RI - MEL activities under the Graduation Model under the “LIFT” funded project “Response Mechanism for Addressing Protracted Displacement in Rakhine State, Myebon and Mrauk U - 2022

Description of Project:

The project implemented a graduation model to support internally displaced persons (IDPs), former IDPs and the surrounding communities. The graduation model was built on five core elements: (i) provision of productive assets; (ii) technical and business skills training to manage the respective product asset; (iii) consumption support through regular cash or food support; (iv) home visits/coaching geared at community inclusion and positive behaviour change; (v) financial inclusion, training on financial literacy and linkage to formal financial services. The objective of the assignment was to conduct a baseline survey to understand the living conditions of the most vulnerable households in Myebon Township.

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:

●        Met with RI to discuss the scope, approach, methodology, resource mobilization, stakeholders, timelines, deliverables for the baseline evaluation;

●        Developed methodology and data collection tools including household surveys, focus group discussions, key informant interviews;

●        Reviewed the project documents and the result matrix and relevant indicators;

●        Reviewed the M&E needs of the project and of the graduation model and identify relevant indicators to be measured;

●        Conducted data collection including surveying of 250 HHs, profiling of 400 HHs, 10 KIIs, and 4 FGDs

●  Wrote up a baseline report.