quarterly report april - june 2017

QUARTERLY REPORT APRIL - JUNE 2017

Youth and Community Development: El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

INTRODUCTION

This semester’s theme was youth potential. For the first time in the region, a contest was held where hundreds of young people proposed projects that would positively transform their community. On April 22, three groups per country were selected as first place winners during an activity where volunteers once again confirmed their commitment to service and community empowerment.

I like my club because we learn positive things. After joining the club, I made new friends from different grades and we get to do fun activities, like dance. I like my teacher because she teaches us how to respect others.

Being part of a club makes me feel important.

Computer Club inspires me and helps me learn.

My club helps develop my mind.

I enjoy my Club because I learn how to read and write.

Georgina is a friendly, cheerful teenager with a unique motivation for technology. She’s currently the programmer for her Robotics Club.

Despite speaking with confidence and showcasing her excellent interpersonal relationships, Georgina admits that this reality was not always the case. She had a difficult childhood stemming from her parents challenging relationship. When she was young, she had to leave her mother and brother and moved in with her father, where they learned about and supported each other. Her father works as a surveillance camera programmer and, because of the situation they were in and the insecurity in the community, Georgina often accompanied him to work. At a young age she became interested in learning what her father did and on more than one occasion had the opportunity to program cameras herself.

Years later, her parents decided to move in together again. Despite this being a positive change, Georgina’s relationship with her mother and brother continues to be a work in progress. Signing up for the Robotics Club allowed her to channel her emotions into something positive by developing more skills in an area she was fascinated by. Now she builds and programs robotics alongside her team, and has become one of the most outstanding students in her club.

Georgina is passionate about technology and in the future, plans to work hard in order to help her family economically and strengthen the relationships between her family members. Next year she will begin high school with a concentration in computing and plans on getting a head start researching scholarships that will help her achieve her goal of pursuing a higher education degree in Systems Engineering.

SUCCESS STORY

Georgina9th GradeRobotics ClubEl Salvador

DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS

Through Community Schools, children and youth not only have access to extracurricular programs, but they also have access to knowledge that will allow them to develop personally in addition to strengthen their sense of community pride. The main activities carried out between April and June 2017 are summarized below.

• In Honduras, students with academic difficulties were identified by level and small study groups were created. During the period, 57 students received academic reinforcement and an additional nine students received psychosocial support.

• In response to the high frequency of violent incidents, the Committee for Emotional Health, a replicable and scalable community mental health program, has been established in El Salvador. Training began in 10 schools.

• Development of the boy’s and girl’s soccer tournament. 500 boys and girls from 18 schools participated in the San José de la Montaña Seminar courts for the San Salvador and Santa Tecla areas and on the HanesBrands courts for the Opico, Ciudad Arce and Armenia areas.

• 10 schools in the departments of La Paz and La Libertad, represented by 60 students and volunteers, participated in the TECREA robotics elimination competitions of the Ministry of Education. P.S. OEI won in the basic level challenges category, giving them the opportunity to participate in the next national Robotics camp.

• El Salvador’s first debate tournament of 2017 was held in FUSADES in El Salvador, 80 students and volunteers from 9 schools participated in the activity. The motions were “School contributes to gender equity” and the final motion was “Businesses should specify sex when hiring staff.”

• Sports and Recreation Festival held in Guatemala, with participation from 284 students from 22 active sports clubs. They participated in 3 activities: zumba, rally activities that promote teamwork and coexistence in values between students, and friendly matches.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• The Community Café, led by teachers trained in methodology, continued with the dialogue sessions in schools: Honduras - Family issues in the community, prevention of community violence, right to happiness, dialogue, bias, discipline; 229 participants including volunteers, students, teachers, and mothers. Guatemala - There were 12 sessions addressing “The dialogue: communication or confusion,” “Right to happiness,” and “Management of emotions and tensions,” involving 67 teachers and 168 parents. El Salvador- 14 sessions were held with 81 teachers and 183 family leaders.

• Formation and training of young leaders. The objective is the formation of new student leaders who join the activities to be developed by the regional project, participants; 79 students who have begun a process of community leadership training, from seven schools in Tegucigalpa.

