POST PROJECT EVALUATION REPORT
- 1. POST PROJECT EVALUATION REPORT Project Name Clean Drinking Water for the Population of TM Khan District, Sindh Project Location UC Ghulam Shah Bagrani, Moya TM Khan District Sindh Donor organization Association for the Development of Pakistan (ADP) Sector Water and sanitation Implementing Partner Sindh Community Foundation (SCF) Visiting Person Irfan Hussain Shaikh Site Visit Date 20-12-2014 Introduction Thisreportis intendanttoinformthe donororganization,implementingpartnerandotherstake holder regardingthe reverence,performance,impactandsustainabilityof the intervention.The majorpurpose of thisreportisto keepinformthe decision makerssotheymaylearnfromexperience andguide future action-projectphase two.Forthe purpose one meetinghasbeenorganizedwithkeyprojectofficersand severvillages-projectsite were visited.Sevenfocusgroupdiscussionandtwokeyinformantinterview were conducted.The datawas recordedonthe structuredquestionnaire andinanaudiorecorder.No one majorissue wasfoundinthe intervention,accesstosave drinkingwaterandsanitationhave been remarkablyimprove of the directbeneficiaries. Objective To evaluate the overall relevance,performance,impactandsustainabilityof the project To evaluate issuesinprojectimplementation,tokeepinformthe decisionmakers To evaluate the impactof the interventiononthe communities Methodology Structuredquestionnaireswere usedtocollectthe data,focusgroupdiscussion,keyinformant interviewsandtransitwalkgeneral observationtechniqueswere appliedtogatherthe data. Anindepth analysisof the qualitativedatawasundertaken.Total no of sevenFGDand keythree information interview were contacted.
- 2. Findings MEETING WITH THE SINDH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (SCF) KEY STAFF A meeting was conducted with the SCF Staff on 16 December 2014 at the Head Office Qasimabad, Hyderabad. The agenda of the meeting included progress review of Phase – I of the project including works in seven villages. Based on the documents received from SCF and ADP, project information was discussed and reinforced with the SCF representatives in the meeting. Project Coordinator Jawed Hussain, Program Manager Rizwan Soomro, Accounts Manager Nayar Azam, Project Supervisor and Associate Engineer Abdul Ghafoor
- 3. Following main points emerged during the meeting: Sites were selected with the consent of beneficiaries keeping in view the need of the most vulnerable and to ensure better distribution among the villagers. DRR and gender issues were also kept in consideration and to the ease of women who are primarily water managers. Site selection was also subject to considerations of physical security of installations. Water tests were conducted through PCSRW and samples were drawn by boring. Aquifers with sweet and plenty water were preferred. DRR and gender issues are in consideration. Community members participated at all levels of project works. Beneficiaries also took part as lobour in the project works. Village Water Management Committees (VWMC) was formed in each of the seven villages. These VWMCs were responsible to oversee project works in their respective villages as per agreed responsibilities including reporting to the Project Supervisor on the progress and issues in implementation. The WMCs were also responsible to undertake maintenance or repair work as arise may arise with time. Awareness sessions were conducted by SCF on hygiene and health in each village. Focusing “Personal Health and Hygiene, Best Water Practices and Balanced Nutrition”. The same sessions were used for social mobilization for the project. Internal monitoring on part of SCF was conducted by Project Steering Committee (PSC) formed in relation to the project and beneficiaries (VWMC and SWC along with community leader). On average around 90 people have access to portable water through each Daccar Pump per day Project Coordinator Javed Hussain supervised inputs for the project providing guidelines to
- 4. other project staff and overseeing overall implementation. Project Supervisor and Associate Engineer Abdul Ghafoor was responsible to look directly into the identification/demarcation of land, installation of pumps and water supply schemes, pre-site approvals and testing of water quality, checking of material and internal monitoring under intimation to Project Coordinator. The Project Supervisor was also responsible for daily update of project progress along with monthly reporting. VWMC and SWC along with community leader were also involved in monitoring works. Social Mobilizer Ghalib was responsible to arrange sessions/ mobilization meetings and focused group discussions. The Project Coordinator said that village wise profiles were developed and technical reports were submitted to ADP. Project Supervisor and Associate Engineer added that demarcation of land and developing consensus in community is time consuming and recommends that ADP should increase the time duration of project. Program Manager said that delays in payment lead to cost over runs in material and transportation. After completion of Phase – I, the Project Staff including Project Coordinator undertook meetings and informal discussions with the villagers to inquire if any immediate issues may have arise or the conflicts may have occurred on water allocation. In cases of such conflicts, VWMC and SCW and community leaders were involved in resolutions. By raising height of the pump by 1.5 feet, possible damage by soil erosion and rain flooding may be minimized. In addition, Daccar pumps are much better in raising water from more depths and also provide greater quantity of water.
