increasing the socio‐

economic skill base, and c) facilitating market inclusion.

Activities included under this Objective are:

‐ Establishment of and support to Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs).

‐ Promote social insurance schemes and linkages to other financial services

‐ Provide market‐oriented skills development.

‐ Develop enterprise and market opportunities

Objective 2‐ To improve the food security and nutrition status of VC and their household

members.

The objective of improved food security and nutrition is addressed through a mix of

activities aimed at enhancing the capacities of VC households to produce and use foodstuff,

as well as improving household knowledge and behavior with regard to nutritional practices

and services. The strategic directions are therefore a) increased food production, b)

improved food utilization, and c) referral and linkage to existing agricultural, nutritional and

health services.


‐ Establish and support Farmer Field Schools and/or urban horticulture

‐ Behavior Change Communication on food consumption and nutritional practices

‐ Map nutritional needs and promote linkage with nutrition and health services

Objective 3‐ To increase availability of Protection and Legal Services for VC and their

household members.

Child protection interventions aim to strengthen social safety nets protecting vulnerable

children from abuse and exploitation. The strategies in which activities will be rooted are a)

mobilization and awareness of communities around child protection concerns, b)

empowerment of families to access protection and legal redress services, and c) enhanced

referral mechanisms for relevant protection and legal services.


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‐ Map both formal and existing traditional child protection structures in each target

community

‐ Conduct targeted trainings that directly address capacity gaps identified

‐ Conduct child protection activities within schools

‐ Conduct interactive learning sessions with VC households & community based

organizations

‐ Conduct family visits and provide counseling and other social support services

‐ Provide legal support and referral to individuals and families

Objective 4‐ To increase capacity of vulnerable women and children and their households to

access, acquire or provide critical services.

Activities bridge existing gaps and offer a safety net that can capture and redirect vulnerable

households who fall short of, or require further support. The main strategies pursued under

this Objective are to a) stimulate household awareness and ownership in the request for and

provision of critical services, b) reinforcement of the civil society/ community based

organizations to support and care for vulnerable children and their households, and c) the

development of referral systems, including partnerships with the private sector.


‐ Conduct dialogues and Workshops for Vulnerable Households

‐ Train and Mentor local implementers

‐ Map Essential service delivery points

‐ Create concrete referral structures/system to critical services

‐ Foster innovative partnerships for vulnerable women, children and their households

with private firms to increase economic and social opportunities

The consortium’s technical Approach rests on the following programmatic principles:

• Family‐centered approach to build self ‐reliance of vulnerable households. SCORE involves

and empowers families to be the first line of prevention and response to children

vulnerability. This is aimed to overall increase the households’ demand for services and the

capacity to access and provide them. SCORE aims to make services available that respond to

the unique needs and vulnerabilities of each household, guided by fine‐tuned needs

mapping and the development and implementation of innovative “household development

plans”. This approach aims to “fit the project to the people”, tailoring services to individual

families instead of adopting a one‐size‐fits‐all, standardized approach, and therefore

addressing their specific needs while also balancing the trade‐off between the possibilities of

spending a lot on one activity or a little on many activities amid scarce resources. Each

household is therefore guided along a pathway towards increased self ‐reliance. At the same

time, using a children’s rights approach, the program will support the creation of an enabling

environment in which children are valued and cared for, and protected from abuse, neglect

and exploitation.

• Building capacity of and working through local structures. Whereas the central goal of the

SCORE project is to reduce the vulnerability of children and their households, its strategic

approach is to build the capacity of and operate through a very diverse range of local

community structures. In particular, SCORE aims to a) intensify efforts to strengthen

community networks and structures to deliver community‐based services, and b) mobilize

and empower existing community networks to increase demand for services and improve

community‐facility linkages to complete the “continuum of response” model.


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SCORE involves community networks and structures to select VSLAs and FFS. SCORE involves

and empowers community based actors as Community Based Trainers and FFS facilitators,

as well as Nutrition Peer Educators, and this year is going to work on community legal

volunteers in relevant areas.

SCORE promotes

referrals

to

and

involvement

of

existing

structures

as

appropriate

and

in

line with national guidelines (probation, police, LCs, Health Centres, and VHTs, among

others).

SCORE works with Community Based Organizations, which already exist in the area, and

builds their capacity, both technically (in the 4 SCORE Objective Areas) and managerially (for

instance, facilitating their link and reporting in the OVC MIS, their utilization of M&E,

management and coordination of a complex set of activities). These stronger expressions of

the civil society will remain in the targeted districts and continue to be an important local

structure on which the community can rely.

• Gender mainstreaming throughout all elements of the project. SCORE mainstreams

Gender

at

all

levels

of

the

action’s

design

and

implementation.

