Voucher School Feeding Pilot (VSFP) Activity Final Evaluation Report
- School canteen presence contributes to parents’ motivation to enroll their children in school.
- VSFP economically incentivizes parents to send their children to school.
- VSFP is associated with improved health, which facilitates parents’ decision to send their children to school.
- Attendance frequency would decline if VSFP were to end.
- FPDI staff, with the support of actors outside Abricot, were able to ensure that school feeding activities would continue beyond the pilot’s period of performance.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Haiti Voucher School Feeding Pilot (VSFP) Activity supports school canteens in Abricot, providing two nutritionally balanced meals daily at Fondation Paradis Des Indiens (FPDI) supported schools. This evaluation answers three evaluation questions (EQs), regarding VSFP’s influence on parents’ school enrollment decision (EQ1), the probable impacts of pilot discontinuity on enrollment (EQ2), and canteen sustainability after VSFP ends (EQ3). The evaluation team (ET) conducted a desk review, 17 key informant interviews, and 25 focus group discussions. Alongside school data on student enrollment, attendance, and performance, the ET used these multiple data sources to analyze and draw findings, conclusions, and recommendations about VSFP.
How to cite
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 2018, Voucher School Feeding Pilot (VSFP) Activity Final Evaluation Report, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/usaid-2018-voucher-school-feeding-pilot-vsfp