Donor: UNHCR

Project: Galkacyo, Hobyo, Dhusamareb, and Adaado, Balanbale and Abudwak district of Mudug and Galgadud regions, Somalia

The exercise involved development of a Third Part Monitoring report for monitoring activities for the project. The project sought to improve the livelihoods and protection status of approximately 20,500 IDPs individuals and 4,000 vulnerable host community members in Galkacyo, Hobyo, Dhusamareb, and Adaado, Balanbale and Abudwak district of Mudug and Galgadud regions through delivery of quality community centered protection and livelihoods services.

This was in response to the increased IDP settlements as a result of evictions, drought, and conflicts in the region with violence against women and girls not an exception. The project support the vulnerable population through  – Support for Sexual Gender Based survivors (Medical, Material, Legal and Psychosocial counselling), Small business Small business, and Core relief items.

A consultant from GARTS was involved in Data Analysis and Report development.

The use of android mobile phones for data collection eliminated the need for manual data entry; thereby reducing data entry errors. Training of enumerators was conducted to build a shared understanding concerning survey methodology, interview techniques and ethical considerations. Validity and rigor were enhanced during the interpretative analysis through a series of feedback sessions with members of the assessment team.

Data collection was carried out in compliance with human subjects’ ethical requirements. Informed consent was sought for all participating respondents, having been fully briefed on voluntary participation. Privacy and confidentiality for all respondents and no information obtained for purposes of this exercise were linked to any individual