Needs

assessments

are

made

cognizant of the comparative vulnerability of women‐headed households. The development

of household‐specific response plans factors the nature and extent of gender‐related roles

within the household’s livelihoods systems, and in particular women’s importance in

ensuring children’s education, nutrition, protection and well‐being. Women are significantly

targeted by activities, while at the same time promoting male participation. Furthermore,

SCORE’s programming standards emphasize women’s participation in activities and in

collective decision‐making, such as within Village Savings and Loans Associations and/or

Farmer Field Schools.

• Attention to minorities and women and children in special circumstances. Conscious of the

particular nature of needs and challenges of specific categories of vulnerable children, the

program privileges targeting of AIDS orphans, children living with HIV, children with

disabilities, street children, and children in conflict with the law. Partnerships with CBOs with

specialized experience in addressing the needs of these groups has been established and

fostered by SCORE. The success of such approach is testified by the impact analysis, which

shows that children with disabilities benefit from the project to the same degree as their

non‐disabled peers (see below, the “Impact” section).

• Coordination and Country Ownership. SCORE takes advantage of the reach and experience

of its members to promote effective coordination of USG, national and international actors

engaged in the response to VC in Uganda. The program is consistent with the relevant policy,

planning and technical documentation, such as the PEAP, the Peace Recovery and

Development Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP), the Health Sector Strategic Plan‐HSSP and

the National OVC Policy as well as the National Strategic Programme Plan of Interventions

for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children 2011/2015. At district level, SCORE and its

Implementing Partners participate in OVC coordination systems (including in the USAID‐

supported DOPs) and planning processes to ensure that activities are embedded in the

overall strategies to address the vulnerabilities of children and their households. SCORE

actively involves different local structures, such as family and child protection units, health

departments, police, and schools.


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households.

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security and nutrition status of

VC and their households.

Objective 3- Increased availability of

Protection and Legal Services for VC and

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s u r a n c e s c h e m e s a n d l i n k a g e s t o o t h e r

f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s .

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c o n s u m p t i o n a n d n u t r i t i o n a l

r a c t i c e s

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3 . 1 M a p f o r m a l a n d e x i s t i n g t r a d i t i o n a l c h i l d p

r o t e c t i o n s t r u c t u r e s i n t a r g e t c o m m u n i t i e s

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c a p a c i t y g a p s

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3 . 4 C o n d u c t i n t e r a c t i v e l e a r n i n g s e s s i o n s

3 . 5 C o n d u c t f a m i l y v i s i t s a n d p r o v i d e c o u n s e l i n g a n d o t h e r s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s


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Geographic Scope and Targets

SCORE works in five Regions and 35 districts, divided into 5 programming regions (Central, East‐Central,

East, North and South‐West). District‐level beneficiary targets have been originally informed by the OVC

Situation Analysis 2009, which provided regional percentages of critically and moderately vulnerable

children, and subsequently adjusted to take into account locally‐generated information, inputs from

Local Government and other stakeholders, and linkages with other PEPFAR projects (such as the STARs).

Figure 1‐SCORE Regions and districts.

At project start, SCORE aimed to reach at least 15,000 households during every project year. Under a

working assumption that a third of the beneficiaries will be enabled to reduce their vulnerability to the

point of reaching “graduation” within an average of three years, SCORE estimated to reach a total

25,000 households, corresponding to 125,000 vulnerable adults and children by the end of the project.

By the end of year 1, SCORE had enrolled 16,923 households, 7% higher than original target. By March

2013, SCORE had reached 21,106 households, exceeding 110,000 total beneficiaries. Currently, SCORE is

working with 22,864 households. This is just short of the Life of the Project target of 25,000 households,

and already

surpasses

the

target

total

number

of

beneficiaries,

due

to

the

higher

observed

family

size

which already pushes the total number of direct beneficiaries above 130,000.

Figure 2‐SCORE enrolment

South‐West Central East‐Central East North

Bushenyi Luweero Kamuli Butaleja Amuru

Sheema Kampala Iganga Bududa Nwoya

Mitooma Mukono Luuka Budaka Gulu

Rubirizi Buvuma Namayingo Bulambuli Lira

Buhweju Buikwe Bugiri Sironko Alebtong

Ntungamo Wakiso Mayuge Busia Otuke

Rukungiri Buyende Lamwo

Isingiro Kitgum

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SCORE beneficiaries: vulnerability profile

This section is based on 22,864 VATs collected by SCORE. Overall, about two‐thirds of SCORE households

are critically vulnerable. There is some variability at regional level, which is both influenced by the

geographical level and prevalence of vulnerability, as well as by the paths of beneficiary identification

(referrals from other projects, parish lists, community mobilization, etc).

Figure 4‐ Vulnerability bracket of SCORE beneficiaries.

Vulnerability levels are more uniformly high with regard to the socio‐economic dimension, where out of

a total of 30 “vulnerability points”, the average scores throughout the program area are higher than 24.

Second most frequently and intensely reported vulnerability area is Food Security and Nutrition, with a

peak in the East Region. Family Strengthening and Essential Services follows suit, with higher averages in

the Central and North Region. The comparatively lower average scores for Protection are related to a

comparatively less widespread concentration of protection failures (although the occurrence of child

labor is reported in nearly half of the beneficiary households), which therefore leads to a lower average

measurement.

