Real-Time Evaluation Report for the CRS Pakistan Response in the Swat Valley

CRS launched a response in September 2009 to support the return of at least 3,000 persons displaced from Swat Valley. CRS partnered with local organizations LASOONA and EPS to provide cash grants, vouchers for livelihood assets, and cash for work activities to restart livelihood activities for returnees and other vulnerable households. The response targeted 4 Union Councils (UCs) which were adequately secure and had a large proportion of returnees. The real time evaluation (RTE) was held during the week of October 26th 2009. The objectives of the RTE were to enable Catholic Relief Services and partner staff to learn from progress and achievements of the Swat Valley response and to identify ways to apply this learning to improve the quality of on-going implementation. The RTE findings are organized by the evaluation criteria of appropriateness and relevance, effectiveness, coverage, coordination, and connectedness and sustainability.