Introduction
Kenamhope partners with local, national institutions, private sector, and communities in Kenya to supports other local entities to meet OVC(orphans and vulnerable children) need. Kenamhope and the six local CBOs collaborate in the development of program activities.
Our current practice in emancipation is characterized by variation, and in the absence of a policy, decision making is left to individual program teams and program officers. Because the foundation supports a diverse range of partners and projects, it is necessary to have a clear organizational understanding of how assessment should vary to best inform decision-making across each of these areas.
Purpose of the Policy
Our policy is intended to help kenamhope foundation staff and our partners align their expectations in determining why, when, and how to apply emancipation. More specifically, the policy encourages foundation teams to be more transparent and strategic in deciding what and how to emancipate. Our aim is to integrate hope and emancipation into the fabric of our work, achieve alignment with our partners about what we are aspiring and why, and generate evidence that is useful to us and our partners as we move forward.
Emancipation Roles and Responsibilities
Our emancipation policy is a starting point for strengthening how we use emancipation within the foundation and with our partners. We educate our team and help the unprivileged with resources and designated roles within the foundation that enable clear decision making about when and how to use evaluation and facilitate consistent management on findings ways to keep hope alive. These resources and roles are detailed in the following sections.
Our Strategies and Goals
The foundation organizes its resources by strategies, each in a specific area or sector. Each strategy has its own goals and priorities, partners and grantees, and allocation of foundation resources. Foundation teams measure the progress of their strategies and investigate what works best to achieve priority outcomes using many different types of concepts. Monitoring will be conducted through continuous gathering of information on indicators related to the implementation and the outcomes of the project interventions. The information will be provided on a regular basis, such as weekly, monthly and quarterly, in which decentralize unit reports to central location for analysis. Evaluation should be conducted to assess whether the project has the expected impact, and this requires study involving survey of beneficiaries and control group. Given the cross-cutting nature of(Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning) MEAL, it will be led by an independent team at the project coordination level. In addition, (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning)MEAL reporting will be simple but deliver key insights that are necessary for good decision making. Key indicators and metrics should be relevant for strategic as well as management decision-making. Definition of performance indicators and requirements will ensure robust baseline assessment. Consideration of all necessary conditions and capacities required for successful implementation, including dedicated budget.
. Kenamhope shall also provide CBO staff with training in project management, budgeting, program monitoring, and specific topic areas needed to support OVC and their families, such as children’s rights and income generation. With these skills and support, the CBOs oversees program implementation at the community level, responsible for hiring project staff and securing community networks. To facilitate service delivery, the CBOs create partnerships with community facilities. The CBOs, with support from Kenamhope, currently partners with 4 health centers and 8 schools, including primary schools and early childhood development (ECD) centers. Health centers, for example, have agreed to provide OVC beneficiaries with immediate medical treatment as needed, and bill the project monthly for services rendered. However, health facility confidence in receiving payment from the project enables them to attend to OVC needs in a 17 of 27 timely manner and maintain a stocked supply of medicines. CBOs shall perform health campaigns among beneficiaries, such as de-worming and vitamin distribution.