Figure 5‐ Vulnerability breakdown by thematic area. SCORE beneficiaries.

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disability. This is more prevalent in the North Region (26.8%) and least prevalent in the Central Region

(10.9%). Furthermore, disability among the HH head is more prevalently observed in the North Region

(21.4%) and least so in the East Region (21.8). This data is still being analyzed but part of the regional

differentials can be linked to the specific patterns of beneficiaries’ referral to SCORE, mapping priority of

district stakeholders, as well as different burden of disability.

Region Critically Vulnerable Moderately Vulnerable

Central 60.6% 39.4%

East 77.9% 22.1%

East Central 62.6% 37.4%

Northern 66.3% 33.7%

South Western 57.9% 42.1%

Overall (N=22,864) 63.0% 37.0%

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South Western 24.3 5.1 11.3 9.7

Overall (N=22,864) 24.3 6.3 11.8 9.8


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Table 1‐ Disability and chronic disease among 21,106 SCORE beneficiary households.

Region Have a disability Have a chronic disease

Index Child HH head Both Index Child HH head Both

Central 626(10.9%) 570(9.9%) 96(1.7%) 859(14.9%) 2,290(39.8%) 491(8.5%)

East 438(21.1%) 453(21.8%) 113(5.4%) 356(17.1%) 820(39.5%) 237(11.4%)

East Central

554(14.3%)

576(14.8%) 113(2.9%) 352(9.1%) 760(19.6%)

110(2.8%)

Northern 1,125(26.8%) 896(21.4%) 279(6.7%) 904(21.3%) 1,626(38.8%) 415(9.9%)

South West 633(12.2%) 848(16.3%) 159(3.1%) 617(11.9%) 1,397(26.9%) 269(5.2%)

Overall 3,376(16.0%) 3,343(15.8%) 760(3.6%) 3,088(14.6%) 6,893(32.7%) 1,522(7.2%)

In terms of monthly income, the average monthly household income reported by SCORE beneficiary

households is 43,688 UGX. This means that generally, a score beneficiary household has on average a

monetary income of 1,456 UGX a day, less than a dollar a day. The household survey revealed that on

average, six people depend on that household income which means that about USH 242 is available per

day for every individual meaning considerable strain on available monetary resources in these

households. Significant regional variations are noted, with the Central Region having the highest average

income of

66,489

UGX,

whereas

the

East

Region

showed

the

lowest

average

income

(24,605

UGX).

Figure 6‐Income data from 22,864 SCORE households.

School attendance is generally high in all regions, with 77.7% of the index children aged 6 and above

(school‐going age) reporting to be attending school. However, further analysis shows very high levels of

absenteeism, measured as absence from school for more than one third of school time. In fact, close to

half (45.4%) of in‐school index children reported having been absent from school for at least a month in

a term. Absenteeism was highest in the South‐West and in the East‐Central regions, surpassing fifty

percent (52.5% and 55.2% respectively).

Table 2‐ Schooling and Absenteeism – SCORE index children

Region

In school

Absent Population,

N

Central 3,918 (79.2%) 1,651 (42.1%) 6,004

East 1,499 (82.3%) 458 (30.6%) 2,078

East Central 2,095 (79.0%) 1,168 (55.8%) 3,992

Northern 3,132 (74.6%) 1,315 (42.0%) 5,461

South Western 3,314 (76.5%) 1,739 (52.5%) 5,329

Overall 13,958 (77.7%) 6,331 (45.4%) 22,864

source: SCORE Project database, VAT tables.

Region Average Household

Monthly Income

Average No. of

household members

Average individual

monthly Income

Central 66,489 6 11,081

East 24,605 6 4,101

East Central 38,785 6 6,464

Northern 43,869 6 7,311

South Western 28,785 5 5,757

Overall (N=22,864) 43,688 6 7,281


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In terms of feeding habits, analysis of VATs shows that about half (52.2%) of SCORE beneficiary

households do not have “good feeding habits”, defined as usually consuming at least three times a week

all the three main food categories (energy foods, body‐building and protective and regulative foods).

Significant differences are noted regionally with the South‐West having the lowest prevalence (39.8%) of

good feeding practice.

Figure 7‐ Proportion of SCORE households with balanced diet‐ 22,864 VATs.

Quantitative access to food, measured in terms of average number of meals per day, shows a very

diverse picture across regions. Whereas the overall proportion of SCORE households eating on average

less than 2 meals per day is at 28.4%, the regional range of such parameter changes between 14.5% in

the East‐Central Region and 37.5% in the Central Region.

Figure 8‐ Proportion of SCORE households eating less than 2 meals per day.

