UNDP Small Grants Programme Evaluation Report June 2011

11/2005 - 6/2007 24,229birdsong SteelOrchestra/TunapunaEmpowering the NextGeneration of Steel panMusiciansTrain youths in music literacy and playingof instruments, one of which must be thepan; mentoring at-risk boys, disciplinebuildingand confidence-building foryouth; establish a summer music school;enact a "pre-emptive approach to povertyalleviation" by opening doors toemployment based on musical skillMusic Academy established - over 300 youths trainedin music theory and playing of instruments; 132youths successful in Grades 1-3 music; 33 youthssuccessful in grades 4-6 music theory; studentsperformed successfully in the national music festivals;7 students enrolled in tertiary level musicprogrammes; youth secured employment;organization touted as national model; relationshipwith university solidified; inclusive admissionsupports relationships across class divides; ambitiousplans made for future growth11/2005 - 6/2007(7/2007)23,599National Centrefor Persons withDisabilities/San FernandoRe-engineering anddevelopment oforthopaedic aidsUpgrade and expand orthopaedic unit;develop a group of persons tomanufacture and repair orthopaedic aids;generate production and marketingmaterial; produce a videoOrthopaedic unit upgraded with welding equipmentand steel bender; higher quality products beingmanufactured and a shipment exported; 8 personswith disabilities trained in production of orthopaedicaids (2 are now employed); brochures and apromotional DVD on the centre produced2/2006 - 1/2007(5/2007)2/2006 - 1/2007(9/2007)24,05223,889T&T CoalitionAgainst DomesticViolence/Port of SpainTocoFoundation/TocoSEAN Link (AnIntergenerationalSensitization Projectbetween SecondarySchools and Elder CareFacilities)In-school Peer EducationIntervention on HIV/AIDS inCommunities of the NorthEastern Region of TrinidadEstablish inter-generational links toimprove contact and understandingbetween the community and elders inresidential care facilities; create amentoring programme between olderpersons and students to engender twowayssupport and empathy; raiseawareness of elder abuse and itsconsequencesBehaviour change interventions in primaryand secondary schools to improveknowledge of sexual life and decrease thepotential to engage in behaviours whichwill lead to the acquisition of STDsespecially HIV and AIDS; establish a peereducation and advocacy programme.54 secondary school students participated inworkshops related to elderly interaction andpartnered with the elderly from 3 elder care facilities;the two-way mentoring aspect of the project was notestablished due to the level of frailty of residents atthe home; youth report that the programme changedtheir attitudes; compelling video on youth-elderproject and the subject of elder abuse produced andaired23 students from 8 primary schools trained as PeerActivists and 24 students from 3 secondary schoolstrained as Peer Educators; peer to peer trainingmanual completed and in use; Information to youthsin schools disseminated; improved comfort withaddressing sexual issuesEvaluation Report UNDP Small Grants Programme June 201139