Title: Youth Promotion through ICT
Authors: Rodgers Mulenga, Justin Somi, Martine Koopman, Saskia Harmsen
Pages: 8 pp.
Publisher: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
Date (published): 22/10/2009
Date (accessed): 26/02/2010
Type of information: research brief
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
This Thematic Brief describes the lessons learned of the Chawama Youth Project (CYP), a Community based skills training centre in Lusaka, Zambia. The project shows how ICT can be integrated into youth promotion and particular in vocational training. These lessons are intended for practitioners in the field as well as organisations that would like to learn from the experiences of this project and implement similar activities.
Most of this brief’s content is based on results from monitoring and evaluation exercises that have been performed with support from IICD and Travaillant Vers Une Economie Liberale (TEL), a local Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) partner over the last two years. This M&E system, which was developed by IICD, consists of quantitative and qualitative assessments. Each year, questionnaires are filled in anonymously by the end-users of the project (a representative sample). The answers are then analysed to discover more about end-user profiles, levels of use and satisfaction, and the impact of the project. This process is complemented by periodical Focus Group discussions which are attended by project staff and end-users in order to reflect on the data that has been collected through the questionnaires and discuss successes and challenges relating to the project, and possible solutions.