49.2% 46.4%

57.9%

47.3%

39.8%

47.8%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

CENTRAL EAST E‐CENTRAL NORTH S‐WEST TOTAL

%

REGION

37.5%

28.2%

14.5%

34.2%

22.4%

28.4%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

CENTRAL EAST E‐CENTRAL NORTH S‐WEST TOTAL

%

REGION


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It is worth noting, as done already in the early phases of SCORE, and on occasion of the dissemination of

the SCORE Baseline, that the regional profiles show how the drivers of food and nutritional insecurity

can be very diverse, and be at times and places linked to food quantity and food production, while at

others be more a matter of quality and food utilization, and at times both. For instance, households in

the South‐West region present at the same time the highest frequency of unbalanced diets and one of

the lowest proportions of households eating less than 2 meals a day. The situation is somewhat reversed

for the North Region. These observations support the choice of including both aspects of food insecurity

in the strategic design of the SCORE project, and further call for regionally and household‐specific

responses, in line with the underlying problems.

In terms of child protection, 29.4% of the index children are reported to be involved in a form of child

labor. Regional variations are registered, with eastern region reporting the highest prevalence of child

labor (35.9%) and the Central Region reporting the lowest (20.1%). The differences are statistically

significant. Data also further show that more than a third of index children (40.9%) were reported to

have been victims of child abuse (psychological, physical, sexual or neglect). The Eastern Region (51%)

has the highest prevalence of reported child abuse. When asked if the child has ever been involved in

alcohol or substance consumption, 6.9% reported in the affirmative. The North and Eastern regions,

both at

8.4%

had

the

highest

reporting,

while

the

Central

Region

had

the

least

at

3.5%.

Data

indicates

that substance abuse among SCORE beneficiaries is a concern, and family support activities will have to

integrate this topic through the life of the project.

Figure 9‐ Child Protection Failures among 16,924 SCORE beneficiary households.

Information generated from the analysis of collected vulnerability data has been used to fine‐tune the

strategic responses that SCORE put in place. This is in line with one of the central tenets of the SCORE

project, that is that each individual and household is unique, with a specific set of needs and resources,

and therefore the most effective response that the project can put in place is one that fits the project to

the person, through evidence‐based responses, rather than vice‐versa. This is shown by the diversity of

response plans, as exemplified by this sample taken from slightly more than 18 thousand households.

Region Child Labor Child Abuse Substance

North 31.3% 39.7% 8.4%

East 35.9% 51.0% 8.4%

Central 20.1% 33.8% 3.5%

South West 31.4% 36.5% 8.2%

Overall (N=16,924) 29.4% 40.9% 6.9%


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Figure 10‐ Activities included in a sample of 18,071 SCORE response plans

General situation and Implementation Plan The SCORE project has reached the end of its Year 2 of implementation. The total number of households

enrolled in the project (22,864) is more than 90% of the Life‐of ‐Project target.

During the past quarter, SCORE completed the comprehensive follow‐up of its first cohort of

beneficiaries. A second assessment based on the VAT has been carried out, and the results for 11,123

households have been analyzed. The analysis of data, which will largely constitute the source of the

“Impact” section below, returns a very rich picture of SCORE’s beneficiaries, and of the changes, and

more

specifically

the

improvements,

occurred

in

their

lives.

The

analysis

of

the

data

also

set

the

backdrop for the discussions of the SCORE Mid‐Term Review, which informed updated activities,

strategies and targets for the remaining half of the project’s life.

Achievements against SCORE targets

SCORE has achieved nearly all its quantitative workplan targets for year 2, often greatly surpassing them.

With regard to the targets that have not been reached, reasons have been analyzed and follow‐up

action identified and included in the workplan for year 3.

Workplan targets/Achievements Year 2

In terms of process indicators and activity tracking, a set of targets were identified at the time of

approval of

the

Year

2 SCORE

Workplan.

Targets

and

cumulative

achievement

for

Year

1 are

presented

in the table below.

The achievement indicators testify to the considerable programmatic effort put in place by the SCORE

team. Nearly all output indicators reflect achievements well above the planned Year 2 targets.

Code Activity description HH that planned for the activity

Count/Number Percentage

1.1 Establishment of and Support VSLAs 13,715 75.9%

1.3.1 Market and financial literacy 2,066 11.4%

1.3.2 SPM 5,421 30.0%

1.3.3 Community skills 3,654 20.2%

1.3 Youth benefiting from Apprenticeship 3,939 21.8%

1.4 Linkage/Access to market 4,166 23.1%

2.1.1 Establishment of and Support to FFS 10,809 59.8%

2.1.2 Horticulture/Backyard gardening 7,036 38.9%

2.2 BCC on nutrition 4,548 25.2%

3.4 Interactive learning sessions 9,548 52.8%

3.5 Family visits and counseling 5,894 32.6%

4.1 Community dialogues/workshops 7,511 41.6%

4.4 Referral for

essential

services 1,746 9.7%


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Table 3- Overview of SCORE year 2 workplan targets, and end-of-year achievement*