- 5. SUMMARY OF SITE VISIT & COMMUNITY INTERVIEW The site visit is scheduled in the meeting with scf staff on 16, dec, 2015. The visite is take place on 21 dec. The agenda of the site visit is to verify that all the handpumps and water supply scheme are operational and to conduct a focus group discussion is each village with beneficaries and other villagers and to evaluate the project work. PHYSICAL VERIFICATION a. Following Handpumps (Phase – I) b. Water Supply Schemes (Phase – I) S # Village Handpumps Status Timing 1 Nizam Khan Rind 1 Operational 12:45pm to 01:23 pm 2 Haji Photo Bhatti 3 Operational 02:17pm to 02:59pm 3 Ghulam Shah Bagrani 1 Operational 03:28pm to 0352pm 4 Bambo Khokar/ Agay Dino Rind 1 Not verified 5 Veeho Kohli 1 Operational 06:25pm to 07:02pm 7 S # Village Water Scheme Status Timing 1 Shadi Khan Rind 1 Operational 04:23pm to 05:52pm 2 Mehboob Ali Rind 1 Operational 11:am to 12:15pm 2
- 6. UC Ghulam Shah Bagrain Moya, District Tando Mahammad Khan is an underdeveloped area. Rind Baloch, Shah, Khaskheli, Soomrow, Chandia, Arain, and in minorities Kohli, Bheel and Megwar inhabit the villages. Local language is Sindhi. People live in clusters of small scale settlements locally known as bastis usually relatives with old tradations, norms and coustoms. 90 percent of the population is dependent upon agricultural and allied activities. Rare proportion of the population is involved in market related activity and trading, including general stores, easypaisa shops, local hotels and cabins. In 2011 Sindh province experienced abnormal rains leading to flooding in the interior areas affecting all 23 district including Tando Muhammad Khan District. Flood water recession took much time for people to resettle. They have had to live in camps deprived of the assets they needed to restore their livelihood. People were of the view that there was ‘no life during the
- 7. flood’. Most of the inhabitants of the seven villages (of Phase – I) fased the same condition/. Diseases which became prevalent after the flood are mostly skin diseases, eye soaring, dirrehea and malaria. In most of the villages, water is not fit for drinking. Villagers are dependent on ground water sources for household needs. According to these villagers canal water is not drinkable and they use it only in cultivation and wash purposes. Ground water is the main source of drinking water currently being drawn by a hand pumps locally known as Sunni Machine and Nalka. However, most of the communities prefer Daccar Hand pumps according to them Daccar Hand pumps are easy to use and can draw water from more depths and supply large quantity of water. It is observed in the visit that if the hand pumps are installed in community (basti) close to the houses, every person can access and draw water for their needs but if the same are located outside the villages, then women and children are engaged in fetching water to manage the household needs and not save too. In some villages community is of the view that water supply system was more accessible before the flood. They said that the floods destroyed their water courses and caused extensive damage to the existing water supply installations. Some community members were of the view that water system has become more accessible after last flooding since a number of NGO set up hand pumps and some are of the view that the condition is same. According to the villagers, it takes longer time to fetch water from nearby community/ areas. On average, they have to walk up to 2 to 3 km to reach to the nearest source of water. Conflicts also arise due to children misbehavior in other bustis. They say that insecurity surmounts and therefore women in particular go in groups to fetch water. With hand pumps this burden is gradually decreasing. They are of the view that installation of hand pumps and construction of water tanks is necessary to minimize the problems but not the permanent solution. They said installation of water filtration plants and construction of water and drainage infrastructure are further requirements. In some villages people are not aware about Sindh Community Foundation (SCF). According to them SCF as an organization did not do any development work before this Project. Villagers had positive thinking. They were happy with SCF and ADP development works and expressed satisfaction. In these villages minor conflict have arise but there is no major conflict between different groups and castes. During the interview it has been noticed that in village Mehboob Ali Rind, Ghulam Shah Bagrani and Shadi Khan Rind there is no conflict in sharing water but in village Nizam Khan Rind, Haji Photo Bhatti and Ceeho Kohli people are having minnor conflicts and only the community members are taking benefit from these hand pumps and water supply scheme and restricting others. The reasons behind are old conflicts, religious and personal. It is also found that if hand pumps are installed in community near their houses, only the communities take benefit and if hand pumps are installed at common place all the community take benefit from it.
- 8. In village Mehboob Ali Rind, Shadi Khan Rind Veeho Kohli and Ghulam Shah Bagrani the taste of water is salty and in village Nazam Khan Rind, Hiji Photo Bhatti water is Sweet. During the visit, it has been verified that SCF has conducted Water Quality Test from Government water testing laboritory according to PCRWR standard and social mobilization and monitoring visits are also done by SCF key project team and PSC. Community leaders and members of VWMC are of the view that if any conflict arises in water allocation or any technical problem is found in the water system, they are responsible to resolve the issue and maintain the water system. It has been notice that communities are quite concious about this project and are direclty and indirectly involve at every level of this project. Recommendation The project has benefited people in the area and providing access to safe drinking water. I recommend that SCF work can proceed further with: 1. SCF be asked to move further deep/ remote, deprived areas and avoid cosmetic zones 2. Awareness sessions should be made more effective so that the community participation with SCF may increase and beneficiaries be mobilized to the extent that they can take care/maintenance of water installations. 3. Avoid delay in implementation by realizing funds on time. 4. Ensure that all the community member financial contribute in the maintenance work of water structure.