One Village at a Time: Monitoring and Evaluation - Kasokaso

One Village at a Time: Monitoring and Evaluation
HYT does what it says in improving lives.

A recent survey of HYT’s first One Village partner, Kasokaso, confirmed the Trust’s work has made a dramatic difference to the secondary school it supported and to the lives of both staff and students.

Kitchen
·         Energy saving stoves means at least 50% savings in fuel
·         Lunch costs have been reduced by 25%
·         15% more students are now eating a school lunch

Kitchen during Construction
 Science laboratory
·         Science exam grades have improved by 20%
·         Students now have 2 practical lessons every week
·         15% increase in biology and chemistry A level students
·         Kasokaso student awarded scholarship to study at Makerere, Uganda’s leading university


Science Lab With 10,000 Litre Tank Attached
       Pit latrine
·         After HYT’s work in improving sanitation, the school community built a further latrine, using its own resources
·         Increased number of latrines means greater privacy and hygiene


      Water tanks
·         The 3 water tanks constructed means students no longer have a 3 km walk for water
·         Students can have up to 2 hours a day studying instead of having to fetch water
·         Students no longer avoid school when they knew they would have to get water from the distant borehole

HYT Country Manager Sam Edwards Opening a Water Tank
     
 Other renovations
·         Improved facilities for staff means teachers spend more time at school and in helping students
·         Since dormitory renovation, the number of girls boarding has doubled, increasing income and enabling the school to hire two more teachers
·         The HYT-built Counsellor’s Office allows the Counsellor to support students in issues such as pregnancy, truancy and careers
·         The renovated ‘Attlee Hall’ is hired out to the community, generating income for the school
Headmasters House Built using ISSB Technology following HYT's Departure
            
  Training and legacy    
·         Several of the HYT trainees from Kasokaso have continued to work with HYT
·         Two of the trainees have become Senior Trainers and Site Managers for the Trust
·         The school has continued to use ISSB for further, small projects
·         The Ugandan government, following a recent inspection, agreed to support this thriving school still further
·         There has been a 30% rise in pupil roll