Act. Indicator Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL Rate

1.1 VSLA Formed 214 59 38 183 146 426 199%

1.1 VSLA members 5,350 1,905 1,404 5,138 3,405 11,852 222%

1.1 VCHH in VSLA 3,695 955 567 2,183 2,222 5,927 160%

1.2

HH with

premiums

2,985

181

83

67

50

381

13%

1.3 HH with market skills 3,820 400 2,033 5,014 5,327 12,774 334%

1.3 Apprentices placed 750 1,271 1,271 169%

1.4 HH linked to market 4,116 314 422 634 2,499 3,869 94%

2.1 HH supported by FFS 3,105 1,431 1,607 2,428 1,888 7,354 237%

2.1 HH supported by Horticulture 4,540 2,974 4,578 4,480 3,089 15,121 333%

2.2 BCC beneficiaries FSAN 23,750 6,833 8,205 7,038 8,400 30,476 128%

2.3 Malnourished children referred 553 656 724 328 55 1,763 319%

2.3 FFS registered as PG 166 69 35 515 36 655 395%

3.2 Stakeholders trained in CP 908 2,007 1,824 1,800 2,052 7,683 846%

3.3 Schools implementing CP activities 330 351 106%

3.4 Households in CP interactive lessons 9,343 7,741 3,726 11,467 123%

3.5 Household Visits 19,288 6,617 4,547 6,518 6,685 24,367 126%

3.6 Beneficiaries referred 16,500 4,754 3,198 3,022 2,098 13,072 79%

4.1 HH in community dialogues 10,436 11,519 11,519 110%

4.4 Referrals to essential services 2,738 708 2,360 714 974 4,756 174%

* As per approved workplan (SCORE Year 2 Workplan).

OBJECTIVE 1‐Socio‐Economic Empowerment.

In the course of year 2, SCORE supported the creation of 426 Village Savings and Loans Associations,

involving a total of 11,852 members, of which 5,927 are members of vulnerable households. This

achievement is

about

twice

as

high

as

the

year

2 target,

and

testifies

how,

overall,

the

VSLA

concept

has

been received very well in nearly all communities.

The composition of the SCORE‐supported VSLAs, as in the proportion of members who are SCORE direct

beneficiaries, is at about 50%. However, there is great variability in this proportion, which in fact ranges

from a low of 25% to a high of 80%. The reason for this lies, as also explained in previous reports

dedicated to the issue, in the geographic proximity of SCORE beneficiaries selected for VSLA support,

which in certain areas made it impractical to group more than 6‐10 beneficiaries in the same association

(which was then “filled” by other community members, hence the lower relative proportion of SCORE

direct beneficiaries).

As part

of

its

Operational

Research

and

contribution

to

the

CLA

(Collaborative

Learning

and

Adapting)

agenda, SCORE is carrying out an activity of monitoring and analysis of economic outcomes for SCORE‐

supported VSLAs, with particular attention to whether and how it correlates with the composition of the

membership. Results will inform VSLA‐related establishment and support accordingly. By the end of Year

2, 894 SCORE‐supported VSLAs have saved 1.5 billion Uganda Shillings (at an indicative UGX/USD

exchange rate of 2,500, total savings therefore exceeded 500,000USD). Member households have then

borrowed to invest in income generation activities or otherwise address their needs, and total loans

exceeded 1 billion Uganda Shillings. An interesting feature of SCORE‐supported VSLAs is in fact the rate


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of utilization of the savings, expressed as loan/saving ratio, which stands at 84.5%, higher than other

“standard” VSLA experiences.

Microinsurance has been the activity, among all implemented by SCORE, which had the lowest degree of

penetration among beneficiary households. Despite the development of a MoU with Jubilee Insurance,

the development of two funeral insurance coverage offers, and extensive outreach work to inform

beneficiaries about the potential benefits of this initiative, only a very limited portion of households

opted to seek coverage. The total number of subscribers is in fact only 13% of the target initially set at

the beginning of the year. Among the challenges encountered, and summarized at the recent SCORE

Mid‐Term Review, are the low level of appreciation of the concept (even amongst SCORE staff), mistrust

by some communities, and even resistance by some district officials. For instance, in the South‐West

Region, the offer of microinsurance has met direct hostility from local leaders, who have often actively

campaigned against the initiative among communities. SCORE opted to reduce this activity in the area,

while continuing efforts at explaining the positive aspects for vulnerable households to the stakeholders

antagonizing it. A number of subscribers have nevertheless significantly benefited from support. Aisha1

in the South West Region bought a premium of 30,000UGX for her family and promptly received

500,000UGX when she lost her husband. She used 200,000 to pay debts for the burial expenses and the

remaining 300,000

to

finalize

payment

for

land

she

was

in

the

process

of

buying.

Sidney2

in

Ntungamo

lost his wife to a lightning. He received a payment of 500,000UGX, which he used to offset the debts

from burial expenses. The strategies that will be pursued in the coming year will include increased

sensitization of relevant stakeholders and VSLA members, exchange visits to areas where members have

already benefited, and possibly explore the feasibility of developing and piloting other appropriate and

innovative insurance products (agricultural, health or other).