• P.S. Jose Trinidad Cabañas de Villanueva’s Leadership Club executed its winning project

of 2016, “School Wellness,” giving 36 children with limited economic resources backpacks with school supplies to continue their primary education. The students belonging to this club category have demonstrated their skills in constructive leadership contributing to their personal and social development.

• 140 boys and girls from Discovery I clubs (1st-3rd grade) made costumes with recycled material that were paraded by 400 children from schools in northern Honduras at an event held for the celebration of Earth Day, with the aim of making society aware of the need to carry out sustainable development to preserve the environment.

Education for AllIn El Banano village, located in El Progreso, Yoro, young people have to walk close to an hour to reach the neighboring community in order to continue their studies. For many, this displacement has led to a lack of motivation and eventually, they drop out of school.

Taking this problem into consideration, a group of ambitious young people called “Young Promises” submitted a proposal to the “Yo Me Atrevo” contest. Their initiative consists of creating a space in their village that provides a community library, a computer area, basic English classes, and development skills through comprehensive training.

“When we are children, we all want to be superheroes and change the world. For me, this opportunity means fulfilling what I wanted to be as a child because now I know that I don’t need to have a cape in order to change lives. This opportunity is for my village, for boys and girls, youth and adults to have a better future,” said Edin, member of the “Young Promises” team.

The vision and commitment of Edin and his team represents a great achievement in community development in this rural area. They will benefit more than 60 girls and boys with a technology room and community library. The benefits extend to the rest of the community, as now more members of the village will have access to a space where they can learn to read and write, thus leading to a reduction of the local and national illiteracy rates.

SUCCESS STORY

Edin Winner of the “Yo Me Atrevo” ContestHonduras

To participate in a national contest and be awarded first place has positively impacted my life. Without the community’s support, my partners and I would not have achieved this.

PROMOTING CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP

Conquering ChallengesA natural motivator, director Carlos Licona has managed to encourage the teaching staff at P.S. Manuel Bonilla to become volunteers, thereby significantly increasing student participation in clubs. In addition to this, working side-by-side with the teaching staff and volunteer educators, the school has managed to obtain one of the best results in the Program for the International Evaluation of Students test every year that the school has been operating in the areas of Spanish (through the Reading Club) and math (through the Homework Club).

“When I began my tenure as a director at P.S. Manuel Bonilla, I sought to form a team of successful people, integrating the teachers and families of the children attending the school. Recently, people have started to form a different perception of the school, we have increased the number of students and reduced dropout rates through the quality training provided by the school,” he said.

The quality of education has improved at P.S. Manuel Bonilla since the implementation of after school clubs, which is a source of motivation for students. In addition, students have been able to participate in regional debate competitions obtaining first place, participation in municipal events with the Speech Club and the Glee Club, the school’s Soccer Club has also won soccer tournaments, among other activities and competitions that promote school pride.

SUCCESS STORY

Carlos P.S. Manuel BonillaSchool DirectorHonduras

The participation of all in the program is essential to obtain the best results, working as a team we can improve the educational quality of all children at the school. We have managed to create an ideal mix of corporate volunteers, families, and teachers.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Glasswing International and USAID carried out the first regional community transformation contest, which seeks to promote protagonism, civic participation, and youth leadership, as well as positively reaffirm the value and transformative power of youth in society.

About the Yo Me Atrevo Contest• Proposals were made by young people

(14-20 years of age) to present projects that offer solutions to problems they have identified in their communities.

• Key requirement was the inclusion of volunteering in the implementation of the proposed project.

• The contest was held nationwide in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

• Three awards per country with values of USD $8,000, USD $6,000, and USD $4,000.

• The winners were announced on April 22 at a volunteer event - “Manos a la Obra” – in each country and on social media.

With a deadline of March 31, 76 proposals were received from El Salvador, 62 from Guatemala, and 49 from Honduras. The proposals represented a diversity of topics, from environmental protection to community projects for youth development.

The contest results are summarized in the following section:

GUATEMALA

FIRST PLACE

SECOND PLACE

THIRD PLACE

EL SALVADOR HONDURAS

Acordes para la vida de la juventud || Chords for Youth: Offering youth in the city of Peronia the opportunity to learn music.

