Module 3

Regarding the success of my project.

My assumptions would be:

The lack of awareness amongst the parents, regarding the need of education for their children.

Why would the parents trust me for educating their child and also to give their children a monthly stipend which they usually use to bring home while working?

The conduct of the students while attending school. As they would be totally out of practice of going to school to study.

The different ages of the students and the grades they have already studied in or didn’t study at all.

My major assumptions are listed above but what I would really like to learn while accomplishing this project is:

How would the volunteer teachers would be able to teach their students effectively and would bring in them the dire need of how much it is important for one self to get education.

I would also like to learn that how to manage students of different age groups and different levels of education they have received.

I would feel lucky enough if the project goes really well and I would be able to teach students for their betterment in their near future. So that at least the area where I live in, I would be able to see less or may be no children working rather going to school.

Evaluation plan for my project:

Project title: Eliminating work detrimental to children (Simply an action against child labour)

Project Manager: Shaima Kiani

Purpose of evaluation:

The purpose of evaluation lies in the fact that it will show me the clear image of how my project would come out. And not only to me but the evaluation project would also help the donors to have a clear idea of how their money is going to be spent.

The donors would also come to know what an impact would be produced by the end of this project, which is based on such a noble cause. The evaluation would also make me realize what is still lacking in my project, what can be done to get the better and improved results.

My evaluation would also clarify the volunteers for what my main vision is in regards to this project, enabling them to work accordingly and efficiently.

Involvement of stakeholders:

Youth Exchange and Study Program Alumni’s: would be involved for helping the teachers, how to accommodate this number of students and how to manage them according to their different age groups and grades.

Different Alumni’s would be assigned different duties to carry for this project.

I would be the Project Manager who would be taking care of whole of the management of the project. And also I would be the one responsible for the supervision for this project.

My Assistant Project Manager would give me weekly a report of how the project is been going on. And I would be the one crosschecking my self every single week to ensure everything is going how it was planed to be.

The final report would be written by me every single month of the project to be delivered to the donors and organisations involved in giving funds.

I would be hiring 5 teachers for a class of 20 students. Who would teach them how to read and write the Basic English and local language in our case which is Urdu enabling them to survive a better life. The higher education would be difficult in this case because all of them would be of different age groups and some of them would be the ones who left school 6 to 7 years back. So this wouldn’t be that possible. So weekly meetings with the teachers, volunteers and me as a Project Manager would be held at school. To help the faculty, if they have any queries regarding the students and the administration.

Organization and donors: would give me feed back per month if the project is going as it was suppose to be and the final report per month would be submitted to them. As without their contribution and involvement the project can not be of any success.

Indicators of achievement:

The indicator of my achievement would be when at the end I would get the complete number of students receiving education.

I would be able to see a change, a difference when I picked them up from a mechanic workshop and send them to a good school. I want them to look educated, better and improved.

It would be great if I see some students going to higher level of education if their ages and knowledge favor them. I would totally be helping them receiving as much education they want to, just as an encouragement.

Objectives:

The main objective would be to receive enough donations for smooth ongoing of the project.

Also to encourage parents so that they easily allow their students to study and create no more hurdles for them and us.

Evidence required	How often/ When	Obtained from
Students attending school.	5 days a week	YES Alumni Team
Number of students finished their primary education course.	At the end of the project	Volunteer Team
Feedback from parents and the students after receiving this course.	At the end of the Project	Project Manager (Shaima Kiani)
Feedback from the teachers and volunteer coordinators.	At the end of every month	Assistant Project Manager.
Report from the administration of how the project is going so far.	At the end of every month	Project Manager and the Assistant Project Manager.

Evaluation tools and techniques to be used:

The Alumni volunteer team would be making feedback questionnaires for the students, the teacher and administration which would be filled every month. To ensure nothing goes wrong.

The notebooks of the students would be checked by the volunteers any day of a week, moreover it would be like a surprise check.

The students would also be interviewed randomly.

Baseline Information: is that students would go to school rather workshops. They would study instead of labor work and also they would be given the stipend which they use to earn while working.

Logistical & resource considerations:

Time: Time duration for our project would be 3 years. After the project would be implemented the donors would receive monthly reports. The ongoing project would be crosschecked by the volunteers weekly.

Money: The major amount of money would mainly be used in buying the stationary, uniforms, giving away the stipend and hiring the teachers.

People: The whole volunteer team of YES (Youth Exchange and Study Program) would be involved in the evaluation of the project. Including me as a Project Manager. Also the Teachers, Administration and Donors etc.

Approach to the analysis of information:

The monthly and weekly reports would be reviewed by the Project Manager, Administration and the Volunteers in a monthly meeting.

Reporting and communication of outcomes / learning:

At the end of the first year of the implementation of the project. The annual meeting would be held. In this meeting a detailed discussion would be done on the reports per month. It would be a clear image of what we did the whole year; it will show us where we went wrong and what else can be done to improve the outcome.