Also in the area of Apprenticeship, SCORE has made significant progress during the past year. A

guidance document for the selection of apprentices, assessment and selection of artisans, placement

parameters, evaluation criteria, has in fact been developed by the SCORE TSC (capitalizing on and

integrating several inputs from USAID technical officers) and is currently being utilized. A total of 1,271

youth

have

been

identified

by

SCORE

implementing

partners

as

needing

job

placement

support

through

an apprenticeship and have been placed. Trades selected for apprenticeship included Saloon and

Hairdressing, Tailor and Garment Cutting, Motor Vehicle Technician, Carpentry & Joinery, Brick Laying

and Concrete Practice, Welding, Bakery & Food Handling, IT/Computers, and Hotel Management. SCORE

has put additional effort in the area of facilitating job placement, on‐the job training, and

apprenticeships for SCORE beneficiaries. Currently, 228 out of 453 youth who completed their

apprenticeship (corresponding to 50%) are reported to be employed. There is therefore some evidence

of youth getting gainful employment and starting own businesses, and contributing to their households’

well‐being and basic needs.

In the area of market skills, the year 2 of SCORE marked great progress in coverage. A total of 12,774

households (three times the original target) received either Basic Financial Literacy –BFL training, or

Selection Planning

and

Management

–SPM

training,

or

community

skills

trainings

(candle

making,

soap

making, weaving, briquette making, etc). This component of SCORE activities was driven by a strong

demand among VSLA members in particular for skills with which to better handle the financial resources

that had become available (remember the comment made above regarding the high loan/saving ratio).

1 Not real name, to protect confidentiality.

2 Not real name, to protect confidentiality.


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Furthermore, a partnership was started with Stanbic Bank, which committed to contributing a total of

210 million UGX to the SCORE project for the implementation of Basic Financial Literacy trainings for

vulnerable families. Coverage of these activities is expected to continue to rise in the course of year 3.

Objective 2‐ Improving Food Security and Nutrition

SCORE supported 508 Farmer Field Schools, comprising 11,628 members, with farming (through the FFS

model) and through horticulture training a total of 14,232 families. This is three times the original target,

and reflects the extremely high uptake of the horticulture model, which has been recognized as a very

useful initiative by households in rural and urban settings alike, both as a dietary diversification strategy

and as an income generation / savings promotion strategy.

A total of 195 FFS (38% of the total) have evolved to the point of registering as production groups (with

some regional variation, highest in North and East‐Central, and lowest in Central and South‐West). It is

expected that many more FFS supported by SCORE will register themselves in the course of Year 3 and

will take advantage of the linkages promoted by SCORE in terms of value‐chain and marketing.

An estimated 30,746 people have benefited from behavior change communication in the areas of

nutrition and

cooking.

This

achievement

is

the

result

of

a stepped

‐up

effort

informed

by

the

analysis

of

SCORE data and the direct observation of the nutritional situation of children in SCORE‐supported

families.

Referrals for treatment of malnutrition have also been higher than planned. During year 2, a total of

1,763 referrals for malnutrition were made, with a geographical focalization in the Central and East‐

Central. Referral completion, measured on a sample of 922 cases needing malnutrition treatment, has

remained low, at about 59%. Upon verification, it was noted that not all children who were referred

were severely malnourished children. Guidance has been circulated among implementing partners in

order to improve accuracy of identification and referral. Among other challenges encountered in this

area, health facilities lack basic anthropometric equipment for screening and classifying malnutrition

cases,

health

workers

have

low

technical

capacity

to

manage

malnutrition

cases,

and

most

HC

IIIs

and

IVs do not have the infrastructure and supplies to carryout OTC and ITC interventions. SCORE has been

constantly dialoguing with the Ministry of Health, of whom a representative also attended the SCORE

Mid‐Term Review. Recent information points to the MoH having secured funding for equipping health

centres. SCORE pledged to link with MoH to identify centres in need within its program area.

Objective 3‐ Child Protection and Legal Services

SCORE‐targeted sub‐counties have been completely mapped for child protection services and

structures. This process has made use of local structures, existing maps developed by the “cousin”

project SUNRISE, and has undergone field‐level validation and completion. The mapping of the

remaining third of the targeted districts is ongoing, in the sense that not all the sub‐counties targeted by

the project have been completed.

