Community Health Alliance Uganda (CHAU) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) registered in Uganda but with affiliation to the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (IHAA). CHAU contracted Socio-Economic Data Centre Ltd to conduct an end term evaluation of its three-year LINK UP Uganda Project that aimed to achieve better SRHR for young people 10-24 years affected by HIV
To assess the extent to which the Link Up project achieved its goal, objectives and results, document best practices, lessons and recommendations to inform integrated SRHR and HIV program improvement, scale-up and sustainability; and replication of similar projects
1. To assess the effectiveness of the strategies, model, approaches and interventions implemented by the project to achieve its outcomes and outputs
2. Identify and document gaps and challenges that affected project implementation, and how they could have been resolved
3. To assess the level of engagement; and opportunities and challenges of partnerships with MoH, UAC, Local Governments, implementing partners; and other SRHR and HIV project implementing NGOs as well as community engagement in service delivery
4. To determine Link Up project impact on target population and policy environment, and achievements obtained, and identify good practices and lessons learned
5. Identify and document any unintended outcomes of the Link Up project and benefits to the individual beneficiaries and communities in the project area.
Evaluation of this LINK UP Project was two-pronged utilizing mixed methods. Assessment of project effectiveness relied heavily on a review of project reports while impact assessment utilized a cross-sectional Evaluation design. In the latter, both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection were adopted. Quantitative methods were used to generate data on the impact of the Project on the target population while qualitative methods were employed to unravel and complement available data on the project relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability.
