Project Description:

An end-line evaluation was carried out to depict whether the risk factors have been decreased and to what extent protective factors have been increased or not in both camp and host community in Cox’s Bazar. The overall objective of the study was to evaluate the integrated multi-sector preventative and remedial interventions based on the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and the Sphere Standards in accordance with the evaluation criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, coverage, and coordination. Subsequently, finally finding out the lessons learnt and formulating recommendations (in line with the OECD-DAC and ALNAP criteria). The study followed a mixed-method approach combining both quantitative and qualitative approaches for achieving the objectives which provided more understanding of the problem under investigation. Quantitative data were collected through a structured questionnaire survey from project beneficiaries at individual and household levels (i.e., both camps and host communities). Probability sampling technique (“Stratified Random Sampling”) was used for selecting the respondents from the study area and the sample size for the quantitative survey was 724. For collecting the qualitative data using a non-probability sampling technique, the study conducted 6 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), 23 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), 2 In-depth Interviews (IDIs) and 4 case studies. 40 observations were also conducted systematically. The findings of the evaluation can be divided into three main thematic areas of interventions, i.e., CP (Child Protection), FSL (Food Security and Livelihood) and WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene). The study recommended constructing access roads to child-friendly spaces, reopening CFS, AFS and GFS, taking safety measures during COVD-19, maintaining WASH structures properly and conducting sustainability and feasibility analysis before providing training of FSL interventions.