Evaluation Plan for Care and Government of Sierra Leone Rural Water Programs, Volume 1
Consultants collaborated with CARE, the UNDP, and the Government of Sierra Leone's Ministry of Energy and Power (MEP) in developing evaluation instruments for their rural supply project. As part of this assignment, team members visited project sites, interviewed donor and ministry staff, and worked with MEP staff in developing these instruments and produced user survey questionnaires, project evaluation surveys, an operation and maintenance survey form, and two project implementation logs, as well as field guides and manuals for each of the forms. The questionnaires were field-tested in the Moyamba District and reviewed by UNDP/MEP. In developing the evaluation instruments, two types of rural water supply projects were considered: improved hand-dug wells and gravity-piped systems. MEP/CARE are implementing approximately 40 wells a year in the Moyamba District. For four years, CARE has been working in the water supply and sanitation sector in this district. CARE is also assisting the MEP in the Western Peninsula District in constructing and operating 13 gravity-fed water systems for large rural villages. WaterAid, private a U.K. technical assistance organization, is supplying engineering and construction management services.