Three Words for Change in My Community: Teaching families about solid wastes in order to take advantage of organic material.

Voices for Change: Raising awareness of sexual assault against girls and adolescents through a volun-teer-led campaign around.

“The initiative emerged because the Municipality and the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED in Spanish) closer P.S. 824 of Peronia and many of the young people in the area stopped going to school. We created this group in an effort to provide young people with opportunities to learn how to play instruments”.- Jonathan Hernandez, Peronia Adolescent Association, first place winner “Acordes para la Juventud”, Guatemala

*This trimester, Glasswing joined the intersectoral technical roundtable ¨Safe spaces for cohabitation and prevention of social risks,¨ led by the National Direction for Prevention and Social Programs of the Ministry of Education in El Salvador. Being active participants of the roundtable benefits the public schools in which we work, as these schools become part of the Ministry’s strategy.

Youth in Action for a Clean Community: Educating and training a population on waste mana-gement services to prevent respiratory diseases, diarrhea, dengue, chikungunya, and ZIKA.

Boosting Entrepreneurship to Drive the Country´s Integral Development:Boosting young people and children’s integral develop-ment in the Darío González Community through sustai-nable, viable, and structured activities that cover areas of youth interest that promote the eradication of violence, dropout rates, and youth unemployment.

Centro Cultural Cristo Redentor || Christ Redeemer Cultural Center: Offering youth in the Cristo Redentor 1 and 2 community the opportunity to learn through sports, arts, and coexistence, be-nefitting more than 140 families and approximately 960 people. The project will remain sustaina-ble thanks to the mobilization of volunteers.

Changing Realities, Changing Life Stories: Supporting the youth of the Cooperative Association of Housing for Mutual Aid San Esteban (ACOVIVAMSE) in the formative growth of children, young people, and adults of the community of San Salva-dor’s Historic Center, creating spaces for recreation and im-proving the educational level of children. Developing a sen-se of service through volun-teering, promoting values and youth leadership to generate a culture of peace.

Proyecto Jóvenes Promesas|| Youth Promises Project: Improving academic performan-ce, supported by the resources to strengthen research and other key skills in order to reduce illiteracy through volunteering.

Transforming my Space in 3D: Promoting learning through digital technology in order to design, produce, and develop ideas and tangible low-cost products and prosthetics, through volunteering.

Increasing Community ServiceMs. Kathia is the newest teacher at P.S. San José de la Montaña. Soon after she started her new role, she signed up as a volunteer educator for the Leadership Club. Reflecting on her experience as a volunteer, she mentions that the main challenges she faced were promoting leadership in young people who are insecure or who really do not know what they want at this stage of their lives. Being a volunteer has learned how to better approach students with a range of problems. One such students is in danger of getting involved with young people who spend much of their time on the street. Through the club, Ms. Kathia works to remind that student that he doesn’t have to join those young people, that there are other opportunities and different paths he can take. Ms. Kathia has also worked with a dynamic student who has significant leadership potential that isn’t well channeled, now that they have joined the club, they will be able to learn how to optimize that potential.

In short, being not only a teacher, but also a volunteer has made all the difference in Ms. Kathia’s journey as a new teacher. By interacting with students in the classroom as well as during club sessions, she has been able to find new, creative ways to connect with her students. Moreover, she has been able to share this new knowledge with parents, offering them advice on how to connect with their children during these difficult ages. “The Community Schools program is something that appeals not only to students, but also to parents. Volunteering is rewarding and is a continuous source of learning.”

SUCCESS STORY

Kathia8th Grade TeacherLeadership Club VolunteerEl Salvador

INCREASING COMMUNITY SERVICE

Sponsor

P.S. Catholic Luisa de Marillac

Extreme Park

P.S. Nicolas J Bran

Grupo Terra

USAID

Grupo Sura

$2,500

$6,000

$21,012.50

April 2017

April 2017

May 2017

Volunteering: During the volunteer activity; 41 corpo-rate, community, and individual volunteers revitalized a school area with educational murals, court deli-neation, gardening, creating a mobile library, book donation, and playing games.

