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WORKSHOP REPORT

ON

Annual Reflection for Empowering Families Project

(2011-2015)

Date : 29-30 January 2015

Place: Institute of Public Health, Phnom Penh

Organizer : Plan ANO c/o Plan International Cambodia and Krousar Yoeung

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Contents First day (January 29, 2015) ...................................................................................................................................3

I. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................................3

II. METHODOLOGIES AND PROCESS ..............................................................................................................4

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III. SUMMARY RESULTS ...................................................................................................................................6

1. The presentation of Krousar Yoeung’s Deputy Director, Mrs. Peou Vanna ..................................................6

2. The presentation of Siem Reap Provincial Coordinator, Mr. Khim Chhen ....................................................6

3. Group discussion ...................................................................................................................................7

Second day (January 30, 2015) ........................................................................................................................... 13

4. Make group discussion on action plan for addressing of Project Gaps/Challenges ............................................ 15

5. Make group discussion on supporting to People with Disability (PWD) ............................................................. 19

5.1. The results of the two groups ............................................................................................................... 19

5.1.1. What we have done with people with disability ............................................................................... 19

5.1.2. Identify the success factor and difficulties in working with People with Disability ............................... 19

5.1.3. Certain specific actions for interventions for working with People with Disability ................................ 20

6. Workshop‟s evaluation and closure .............................................................................................................. 20

VI. APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................................ 21

1. Appendix 1: Workshop attendance‟s list .................................................................................................... 21

2. Appendix 2: Mid Term Review Report (Document attached as PowerPoint files) ........................................... 22

3. Appendix 3: Responses to 11-keynote recommendation of external consultant ............................................. 22

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First day (January 29, 2015)

I. INTRODUCTION The EFP phase II has been implemented in 2 target provinces (Siem Reap and Kampong Cham) since July

2011 to June 2015 and currently is in the one expansion period (from July 2014 – June 2015). The project‟s

M&E framework helps all project activities to be regularly monitored by both KrY‟s project team and Plan

Cambodia in order to ensure the project implementation is on the schedule.

Also, the mid-term review (led by independent consultant in 2014) already took place in both target provinces

and clearly highlighted the project progress/achievements by each components – (i) counseling and family

accompanying, (ii) health improvement, (iii) livelihood improvement, (iv) child rights and development, (v)

Replication of EF model) and raised a number of key recommendations to address project challenges and

gaps.

Based on those recommendations of the report, KrY‟s staff and Plan Cambodia worked together to take

actions to improve the project‟s weak performances as well as to the project implementation

approach/strategy.

As the project is at the near-ending point of this expansion period, Annual Reflection Workshop is one of the

vital project evaluation activities to allow all project team and stakeholders to work together to reflect the up-to-

date project progress against the indicators of its goal and objectives and the gaps identified in the MTR report

2014.

Therefore, the workshop was prepared to meet with the following purpose and objectives:

The purpose of the workshop is:

The successful achievements of the project are reflected during the workshop and all project staffs clearly know how to effectively work together to ensure the project realize its objectives by the end of the project.

The objectives of the workshop are

To facilitate all project team members to reflect the project‟s successful achievements (including good practices and lessons learnt) of the project during the implementation period (phase II and the expansion period.

To help all project staff to identify the remaining and key project challenges and gaps against the annual work plan and project‟s indicators.

To allow all project staff (including KrY‟s management level) to work together to modify project strategy to ensure the project realize its objectives by the end of the project.

There were 45/18F attendees (including 18/7F from Siem Reap, 18/5F from Kampong Cham, 7/6F and 2

Household Economic Security Officers of Plan International Cambodia); (See appendix 1 about attendance

list).

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II. METHODOLOGIES AND PROCESS

The workshop was organized through a participatory approach (4 groups – namely livelihood group,

counseling groups, health groups, and child right groups were also formed) which allow those teams to work

together to identify the progress of project against its indicators set in Area of Changes of the project proposal.

Each group was also asked to identify (i) Challenges/Barriers (Internally and externally), (ii) Enablers (for the

project implementation) (iii) What are we doing well? (Included management aspect), (iv) What are the

gaps/challenges? and (V) Useful recommendations so that those information can serve as the fundamental

understanding for project team to work together to modify project strategies to ensure the project realizes its

objectives by the end of the project .

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Day 1

Day 2

3. Utilizing Most Significant Change

Technique: utilizing different MSC story selection processes

8. Presentations of

o Krousar Yoeung o Plan Cambodia o Plan ANO o AusAID

7. Intended & unintended outcomes in 4 areas of change o Family/community

cohesion o Education o Health o Livelihoods

For each outcome, define:

o Locations of change (right holder, duty bearers, civil society)

o Data source/evidence of change

o Beneficiaries (direct/ indirect,

o Critical success factors (what made change possible?)

5. Classify the above changes by 3 theories of change:

i- Persuasion Logic, ii- Social Capital/

Empowerment Logic iii- Causal Logic (carrot n'

stick)

6. Define key parameters for phase II

o Duration o Location(s) o Beneficiaries o Estimated budget

7. Keep, Drop and Create exercise:

o What activities should we keep? (What worked in Phase I?)

o What do we drop? (What didn’t work or was unimportant?)

o What do we create? (What new activities will we need to deliver project Phase II?)

9. DEVELOP PROGRAM LOGIC: o GOAL o OBJECTIVES o OUTPUTS o ACTIVITIES

8. Defining success Draw the village after the

project is completed

1. Introduction and speeches

11. Identify risks and assumptions

12. Define the foundation activities

13. Partnership (Defining the roles and responsibilities of project partners) Defining good partnership

14. Action Points/ Next Steps

(Continued from Day 1) 15. Utilizing Most Significant Change

Technique: o Gathering stories from

different stakeholders o MSC story collection

and selection process with staff

o Identifying domains of change for future MSC story collection

10. Define the target beneficiaries

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III. SUMMARY RESULTS

1. The presentation of Krousar Yoeung’s Deputy Director, Mrs. Peou Vanna

Topic of the presentation Detail of the presentation

Mid Term Review Report (conducted by external consultant) This presentation covered mostly on results, effective results, negative impact or the source of problem, successful achievements, challenges, and recommendations. She also raised the achievement of the implementation and gaps:

Identify and concentrate on targeted families‟ needs.

