Session 5 Track D - Camfed Presentation - NPI

NPI End-of-Project Meeting
Using Data to Make Strategic Program
Decisions
12th -13th January, 2012
Kampala,Uganda
Presented by;
Lydia Wilbard
Head of Impact
Camfed Tanzania
Camfed Background
Founded in 1993 in the UK and Zimbabwe by supporting 32
girls at secondary school.
Camfed’s work now spans 84
rural districts in Ghana,
Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Tanzania and Malawi.
Education programme has
benefited 1,451,600
children
Young women’s alumni
network, Cama, is 15,437
members strong
Camfed’s Mission
Camfed is
dedicated to
fighting poverty
and HIV/AIDS in
Africa by:
educating girls
and empowering
young women.
Camfed Model
In Tanzania:
• Started operations
in 2005
• Working in 10
districts
• 540 partner schools
• 5,268 Bursary girls
supported
• 63,978 through the
Safety Net Fund
• 900 Teacher
mentors trained
Community Networks across the
Camfed Programme
CDCs
Cama
Girls
SCs
PSGs
Camfed works with
community volunteers at
various levels:
• District: education and
social welfare government
officials, head teachers,
local leaders and school
alumnae( Cama)
• Community: Schools,
Parent Support Groups,
Cama
NPI project:
Monitoring & Evaluation
Goal: To empower them to make
decisions and to improve their
effectiveness, Camfed’s NPI project
provided training in monitoring and
evaluation and financial management to a
total of 36 Community Development
Committee members across three districts
(Iringa, Kilolo and Rufiji)
Lessons Learnt from the
NPI project
• Community partners welcome monitoring and evaluation training;
• Community engagement with data collection improves programmes’
effectiveness and accountability, and lowers costs;
• Application of technology increases efficiency and transparency;
• Cost efficiencies are achieved as some CDC officers have
resources (such as vehicles) to travel to schools.
-As a result of the NPI project M&E activities, some government line
workers who had rarely visited schools discovered the value of
meeting face to face with school officials, students and parents in
the school environment. They also reported a greater sense of
ownership over the programme.
Challenges
In-person monitoring visits or written
requests for information (for example
attendance figures) from head teachers
and schools do not always yield full and
comprehensive data.
The Way Forward
• Camfed has begun implementation of data
acquisition by community partners
(including trained CDC members) using
mobile phones in Ghana and Zambia.
• Mobile phone data collection will begin for
Camfed Tanzania programmes in the first
quarter of 2012.
Data flow in the past
Stakeholders
Do data
collection
Camfed
In country
enters data
Camfed Int’l
extracts from the
database, does
quality checks
and the analysis
Data can be
shared externally
(CDC, Cama,
schools, donors,
nat’l govt…)
Data flow with new system (cell phones and
SalesForce)
Stakeholders
do data collection
and data goes
automatically to
database
Database can be
accessed by
everyone with a
log in (staff)
Quality Check:
National
Directors and
Camfed Int’l
Impact Team
Data can be
shared
externally (CDC,
Cama, schools,
donors, nat’l
govt…)
Benefits of Phones For Monitoring
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Faster and more efficient data
collection.
Ability to respond in real time.
Comprehensive audit of
entitlements given.
Data stored permanently and
easily accessible.
Direct contact between M&E
volunteers and field staff.
Digitalise data for easier
analysis.
Digital Monitoring: Accountability to every girl
How data from an individual girl is collected and used
CDC
Lubwe High
School
SBC
HT
Agness
TM
MSG
Agness is a
bursary student at
Lubwe High
School
Digital Monitoring: Accountability to every girl
Digital Monitoring: Accountability to every girl
CDC
Lubwe High
School
SBC
HT
Agness
TM
MSG
Teacher Mentor collects
data about Agness’s
performance and details
Digital Monitoring: Accountability to every girl
This data is collected using phones
Digital Monitoring: Accountability to every girl
CDC
Lubwe High
School
SBC
HT
Camfed
Agness
TM
MSG
Teacher Mentor
sends data via
phone to
Camfed
Digital Monitoring: Accountability to every girl
CDC
Lubwe High
School
SBC
HT
Camfed
Agness
TM
MSG
Quality checks by
Camfed staff on
phone data, data
enters
SalesForce
Digital Monitoring: Accountability to every girl
CDC
Lubwe High
School
SBC
HT
Camfed
Agness
TM
MSG
Data is in
SalesForce and can
be used for
monitoring and
reporting
Digital Monitoring: Accountability to every girl
Record of Completion and
Performance
Completion Rates for Bursary Girls in Samfya - 2011
100%
90%
80%
100%
99%
70%
60%
50%
57%
40%
48%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 11
Grade 12
Digital Monitoring: at the School and District Levels
CDC
Lubwe High
School
SBC
HT
Agness
TM
MSG
During regular
monitoring visits, CDC
members interview
Agness about her
bursary entitlements
Digital Monitoring: at the School and District Levels
CDC Monitoring of Schools
% of schools actions
have occurred at
CDC Governance and Accountability Actions
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
90%
92%
84%
84%
75%
36%
SMC Met This Minutes of
Term
Bursary
Selection
Available
Bursary
Numbers
Verified
SNF Numbers
Bank
Expenses
Verified
Statements Match Camfed
Checked
Accounts
Thank You
• Any Questions