Members of the Church Agency Network Disaster Operation (CANDO) in Solomon Islands have successfully completed a two-week monitoring and evaluation visit to three of its project sites across the country.
The CANDO team visited – Dunde project sites in Munda, hosted by the United Church, and Noro SSEC Church project site in Western Province from September 11-13, Surabuta Catholic Community project site in Malaita Province from September 16-18, and Divit Girls Rural Training Centre project site in Guadalcanal Province on September 19-20.
The monitoring team comprised of representatives from the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM), the United Church of Solomon Islands (UCSI), ADRA from the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), the South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC), Caritas for the Catholic Church (CC), and People with Disabilities Solomon Islands (PWDSI).
In Malaita, the team also visited CANDO-funded projects at Talakai Community, where a sanitation project was built at the school compound, and at Foau Community, which also benefited from a sanitation project.
The purpose of the monitoring and evaluation exercise was to gather firsthand information about the CANDO projects, identify challenges, and assess the successes as the project is nearing completion by the end of September.
Raynick Jack, ADRA SI Emergency National Coordinator for Disaster Projects, who is also the implementing partner of the CANDO project, stated that the primary aim of the trip was to monitor and evaluate the progress of CANDO projects.
“This monitoring and evaluation trip allowed CANDO partners to assess three of its projects sites across the country.
“As the project is coming to an end, CANDO is keen to understand the challenges faced and the progress made so far, so that the information gathered can assist CANDO future implementation plans and donors in improving future project implementations, should they choose to continue supporting projects in the Solomon Islands,” Mr Jack said.
The Church Agencies Network Disaster Operations (CANDO) is a consortium of five main churches in the Solomon Islands, established in 2016 to strengthen their global humanitarian efforts, disaster management, and resilience-building work.
Mr. Jack expressed his gratitude to the three communities that were visited for their cooperation during the monitoring and evaluation trip.
“On behalf of the CANDO partners in the Solomon Islands, I would like to thank the communities for their support during our visits.
“Without their participation, we would not have been able to gather the crucial information needed for our CANDO implementations success and failures.
“We look forward to continuing to work closely with these communities on future CANDO projects,” Mr Jack concluded.
Currently CANDO is implementing projects across seven sites in the Solomon Islands. Some projects will be handed over in the coming weeks, while others are in the final stages of completion.
- ADRA