Strengthen the local authorities‟ capacity, especially commune council to address the needs of the poorest and vulnerable families through the training on human rights, children‟s rights, gender equity and right of people with disability. (See appendix 2 and PowerPoint file attached)

2. The presentation of Siem Reap Provincial Coordinator, Mr. Khim Chhen

Topic of the presentation Detail of the presentation

Responses to 11-keynote recommendation of external consultant This presentation (document attached in annex 3) largely focused on responses to recommendations of consultant. All the 11-recommendation of consultant described about economy, society/counseling, health and promotion of children‟s rights; among those recommendations, there was only one point disagreed by project‟s staffs and Krousar Yoeung‟s management team. During the 3-year implementation of project, we granted to free family from poverty only 720$ (encompassing administrative expense and staff‟s remuneration) which was considered to be a small amount throughout the implementation. (See appendix 3)

This presentation got some suggestions from the participants:

Krousar Yoeung met with some difficulties working with people with disability since the association didn‟t have masterful staffs. We wanted to collaborate with Krousar Thmey organization which is specializing in working with people with disability of all forms but we couldn‟t reach an agreement since they are only working in the orphanage center.

Plan International Cambodia‟s representative alerted all the project‟s staffs, especially seniors of the project, to browse carefully the model of Empowering Families Project.

Krousar Yoeung‟s Executive Director additionally stated that all the project‟s staffs understood clearly about Model of Empowering Families Project; moreover, they possessed more detailed knowledge from the strategic plan 2014-2015 of Krousar Yoeung.

Councilors have to keep abreast of climate changes (storm, heavy rain) to all partner families; e.g. if partner families are imparted with the techniques to adapt to this kind of catastrophe, their livestock and vegetables will not get damaged.

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Working with people with disability is the prioritized activity for Plan Australia; so we should precisely identify their basic needs, what they can do, what we can help them; we should seek for effective solution and allocate budget for the next step.

Krousar Yoeung committed to prepare helpful document for working with people with disability.

3. Group discussion

Basically, all the staffs of the Empowering Families Project were divided into four groups, namely, social, health, livelihood and education group; each group discussed about the improvement responding to indicators identified, collecting information tools, enablers, gaps and challenges. Each group had its facilitator and result reporter.

3.1. Results presented by social/counseling group

Project Progress against indicators

Area of change Indicator Result Follow-up tool and Record

Area of change 1: Improved community and family cohesion (and capacity)

1. Families and children had knowledge, and practices on laws/concepts and procedure relating to:

violence/abuses,

roles of local duty bearers/authorities,

gender,

human rights, child rights, and women‟s rights, child trafficking

-93.5% of families are aware of the impact of domestic violence (94% in Siem Reap and 93% in Kampong Cham)

1. Plan for family Follow-up 2. Empowering Families

Project‟s record 3. List of family situation 4. MSC

-95.25% of local authorities know about their role and responsibility (95.5% in Siem Reap and 95% in Kampong Cham)



-92.25% of families understands about the gender equality (92.5% in Siem Reap and 92% in Kampong Cham)



-Human right understanding: 80% (80% in Siem Reap and 80% in Kampong Cham) -Children‟s right understanding: 90% (90% in Siem Reap and 90% in Kampong Cham) -Women‟s right understanding: 70% (70% in Siem Reap and 70% in Kampong Cham) Children‟s trafficking understanding: 89% (90% in Siem Reap and 88% in Kampong Cham)

1. Plan for family Follow-up 2. Empowering Families 3. Project‟s record 4. List of family situation 5. MSC

2. Families help each other in case of emergency, domestic violence, building up school/school and traveling.

-Material support: 94% (94% in Siem Reap and 94% in Kampong Cham) -Psychological counseling: 85.5% (86% in Siem Reap and 85% in Kampong Cham) -Facilitation in families: 96%

1. Plan for family Follow-up 2. Empowering Families 3. Project‟s record 4. List of family situation

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(96% in Siem Reap and 96% in Kampong Cham)

-93% of community people count on local authority (94% in Siem Reap and 92% in Kampong Cham) -94.5% of community people use social services (97% in Siem Reap and 92% in Kampong Cham)

1. List of family situation 2. Information gotten from group

discussion within the community

Challenges/Barriers: (Internally and Externally)

Natural disasters (flooding and storm)

Enablers:

Talented counselor

Partner families have strong commitment and confidence (based on counseling with partner families)

Good collaboration from local authorities

The help of civil societies in targeted areas

What are we doing well? (Included management aspect)

Delivered successfully the counseling to poor families and people with disability

Foiled domestic violence and alcohol drinking

Worked with people with mental attack

Collaborated well and got some support from local authorities and NGOs

Partner families changed their behavior and their participation

Village volunteers have high devote to the work

What are the gaps/challenges?

Staff‟s turnover

Immigration

Families attacked by chronic ailment

Delivery of counseling is limited (cannot conduct the counseling to all the families‟ members)

Staffs are not skillful on agriculture, other professional skill and medical skill

Big gap between the rich and the poor

Useful recommendations

The following recommendations came up shortly after group‟s presentation:

Plan International Cambodia‟s representative, Mr. Heng Sophat, acknowledged that immigration is the source of negative

impact of project‟s implementation; we should seek for any possible solution to stop it, especially those who immigrated

illegally.

Counselor should be skillful in every topic of counseling. For instance, if the counseling is about women‟s health problem,

counselors should understand and can provide the appropriate solution.

Executive Director underlined that counselors don‟t need to be skillful in curing any disease but they must be good at

counseling to help partner families to decide or use any service by themselves after the clear instruction.

Plan International Cambodia‟s representative emphasized that the point that our counselors didn‟t dare to ask for more detail

about gynecology we should reconsider it; however, counselors should have some basic knowledge about this ahead of

counseling with partner families; he added that counseling should be done with both families‟ members and children.

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Deputy Director requested to include the natural disaster to partner families while counseling so that they can easily adapt to

it.

Plan International Cambodia wondered how the chronic illness obstructed families‟ development; suddenly, one of members

of social group (Mr. Koch Neak) explained that if one family had an ill member, other members had to pay attention to him/her,

paid bill for medical attention and other expenses. These were the bad factors to retard families‟ development.

3.2. Result presented by Health Group


Area of change 4: Improved health for children, women and families in target communities/villages

1. Improved knowledge of children on personal hygiene and clean water uses

-90.24% of children in partner families understood about keeping their body clean and using safe drinking water (90.47% in Siem Reap and 90% in Kampong Cham)

1. Counseling tool (Plan for families follow-up and family‟s developing plan)

2. Meeting report gotten child club 3. Report gotten from village

volunteers for health support 4. Following up report gotten from OD

staff 5. Report gotten from the campaign of

12-key good health practice 6. Report gotten from supporting group

on parenting

2.Common diseases reduced for children under 5 ( ARI, dengue, malaria and diarrhea )

-75% of children (75% in Siem Reap and 75% in Kompong Chamm) under the age of 5 are freed from deadly diseases (inflammatory respiration, diarrhea and malaria)

1. Report gotten from health center 2. Report gotten from village

volunteers for health support 3. Home visit 4. Report gotten from supporting

group on parenting

3.Reduced number of malnourished children under 5 with

(underweight, waste, stunt)

-99% of children (99% in Siem Reap and 99% in Kompong Cham) encountered the malnutrition (skinny, pale and stunning) was slashed.

