TRAINING AND INFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON THE ... - Fokus

Participatory observation of project activities and related GAMCOTRAP activities will be
conducted as far as is possible during the country visit (and will complement the evaluator’s previous
participant observation with GAMCOTRAP). Interviews will be conducted (using a Gambian translator
independently engaged by the evaluator) among key informants - GAMCOTRAP staff and volunteers;
leading decision-makers in targeted communities; Community Based Facilitators; Traditional Birth
Attendants, traditional healers, and circumcisers trained by GAMCOTRAP; members of established
networks of people living with HIV/AIDS; traditional communicators and representatives of youth
drama groups; and students in Family Life Education classes.
The review will include conceptualization of the project, planning processes, implementation,
monitoring, and evaluation mechanisms. The aspects of project content, organization, sustainability,
communication with partners, and administration will all be reviewed.
Outputs:
1. The evaluator will interview GAMCOTRAP staff and volunteers, representatives of the
primary and secondary beneficiaries in a participatory manner with the assistance of
GAMCOTRAP staff, and independently representatives of other agencies and organizations.
2. A report of approximately 30 pages, exclusive of annexes showing the raw data from the
project, will be the final output.
The report is to contain:
• Executive Summary with main conclusions on findings, lessons learned, and recommendations.
• Background, description of project and its activities.
• Answers to the questions in the ToR.
• Recommendations.
• Attachments.
Timetable:
The evaluator will spend two weeks in The Gambia during the first half of December, 2008, gathering
data, and will then spend one week (in Seattle, U.S.) preparing the report. The evaluator in collaboration
with the various stakeholders will then plan a dissemination workshop to be hosted by GAMCOTRAP
in The Gambia during the last week of February, which will be attended by GAMCOTRAP staff,
beneficiaries and local partners, the evaluator, and representatives from NKTF/FOKUS.
A proposal for the evaluation report with associated guiding principles should be completed by
January 1, 2009. FOKUS, NKTF, and GAMCOTRAP should give input to the report by January 15,
2009. An updated version of the report, where the input from the organizations previously mentioned is
taken into consideration, will be submitted to FOKUS before the seminar to be held in February 2009
where input to the final version of the report will be given. The final report will be submitted to FOKUS
by March 15, 2009.
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