Monitoring and evaluation process on sustainability of water sanitation and hygiene projects in Baidoa District Bay Region, Somalia

Abstract

There are a variety of interconnected and dynamic factors that are said to have an impact on the sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in developing countries. The five sustainability factors are financial, organizational, ecological, technological, and interpersonal which are frequently mentioned in literary works. The purpose of this study is to establish the extent to which monitoring and evaluation process influence sustainability of water sanitation and hygiene projects in Baidoa district. This is specifically the area with highest number of IDPS in the Camps. The study is guided by the following objectives: to examine how Planning for monitoring and evaluation influence sustainability of water sanitation and hygiene projects in Baidoa district Bay region, Somalia, to assess how capacity building influence sustainability of water sanitation and hygiene projects in Baidoa district Bay region, Somalia, to establish the influence of data collection for monitoring and evaluation on sustainability of water sanitation and hygiene projects in Baidoa district Bay region, Somalia and finally to determine how utilization for monitoring and evaluation results influence sustainability of water sanitation and hygiene projects in Baidoa district Bay region, Somalia. The study was informed by Theory of planned behavior and Theory of Sustainability .Descriptive survey research design was adopted and Pearson correlational was used to test hypothesis. Stratified and random sampling techniques were used for a sample of 205. The study used questionnaire and interview guides for data collection . Data analysis was carried using SPSS version 25. Regression analysis was utilized to test the fitness of the model in predicting the sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene projects. The strength of the relationship between monitoring and evaluation process and sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene projects decreased in the following order: Planning for M&E(r=0.394), Capacity building (r=0.381), data collection for M&E (r=0.082) and finally Utilization of M&E results (r=0.104). The model predicted 94% in the variation of sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene projects. The overall conclusion was that monitoring and evaluation process (Planning for M&E, Capacity building, data collection for M&E and Utilization of M&E results) have significant influence on sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene projects. The study recommended Non-governmental organizations to create policies that can promote proper planning, training of staff in capacity building, utilization of M&E results and sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene projects with proper maintenance of equipment’s. Future methodologies need to do factor analysis so as to establish how each indicator influences sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene projects.