Donor: BMZ

Location: Marsabit County, Kenya and Dire Woreda, Southern Ethiopia.

Malteser International through a local implementing agency has been implementing a resilience project titled: “Using a One Health approach to strengthen the resilience of the semi-nomadic population in the border region of Kenya and Ethiopia.” The cross-border project targets the Gabbra and Borana people living in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. The project sought to reduce the spread of zoonotic diseases in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) and thus improve the resilience of people – especially pastoralists who are suffering greatly from the effects of climate change. GARTS was contracted to undertake the evaluation and was involved in designing the final evaluation approach and methodology including survey tools, mobile survey tools, Data collection, Data Analysis and Report development.

In Northern Kenya: The data collection exercise identified and recruited research assistants from the Maikona ward (Marsabit county) and prior to undertaking data collection, the enumerators were trained and translations were done jointly to ensure uniformity while asking the questions. Upon completion of the training, the evaluation team conducted a pre-test to the survey tools for consistency and flow which informed final revisions on the survey tools. Data collection was conducted for 5 days.

In Southern Ethiopia: The data collection exercise identified and recruited research assistants from the Dire Woreda (Borana zone) and prior to undertaking data collection, the enumerators were trained and translations were done jointly to ensure uniformity while asking the questions. Upon completion of the training, the evaluation team conducted a pre-test to the survey tools for consistency and flow which informed final revisions on the survey tools. Data collection was conducted for 5 days.