1. Phase II – Upper Nile & Western Bahr el Ghazal

2. BRACE: “Building Resilience through Asset Creation and Enhancement” FFA: ‘Food For Assets’ in 4 states – Northern Bahr el Ghazal & Warrap State (Phase I), Upper Nile & Western Bahr el Ghazal (Phase II) Funded by: Through: Implemented by: Local Partners

3. BRACE Impact Evaluation Funded by: Implemented in South Sudan by: Supported from Geneva by:

4. BRACE Impact Evaluation Phase II – Upper Nile – April 2013 Counties: Akoka, Fashoda, Longochuk, Luakpiny/Nasir, Melut, Malakal, Ulang counties Total household level interviews: 3,040 Treatment locations: 1,520 Control locations: 1,520 Teams: Nuer (10), Dinka (10), Shilluk (10)

5. BRACE Impact Evaluation Phase II – Upper Nile Team Elisabeth Vikman – Project Manager Farah Abdessamad – Assessment Manager Ariane Petretti – GIS/Database Intern Dragomir Draganov – Base Manager 3 Assessment Teams each including Assessment Team Leader (1) Community Focal Point (1) Assessment Assistants (8) Driver (1)

6. BRACE Impact Evaluation Phase II – Upper Nile – Assessment Team Leader Role Lead the Assessment Team in conducting household surveys in a timely and efficient manner Communicate and clarify the field manual, including methodology and procedures, to Assessment Team members in the field Manage accommodation arrangements as agreed with Assessment Manager Develop familiarity with the field manual including methodology and procedures Develop familiarity with questionnaire and data collection tool (smart phone) Protect and care for smart phone and any other survey equipment Conducting household interviews as a member of the Assessment Team while closely following the field manual Conducting focus group discussions with community members closely following the field manual Record GPS coordinates, location information and respondent answers carefully and accurately on smart phone and/or paper form Liaising with community leaders and informing communities about the objective and scope of the survey while ensuring that the correct information is shared to avoid misunderstandings Ensuring coordination, cooperation and clear communication with the Assessment Manager at all times Raise questions and report issues to the Assessment Manager as they arise

7. BRACE Impact Evaluation Phase II – Upper Nile – Community Focal Point Role Liaising with community leaders and informing communities about the objective and scope of the survey while ensuring that the correct information is shared to avoid misunderstandings Develop familiarity with the field manual including methodology and procedures Develop familiarity with questionnaire and data collection tool (smart phone) Protect and care for smart phone and any other survey equipment Conducting household interviews as a member of the Assessment Team while closely following the field manual Conducting focus group discussions with community members closely following the field manual Record GPS coordinates, location information and respondent answers carefully and accurately on smart phone and/or paper form Communicate and clarify the field manual, including methodology and procedures, to Assessment Team members in the field Ensuring coordination, cooperation and clear communication with the Assessment Team Leader at all times Raise questions and report issues to the Assessment Team Leader as they arise

8. BRACE Impact Evaluation Phase II – Upper Nile – Assessment Assistant Role Develop familiarity with the field manual including methodology and procedures Develop familiarity with questionnaire and data collection tools (smart phones) Protect and care for smart phones and any other survey equipment Conducting household interviews as a member of the Assessment Team while closely following the field manual Record GPS coordinates, location information and respondent answers carefully and accurately on smart phones and/or paper form Ensuring coordination, cooperation and clear communication with the Assessment Team Leader and/or Community Focal Point in the field at all times Raise questions and report issues to the Assessment Team Leader and/or Community Focal Point as they arise Informing communities about the objective and scope of the survey while ensuring that the correct information is shared to avoid misunderstandings

9. Schedule WhenWhatWho Today – 8:30 am – 5:30pmTrainingALL Friday 5 April – 8:30am – 5:30pmTrainingALL Saturday 6 April – 8:30am – 5:30pmPilotALL Sunday 7 AprilDAY OFF Monday 8 April – 8:30amData collectionALL

10. On Mission – A day in the field TREATMENT Location – a site which has been chosen for WFP FFA implementation CONTROL Location – a site where no FFA has taken place in the past 12 months ***Make sure you know WHICH location you are interviewing at!*** Each team will follow the same procedure; Arrive at TREATMENT LOCATION Find community leaders Explain who we are: We’re working for ACTED We’re doing an evaluation of food security in Upper Nile We will return to the area a 2 nd and a 3 rd time to gather more information Anything people tell us will be confidential – we will report what we find but not who told us We have no control over food distributions – if respondents tell us there is lack of food that does not mean food distributions will take place and if they tell us there is plenty of food that does not mean that food distributions will not take place