1. Report gotten from health center 2. Report gotten from village

volunteers for health support 3. Report gotten from partner NGOs

(Plan, Chhada, Watanakpheap) through the observation

4. Counseling tool (home visit and family‟s developing plan

4.Improved knowledge and practices of pregnant women on safe delivery

-97% of pregnant women (97% in Siem Reap and 97% in Kampong Cham) understood and had their baby delivered at health center

1. Counseling tool (home visit and family‟s developing plan)

2. Report gotten from health center

3. Report gotten from village volunteers for health support

4. Report gotten from village volunteers

5. Improved access to safe delivery by skilled birth attendance at public health services/health centers for pregnant women.

-98.30% of pregnant women (98.6% in Siem Reap and 98% in Kampong Cham) got their babies delivered safely at health center or hospital with skillful midwife.

1. Report gotten from health center

2. Report gotten from village volunteers for health support

3. Following up report gotten from OD staff

6. Families had access to -The number of partner 1. Monthly report

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sanitary latrines and water sources.

families construct and use latrine increases from 6% (pre-project) to 30.50% (35% in Siem Reap and 26% in Kampong Cham)

2. Annual report 3. Report gotten from village

leaders 4. Counseling tool (home visit

and family‟s developing plan)


Husband rarely participated in health dissemination since they went out for work

Certain health‟s staffs are not moral to patients

Certain partner families live far from the health center and lack means of transport which causes health services to be underused.

Natural disaster (Flooding…)

Being unsafe within targeted areas (robbery, murder…)

Enablers:

Local authorities urged partner families to access to health center‟s services or public health center

Counselors routinely delivered counseling to partner families and communities

Good collaboration and support form health officers

NGOs (Rhac, Marynoll, Racha, Equity fund of Angkor Chum OD Cooperative Health Insurance (STSA) & Cambodian Health

Committee (CHC) Project‟s staffs and village health support volunteers jointly conduct health campaign

What are we doing well? (included management aspect)

Due to our counseling, partner families are confident to health services

Partner families realize the importance of health care (pre and post-natal, drink filtered water, keep their home clean, etc.)

Partner families have firm tendency to use health services.

Implement and expense timely according to what we planned

What are the gaps/challenges? (Need to be improved and included management aspect)

There is no staff specialized in health care within project‟s implementation

Counselors‟ knowledge related to general health care is limited

Counselors have less chance to meet with husbands (they went out for work)

Certain partner families bear dire mental problem which brings more difficulties to work with them

Questions and recommendations

Mr. An Sam An: how many partner families hold equity fund card? How to get it?

Mr. Khim Chhen: There are two possible cases:

First: automatically, those families holding ID poor are eligible to get equity fund card by showing their ID poor to equity fund agent.

There are 530 families, in Angkor Chum district and Thbong Khmum province, which have ID poor are using health care service for

free.

Second: For families that don‟t possess ID poor, our counselors suggest them purchasing insurance card at organization, health

committee for Cambodia and community insurance in Angkor Chum district which need paying only 2000 Riels per person for every

month or 17000 Riels per year for one person.

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Mr. Heng Sophat recommended the project‟s staffs to raise only challenges encountered during project implementation but not others.

3.3. Result presented by Livelihood Group



Area of change 2: (Environmentally and Economically) sustainable livelihood/ agriculture & off-farm/ food security

1. Families improved means of farming/cultivation including:

access to farming lands,

agricultural tools/equipments,

access to farming services (VLAs, agricultural training)

-After being supported, yield of agricultural products (cassava, rice, vegetable) were increased up to 81% (85% in Siem Reap and 77% in Kampong Cham) -70% of partner families have agricultural equipment and 80% received agricultural services.

1. Tool to follow up families‟ implementation

2. Quarterly and meeting report of veterinarian

3. Report of training on agriculture

2. Families had better:

vocational/livelihood related skills, diversified income sources (farming and/or off-farm income generations).

-About 75.50% (76% in Siem Reap and 75% in Kampong Cham) of families partners improved their living and around 94% of partner families made more revenue from additional occupations.

1. Tool to follow up the implementation of trainees

2. Tool to follow up families‟ implementation

3. Improved adult literacy, vocational skill training among:

adult men/women, and children aged 12-15.

-About 31% (31.5% in Siem Reap and 30.5% in Kampong Cham) of families and youths improved their knowledge -236/168F of dropouts, 13-17 years old, (101/80F in Siem Reap and 135/ 88F in Kompong Cham) attended vocational training programs.

Attendance list of literacy class

Monthly report of literacy‟s teacher

Following up list of trainees

Families moved out of poverty:

% of target poorest families/vulnerable people at Poor Level 1 category reduced,

% target poorest families/vulnerable people under poverty line reduced.

-About 59.06% (75% in Siem Reap and 43.11% in Kamong Cham) of families are free from poverty level 1 -About 80.96% of total partner families (75.4% in Siem Reap and 86.52% in Kampong Cham) get out of under poverty line

1. Phase out tool (Counseling) 2. List of poor family gotten from

Ministry of Planning

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Inadequate water source to water crops during drought season

Technique of using vaccine is limited

No masterful villages-based veterinarian

Animals contacted with infectious diseases

Student didn‟t regularly attend literacy classes

Business of trainees who finished their training skills didn‟t succeed (Bankrupt/debts)

Immigration

Saving group‟s members didn‟t deposit their capital regularly (some members are easy-going)

Producing group‟s members had no interest to work in group anymore

Unsafe trajectory to some targeted villages Staff:

Unable to write accurate report

Veterinarian in village lacks animal‟s curing technique

Capacity to promote producing group is limited

Enablers:

Local authorities/Stakeholders

Partner families were willing to participate

Staffs‟ willingness

Enough budget to implement project

What are we doing well? (included management aspect):

Every field staffs are skillful and willing to work with partner families

Conduct home-based following up with partner families

Strengthen saving group‟s committee

Facilitate partner families to get more occupations and high income vocational training skill

Strengthen and improve relationship with local authorities/stakeholders in order to help partner families

What are the gaps/challenges? (Need to be improved and included management aspect):

Veterinarians are not well capacitated

The function of producing group is not good yet

Partner families didn‟t pay close attention to get their animals vaccinated Questions and recommendations

Based on the consultant‟s observation, 6 out 10 partner families are out of poverty; the group should provide clear indicators.

Krousar Yoeung Executive Director said that livelihood group must be clear with this kind of data; meanwhile, project

coordinator, Mr. Khim Chhen responded with clear figures that families that left the poverty‟s line in Kampong Cham is 86.52%

and in Siem Reap is 60%.

