PST CRRC has done monitoring and evaluation work for various children-oriented organizations in assessing the soundness and appropriateness of the practices of these organizations in caring for the welfare of children and upholding their rights. Armed with theoretical and practical frameworks we have derived from our numerous researches and readings and with the experience of the PST CRRC staff in direct practice, we help organizations in ensuring that their programs aptly address the needs of children. In our work, we also take care to consider the context, resources, and philosophy of the organization. |
In the area of monitoring and evaluation, we have worked with a mix of foreign and local organizations involved in work with children. The following are samples of the work we have done with different agencies. In the local front, we have done work with Vlaams International Center (VIC) a Dutch-funded organization that funds programs for the benefit of local communities in the country. Our work involved reviewing the mid-term projects of VIC in different areas in the country and assessing how these projects have become beneficial to children and their communities. Oak Foundation, an international philanthropy organization that funds projects in conservation, human rights, abuse, housing, learning disabilities, and other social justice issues, has contracted us to evaluate the pioneering efforts of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women - Asia Pacific (CATW - AP) in addressing the demand side of prostitution in the Philippines. This has allowed us to work with young men who are potential clients of women in the sex industry. Oak Foundation has also tapped us in evaluating a similar effort by Coalition Against Trafficking in Women - International in Italy. In the international front, we have done work in evaluating the Emergency Child Protection Programs of UNICEF in Bam (Iran) and UNICEF Thailand. Specifically, we looked into the lessons learned and the Post-disaster Response Protocols that UNICEF Bam carried out in addressing the needs of the victims of the earthquake in Bam, Iran in 2003. On the other hand, we worked with UNICEF Thailand and its partner-organizations in gauging the impact of their Child Protection Section’s responses to the needs of the children in the four provinces affected by the Asian tsunami. We have collaborated with UNICEF EAPRO in analyzing the existing data-collection mechanisms, the types of data produced, geographic coverage, among others in different Southeast Asian countries with regard to six categories of abuse of children. The project is aimed to create better programs for children in the region. We have also evaluated the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Opportunities, Training, and Enhancement (PROTECT) project of the Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees (COERR) in the Thai-Burma Border. This afforded us the opportunity to look into the psychosocial program of COERR with the Burmese refugees in the border. We have also been working for three years with Anti-Slavery International and its partner-organizations in East and West Africa, Latin and South America, South Asia, and the Southeast Asia in evaluating their project, Promoting Good Practice in Interventions on Child Domestic Labour. In our work, we try to employ novel ways of carrying out monitoring and evaluation. For instance, in the Anti-Slavery International project funded by OAK Foundation and Comic Relief, we employed an innovative style in evaluation. Our team was present in major activities and provided valuable recommendations and input as the activities were carried out. This was to help ensure that project implementation was consistent with the objectives and goals of the project. |
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