RWA/Kumwe Hub Ndashinganye ASRH Learning Report

This report highlights the findings of the learning assessment conducted between 26th June and 6th July 2023 on the SCI Kumwe Hub-supported ASRH Ndashinganye grant programme. The learning assessment was opportunity to track the progress made since the baseline and documented the actual values of key ASRH related country strategic milestone mainly adolescents ‘informed decisions regarding ASRH. The mixed methods were used including quantitative surveys and interviews to gather information from 11 out of 14 enterprises supported and 45 adolescents who benefited from enterprises’ ASRH services and products. Quantitative data was analyzed through the SPSS. Qualitative data and information from desk review were coded, categorized and content was formulated to further back up statistical values.
Findings found out the increasing trend of enterprises which are not operating as businesses generating incomes around ASRH interventions, but offering more non-profitable ASRH services.
This trend reflects deviation to social enterprising, which Kumwe Hub expected to achieve and drive to measurable ASRH changes impacting the lives of adolescents. The assessment indicated that ASRH enterprises operating under local NGOs are more promising in delivering the business-related social impacts than other types of enterprise setup: They hold extensive social enterprising experience capable of implementing their business plans, hold well set up office and could generate
potential income out of sales of multiple ASRH services and products. However, the assessment revealed a risk for graduates and students supported to fail their ASRH business since they operate under lower standards such as unregistered businesses, operating from home and operating in risky location.

The assessment found that while non-profitable ASRH education and campaigns increased, ASRH sales went at small pace: To present, 45% of enterprises deliver non-profitable ASRH activities including digital and offline journals as well as campaigns whereas only 20% of supported enterprises could generate profitable services through the sale of pads, condoms, ASRH digital referral services and IEC(Information, Education and Communication) tools. By estimate, the assessment found out that 11 ASRH enterprises have reached 13,165 individuals including total number of 11, 071 girls (6023 or 46%) and boys (5048 or 38%) as well 2,094 adults aged from 18 and above (1496 female adults or 11% and 598 male adults or 5%). Of 13,165 individuals reached, 1245 people with disabilities “PwDs” (10%) including 739 female PwDs or 59% of total PwDs and 515 male PwDs or 41% of total PwDs reached. It was found that the majority of ASRH total reach 7504 (57%) was obtained through nonprofitable ASRH education and campaigns. The assessment was occasion of tracking the extent to which CSP milestone (notably % of women aged 15-17 years reported to have full right in making their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care”) is progressing to inform further CSP reporting. The assessment realized that the women rate under this CSP milestone doubled over time from 15.9 % in quarter 4 in 2022 to 37% through this learning assessment to present.