Establishing Kakum

Feedback Monitoring Checklist

Policy: Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP)
Objective1: Reduction of Hunger, Malnutrition and Level of Achievement
Checklist Statements
  • Reduction of hunger and Malnutrition
  • Children get one hot meal a day
  • Portions of food served is of enough quantity
  • Caterers provide food according to the menu specified
  • Food served is of good quality
  • Every child gets served

Objective 2: Increase school enrolment, attendance and retention

Checklist Statements
  • There has been significant increase in the number of schoolchildren attending school
  • The pass rate in the schools have improved
  • Attendance to classes has improved
  • There has been a decrease in dropouts
  • Concentration amongst children during lessons has improved
  • Participation of children in school activities has improved
  • Children are more disciplined

Objective 3: Boost domestic food production in deprived communities of the country

Checklist Statements
  • Caterers purchase about 80% of food stuff from local markets
  • Improvement of community participation in school activities
  • Improvement in the livelihoods of farmers
  • Cost of food in the community reduced
  • Reduction in post-harvest losses
  • Are local farmers able to supply to meet the demands of the caterers
  • Farmers given financial support to increase production
Policy: Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP)
Objective 1: To improve basic household consumption and nutrition among children below 5 years of age, the aged (65 years and above without productive capacity) and people with severe disability;
Checklist Statements
  • Beneficiaries are able to purchase basic household consumables (food, detergents etc)
  • Reduction in dependency of beneficiaries on community members
  • Beneficiaries receive payments on time and in a transparent manner

Objective 2: To increase access to health care services among children below 5 years of age, the aged (65 years and above without productive capacity) and people with severe disability;

Checklist Statements
  • Improved health conditions of beneficiaries
  • Reduced mortality rate of children under 5years
  • Reduced prevalence of 6 child killer disease
  • Improved access to healthcare for beneficiaries

Objective 3: To increase basic school enrolment, attendance and retention of beneficiary children between 5 and 15 years of age

Checklist Statements
  • Beneficiary children attend school
  • Improved pass rate among beneficiary children at school
  • Attendance to classes has improved
  • There has been a decrease in dropouts amongst beneficiary children
  • Concentration amongst beneficiary children during lessons has improved
  • Participation of beneficiary children in school activities has improved
  • Beneficiary children have become more disciplined

Objective 4: To facilitate access to complementary services (such as welfare, livelihoods and improvement of productive capacity) among beneficiary households.

Checklist Statements
  • Access public transportation at a rate/fare of 50% less the original fare
  • Enrollment on to the NHIS scheme
  • Increase in savings and investment (petty trading, investment in animal rearing and household items)