BIG Pilot Project - Assessment Report - BIG Coalition Namibia

Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................IINDEX OF PHOTOGRAPHS.......................................................IIIABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................VFOREWORD ............................................................................VIREADER'S GUIDE TO THE REPORT..........................................IXACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................................................XEXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................13SECTION 1: THE BIG A SMALL PROJECT WITH A LARGE AIM. 181.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE PILOT PROJECT..............................................181.2 HOW BIG WAS PILOTED IN OTJIVERO-OMITARA...................................191.3 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIG........................................................211.4 METHODOLOGY .........................................................................24SECTION 2: IMPACT ASSESSMENT..........................................262.1 REALITIES OF POVERTY BEFORE THE BIG............................................262.2 EXPECTATIONS FOR THE BIG.........................................................302.3 VOICES OF CHANGE......................................................................322.4 PROFILE OF OTJIVERO-OMITARA......................................................332.5 COMMUNITY MOBILISATION............................................................372.6 ALCOHOL.................................................................................422.7 CRIME.....................................................................................442.8 LEVELS OF POVERTY.....................................................................472.9 HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION...........................................................502.10 GENERAL HEALTH.....................................................................562.11 EDUCATION.............................................................................632.12 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, INCOME, AND EXPENDITURE.................................70SECTION 3: A NATIONAL BASIC INCOME GRANT.....................83I