ARE YOU ON THE RIGHT TRACK? - Rutgers WPF

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis workbook was developed by eight organisations whowere partners in a STOP AIDS NOW! project on Improvingthe quality of Life Skills & HIV Prevention Programmes foryouth, in Zimbabwe. It is a product developed by organisationsworking with young people on Sexual Reproductive Healthand HIV prevention. I would like to convey my sinceregratitude to the following organisations for their commitmentand hard work in the development of this workbook: AfricanRegional Youth Initiative (ARYI), Bekezela Home Based Care,Family Aids Caring Trust Mutare (FACT), Insiza Godlwayo AidsCouncil (IGAC), Patsime Edutainment Trust, Uzumba OrphanCare (UOC), Umzingwane AIDS Network (UAN) and YoungAfrica.The workbook would not be a reality without the technicalassistance from Joanne Leerlooijer of Rutgers WPF, theNetherlands who worked together with Ellen Eiling andMiriam Groenhof to integrate the practical experiences of theorganisations in Zimbabwe. The development of this workbookwas a success through the technical and financial assistanceof STOP AIDS NOW!The input we received during the development phase wasvery much appreciated. In this light we would like to thank:Restless Development, SafAids, Center for the study ofAdolescence (Nairobi), STOP AIDS NOW! and Rutgers WPF.Additionally we want to acknowledge some existing toolkitsand guidelines that inspired us:- International Planned Parenthood Federation (2009).Putting the IPPF Monitoring and Evaluation Policy intopractice; a handbook on collecting, analyzing and utilizingdata or improved performance. London: IPPF.- Family Health International (2000). A Guide to Monitoringand Evaluating Adolescent Reproductive Health Programs.- International Fund for Agricultural Development (2002).A guide for project M&E; managing for impact in ruraldevelopment.- Leerlooijer, J.N. (2009). Evidence-based planning & supporttool for SRHR/HIV-prevention interventions. The Netherlands:World Population Foundation & STOP AIDS NOW!.We hope that this workbook will be used by all organisationsworking with young people on Sexual Reproductive Healthand HIV prevention, in Zimbabwe and beyond, to improve thequality of their programmes so that young people can maketheir own healthy decisions and choices.Enet MukurazitaDirector Young AfricaOn behalf of the STOP AIDS NOW! partnership ZimbabweMonitoring & Evaluation ToolAcknowledgements 5