Plan International Cambodia‟s representative, Mr. Heng Sophat recommended that livelihood group should strongly

collaborate with department of agriculture so that partner families‟ capacity on agriculture is improved; moreover, livelihood

group should suggest more choices for partner families not only animal raising and vegetable planting.

Exemplary farmer should be appeared in the villages

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Second day (January 30, 2015)

Wrapped the first day‟s result up by Kampong Cham team work with some supplementary comments from workshop‟s participants,

then all participants were divided into 4 different group discussions, namely, livelihood, counseling, health and child right group.

Social‟s/counseling‟s staffs raised their concerns or difficulties to ease families to stay away from poverty:

Partner families‟ soil for cultivating has no fertilizer

Plot for agriculture activities is so small and they cannot afford the bigger

Partner families lack capital to enlarge their non-agricultural purpose

Counseling‟s staffs have to accept partner families decision-making relevant to their chosen activities (raising animal and

planting vegetable)

There is no water source in certain targeted villages

Recommendations

Mr. Heng Sophat suggested all staffs rethinking about what they raised since these points implied that we didn‟t know how to work with

the poorest families and these would be the cause of unclear counseling. Counseling means help partner families to consider, analyze,

and express their needs to us so that our counselors guide them to make the rightful choice/decision for earning their future living.

Mr. An Sam An shared his useful opinion on this by saying that project‟s staffs have to do their best to help partner families drop their

negative thought and accept happily the new strategies/techniques because we don‟t want them to rely on us anymore after phasing

out. “Why most of the partner families like raising animals?” he asked, adding that “Can we suggest them doing other activities with

higher incomes?” In order to effectively help our partner families, we should review the project‟s model again.

3.4. Result presented by Livelihood Group



Area of change 3: Opportunities for children including child education (child development and empowerment)

1. Improved enrolment of children aged:

3-5 at preschools, 6-12 at primary

schools, 12-15 at lower secondary schools

-Enrollment of children who are 3-5 years old is equal to 80% (97 % in Siem Reap and 63% in Kampong Cham) -Enrollment of children who are 6-12 years old is equal to 83.50% (86 % in Siem Reap and 81% in Kampong Cham) -Enrollment of children who are 13-15 years old, in secondary school, is equal to 82.50% (87 % in Siem Reap and 78% in Kampong Cham)

1. Statistic of children gotten from District Office of Education

2. Tool of families development plan

3. Questionnaires conducted with teachers/principals

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2. Reduced dropout among children aged 6-15 at primary school.

-Dropout children who are 6-15 years old is reduced from 32.5% (31.6% in Siem Reap and 34% in Kampong Cham) to 19.5% (20% in Siem Reap and 18% in Kampong Cham) in academic year 2013-2014.

1. Tool to follow up children 2. Information gotten from society

(E.g. home visit) 3. Report of child club‟s meeting and

child club‟s committee 4. Questionnaires conducted with

teachers/principals

3. Improved understandings/commitment of parents on child rights and parents‟ roles

-87.29% (86.13% in Siem Reap and 88.29% in Kampong Cham) of parents understands and commits to respect children‟s rights and their (parents) roles.

1. Parenting group meeting 2. Children-home-based tool 3. Report of child club‟s meeting 4. Minute of child club‟s meeting 5. MSC tool

4. Improved knowledge and practices of children on child rights, and how to protect themselves from abuses.

-79.5% (78% in Siem Reap and 81% in Kampong Cham) of children understands and exercises their rights as well as defend themselves form any form of abuses.

1. List of following up the child‟s improvement of partner families

2. Public forums 3. Home visit of counselors 4. Children-home-based tool


Immigration

The turnover of child club leader (for making money, marriage)

Parents didn‟t fully change their out-of-date thought related to education.

Various meetings with children can affect children‟s schooling schedules

Men rarely participated in parenting meeting (even though they are at home)

Enablers:

Children have unchanged commitment to participate in Krousar yoeung‟s activities

Staffs‟ willingness and flexibility

Local authorities and stakeholders have good collaboration in addressing problems faced related to children.

Parents trust Krousar Yoeung and know the importance of child club

Krousar Yoeung‟s staffs timely share information

Plan Australia always support either budget or techniques

Plan‟s Management Team and officer

What are we doing well? (included management aspect)

Children in child club attend the classes regularly and are brave to participate in any meeting

Club leader is able to hold the meeting by him/herself

Each topic of monthly meeting is in line with the current situation

Encourage children to participate in meetings with local authorities

Child club leader provides and receive timely information

Implement the project‟s activities on time

Child club support committee and its structure and responsibilities are established

Children are well-prepared for vocational training programs and can make money by their own

Parents/relatives of children are about to send their children to the trainings

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What are the gaps/challenges? (Need to be improved and included management aspect)

Agricultural skills are not yet delivered to children

No markets are available for selling children‟s products

Children lack counseling skill

Recommendations

Review and reconsider the factors leading to high dropouts

Dropouts means students are absent from the classes within 6 monthly and don‟t take any test

It is impossible to use MSC in collecting dropouts data purpose

In purpose of collecting data, the following tools must be used : data collecting tool created by Krousar Yoeung, data from

school, data from office of education and partner NGOs‟

4. Make group discussion on action plan for addressing of Project Gaps/Challenges

On the same day, participants were divided into four groups again to discuss about the found gaps and challenges; this step, we

transformed points mentioned into activities so that we could solve them easily. The following are the results obtained:

4.1. Result presented by Child Right Group

Project Gaps/Challenges Propose action for addressing By Whom? When?

1. No markets are available for selling children‟s products

- Build a good relationship first with NGOs or stakeholders (Mith Samlanh and Kalyan Mith) in purpose of selling children‟s products

- PC -Senior CR

On January 2016

2. Agricultural skills are not yet delivered to children

- Train children on how to raise chicken or vegetable

- Establish child group to address this gap

-Senior Livelihood -Senior and -Field CR

2016

3.Share counseling skill with children

- Conduct basic counseling -Senior Social

-Senior CR

2016

4.Change parents‟ negative thought on child‟s education

- Try to discover families‟ situation - Decision making (child‟s

education)

-Senior CR

-Junior CR

-Field CR

2016

5.Men occasionally participated in meetings - Collaborate with village leader, village volunteers, village-based health center and Commune Committee for Women and Children.

- Try to persuade men to participate

- Ask for more promotion from society

-Senior CR

-Field CR

-Field Social

-Duty bearer

2016

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- Children are the main factors that can lead parent to join

6.Immigration - Disseminate the negative impact of immigration

- Proof clear/real affection due to immigration

-Senior CR

-Field CR

-Duty bearer

2015

Recommendation

How do you train agriculture to children? At school or at village? Because it can affect to their study. What is the cause drop

out school?

We success in this activity because children can do after school.

The goal of child club is children for children, children for family, child for community means child can help other children by

teaching each other.

