| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Kean Svay Child Survival Project |
| Duration |
2001-2003, plus 5 months no-cost extension |
| Donor |
USAID |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Health;World Vision Cambodia;The local partners of World Vision Cambodia |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Health |
| Region |
the Leuk Dek Administrative District |
| Financing |
Not mentioned in completion report. |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
USAID/Cambodia; CARE; RHAC; RACHA; the Ministry of Health; and Directors of operational districts; health centers, community education sessions; the Red Cross Hospital |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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| Gender |
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| Impact Analysis |
In three years of implementation, the Kean Svay Child Survival Project has been successful in achieving all its child health and survival objectives in the direct impact area, the Leuk Dek AdministrativeDistrict (Administrative District;population52,779). the Kean Svay Child Survival Project was able to further build the capacity of the Kean Svay Operational District to implement child survival activities in other areas. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
At the community level in Leuk Dek, Village Health Volunteers and community leaders gained ownership of the Kean Svay Child Survival Project -supported activities and will continue their implementation. The Area Development Programs in Leuk Dek and in Kampong Thom have integrated some child health and survival activities, approaches and tools into their plans. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The Leuk Dek Area Development Program, the Kean Svay Operational District and Health Center and the HIV/AIDS and Health Program have met regularly to discuss personnel policies. Essential personnel policies are in place within World Vision Cambodia and Area Development Program to continue the Kean Svay Child Survival Project activities. The Area Development Program in Leuk Dek increased its budget to include health staff and support the Village Health Volunteers. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
The Kean Svay Child Survival Project introduced and used several new monitoring and evaluation tools and methods. Among tools that have appeared useful are the clinical observation and the Health Center management checklists, the knowledge assessment questionnaires for Village Health Volunteers and mothers, and the Organizational Capacity Assessment. World Vision Cambodia, World Vision Asia Pacific Regional Office and World Vision United States should conduct participatory assessment of these tools using the available data and the experience of their users to draw conclusions and recommendations about their use, and disseminate these findings within World Vision and other organizations working in health and child survival. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
World Vision is a large and mature organization with good financial policies and procedures. These organizational guidelines were a help to the project. Budget management was more difficult when natural disasters such as flooding prevented implementation of planned activities. The financial coordination with World Vision United States was good except for slow communication in the last quarter of the project.The Area Development Programs will carry on only a few activities of the Kean Svay Child Survival Project, and there will be sufficient funding for this.The project developed its own plans for financial sustainability of activities through the Area Development Programs, and did not need technical assistance with this respect. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
The Ministry of Health and World Vision in Cambodia have implemented a seven-year Child Survival Project in the Kean Svay and the Kampong Thom Operational Districts from 1997 to 2003. Phase1 of this project was successfully implemented in Kean Svay Administrative District from 1997 to 2000, and Phase 2 was also implemented in the two other Administrative District of the Kean Svay Operational Districts and in three Administrative Districts of the Kampong Thom Operational District from 2001 to 2003. |
