An Assessment of Monitoring and Evaluation practices of Local NGO’s: Case study of Nutrition Plus Holistic Home Care

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2017-06-03

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This research had the general objective of assessing the monitoring and evaluation practice of projects conducted by local NGO’s by taking one Local NGO as a case study (NPHHC). To achieve this objective the research used a descriptive research design which used both primary and secondary data collection method. For the primary data the research used questionnaire and interview and for the secondary the research employed document reviews. The research employed purposive or judgmental sampling technique and selected 22 sample respondents out of the 54 employees at NPHHC, the primary data gathered through the questionnaire was analyzed using the statistical package for social science (SPSS) and the results were presented using tables, frequencies and percentages and charts. The research found that the monitoring and evaluation practices of the organization has many ineffectiveness, while it has a good monitoring and evaluation plan which incorporates specific and measurable objectives, data collection methods, frequencies of data collection and personnel assigned for M&E, it lack to plan for dissemination of result and it also lacks usage of lessons learned for decision making. In addition while Indicators are set for objectives, activities and inputs there are no indicators that measure the result of the interventions. The study also found that baseline data collected are moderately utilized through the project lifecycle and frameworks are only employed if the donor requests for it, similarly evaluations are only conducted by donor or government and not the organization. The study recommends that the organization conducts income generating activities to reduce the dependency on donor, provide trainings for the staff and build capacity and expertise and mainly establish its own standardized monitoring and evaluation frameworks and system

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Monitoring, Evaluation, Local NGO

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