Evaluation of ChildFund Kenya MED Programs Sample Clauses

Evaluation of ChildFund Kenya MED Programs. The evaluation was conducted between 5th March 2007 and 5th April 2007 by the ChildFund Regional MED Advisor for East and Southern Africa backstopped by ChildFund Kenya MED Programs advisor. The focus of the Evaluation was on quality and effectiveness of ChildFund MED activities/interventions. Two WSN grant funded MED activities namely: vocational and entrepreneurship training for adolescents; and Micro-credit services to vulnerable household groups through partnership agreement with KREP Development Agency were evaluated. The evaluation revealed that over 78% of the clients’ targeted by the KREP project were women and the benefits had trickled down to over 300 OVC while over 75% of the clients had already gone through the business management training. Less than 4% was recorded as the drop out rate of the vocational training program. This low rate was attributed to pre- vocational counseling and guidance conducted before the trainees were enrolled. The vocational training model adopted by the program was observed to be effective due the way it had enabled the youths to secure employment or start their own small enterprises. In addition, some unique observations were noted with the WSN vocational training model where the program had a provision of six months post training support through mentors that assisted the trainees to have a strong foundation or base as they ventured into either starting their own business or going for gainful employment.