Monitoring and Evaluation of Artfully AWARE Development Initiatives

in UgandaJune 2008-Aug 2010

Reporting and evidence compiled by Zillah Edwards, Emily Hatfield, Justin Igala and Brian Pade

May, 2011

Table of Contents

1. Uganda.................................................................................................32. Arts Based Projects in Uganda 2008-2010........................................42.1 Tabulated information of projects by Community and Year in Uganda.....................................................................................................42.2 Charted Statistics for total number of Artfully AWARE’s Arts based projects in Uganda 2008 – 2010..................................................63. Community Book Programme 2008-2010..........................................63.1 Tabulated information of projects by Community and Year in Uganda.....................................................................................................63.2 Charted Statistics for Number of Artfully AWARE’s collaborative Community Book Scheme 2008 - 2010..................................................74. Conclusion.............................................................................................7

1. Uganda

Good quality data is crucial for the process of better monitoring, evaluation, and management

of development results. Since 2008 Artfully AWARE has been running various Arts based

Educational Projects and Programmes within communities in Uganda. Information for

monitoring and evaluation purposes has been gathered.

Information thus far provided has been in report form and mostly qualitative, but through

careful analysis, necessary and important statistical data has been extracted. Unfortunately

exact numbers of participants have never been recorded. However, after discussions with

team members it has been decided that an average of 20-30 participants for each Arts Based

Project was probable, with the exceptions of both the Music/Drama/Dance Project (MDD) and

the Community Book Programme where participant numbers were far higher. The number of

participants involved in the MDD Projects has been averaged at 50, and the number of

participants in the Community Book Programme has been averaged at 150 over the 2 years it

was run.

Location of communities with an Artfully AWARE presence;

Tororo (Youth Centre and Girls School) Nyalakot Post Test Club (PTC) – in Tororo Kwapa PTC – in Tororo Mbula – in Tororo Gulu Kampala

Tororo is in the North Eastern Region of Uganda.

Gulu is in the Northern Region of Uganda.

Kampala is in the Southern Region and is the Capital of Uganda.

Arts Mediums used in Educational Arts based workshops (under programmes/projects) carried out;

Art/Painting Batik Making Music/Drama/Dance – incorporated

2. Arts Based Projects in Uganda 2008-2010

All projects undertaken incorporate one or more of the aforementioned artistic activities.

Activities included in the workshops that have so far been carried out:

Paintings Murals Greeting Cards Dance Performances Theatre Performances Dialogue Community Books (please see section 3. for more information) Community Exhibitions

Please be aware that projects take the form of workshops, which are run over a number of days. Therefore, where ‘1’ project may appear in the following statistics, the number of days of workshops may in fact be many more than 1. Projects are typically run over the course of 3 days, with the maximum so far being 5. This, in turn, provides many hours of quality arts based educational activities.

2.1 Tabulated information of projects by Community and Year in Uganda

2008

Name of Community

Art/Painting based project

Batik Making project

Music/Drama/Dance (MDD) based project

Tororo(Youth Centre Tororo Girls School)

2 0 0

Nyalakot PTC 1 0 0

Kwapa PTC 1 0 0

Mbula 1 0 0

Gulu 1 0 1

Kampala(International Hospital)

1 0 0

2009

Name of Community

Art/Painting based workshop

Batik Making workshop

Music/Drama/Dance (MDD) based workshop

Tororo(Youth Centre)

1 0 0

Nyalakot PTC 1 0 0

Kwapa PTC 1 0 0

Mbula 0 1 0

Gulu 3 0 0

Kampala(International Hospital)

0 0 0

2010

Name of Community

Art/Painting based workshop

Batik Making workshop

Music/Drama/Dance (MDD) based workshop

Tororo(Youth Centre)

1 1 0

Nyalakot PTC 1 0 0

Kwapa PTC 1 0 0

Mbula 1 1 0

Gulu 3 0 2

Kampala(International Hospital)

1 0 0

2011 Projects and Programmes are currently underway.

2.2 Charted Statistics for total number of Artfully AWARE’s Arts based projects in Uganda 2008 – 2010

Percentage of Artfully AWARE Arts based projects June 2008 - August 2010

ART, 20, 76%

BATIK, 3, 12%

MDD, 3, 12%

ARTBATIK

MDD

3. Community Book Programme 2008-2010

Artfully AWARE’s Community Book Programme was a collaborative book sharing scheme held between community participants in Gulu, Uganda, and Brookfield High School in Chesterfield, UK. The programme came to an end in August 2010.Despite books no longer being created and shared, Brookfield High School continues to support Artfully AWARE by selling arts products that come from Gulu at School events and table top sales.

3.1 Tabulated information of projects by Community and Year in Uganda

Name of Community/School

Books Created 2008

Books Created 2009

Books Created 2010

Total Number of Books Created

Gulu, Uganda 1 2 2 5Brookfield, UK 1 2 2 5Total Number of Community Books Created 2008-2010 10

3.2 Charted Statistics for Number of Artfully AWARE’s collaborative Community Book Scheme 2008 - 2010

Number of Community Books Created and Sent to Partner Community / School

01

23

45

6

Books Created2008

Books Created2009

Books Created2010

Total Number ofBooks Created

Gulu, Uganda

Brookfield, UK

4. Conclusion

Artfully AWARE will continue implementing Arts Based Development Initiatives within the communities in Uganda where we have a presence. We aim to develop and expand the projects so that each community participating will receive the projects more regularly and consistently. We also hope to be able to include more community members and introduce collaboration between our communities within Uganda so that they may share their knowledge and experiences gained through Artfully AWARE.

With limited funds but huge amounts of enthusiasm from a dedicated team, Artfully AWARE has successfully implemented 20 Arts based projects, 3 Batik making projects, 2 Music/Drama/Dance projects and a 2 year Community Book Programme producing 10 Community Books, within incredibly isolated and impoverished communities within Uganda.