Impact Assessment for the Livelihood of Fishfarmers
- The study concludes that Caribbean Harvest and its partners had little to no impact on the resiliency of more than a few beneficiaries.
- Only four impoverished lakeside fisherfolk were current project participants, and the team could not identify a sample large enough to evaluate impact.
- The study documents a gap between claims of a 1,000 percent income increase for hundreds of beneficiaries and the reality of the program.
- Under the model, Caribbean Harvest gives 10 percent of the fish to families, and shares profits 40 percent to the household, 40 percent to the enterprise and 20 percent to community social programs.
- LEVE gave a $250,000 grant in 2014 and a $50,000 grant in 2017 to Caribbean Harvest.
The study evaluates the immediate and longer-term impact of grants from the USAID-funded LEVE project to Caribbean Harvest on the livelihoods and resiliency of participating households, including the 50 fish farmers who received cages. After two months of literature review, hundreds of interviews, 10 focus groups, censuses of five villages and a nutritional survey of children, the team concludes that the project had little to no impact on the resiliency of more than a few beneficiaries.
It found only four impoverished lakeside fisherfolk among current participants, too few to form a sample for impact evaluation. It examines the gap between the organization's claims, such as a 1,000 percent income increase for hundreds of beneficiaries, and what the team found. The report also describes the profit-sharing model and the grants LEVE gave in 2014 and 2017.
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Socio-Dig, 2018, Impact Assessment for the Livelihood of Fishfarmers, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/sociodig-2018-fishfarmers-livelihood-impact-assessment
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