4.2. Result presented by Social Group


1.Staffs‟ turnovers Provide decent remuneration

Krousar Yoeung‟s learders should encourage all staffs with verbal/ awards.

Krousar Yoeung‟s

leaders

2015

2. Immigration Survey the necessary needs

Provide vocational training skills

Create and promote more jobs (on farm and off-farm)

Counsel to find out the difficulties and impacts

Link those partners to markets

NGO-network promote about negative impact of migration.

Counseling and

livelihood groups

2015

3.Families which members

bear chronic diseases Guide them admit patient to health center

Mobile resource from commune equity fund, Social charity, Red Cross and other NGOs to support them.

Counselors and

health service

providers

2015

4.Counseling didn‟t reach to all

partner families‟ member

Review counseling activities

Impart counseling to all families‟ members

Survey the needs of families‟ member

Staffs with the same domain should work closely

Track seriously the improvement

Strengthen the collaboration with networks

Krousar Yoeung‟s

counselors

2015

5.Counselors lack knowledge

of psychology, on-farm, off-

farm, health and natural

disaster

Groom all counseling staffs for training session, workshop, meeting and other programs

Krousar Yoeung

Association

2015

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Recommendation

For immigration, we should persuasively counsel, provide clear reason related to immigration, provide training skill, and seek

for markets for selling products.

Should involve all members of partner families into counseling process so counselors could help all.

The manager/leader of Krousar Yoeung should encourage all staff through verbal/awards so on.

4.3. Result Presented by Livelihood Groups


1. Lack water source for crops during

drought period

1.Drill wells/ponds or deepen existing

wells/ponds

2.Guide/train families on how to adapt to climate changes (Seed selection…)

Livelihood group January-May

2015

2. Partner families don‟t get their

animals vaccinated

1. Disseminate the importance of using vaccine

with animals (collaborate with department of

agriculture) 2. Increase vaccinating activities with partner

families (collaborate with department of

agriculture)

3.Conduct study tour to the families which are

technically successful

Livelihood group September

2014-May

2015

3.Village-based veterinarians are

untrained and less experienced

1.Groom village-based veterinarians for more

skills/techniques (collaborate with district office of

agriculture officers)

2.Conduct quarterly meeting with veterinarians

District Office of

Agriculture (Senior

staffs facilitate this)

2016

4.Students in literacy classes didn‟t

attend regularly

Hand literacy classes over Office of Education PC

2015

5.Immigration

1.Give migrants the obvious negative impact of

immigration

2.Seek or produce more jobs for migrants

Social and Livelihood

Groups

6. Saving group‟s members didn‟t

deposit their capital regularly (some

members are easy-going)

1.Push them forwards by counseling

2. Hold meeting quarterly

3.Ask for good collaboration from local authorities

and discuss on the importance of regular saving

Livelihood Group 2016

7. Lack of capacity related to small

business in order to help producing

group

1.Training community people on marketing

2.Organise study tour and see successful

producing group


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3.Link sustainably the group to markets

8.Producing group‟s members didn‟t

actively participate in group‟s activities

1.Push them forwards by counseling

2. Hold meeting quarterly


9. Business of trainees finished their

training skills didn‟t succeed

(Bankrupt/debts)

1.Conduct training on how to sustainably make

income

2.Prior to training to trainees, we should conduct

carefully analysis of marketing and collect more

information

3.We should have a marketing trainer


4.4. Result Presented by Health Group


1. Health staffs are not well capacitated

5. Recruit well-trained/experienced health staffs 6. Strengthen staffs‟ skills on first aid

Management Team 2016

2. Certain partner families live far from the health center and lack means of transport which causes health services to be underused.

7. Collaborate with health center officer and village-based health support groups

Social staffs 2016

3. Empowering Families

Project‟s staffs lack knowledge

on health care and have less

chance to meet with men

(husbands)

Train project‟s staffs on health care

Seek for health-care-concerned partners

Management team

and Social staffs

2016

4. Project staff rarely counsel

with men (Husband) because he

always worked outside village.

Arrange a date in the evening with men (husbands)

Try to communicate with the (men) by phone

Social staffs 2015

5.Certain partner families bear

dire mental problem which brings

more difficulties to work with

them

Seek for more collaboration from skillful partners

Train staffs

Share experiences (forum of exchange)

Management team

and Social staffs

2016

6. Natural disasters (storm,

flooding…) 8. Train staffs on how to adapt to pre and post-natural

disasters 9. Disseminate these deadly disasters to all people

(tactic to prevent and adapt) 10. Continue counseling

Management team

and Social staffs

2016

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7. Being unsafe within targeted

areas

Go to work in all targeted areas in group of two or three

Staffs have to know how to defend themselves

Report the happened event to local authorities, village leaders or commune councils.

villa village

Social staffs 2015

Recommendation

KrY‟s staffs are not doctors but we are specialist on counseling so we just link this work to other partners working on health.

Unsecure in target village, we collaborate with villagers.

Spot check and 12-key awareness are the best way to enclose the patients with health center staff.

KrY‟s staffs conduct the monthly case conference for solving the serious case.

5. Make group discussion on supporting to People with Disability (PWD)

Participants were divided into two groups and discuss on 3 questions:

What have you done with people with disability?(for years)

What are the success and difficulties in working with people with disability?

Are there any specific actions for interventions for working with People with Disability?

5.1. The results of the two groups

5.1.1. What we have done with people with disability

Collect data of people with disability.

Provide training on the right of people with disability to disable people.

Form disability group(saving group) in community

Integrate people with disability into commune development plan

Conduct awareness on the right of people with disability in community

Provide training on professional skills (Tailor, motor/bicycle/cd player repair…), follow the need of PWD.

Find support for people with disability PWD (rehabilitation, material, wheel chair, artificial leg…)

Link PWD to other NGOs network.

Search for the needs of PWD.

5.1.2. Identify the success factor and difficulties in working with People with Disability

Success Difficulties

PWD has sustainable business to make a living (income generation)

Now, PWD were respected by neighbors and community.

Understand clearly right of People with Disability

Work closely to the people with mental disability (memory, intellectual) and serious polio.

Project‟s staffs are unable to understand body languages

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PWD has self-confident to involve in events in community

Local authorities pay attention and encourage the PWD.

The voice of PWD was responded and considered

PWD was linked to other NGOs and government sectors

PWD is sensitive and irritability

It is hard to make people with disability involved in project

For family development, some families with disabilities are slower than non-disable family.

The discrimination still has for People with disability and also PWD discriminate themselves.

5.1.3. Certain specific actions for interventions for working with People with Disability

Strengthening the collaboration with NGOs specializing in disability.

Building staffs‟ capacity on disability

Foraging the difficulties and needs of PWD

Providing training skill based on their basic needs

Supporting the rehabilitation, materials, treatment and grant

Forming disability network in community.

