KATINE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT - Guardian.co.uk

� Education activities: costs up until March costs were focused on procuring school
supplies, running training and capacity building sessions with teachers, PTA and
SMCs. Much of the spending on construction materials for classrooms, desks and
seating will be visible in the next finance report.
� WATSAN: 43% of the budget spent, in line with the budget as as much of the funds
were spent on procuring and installing hardware. This included drilling and
rehabilitation of boreholes, purchase of sanitation kits, payment for borehole
contractors and training sessions of the hand pump mechanics.
� Livelihoods, 22% of the budget has been spent; this funding for activities including like
the formation and training of farmer groups, the coupling of farming with other income
generating activities, the implementation of a diagnostic survey and on-farm
demonstrations sites being carried out.
� Community empowerment Just 3.59% of the budget has been spent on training
sessions, development of IEC working groups, strengthening of community structures,
and establishment of working groups. There have been some delays in activities as
outlined in Section 4.2. Much of the costs will be expended in the next reporting period,
including the costs of IEC materials being produced. This budget line also related to
the community resource centre which will be accessed by and belong to the
community once the project ends. The costs for construction were posted in May, and
will appear in next report. Relationships with communities set up, communities
structures in place, and expenditure expected to pick up.
� Project operational costs spend is at 69%, higher than expected at the mid point. This
is high because of significant increases in fuel costs for Katine cars; as a result of the
increased costs in fuel incurred by the Kenya crisis in December and January and
partly due to the many external project visits to the site.
� Project capital costs: 86% is a fair report on spending 6 months into the project, as
much of the capital costs happen at the start of a project. Overspends include satellite
internet installation in January when the office move took place, double the expected
costs. This is a necessary expense given the media focus on this project and need for
information and communications from the field. Security tagging for equipment was
more expensive than anticipated. On office administration, much of the costs such as
equipment maintenance and office supplies will be reflected in the next 6 month report.
� Project Management Costs: Spending is as expected and in line with the budget, it
includes county office staff time and that of a consultant’s to provide AMREF with the
project management tools and guidelines from the project’s inauguration.
� Monitoring & Evaluation: Such costs are as anticipated, including the baseline survey
and a consultant to analyse the data and compile a report.
� UK Project Management: These costs are in line with spending at 33.12% with an
overspend in legal fees due to an extended contract negotiation period. Much of the
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