ࡱ> QSP7 =1bjbjUU %N7|7|#-l 8  D+zB B "d d d d d d |+~+~+~+~+~+~+$w- /H+d d d d d + d d + d vd d |+ d |+ V .(*d 6 `\^# T)*+0+l)\/ 4/* PROGRAM LIST FOR NEF (NEAR EAST FOUNDATION) MOROCCO Education: NEF established and runs a community-based program to encourage female attendance at primary schools in 24 Berber villages in the High Atlas Mountains, using parent councils, family contracts and school facility improvements that have increased such attendance from as little as zero in some schools to an average of 50%. (FEATURED PROGRAM) 2) Urban Poverty: NEF is working in slums outside of Rabat and Casablanca to foster community-based organizations with the goal of increasing employment, living standards and community solidarity and alleviating poverty and dangerous living conditions. EGYPT Agriculture: NEF established and operates a pilot desert agriculture extension project in three villages southwest of Aswan, Egypt near to Lake Nasser where the Egyptian government has resettled 60,000 farmers and their families from the Nile Delta as part of a program to resettle one million people. 2) Health: NEF designed and implemented a program for training nurses and improving nursing practice in two regions in Upper Egypt that increased enrollment in nursing schools by 214% and employment of nurses by more than 440. 3) Education: NEF is launching a program in sexuality education in three neighborhoods in Cairo, training youth leaders regarding contraception, sexually-transmitted diseases, female circumcision and healthy sexual practices so that they can teach their peers. MALI Conservation: NEF promotes natural resource management in 127 villages with over 110,000 people, including restoring aquatic grasses around Lake Korientze and returning fish reserves to levels of 20 years ago. Agriculture: NEF has improved agricultural productivity in most of these villages with anti-erosion measures boosting production of millet by 46 tons a year and rice by 43 tons. Womens Credit: NEF inaugurated a micro-finance bank in 2006 combining all womens micro-credit groups organized since 1992. In the past 7 years, nearly 15,000 women have received $3 million in loans. SUDAN Health: NEF built and operates a health clinic that provides the only medical care for 40,000 internally displaced Sudanese in a settlement 35 kilometers from Khartoum, including free vaccinations, family planning and child nutrition and reduced fee maternity, primary care and laboratory and pharmacy services. Education: NEF provides facility improvements, teaching materials and school governance support to a pre-school, elementary school and womens adult literacy program in the same settlement. Micro-credit: NEF established and funds a community-based credit committee that has funded more than 40 small businesses in the same settlement, as well as having provided similar credit programs elsewhere in Sudan. (Near East Foundation also conducts programs in Middle Eastern countriesPalestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordannot within the Clear Funds African focus.) II. FEMALE EDUCATION IN RURAL MOROCCAN VILLAGES A. For the past three years, NEF has implemented a program of female education and school improvement in 21 rural villages in the High Atlas Mountains, a region where NEF previously had worked since 1987. These villages, averaging 800 inhabitants per village, are spread far apart in a region lacking adequate roads, water supply and electrification. Families live on less than $10 a month in small mud-and-rock houses with traditional latrines. Primary education is free and compulsory, but most schools are in disrepair and lack funding to rebuild, as well as essential school supplies and teaching materials. Attendance is low, especially for girls for whom there is no tradition of school learning and who spend many hours each day gathering wood for family cooking. Illiteracy is estimated at 61 percent for women and 36 percent for men nationally, rising to 90 percent among rural women. NEFs community-based program consists of facilitating the establishment of parent-teacher councils and supporting their development and implementation of strategies to support education. Councils include parents, teachers, school directors, women leaders, and local elected officials. They convene community meetings and seek to convince parents of the value of education for their daughters. Councils encourage contracts to be signed between parents and schools to formalize the decision to attend. Adult literacy programs and council-led efforts to improve school facilities enhance the value of education. NEFs team of five professionals visits the villages on average twice a week to support parent-teacher councils in work planning, financial management, events planning, fundraising and public outreach. To date, NEFs program has led to the establishment of 27 parent-teacher councils working with more than 3,000 students in 21 schools. Womens participation in decision-making in childrens education has increased by 1,045%. School attendance for girls has grown in three years from as low as zero to 100 percent attendance of eligible students. Girls make up 51% of the classroom attendance. The rate at which girls remain in school and graduate has increased to 98 percent. A general shift in villagers perception of education has changed. With upcoming September 2007 local elections, the parent-teacher councils are campaigning for pro-education candidates. The Moroccan Ministry of Education has recognized the success of NEFs program and asked NEF to develop it into a model that can be implemented