Monitoring Outcomes of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programs in Lesotho: ASSIST Project 2017 Survey Findings

In 2014, PEPFAR introduced a new global reporting requirement for monitoring the outcomes of its orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programs, referred to as the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting (MER) OVC Essential Survey Indicators (ESIs). The ESIs are intended to measure and track child and household well-being using standardized indicators and methodology across projects and countries. In 2017, MEASURE Evaluation, collected data for the MER ESI for the ASSIST project in Lesotho. The data were intended to help the project and its successors better understand the well-being of its beneficiaries and to support the project, the PEPFAR OVC team, and other program decision makers and stakeholders, including those from the Government of Lesotho, to take evidence-informed actions to improve OVC program strategy, resource allocation, and implementation, with the goal of improving the well-being of the children and households they serve.