Project Impact

Last updated: 07.03.05

Together Ensuring Childrens Safety (TECS), Malawi


Overall
amount


Population
target


Target
region

USD 2'245'000

11'500 adults and
5'500 children

60 villages in 2 districts
(Dowa and Kasungu)



Project
period





Activities


Target
   
Number of villages
 
Small scale irrigation: pumps
Total Land Care
TLC
Small scale irrigation: irrigated hectarage
Agro-Forestry practices: nurseries
 
Agro-Forestry practices: trees planted
Soil conservation: contour ridging
 
Soil conservation: gully control
 
Soil conservation: vetiver nurseries
 
Soil conservation: contour vetiver hedgerows
Training of community leaders
Rehabilitation of school blocks
Creative Center for Community Mobilisation
Construction of classroom school blocks
CRECCOM
Construction of teachers' houses
Construction of permanent pit latrines
 
Procurement of desks
 
Establishment of model school gardens
Targeted communities
Nkhoma Synod
Formation of well committees
 
Wells constructed
 
Maintenance team, water sanitation team and leadership training
Mobile
clinics
  • Originally planned to start mid-2004
  • ECLT funding share approved
  • Project start delayed until TECS formalises agreement with co-funder
Banja la
Mtsogolo
Committee
training
MID-TERM EVALUATION
  
  • Carried out in December 2003. More information here.
FINAL EVALUATION
  
  • To be carried out early 2006
 
NOTES
EDUCATION
  • 39% of pupils (1'100) are learning in a conducive environment (project objective is 90%, 3% compared to project start baseline study)
  • Enrolment rate in Ngala (Dowa district) +45% increase (over 2002-2004 period); 630 additional children. Dropout rate down 32%; repeat rate is down by 33%
  • Enrolment rate in Dwanga (Kasungu district) +9% increase (over 2003-2004 period); 160 additional children. Dropout rate down 33%; repeat rate is down by 30%
  • Adult literacy classes introduced
WATER
  • 77% of households (approx. 13'000 individuals) have access to safe water
    (target 100%)
  • 60% of population (approx. 10'000 individuals) are within 500 meters of protected water point (target 90%)
SOURCE INFORMATION DATE
  • TECS-ICLEP Mid-term evaluation report; February 2004, by Juliet Lebreton
  • Project Logical Framework, prepared by TECS, (last version received, Jan 2003)
  • Second year report (2003-2004), prepared by TECS, received Aug. 2004
  • Internal Evaluation report; ICLEP, prepared by TECS, Dec. 2004
  • Quarterly report, prepared by TECS, Dec. 2004
Numbers are to be used with caution; they are provided as quantitative measurement at a given time. Communities’ changes of attitude concerning child labour are difficult to quantify.