Forming disability group(self-help group)

Encouraging PWD to involve in community‟s events

Linking PWD to public services

Conducting disability forum

Providing training on disaster adaptation.

6. Workshop’s evaluation and closure

This helpful 2-day workshop, finally, was evaluated by Krousar Yoeung‟s Executive Director; she mentioned that the importance

obviously emerged from this workshop since all the participants were highly supportive of consideration, analysis, raising glorious

initiatives to boost Empowering Families Project meet up with bright achievements in working with the poorest and most vulnerable

families, including people with disability. Furthermore, she proposed to verify all data presented, reconsider staffs‟ need and make sure

that if it is really necessary, review what we discussed and add more information missed, review timely KrY‟s staff policy prior to

drafting and submitting the proposal, and assess the sufficient monthly remuneration for KrY‟s staffs. She continued suggesting all

senior staffs reviewing the group‟s discussion results, writing accurate report and prioritizing these works. Ultimately, she also

expressed her profound gratitude to Mr. An Sam An and Mr. Heng Sophat as well as other Plan‟s staffs who supported Krousar

Yoeung both budget and techniques so that this project is effectively implemented.

Seen and Approved by Date: 30th January 2015

Executive Director Minute takers

Mrs. Ky Samphy Mr. Koch Nak Mr. Bo Pho Mr. Piet Thea

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VI. APPENDICES

1. Appendix 1: Workshop attendance’s list

N° Name Sex Position Work place

1 Chan Bunthan Male Junior Assistant of Livelihood Angkor Thom

2 Chey Sothea Male Counselor Angkor Thom

3 Chhay Chankunthea Female Accountant Angkor Thom

4 Dam Yon Male Counselor Angkor Thom

5 Heng Sopheak Male Counselor Angkor Thom

6 Kim Chhen Male Project Coordinator Angkor Thom

7 Khlaing Sam Oeun Female Child‟s Right Staff Angkor Thom

8 Koch Neak Male Senior Assistant of Counseling Angkor Thom

9 Ma Sam Oeun Female Counselor Angkor Thom

10 Mao Theara Male Livelihood Staff Angkor Thom

11 Noun Soran Female Junior Counselor Angkor Thom

12 Pa Panha Male Senior of Livelihood Angkor Thom

13 Prak Sopeak Male Counselor Angkor Thom

14 Phok Mony Female Counselor Angkor Thom

15 Sor Nav Female Counselor Angkor Thom

16 Vun Sakhorn Female Counselor Angkor Thom

17 Bo Pho Male Senior Counselor Kampong Cham

18 Chhan Somnan Male Senoir Assistant of Child‟s Right Kampong Cham

19 Di Vanna Female Junior Assistant of Counseling Kampong Cham

20 En Sreydeth Female Counselor Kampong Cham

21 Heng Phearun Male Child‟s Right Staff Kampong Cham

22 Heng Srey Peov Female Livelihood Staff Kampong Cham

23 Kim Yean Male Livelihood Staff Kampong Cham

24 Lim Meng Korn Male Counselor Kampong Cham

25 Ly Kimleng Female Accountant Kampong Cham

26 Ny Samath Male Junior Assistant of Livelihood Kampong Cham

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27 Son Sim Male Counselor Kampong Cham

28 Tann Thay An Male Senior of Livelihood Kampong Cham

29 Tom Leakhena Female Project Coordinator Kampong Cham

30 Touch Chanpisey Female Livelihood Kampong Cham

31 Toun Sokheng Female Counselor Kampong Cham

32 Tum Samay Female Counselor Kampong Cham

33 Veng Seyha Female Counselor Kampong Cham

34 Cheu Kimheang Female Senior Assistant of Counseling Phnom Penh

35 Ky Samphy Female Executive Director Phnom Penh

36 Peov Vanna Female Deputy Director Phnom Penh

37 Phoung Kresna Female HR and Finance Officer Phnom Penh

38 Yem Veasna Male Accountant Phnom Penh

39 Vun Seng Un Male Social Staff Kampong Cham

40 Kuy Mouy Kea Male Livelihood Staff Siem Reap

41 Yem Bunthorn Male Counselor Kampong Cham

42 An Sam An Male HES PO/Plan Kampong Cham

43 Piet Thea Male Assistant of KrY Phnom Penh

44 Heng Sophat Male HES PO Siem Reap

45 Voeun Sreykhouch Female Assistant Admin Phnom Penh

2. Appendix 2: Mid Term Review Report (Document attached as PowerPoint files)

3. Appendix 3: Responses to 11-keynote recommendation of external consultant

The findings/recommendations and project management responses from End of Phase 2 Evaluation on the

Empowering Families Project (KHM0135)

Key Recommendations Project Management Responses Progresses

1) Review the project indicators – whereas the project indicators for the areas of change were found to be relevant, they are currently difficult to measure. It is therefore suggested to adapt the indicators so that they are quantifiable (i.e. numerical). In addition, it is suggested to set clear, quantitative targets the project aims to achieve at the

Partially agree. Some indicators

are qualitative in nature (especially

those indicators in Area of Change

1), and, therefore, cannot be

measured in a quantitative term).

We will review the indicators in the

next phase project design possibly

before third quarter (i.e. before

The phase 3 project design is to be

started in January 2015, and the

current phase 2 project is to be

extended until June 2015.

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end of the implementation period, so that results can be measured against these targets.

December 2104).

2) Rigorously evaluate the cost structure – the project‟s aim is to establish a proven method of working with the poor and vulnerable, yet its current cost structure inhibits national scale up and sustainability of results. It is therefore suggested to work with key stakeholders to rigorously evaluate the different cost components and measure those against project impact (e.g. a cost-benefit analysis). Some components (e.g. the livelihood component) have proven to be more effective in generating results and impacts than other components.

Disagree. Through the evidence,

as mentioned in the project

evaluation, we need only $720 to

move a poorest family (or 5

people) out of poverty using the

Empowering Families project

model. The impact justifies the

cost.

NA

3) Build stronger synergies with other projects in the area of education, child protection and health – there are several other Plan programs in the target communities that focus primarily on improving access to education, preventing and responding to violence against children, and improving access and quality of health care services. The project could benefit from building stronger synergies with those programs and pooling funds to achieve key result areas. Such programs could in turn benefit from activities of the Empowering Families project, such as the counseling sessions and livelihood groups, and reap the benefits of direct contact with project beneficiaries. Beyond Plan programs, the project should seek to build stronger linkages with government-led initiatives such as scholarship programs to support students from poor families.

