Evaluación intermedia del proyecto zonas libres de embarazo adolescente ejecutado desde el 2016 por plan internacional y diseño de estrategias de promoción y fortalecimiento, cantón Guamote, provincia de Chimborazo, 2019.

Abstract

The present investigation was executed with the objective of carrying out an intermediate evaluation of the Adolescent Pregnancy Free Zone project, which the NGO Plan International is implementing since 2016 in the communities of the Guamote Canton, Province of Chimborazo. This evaluation was of a participatory nature, the voices of the subjects of rights (girls and adolescent women) were taken into account; of stewards (families and communities); of guarantors (public and private institutions) and executors (Plan International staff). We had the information of the entire population thanks to the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan of the executing organization, in addition we worked in three focus groups with adolescents, three with parents and mothers; and one with the Local Health Committee of the intervention area, where an average of 20 people participated per group; interviews were conducted to obtain first-hand information from experts in children’s and adolescents’ rights. The permanence, effectiveness, sustainability, appropriation, coverage and participation of the project were analyzed, as well as the strengths and opportunities for improvement. In addition, a social evaluation was carried out at an agreeable scale of the State and society, where the social profitability of the project and monetary benefits were analyzed in terms of savings generated in avoided costs in relation to savings in prenatal check-ups and delivery care; assessment of the loss of future income due to school desertion and child support; and in the savings in payment of the Human Development Bank; in order to determine the elements for the design of Strategies for the promotion and strengthening of Adolescent-Free Pregnancy-Free Communities, as a proposal of the present study.