Impact & Results

Baseline/End Line Results

In FY19, USAID led an external end line evaluation of Amalima to capture life of program results across indicators (Food security, WASH, Agriculture, Women and children’s health and nutrition, and poverty) and the impact the program had on “moving the needle” on development gaps identified at the onset of the program. Here is a comparison of the Baseline and Endline Indicators.

Amalima end line results indicate significant progress for all indicators measured, with the exception of the household food consumption score. End line results indicate improved nutrition and food security and practices as evidenced by an 7.5% reduction in stunting and an 8% reduction in underweight children under 5 as well as improved WASH practices, adoption of improved agricultural practices, and increased access to credit. The program impact is more clearly understood, however, within the overall context of significantly declining food security and income in Zimbabwe over the life of project, which the end line results do not account for. The economic crisis, together with several years of widespread crop loss due to drought, resulted in a 60% drop in household incomes and 56% reduction in household food security between 2014 and 2019. While incomes and food security fell throughout the country, nutrition indicators for the Amalima project area improved, demonstrating the resilience of households within the project area to maintain food security when faced with shocks and stresses.