The emphasis for GOAL Uganda’s work in WASH over the period 2012-2015 had been to create new and to sustain existing water points and to increase access of communities to sanitation and hygiene. This has been implemented both directly and through national partners. Along with partners, GOAL has also been engaging at a district level to strengthen institutional capacity. The main purpose of the evaluation was to obtain objectively substantiated and consistent conclusions that can be used by GOAL in the decision making on the future direction of the rural WASH sector with focus on safe water supply, operation and maintenance of water services, sanitation promotion (CLTS) and hygiene promotion.
The evaluation covered four districts in the East and North of Uganda. Methods included review of secondary data, key informant interviews, focus group discussions and observations. In addition to the OECD DAC criteria, the evaluation also included assessment of the 10 GOAL’s WASH principles using a standard methodology developed by 4G eval to allow cross-country meta-analysis. Recommendations based on findings and conclusions were formulated for the sanitation and hygiene program, for the water supply program as well as for the GOAL processes and mechanism and the GOAL systems.