Volunteers repaired desks and built bookcases for a mobile library.

Volunteering: During the volunteer activity; 214 cor-porate, community, and individual volunteers worked to beautify the Extreme Park of Merliot. On the day of the event trees and ornamental plants were planted. Educational murals as well as tables and concrete benches were painted, among other activities. Prior to the event, two health service modules were improved, some damaged benches and tables were revitalized, and repairs were made to the climbing wall.

Volunteering: During the volunteer activity; 234 cor-porate, community, and individual volunteers worked on school beautification. The school was revitalized by painting it blue and white, creating educational murals, gardening, creating a science classroom, outlining the field, among other activities. Prior to volunteering, health services were repaired, some walls were repaired, emergency stairs painted, and concrete tables and handrails were repaired.

Beneficiaries: 786 boys and girls

Beneficiaries: 3,000 people

Beneficiaries: 512 people

Volunteers:• Corporate - 25• Community - 8• Individual - 8Total - 41

Volunteers:• Corporate - 35• Community - 30• Individual - 149 (youth

from the programs)Total - 214


E L S A L V A D O R

Period Activity DescriptionEstimated

Contribution

REVITALIZED PUBLIC SPACES

Sponsor

Corazón de María Community San Vicente de Paul Children’s Home

P.S. United States

San José Colonia Escalón Community

CITI

USAID

USAID

$16,000

$4,000

$1,500

June 2017

June 2017

June 2017

Volunteering: During the volunteer activity; 350 corpo-rate, community, and individual volunteers worked on the beautification of the Corazón de María Communi-ty San Vicente de Paul Children’s Home. They painted educational murals, floor games, gardening. and the children living in the home enjoyed a morning of joy with clowns and games. Prior to volunteering, concrete tables and metal games were repaired in the community.

Volunteering: During the volunteer activity, 103 corporate, community, and individual volunteers worked hand in hand to the beautify the school, planting ornamental plants, and painting in blue and white.

Volunteering: During the volunteer activity; 37 corporate, community, and individual volunteers worked hand in hand to beautify the community recreation area. On the day of the event trees were planted, ornamental plants were planted, educational murals painted, the court was outlined, and tables and concrete benches were repaired.

Beneficiaries: 371 homes, 1,400 people, 100 boys, girls, babies, and teena-ge mothers

Beneficiaries: 97 homes, 300 people

Beneficiaries: 95 homes, 300 people

Volunteers:• Corporate - 350• Community - 20• Individual -6Total - 376

Volunteers:• Corporate - 50• Community - 50• Individual -3Total - 103


E L S A L V A D O R


Contribution

Grupo Terra - P.S. Catholic Luisa de Marillac

USAID - Merliot Park

USAID - P.S. United States

Sponsor

Multisports Court34 Avenue between 7 and 8 street, Colonia Justo Rufino Barrios, zone 21, Guatemala.

USAID $4,401.41 April 2017

Remodeling: Repairs and construction of benches and construction of access ramps were carried out.

Volunteering: A volunteer day was held which consisted of: painting murals, floor games, bench painting, court outlining, and gardening.

Beneficiaries: 1,500 people


G U A T E M A L A


Contribution

USAID - Multi-sports Court

Sponsor

P.S. Republic of Honduras, San Pedro Sula, Cortés

P.S. Republic of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán

Francisco Regis Benedith School, La Ceiba, Atlántida

P.S. Marcelino Pineda, Choloma, Cortés

Grupo Terra

Grupo INTUR

UNICOMER

HBI

$3,200

$2,500

$2,500

$2,300

April 2017

April 2017

April 2017

May 2017

Revitalization: Painted children’s games, painted an educational mural, painted two kiosks, benches and planters, painted audiovisual classroom and stage, craftwork for garden and garden conditioning.

Revitalization: Painted 3 educational murals, painted children’s games, gardening, children’s playground fen-ce, painted exterior wall of soccer field, painted walls in playground, painted benches, garbage cans and snack kiosk.

Rehabilitation: Exterior institutional painting, and painted playground.

