Evaluation of CARE's DEC Phase 1 and DfID Dadu Projects

The evaluation was conducted between July 1 and August 15, 2011. Themain evaluation tools included documents review, interviews with CARE and partner staff, focus group discussions within communities, and transect walks. The DEC Phase 1 project was implemented from August 2010 to February 2011 with a budget of £1,146,331 in partnership with HANDS, Takhleeq Foundation (TF) and the Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) and targeted 9,128 households (7 people per household) in the districts of Qamber-Shahdadkot (TF), Sukkur, Shikarpur, Kashmore (HANDS), Ghotki and Dadu (SPO) in Sindh province. It focused on health, food, shelter, NFI, sanitation, livestock vaccination and psychosocial activities. The DFID project was implemented over 9 months (October 2010 to May 2011) with a 2.5-month no-cost extension with a budget of £1,999,443 through three local NGOs-JORDAN, RDF and HIN to benefit 100,000 individuals in Sindh province - district of Dadu and focused on WASH, healthcare and NFI activities.