Evaluation of BHA Restore II

Jouri for Research and Consulting (Jouri) was commissioned by GOAL to undertake an evaluation of the RESTORE II project, funded by USAID’S Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). The project was implemented in Northwest Syria (NWS) and constituted a multisectoral intervention covering Food Security and Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (FSMPCA), WASH, Nutrition, Shelter, Economic Recovery and Market Systems (ERMS), and Humanitarian Coordination. 

The RESTORE II project built on previous interventions including the RESTORE I program (also funded by BHA), consolidating progress and building on lessons learned, to provide critical life-saving and life-sustaining assistance within the aforementioned sectors. The target beneficiaries for the project were the most vulnerable displaced and host community households across Idleb and Aleppo governorates. The overall objective of the project was to ensure the basic needs of vulnerable households are met and to increase livelihood capacity, to reduce the adoption of negative coping strategies among affected communities. Food Security interventions included the distribution of food kits, and cash vouchers, WASH sector support included water supply services as well as hygiene promotion and waste removal, Nutrition activities focused on awareness raising around malnutrition (particularly for infants, children and pregnant and lactating women), and Shelter support consisted of residential building rehabilitation. ERMS activities included the Graduation Approach and Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) support to vendors, while Humanitarian Coordination included support to the NGO Forum.

The project began on 1 June 2021 and ended on 31 May 2022, with a no-cost extension (NCE) to 30 June 2022. The RESTORE II project was implemented in Idleb and Aleppo governorates by GOAL and four partner organisations: Shafak, The Big Heart Foundation, Ihsan Relief and Development and Syrian Expatriate Medical Association (SEMA). The inception phase of the evaluation began in May 2022, with data collection taking place from 1-10 August 2022.