Revitalization: Exterior institutional painting, painted bars and doors, marked off court, painted murals.




Beneficiaries: TBD





H O N D U R A S


Contribution

Emanuel Children’s Home, Guaimaca, Francisco Morazán

Programa Buen Provecho, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán

P.S. Republic of China, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán

AMWAY

CITI

ABBVIE

$3,000

$8,500

$500

May 2017

June 2017

June 2017

Revitalization: children’s park revitalization

Revitalization: Exterior paint, installation and painting of children’s games, installation and painting of railing, paint resources of classrooms, library room, resources classroom, kitchen and nursery, planting of plants, activities with children (piñatas, face paint)

Revitalization: Painted educational mural, painted bathrooms, and painted bathroom doors.






H O N D U R A S

Beneficiaries: TBD

Sponsor Period Activity DescriptionEstimated

Contribution

P.S. Republic of Honduras, San Pedro Sula, Cortés



Location

TBD

Mezquital, zone 12 Villa Nueva

Aldea Pie del Cerro, Sector 2, Palencia

El Zarzal Farm, Villa Nueva, Guatemala

Caserío San José, Aldea Lo de Ortega, San Juan Sacatepéquez

Municipality

Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán

and San Pedro Sula, Cortés

La Ceiba, Atlántida

San Pedro Sula, Cortés

Santa Tecla

San Salvador

TBD

INEBEMEZ

EORM No.785 Aldea Pie del Cerro JM

EORM La Paz

EORM San José “Lo de Ortega”

Schools with regional “Community Schools”

program

P.S. Eva Bertot de Masier

Palenque Children’s Park

TBD

TBD

TBD

July 15

August 19

Pending approval

Pending approval

July 28

August

August

TBD

TBD

CREDICOMER

CITI

DHL

HENKEL

Bayer

UNICOMER

Banpais

SPS Local Municipality and HBI

CHEVRON

KPMG

E L S A L V A D O R

G U A T E M A L A

H O N D U R A S

Public Space DatePartner

PUBLIC SPACES TO REVITALIZEPROJECTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING TRIMESTER

CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

ChallengeIncorporate UNICOMER corporate volunteers, considering that they have not participated in club facilitation activities throughout the year.

SolutionFlyers promoting corporate volunteerism have been placed in UNICOMER offices and public school students have been invited to speak to potential volunteers about their experience. Moreover, university volunteers will be incorporated into the program to follow up with the programs that need the most support, complementing the work done by corporate volunteers.

ChallengeEducational volunteer participation in P.S. Ing. Roberto Larios Silva (Honduras) is low as a result of the conflict zone the school is located in in the Chamelecón sector.

ChallengeThe Ministry of Education is completely reconstructing two public schools, making it difficult to implement the interventions as a result of the lack of space where the clubs can take place. One of the schools has distributed its students to surrounding schools.

SolutionMeetings were held with education authorities and other existing organizations in the area where volunteer recruitment and community volunteer exchange with those who participate in programs with other organizations like CDA were addressed. These volunteers would be trained in the extracurricular programs that take place in the public school.

SolutionThanks to the school’s administrative staff and teacher’s commitment, each school will function as a space where clubs can be implemented. Despite the inconveniences, students have responded positively to this change.

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

General analysis of progress toward indicators during the third quarter of FY2017

Number of vulnerable persons benefitting from USG-supported social services:84% of the LOP target has been met to date. In the public spaces revitalization component, the target has been surpassed due to the number of projects executed in Guatemala during the fiscal year (exceeded the 2016 target by 42% and has executed more than 77% in 2017 to date). The team has strengthened in the identification of new opportunities for intervention, which also presents a challenge to maintain this pace of implementation. In the cases of El Salvador and Honduras, annual execution has held around 80% due to prioritizing further investment in the existing community schools, resulting in greater volunteer activities than the number of new schools.

Under the extra-curricular program component, execution is above than expected, primarily due to performance in El Salvador, which exceeded the target for the period by 22%.