11. On Mission – A day in the field Ask for a community that can act as CONTROL LOCATION – this should be: 1. Nearby 2. Similar 3. NOT have participated in WFP FFA activities in the past 12 months CFP or ATL MOVES with 4 Assessment Assistants to CONTROL location 1 x Focus Group Discussion and 4 x 5 = 20 Household Interviews CFP or ATL STAYS with 4 Assessment Assistants at TREATMENT location and does: 1 x Focus Group Discussion and 4 x 5 = 20 Household Interviews

12. On Mission – Selecting households to interview TREATMENT Location – a site which has been chosen for WFP FFA implementation CONTROL Location – a site where no FFA has taken place in the past 12 months Step 1: At the site where focus group discussion is being held, EACH assessment assistant to drops her/his pen on the ground. Step 2: Ask the key informants how long it would take to reach the LAST household by footing IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE PEN IS POINTING. If NO households are located in that direction, drop the pen again and repeat until you find a direction in which households are located Step 3 – scenario A: If key informants say that the LAST household is located LESS than 1 hour away, say for example 20 minutes, walk in the direction of the pen to the LAST household and COUNT ALL households on the way. Step 3 – scenario B: If key informants say that the LAST beneficiary household is located MORE than 1 hour away, walk for 1 hour only, in the direction of the pen and COUNT ALL households on the way. Step 4 – scenario A: Interview the LAST household that you reach Step 4 – scenario B: After walking for 1 hour and counting all households you pass, stop and interview the NEAREST beneficiary household

13. On Mission – Selecting households to interviews Step 5: Divide the total number of houses you counted in Step 3 by 5 (minimum number of interviews) EXAMPLE 1: You pass 30 houses – 30 / 5 = 6 EXAMPLE 2: You pass 5 houses – 5/5 = 1 Step 6: Once your first interview is completed, return towards your starting point, interviewing every NTH household (for example, if 30 houses passed, interview every 6TH household – if 5 houses passed, interview every household) ***If THIS IS THE 2ND LOCATION OF THE DAY and you don’t think you can complete 5 interviews on that day: Ask the key informants to ESTIMATE the number of households you would pass in 1 hour IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PEN (or less, if the LAST household is less far than 1 hour away) – then divide that number by 5, and interview every NTH household you pass in the direction of the pen. When you return the day after to complete the interviews, follow STEPS 1 - 6 above, IN THE SAME DIRECTION you followed the previous day ***If no respondent is present at the selected household, go to the nearest household in the direction you are following until you find a respondent ***IF YOU ARE INTERVIEWING AT A TREATMENT LOCATION: If a household DOES not include a member aged AT LEAST 18 years of age who is able/willing to work – go to the next household in the direction you are following until one is found that includes a member aged at least 18 ***IF YOU ARE INTERVIEWING AT A CONTROL LOCATION: If a household HAS received FOOD in return for WORK in the past 12 months – go to the next household in the direction you are following until one is found that includes an 18-year old able to work – DO NOT interview households participating in FFA at control locations ***Remember: the respondent does NOT need to be household head but has to be someone who knows about household expenditure and food consumption and MUST be aged at least 15

14. On Mission - introductions Who we are and what we do We’re working for ACTED We’re doing an evaluation of food security in Upper Nile We will return to the area a 2 nd and a 3 rd time to gather more information Anything people tell us will be confidential – we will report what we find but not who told us We have no control over food distributions – if respondents tell us there is lack of food that does not mean food distributions will take place and if they tell us there is plenty of food that does not mean that food distributions will not take place

15. On Mission – definitions HH (HH) members = a group of people who routinely eat out of the same pot and live on the same compound (or physical location). It is possible that they may live in different structures. Sharing the pot is the unifying factor for HHs. HH Head (HHH) = a member of the HH who manages the family resources and decisions (He/She is the final decision maker on most decisions related to income allocation and major family activities). Respondent = the person representing the household that you are interviewing, this can be the household head but can also be another HH member who knows about food and expenditure Food AID = food received without giving anything in return Food for Work/Food for Assets = food received in return for work on community assets

16. On Mission – logistics Duration TOIL – Time off in lieu Mission allowance Accommodation – safe Time-keeping Safety Assets

17. Finally... Do you know your individual IDs? Is the time and date set on your phone? Do you know how to limit battery consumption? Any questions?