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Executive Summary
In September 2012, the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development’s (ACTED) Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (AMEU) carried out a survey of a sample of households, markets, and kraals across the 7 districts of the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda in order to assess communities’ and partners’ awareness of the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) and the reliability of the information collected monthly in Karamoja. The DEWS was set up in 2008-2009 under the Drought Preparedness Consortium led by DanChurchAid and supported by the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO).
The survey targeted a sample of households in the parishes from which monthly DEWS data is collected by DEWS sentinels (parish chiefs in charge of monthly data collection) and was carried out in parallel with ongoing DEWS data collection activities to ensure the data from the sentinels and the data from the survey were collected during the same time period. The survey had two objectives:
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To better understand how communities are accessing DEWS information and whether such access has led to concrete action.
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To assess the reliability and relevance of the DEWS indicators with a view to simplify the data collection and analysis process.
To test the reliability of DEWS indicators, survey data was collected from the sample of households on several indicators: crop condition, freedom of movement, migration, and water sources used.
To triangulate and validate the survey data, AMEU also carried out focus group discussions and key information interviews.
In addition, in January 2013, AMEU conducted end-user interviews and focus group discussions to collect data on access to, familiarity with, and use of DEWS Drought Bulletin information and recommendations, from district and national level partners, including government, NGOs, CBOs, CSOs, and development agencies.