In the Community Café component, annual target expectations have been met and progress has been satisfactory in relation to planning for the 2015-2019 period. It is worth noting one challenge faced in the three countries to implement this component are: saturation of activities in the school-year calendar, which makes it difficult to sustain continuous Community Café sessions and outreach to new family members. The school coordinators are brainstorming strategies to increase outreach to this specific population. A notable aspect is that the family members who attended in 2016 have continued their participation in 2017.

Public SpacesRevitalization

Number of Persons benefited through June 2017

ExtracurricularPrograms

LOP Target

Actual

Progress

CommunityCafé

Participation by gender:Gender parity is satisfactory with no significant gender gaps regarding participation in the program overall.

Number of youth participating in civic / leadership initiatives:To date, the total target has been surpassed by 50%, primarily due to the youth forum implemented in the three countries. As such, the LOP target for this indicator will be revised to reflect the implementation of similar activities in the future and according to the capacity in each country.

NUMBER OF PERSON BENEFITED BY GENDER (TOTAL POPULATION)

GENDER TOTAL %

Masculine

Femenine

Total

58.973

58.864

117.837

50,05%

49,95%

100,00%

Youth participating in civic & leadership initiatives

Total youth

750

Total target Actual

1,125

Youth participation by gender:With respect to gender, the activities have permitted a balanced engagement of both genders and the gap is acceptable.

Number of projects designed by youth:To date, 223 project proposals have been presented by youth, derived from the extra-curricular program and the contest “Yo me atrevo”. The target reached was 106% by the end of the period reported. The increase is due to the inclusion of youth from the program as well as outside of the program. Given the success of the contest, the overall annual targets for this indicator will be revised to better reflect the capacity and scope of this component.

Number of schools with an active extra-curricular program:To date there are 53 active schools at the regional level, achieving 88% of the target for the project. By next year, it is anticipated that the total goal will be met such that there will be a total of sixty active schools functioning with an extra-curricular program in the last year of the program.

YOUTH PARTICIPATION BY GENDER (TOTAL POPULATION)

GENDER TOTAL %

Male Youth

Female Youth

Total

605

520

1.125

54%

46%

100%

Schools active with an extra-curricular program

Total Target Active

1523 22

60

9

28

16

53

Guatemala El Salvador Honduras TOTAL

Number of revitalized public spaces:SchoolsProgress toward the target goal is at 74% with Guatemala and El Salvador more advanced. Honduras has slightly underperformed because revitalization projects have been carried out in schools that were intervened in previously and that have an extra-curriculum program. Works have been done in several phases given that the infrastructure needs several interventions to guarantee an improved school environment.

Number of volunteers mobilized in community projects:The mobilization of volunteers is one the strongest aspects of project implementation, with an execution of 81% of the total target. Achievement in this component is satisfactory and given such results, the annual and total targets will be revised by country with the objective of setting targets according to the capacity to engage volunteers. In this case, 77% of the target of volunteer educators has been met (against a base of 15,000 participants) and 82% of infrastructure volunteers (based on 35,000 participants). To date, 40,297 volunteers have been mobilized.

Public spacesThis component has a 26% progress rate relative to the LOP target. The obstacles are related to the availability of spaces that meet the characteristics of supporting youth in vulnerable situations and the disposition of donors to intervene in these spaces.

Volunteer Educator

Total Target Actual Progress

Volunteer Infrastructure

Representation by type of volunteer:Corporate volunteers represent a great portion of the total volunteers mobilized (45%), followed by community volunteers and student leaders. Given that individual volunteers are concentrated in the metropolitan areas, they represent a lower proportion since there are no individual volunteers in rural areas.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

E X P E N S E S I N C U R R E D

In the following we present the financial summary of expenditures incurred during the third quarter of the fifth fiscal year 2017 and the forecast for the fourth quarter, covering the period July through September 2017. By June-end, $4,836,554.66 had been expended, 65.4% of USAID funds, slightly less than the pace of implementation (67.8%). At June 2017, counterpart contribution reached 52.8% of the target. To accelerate the extent of counterpart contribution, more effort is being made, in Guatemala in particular where challenges are faced to engage the private sector in social investment.

