Monitoring and Evaluation Practices and Performance of Child Protection Project in Plan International, Kenya
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2024-09
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
There are several instances in which Child Protection Projects have fallen short of expectations. The efficacy of child protection operations has been hotly debated owing to rising rates of child abuse, neglect, and labor as well as of children living on the streets of major cities and of sexual assault and mutilation among adolescents. Child maltreatment was reported at 54.8%, child abandonment at 42%, male child labor at 49%, female child labor at 78%, male child trafficking at 10%, and female child trafficking at 50% in Kenya in 2016/2017. Example statistics include 40% of all incidents of child abuse, 65% of all cases of defilement or attempted defilement, 13.72% of all cases of rape, and 7.8% of all cases of indecent conduct with kid. The main objective is to examine the influence of monitoring and evaluation practices on the performance of child protection project in plan international Kenya. The study's objectives include assessing the effectiveness of Plan International Kenya's child protection programs as a whole, as well as individually: M&E design and planning; staff capacity development; stakeholder participation; and baseline surveys. The study assessed the theories of change, resource base management, and program theory, as well as the empirical reviews relevant to this topic. To avoid missing any important details about the issue at hand, this study adopted a mixed-method research design. Participants in Plan International Kenya’s child protection endeavor were the focus of this research. The research utilized a simple random sampling method to ensure that it is reflective of the population as a whole. Cronbach's Alpha was used to determine the surveys reliability. Regression analysis was done using the analysis of variance technique (ANOVA). The results revealed that M&E planning and design had positive and substantial regression coefficient values of (0.486),stakeholders inclusion had (0.412), M&E capacity building (0.353) and M&E baseline surveys (0.427). Diagnostic test including multi-collinearity were conducted and this study found the data had no collinearity as shown by (VIF<10) for all variables. Based on the study’s findings and conclusion, this study recommends that that the management of the plan international child’s protection programs in liaison with other key policy stakeholders should ensure that work breakdown structure is followed based on the budgetary allocations in order to ensured timely completion of the projects. In addition, M&E Policy should be implemented by ensuring policies on ethical values are upheld and new policies developed by the expenditure management officers which helps to enhance expenditure management. Lastly, future study should concentrate on other M&E methods not included in this study including project progress monitoring, quality monitoring, risk monitoring, and cost monitoring.
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A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business, Economics & Tourism in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Masters in Business Administration (Project Monitoring and Evaluation) of Kenyatta University, September 2024.
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Lydiah Gachengo