SCORE has identified a number of gaps in the capacity of formal structures at local level (mainly LCs,

police and health workers, as well as teachers) in the area of Child Protection. Initially, SCORE expected

its programming area to largely overlap with the SUNRISE project (which has a mandate and resources

to build the capacity of local structures in the area of child protection in particular). However, the

district split that followed the publication of the SCORE RFA resulted in a significant increase in the

number of district to be targeted by SCORE (from about 20 to 35). This has resulted in a large gap in


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capacity and in technical support coverage for these structures. SCORE has therefore had to invest

resources in this technical area well beyond the initially planned level of effort (which assumed it to

have a residual function to complement SUNRISE‐supported capacity building). A total of 7.683

community group members, LCs, police officers, health workers and teachers have been oriented on

child protection issues of relevance to their area, and on referral pathways that they have a duty to

contribute to (and this represent more than five times the initially planned target). SCORE has operated

in a coordinated way with SUNRISE (who perform similar activities) in order to minimize overlap and to

gain maximum synergies from the two projects’ implementation.

SCORE has identified, based on the map of school attendance of children from enrolled families, 351

schools to target with capacity building and other initiatives to promote safety, protection, development

and wellbeing for children. Teachers selected from these schools have been trained on the Good School3

concept and are now coordinating plans and activities for child wellbeing and protection at the

respective schools. SCORE will continue collaborating with these schools and put in place or support

innovative initiatives aimed to promote protection and vulnerability reduction among their students.

Furthermore, SCORE is undertaking some operational research to gauge the degree of benefit that

vulnerable children and other children attending those schools have achieved through its intervention.

Significant protection failures have been identified by SCORE among its beneficiaries, as described in

earlier sections. The response by SCORE IPs was extensive, and by the end of the year 11,467

households had been reached with interactive learning sessions on protection (covering issues ranging

from abuse, neglect, discipline, birth registration, sexual violence, and child labor). Participants in the

sessions included both direct and indirect beneficiaries (that is, families enrolled in SCORE, as well as

other community members) and were facilitated by different stakeholders, depending on the topic

(including implementing partner staff, LCs, police, and others). The year 2 target was surpassed by 23%.

A key factor for the proper implementation of the approach proposed by SCORE is the understanding of

and a rapport with each beneficiary household. This rapport is to be established through regular

contacts

with

the

family.

Furthermore,

direct

visitation

of

beneficiary

households

allows

for

“new”

points of criticality or attention to be identified. The implementing partners of SCORE have carried out a

total of 24,367 home visits to beneficiary households, about 26% more than the originally intended

target.4 Still, this area has been identified at the SCORE Mid‐Term Review as needing further attention,

due to the important linkages that home visits can bring to other SCORE services and to referrals in

general.

In the area of referrals for protection and legal service, SCORE supported birth registration (an area of

widespread vulnerability for its beneficiary households) within a comprehensive initiative to increase

education of household members on the importance of birth registration (aimed to increase demand),

lobbying with district and sub‐district authorities to waive or reduce registration fees (to improve

supply), and cost‐sharing the financial requirements for registration (improving matching). As a result,

3 http://www.raisingvoices.org/files/goodschool_learn_whatis.pdf , p10

4 Home visits are intended to ensure that child protection occurs in the family but also it allows for monitoring of

whether other project activities like VSLA, food and Nutrition security are benefiting the index child. Furthermore,

it allows for dissemination of other relevant protection information referral etc..


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4,008 vulnerable children obtained birth registration documents. In addition, 470 children received

referrals for protection and legal support.

Objective 4‐ Family Strengthening and Access to Critical Services

SCORE has very actively engaged beneficiary and non‐beneficiary households from the same

communities in dialogues and workshops aimed to strengthen their knowledge and skills in a wide range

of areas, encompassing parenting and life skills, education, hygiene, sanitation, shelter, water. This

effort, which by the end of the year 2 accounted for 11,519 vulnerable households (and a total of

31,459 households, including the indirect beneficiaries) reached aimed to reinforce the families and

communities in their crucial role of first line of prevention and response to vulnerability for their

children. This achievement (10% above workplan target) is one of the main strategies pursued by SCORE

with the aim to obtain and maintain sustainable change in the situation of its beneficiary households. It

is also important to note that also with regard to this activity SCORE has actually benefited a significantly

larger constituency than its direct beneficiaries. The proportion of direct beneficiaries (i.e. households

enrolled in SCORE) among those who attended the community dialogues is at 30% (varying between

20% in the North and 33% in the South‐West).

The

dialogues

brought

about

many

different

outcomes

in

favor

of

vulnerable

families,

mainly

by

changing their behaviours and attitudes, as well as catalyzing community action directed to ensure

improvements for most vulnerable families. As an example, in the South‐West, dialogues were

accompanied by outreaches resulting into 470 vulnerable women screened for cervical and breast

cancer (27 positive clients are now accessing treatment from Mbarara regional hospital), and in the East‐

Central a by‐law was developed in Iganga that improved school attendance (school absenteeism and

child labor were a problem due to parents engaging children in guarding rice fields). Also, in the South‐

West, hygiene and sanitation dialogues have resulted into 185 pit latrines constructed.

Table 4-Examples of topics addressed at SCORE Community Dialogues.‐ The importance of

health

‐ Hygiene

and

sanitation

‐ Gender

based/domestic

violence

‐ Parenting and child

care.