throughout villages in southern Morocco. NEF is actively seeking funding for this next stage of the program. However, NEF also wishes to continue operating in the villages where the program began and needs funding to support sustainability of parent-teacher councils. The women leaders from Ait Zaghar village have expressed interest in reviving goat herding which could generate $3,000/year. NEF would provide and transport the goats as well as conduct training in best practices of animal husbandry. The womens association of Asseghmou village would like to market their traditional woven rugs at the recently-opened crafts center in Ouarzazate which attracts many tourists. NEF would provide necessary materials and training in quality control and basic business. NEF plans to encourage parent-teacher councils to focus on developing income-generating activities and use the proceeds to fund improvements in school facilities. Illustrative income-generating activities would include animal husbandry, crop diversification and improved food processing, and marketing of traditional crafts. Uses of funds would include installing latrines, running water and heating, as well as starting pre-school and adult literacy classes. NEFs work with rural communities in southern Morocco began in 1987. A dairy goat and family nutrition project helped to establish a cooperative cheese factory that remains in operation, independent of outside assistance. An appropriate technology training center, founded in 1993, focused on income generation, household energy and natural resource management, sustainable agriculture and food processing, water, and health. In 1997, NEFs efforts began to focus on creating village associations to help rural communities organize and build infrastructure. A micro-credit program supported weaving and beekeeping. Adult literacy projects taught women with NEF-developed Berber language materials; and local womens committees taught health skills with similar Berber training manuals. NEFs activities have reached 41 villages in Ouarzazate, Zagora, and Oujda Provinces with more than 20,000 of Moroccos poorest citizens. B. Yes, all income-generating activities to support education will be accepted. C. Budget Summary. For detailed budget please see Annex A. Description Amount Program Activities 19,500 Salaries and other operating expenses 43,532 Administration 8,825 TOTAL COST $71,857 III. Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plan A. In this section, we present our approach to developing a results-oriented project with a supporting performance monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan. Our approach to performance monitoring and evaluation is built on a strategy that links the project results framework, work plan, organizational structure, and M&E systems. Key pillars of our approach to performance monitoring are: Integration. The performance monitoring and evaluation system will be integrated into the project management system and approach. Inclusion. We will share information with partners and stakeholders as appropriate to ensure effective implementation. Responsive. Our approach recognizes the missions reporting requirement to the donor and other stakeholders, and will ensure the system facilitates consistent, reliable reporting. Exhibit I. Results Framework Clear Fund Strategic Objective: Help people in Africa become economically self-supporting Project Objective: Livelihoods improved through promotion of economically self-supporting activities  Project intermediate Result: Revenue generation of targeted associations increasedProject intermediate Result: Education opportunities self-sustainable Our project objective contributes to Clear Funds strategic objective. Our two project intermediate results reflect dual impact that our activities will create. Key components of our performance monitoring and evaluation plan are summarized as follows: Surveys and special studies. Collection of qualitative data will be particularly important for monitoring results. Special attention will be given to the collection of qualitative data that can be disaggregated by gender, age, and ethnicity. Partner participation. Our program coordinator will provide M&E capacity training to our local partners by helping them build data spreadsheets and databases to monitor results. Data collection. The program coordinator will ensure that all M&E data and information from the project are easily accessible by our partners and readily convertible into the donors own internal reporting systems. B. Please find attached the following written reports: Attachment B: Mid-term Report for the Community Involvement for Reforming Primary Education. The report evaluates the methodology, principals and approaches used and assesses project impact. The report concludes that while it was initially difficult to gain community acceptance, the project has produced a revolution in the perception of education among villagers, integrated women into decision-making, and establishing sustainable models of parent-teacher councils. Attachment C: Performance Monitoring Summary. Out of 13 indicators, responding to 4 results, the project has met half the indicators and surpassed half by an average of 58%. Attachment D: Interaction Report: Literacy Advances in Berber Communities. Based on the successes of the Community Involvement for Reforming Primary Education project, the regional Ministry of Education will adopt the education model for the entire Souss-Massa-Draa region, impacting over 5 million inhabitants. 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