Agree. Actually, the project has

been done well in

connecting/linking with existing

local child protection networks of

Plan Cambodia (e.g. Family

Protection Networks), and those of

the government. However, while

collaboration with relevant

education projects in area of

primary and secondary education

has been well done, improvement

is required for the link to the

preschool projects, implemented

by Plan Cambodia‟s ECCD

programs, and those of other

NGOs, and government so that

the pre-school aged children of the

project target families have better

access the preschools. Following

action points will be done:

Mapping NGO partners working in areas of education, child protection, and health (to be done by KrY in August 2014)

Strengthening the links/ collaboration (e.g. more regular participation in the

We had mapping of NGOs partner

working in areas of Education, child

protection, health WASH and

Nutrition such as:

Sovannphum, CCASVA, RAHC,

CHADA, CRF, ABC, TSSD, LAC,

WatanakPheap organization…; the

main purpose is to link or find any

support or get service for partner

families, especially disabilities and

the poorest families.

We always strengthen and

collaborate with partner families with

disabilities and poorest families to

participate to The health forum and

other relevant meeting of

Government and NGOs such as:

- Handicap International - Association blind Cambodian - Health Center, Operational

Health District (OD) and - Provincial Technical Working

Group for Health - CDPO provided training to local

authorities and they echo training on right of disabilities

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health forums) with the relevant NGOs working the 3 mentioned areas including NGOs working in disability (DPOs, and TPO) starting September 2014

and inclusion disabled people for community development.

- We sent mental health families to psycho- social services and treatment.

- Especially we work very closed with local authorities (commune counselor), district and provincial. Furthermore, we have a firm

collaboration with the following

health and social networks

NGOs: Aple, Mithsamlanh,

House of Peace, House of

Lutus, New Hope Cambodia,

Krousar Thmey, Angkor

Hospital for Children…

4) Increase participation of males in project activities – males were found less involved in project activities, such as trainings, literacy classes, livelihood groups and parenting classes. To reach the goals and objectives of the Empowering Families project it will be important to increase participation of men in project activities. It is suggested to conduct an assessment to uncover reasons why men are not participating at the moment and how to better engage them in the future.

Agree. KrY‟s key staff and

management will meet to review

and set specific strategies to

improve the involvement of men in

all key project activities including

producer‟s groups, trainings,

counseling and so on starting

August 2014.

Since the project start (July 2014-

March 2015), PC and senior staffs

tried to absorb number of men to

participate in project activities such

as Saving group, Livelihood group,

Literacy classes, and HC monthly

meeting, with remarkable figures

(increasing from 27,10% to 40,19%

in Kompong Cham and from 10,6%

to 71,16% in Siem Reap).

5) Promote vocational training for out of school youth – while a small number, out of school youth who benefitted from vocational training through the project were highly satisfied with the program. Many of them were confident that their newly acquired skills would enable them to generate an income for their families. Given its success, it is recommended to expand the vocational training opportunities for out of school youth.

Agree. We have done it already

through the development and

implementation of a separate ANO

funded vocational training project

for disadvantaged out of school

youths in Kampong Cham, Siem

Reap and Ratanak Kiri provinces.

The 4 years (July 2013-June

2017) aforesaid vocational training

project has been implemented,

where young dropped out youths

from the partner families of

Empowering Families Project

(EFP) have participated/benefited

as well.

Empowering Families Project

Sponsor funded project for 9 months

(July 2014- March 2015); from

August-December 2014, EFP

selected and sent 77/F59 Sponsor

children that are out of school to join

the following training skill at

Enterprise:

-Tailoring skill:44 (2 men)

-Make up and wedding

decoration:17 (women)

-Tractor repairer:2 (men)

-Motor repairer/mechanician:9

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(men)

-Barber:4 (men)

-Khmer traditional music learner:1

(man)

6) Strengthen linkages to the VLA (Village Livestock Agent) – many respondents acknowledged and valued the presence of the VLA, however, about one third of partner families had never used their services. In qualitative discussions, participants raised concerns about sudden diseases and deaths of their livestock, which indicates a need for more involvement of the VLA. It is therefore important to strengthen these linkages and raise awareness on the role and responsibilities of the VLA. Beyond their current tasks, VLAs could also assume a key role in agricultural extension work and with appropriate training and support, assist families to improve their agricultural techniques and methods to increase their productivity.

Agree. We have done it through

the 9 month (July 2014-March

2015) extended EFP project (see

Activity 3.1.4 and 3.1.5 under

Objective 3). For example: the

promotions of uses of VLA‟s

services are being done through

various mechanisms and activities

(e.g. promotion through saving

groups, producer‟s groups,

meeting….) as per the extended

EFP.

The followings activities are funded

for EFP project between July 2014

and March 2015:

-We worked hand in hand with

provincial and district agriculture

departments to conduct semester

meeting in all target villages to

strengthen on role and

responsibilities of VLA and update

the progresses of solving issues

related to animal health care and

service to the poorest partner

families.

-KrY facilitated 42/F5 VLAs (17

VLAs in Kompong Cham and 30 in

Siem Reap, including 5 females

partner families) to disseminate

awareness of raising animals to

partner families in 2-quarter basis to

spread animal health information

and keep up-to-date any outbreak of

animal diseases information and

vaccination to 39 villages (14

villages in Kompong Cham and 25

villages in Siem Reap) of

Empowering Families Project, by

providing the training with 1885 (631

in Kompong Cham, including 346 of

female partner families and 1254 in

Siem Reap, including 846 of female

partner families) of partner families

participated in this awareness

dissemination.

7) Diversify income generating activities introduced by the project – one of the main project benefits identified

Agree. We have done it through

the 9 month (July 2014-March

2015) extended EFP project

Actually, diversified income

generating activities supported by

the project is the main activities to

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by the evaluation is the increased number of income generating activities of partner families. To maximize these benefits and minimize any unintended negative consequences (e.g. distorting local markets), it is important to diversify the types of income generating activities introduced in a given community as well as to diversify activities within income generating activities (e.g. types of crops produced). Caution is also needed when providing assets to families to support their future livelihoods (e.g. livestock). In doing so, expected benefits should be carefully weighed against potential losses or negative consequences (e.g. jealousy or no longer meeting the ID Poor eligibility criteria). In addition, it seems important to coordinate income generating activities across organizations operating in the target area, to avoid overlap and ensure maximum impact and best use of resources.

(Objective 3). What we need to

improve is strengthening the

capacity of the partner

families/producer‟s groups to

develop appropriate production

schedules/planning to take

advantage from the fluctuation of

the demand markets of the

products (e.g. seasonality). This

action will be done along with

other relevant activities (e.g.

minimum grant support/cash for

work for family based irrigation)

starting September 2014.

support partner families to improve

living condition; after step 2 of

counseling that counselors identify

the strengths of the families and

help families to identify their issues

or prioritize issues in families in

order to develop family development

plan.