‐ Importance of will

making

‐ HIV/AIDS

‐ Alcohol consumption

‐ Child's

wellbeing

‐ Exposure of children

to alcohol

‐ Advantages of having

a pit latrine

‐ Prevention of drug

accidents at home(Proper

drug storage)

‐ Water, sanitation and

hygiene

‐ Cervical and breast

cancer awareness and

screening

‐ Mental health and

disability

‐ Educative role of parents

‐ Elimination of Mother to

Child Transmission Of

HIV/AIDS ‐

EMTCT

‐ Sensitization on life skills

education

‐ Is it possible to return home?

‐ Gender roles

The second main strategy for sustainability of SCORE outcomes is the reinforcement of local civil society,

and in particular of its implementing partners. SCORE operates through 50 local implementing partners,

and all of them have received a wide range of capacity building interventions ranging from technical,

programmatic areas

(agriculture,

savings,

cooking,

protection,

parenting)

to

managerial,

financial

and

other administrative topics. All implementing partners have been administered an Organizational

Capacity Assessment Tool (OCAT) at the beginning of the SCORE partnership. Since the beginning of the

project, the OCAT was administered twice to the implementing partners, and findings show a general

improvement among partners, throughout the areas of analysis (managerial, programming, monitoring).

Despite the improvement, a number of partners (ref the group circled in the OCAT graph) still need

support, and will be under special attention by the SCORE team.


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Several partnerships with private, NGO, and other USAID‐funded partners were also implemented in the

field. A collaboration with Goal allowed 16 households with dilapidated shelters to be moved to new

houses in Bugiri district (East‐Central Region). Partnerships with OURS, CORSU and CURE Hospital

allowed several successful referrals for children with disabilities (198 children with diverse disabilities

have been assessed and referred accordingly). Following collaboration and outreaches with RHU, 27

positive clients are now accessing treatment at Mbarara Cancer Institute, 30 clients were recommended

for PAP smear to ascertain their results, and 42 clients have been treated for advanced PID/Infections.

The partnership with Jubilee Insurance made available two microinsurance packages which 381

vulnerable households bought.

Monitoring and Evaluation of Emergency Plan Progress (MEEPP)

The activity reports submitted through the Monitoring and Evaluation of the Emergency Plan Progress

(MEEPP) system give a powerful overview of the achievements of the SCORE Project through its second

year of activity implementation. A total of 104,815 vulnerable people, have been directly served with

one or more OVC Core Program Areas –CPAs. Out of these, 60,739 have received 3 or more CPAs

beyond psychosocial support. Food and nutritional support has been one of the areas with the largest

reach, with

75,855

documented

individuals

reached.

In terms of age breakdown, it is possible to see another feature of SCORE: the family approach. Family

members are targeted by different activities in the measure they are the most appropriate for. SCORE

will train a mother on cooking, and not a 5 year old child, for instance. The direct beneficiaries 18+

targeted by SCORE activities are overall less than 40% of the total number of direct beneficiaries.

It is also important to note that these numbers correspond to the SCORE direct beneficiaries only. These

are people who belong to families for whom we have a VAT and NAT, and where we therefore can link

an activity to every member by virtue of the SCORE coding system. A characteristic of the SCORE project

is however to involve significant numbers of indirect beneficiaries, too. By “indirect”, we mean people

who may

attend

an

activity

or

training,

participate

in

a VSLA,

without

being

a family

that

has

passed

the

VAT assessment. For these people we only have the number, but cannot track multiple contacts

throughout activities, and therefore they are not reported here. However, as already mentioned

elsewhere in this report, the SCORE multiplier (that is, the number of indirect beneficiaries for every

direct beneficiary) is often larger than 1. This therefore means that the data presented in this session is

only a very conservative “floor” for the actual reach of the SCORE project.

Table 6-PEPFAR indicators for SCORE

INDIVIDUALS

# Of OVC supported to attain vocation/apprentice skills 1,132

# of OVC provided with food /Nutritional support 75,855

# of OVC supported to receive health services 18,379

# of

OVC

supported

to

access

education

464

# OVC provided with PSS 72,151

# of OVC assisted to register births 3,780

# of OVC referred for other services 1,370

HOUSEHOLDS

# of OVC HHs who received economic strengthening support 10,607

# of OVC HHs that received agricultural/farm input 12,800


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Gender breakdown for activities reaching beneficiaries has been generally even for children under 18

years, while it skewed towards females for adults. As a result, the total proportion of females among

beneficiaries reached by at least one CPA is 52.2%. This is by and large consistent with the gender

composition of members of SCORE‐supported households, and seems to show that SCORE activities do

involve males, too (this was a concern at times raised, which however was probably due to selective

attention by the reporters). By region, the proportion of females among beneficiaries ranges between

49.4% and 54.1%.

Table 7 Number of SCORE beneficiaries served at least once (Oct 2012‐Sept 2013), by Gender and Age

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