BudgetLine

Total Expenses Apr-May 2017

FundsAvailableBudget

Expended thru

March 2017 April 2017 May 2017 June 2017

Salaries & Benefits

Travel, Transportation & Allowances

Equipment & Vehicles

Other DirectsCosts

Administration

Leverage

Total, Program

Subtotal, USAID Funds

$2,616,039

$152,981

$127,460

$3,374,706

$1,128,814

$7,475,000

$14,875,000 $8,224,791 $185,122 $137,894 $236,565 $559,582

$7,400,000 $4,581,067 $86,278 $62,970 $106,355 $255,603 $2,563,330

$1,490,297

$97,397

$107,136

$2,211,379

$674,859

$3,643,724

$36,496

$4,284

$1,991

$30,501

$13,006

$98,844

$31,354

$4,200

$369

$17,441

$9,606

$74,924

$38,284

$3,636

$898

$50,111

$13,426

$130,210

$106,134

$12,121

$3,258

$98,053

$36,037

$303,978

$1,019,608

$43,464

$17,066

$1,065,274

$417,917

$3,527,298

$6,090,627

FORECAST4TH QUARTER – FY 2017

Budget Line Item

Forecast 4Q17

July August September

Salaries & Benefits

Travel, Transportation & Allowances

Equipment & Vehicles

Other Direct Costs

Administration

TOTAL

$33,344

$2,470

$0

$43,185

$14,220

$93,219

$33,344

$960

$0

$51,335

$15,415

$101,055

$33,344

$1,835

$0

$35,685

$12,756

$83,620

PROJECTIONS

• Internal debate tournament – Honduras: Theme - ¨Gender equity¨, Motion- School contributes to the promotion of gender equality

Date: July 17 – 21

• Leadership Camp – El Salvador: The camp is an exchange experience among all of the leadership clubs to put into practice the content and principles developed in the program within a trusting and mutually collaborative environment.

Date: July 22 and 29

• Youth forum: Theme - Urban art as an instrument for social transformation; A dynamic and interactive activity through different forms of urban art will be applied.

Date: August 19 – Guatemala, August 24 – El Salvador, August 25 – Honduras

• Business seminar – El Salvador: Teachings on mindfulness as an instrument to manage socio-emotional behaviors, including stress, for private company managers, who can transfer to their employees and as such, catalyze a more positive working environment. The seminar will be conducted in collaboration with ALTHES.

Date: September 12

following quarter – July to September

M&E ACTIVITIES

• Participation in USAID Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning workshops: In April, May, and June, the

M&E team participated in several trainings on gender (level 2), knowledge management and systems,

and geographic referencing, offered by USAID. Results from these trainings include:

1. Gender- Analysis of gender in program implementation, which will be presented to implementing

partners and USAID Gender Specialist July 26 to obtain feedback. Once approved, we will proceed

to develop gender indicators that will be presented in the quarterly reports.

2. Knowledge management- Given the exchange of experiences with other organizations, initiatives

have been identified to implement in the following quarter in order to consolidate knowledge

gained from the project. These include transferring practices in monitoring and follow-up of

volunteers developed by the three countries with the objective of exchanging experiences so that

the volunteer coordinators can strengthen volunteer management practices. A second initiative

that is expected to develop with the school coordinators through which they can evaluate project

components and identify opportunities for improvement for the following fiscal year.

• Presentation of impact study of the extra-curricular clubs from the Pontifical Catholic University of

Chile: In July, two presentations will be given on the results of the impact study conducted by the

University of Chile in 2016 to partners and other organizations linked to violence prevention and

that these results can contribute to strengthening the implementation of similar programs. The

presentations are projected to take place July 17 and 18.

Recommendations for the implementation of activities in fourth quarter 2017 and the next fiscal year1. Review selection criteria of public spaces selected for revitalization, in particular in El Salvador, which

has the highest target.

2. Improve the reporting process of in-kind leverage and strengthen the capacity of the technical team,

including the school coordinators, to identify resources that serve as leverage for the project, and

generate the respective means of verification.

3. Review strategies to recruit family members to obtain new participation in the Community Café. It is

recommended to develop case studies of schools with greater success in recruiting and promoting

these strategies and share with the other schools.

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