After that Livelihood staffs come to

work with families for organizing

business plan, as well as set some

criteria (observing on family

improvement and market demand)

prior to financially granting for

income generation activities such

as: animal raising, vegetable

growing, small business and other

off-farm skill.

We always think carefully about

equity/balance of each

community.

From September 2014, we granted

to 228 partner families and other

support such as:

- 47/F26 partner families (36 in

Kompong Cham, including 26

female partner families and 11 in

Siem Reap) on Land clearing and

soil improvement for growing

vegetable, banana, cassava and

sugarcane farm.

- 70/F61 Partner families (27 in

Kompong Cham, female only and

43 in Siem Reap, including 34

female partner families) received

off-farm training and mini-grant

package which had 14 different

types of off-farm skill.

- 16 partner families in Siem Reap

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made compost fertilizer

Nowadays, they profit from their skill

with a decent amount per day (from

2.5$ to 7.5$ in Kompong Cham and

2$ to 2.5$ in Siem Reap).

8) Provide training and strengthen skills of partner families on emergency preparedness, resilience and response – to increase sustainability of results, and ensure that families do not fall back into poverty (e.g. those moving out of ID Poor), it is crucial to raise understanding and strengthen the skills of partner families on emergency preparedness, resilience and response.

Agree. Various mechanisms and

activities relating to responses to

emergencies have been and are

being done through the current

extended EFP project. Specifically,

the improvement of knowledge,

skills in response to the

emergencies are being done

through following

activities/interventions:

Counseling

Agriculture and off-farm livelihood training

Saving groups and producer‟s groups

Parenting/12 key family health practices.

By our various mechanisms and

many activities response to partner

families have been done, specially,

step by step counseling up to 5

issues( Education, Health,

Economic, Administration and

Emotional) that we work/counsel

with partner families help them to

improve their knowledge to use

public service in their community

with confidence.

By grant support and other relevant

activities related to improving living

condition such as:

Grant for animal raising, vegetable

growing, small business, and land

were clearing for growing, and other

off-farm and on-farm training

including additional support package

for running business, they are self-

confident to improve their living well.

Parenting skill and 121 key families‟

health practices help families to live

with health care and responsibilities

to the role of parenting.

KrYs‟ staffs still do their best to

impart mainstream knowledge about

1 12 keys family good health practices such as (1) exclusive breastfeeding for at least 6 months, (2), at least 6 months, start introduction of

complementary foods, while continuing to breastfeed, (3), ensure adequate intake of micro-nutrients, (4) Sanitation: Safe disposal of faces, washing

hands, (5) full immunization before first birthday, (6) use of bed nets in malaria endemic areas, (7) promote mental and social development of the child,

(8) continue to feed and offer more fluids when children are sick, (9) appropriate home treatment for infections, (10) recognize when treatment outside

the home is required and seek care from appropriate providers, (11) follow health worker’s advice about treatment, follow-up and referral, and (12)

ensure that every pregnant women has adequate antenatal care.).

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how to prevent, adapt to the climate

change, in case of emergency and

avoid natural disaster to partner

families and communities.

Based on these trainings and

strategies, we surely believe that

partner families which were living in

poverty will be free from this

situation.

9) Research the inclusion barriers of people with disabilities in community development activities – It was outside the scope of the evaluation to directly involve people with disabilities in the research process. However, several barriers towards inclusion of people with disabilities were identified by teachers, commune council members and adults from the poorest and vulnerable families. It will be important to research how people with disabilities are affected by these barriers and how they can be resolved, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders and local authorities.

Agree. Plan Cambodia has

conducted a research relating to

the barriers of disabilities under

the topic/theme “Disability and its

Implication in livelihood and

vocational training”, which aims to

improve understanding on

challenges faced by the people

with disabilities in access to

livelihood and vocational training

supports so that relevant

strategies are developed to help

them overcome the barriers. In

addition, specific step by step

approaches of how to work with

people with disabilities are to be

developed as an integral part of

existing counseling mechanism by

NGO partner/KrY (Ms Samphy) in

October 2014.

The 5-step of counseling

approaches are reviewing to

energize the concepts of disabilities

when we work with disable people.

We try to seek for service support

and link partner families with

disabilities to other NGOs such as:

- Handicap International, - TSSD (Tonle Sap Poverty

Reduction and Smallholder Development Project).

- Association Blind Cambodian - We asked CDPO to support its

services to our stakeholders

10) Strengthen livelihood groups and ensure they run independently – the livelihood groups have been identified as a potential key driver of sustainability. The project should seek to increase the independence of all livelihoods groups and adopt a clear exit strategy for project involvement. The organization of regular meetings needs to be left to the group itself and the group manager in particular, while monitoring whether groups are indeed able to run independently from external support. Strengthening linkages between livelihood groups and VLAs may increase the likelihood for success.

Agree. KrY will set minimum

standard indicators for fully

functional producer‟s groups, and

conduct assessment on the

strengths and weaknesses of the

existing producer‟s groups in

relation to the set indicators, and

hence intervention strategies are

set to improve the functionality of

the groups in August 2014.

Funded for EFP project (July2014-

March 2015) related activity, we

strengthened the functionality of 78

livelihood groups (45 in Siem Reap,

33 in Kompong Cham). At the

present time, there are 34 groups

independent (25 in Siem Reap, 25

in Kompong Cham) that collect and

link effectively their products to

market and shopping Center;

groups that can make better profit

are in TameakThmey, Teukyong,

Koksrok, Thnal Thmey and

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Preahandong village.

To ensure these groups‟ sustainable

improvement, KrY conducts monthly

and semester reflection meeting to

measure the strong and weak

points.

Even though other groups did not

collect or buy all products from

village for sale , they always share

information about products prize

such as pig, chicken, duck,

vegetable, cassava and other

products that partner families need

to sell.

Livelihood groups always

collaborate with VLAs in their target

village to get animals vaccinated

and cured.

11) Develop an exit strategy with key government partners – while government partners are involved in project implementation, continuation of most activities depends on external support. To sustain project results it is crucial to involve local and national government partners in developing an exit strategy, identifying which activities can be carried out by local authorities and which costs can be borne by local budgets. Activities that cannot be continued after donor funding ceases need to be assessed against the sustainability of their results. The assessment should also consider to what extent existing activities can be linked or streamlined into local or national programs, such as the National Social Protection Strategy for the Poor and Vulnerable.

Agree. KrY („s director and team)

will develop exit strategies with the

concerned government

stakeholders including health

center, commune councilors,

agricultural departments so that all

these (stakeholders) are confident

to continue the services to the

communities including the poorest

and most vulnerable families with

alternative supports/resources

other than those from KrY in

November 2014.

KrY‟s director is planning to develop

draft-exit-strategies, with KrY‟s

colleagues, on December 22, 2014.

On January 2015, KrY is going to

meet its stakeholders.

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