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Evaluation. August 2012 KENYA MALINDI INTEGRATED SOCIAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - MISHDP INSERIRE UNA FOTOGRAFIA RAPPRESENTATIVA DEL PROGETTO
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1 DGCS Ufficio IX Valutazione KENYA MALINDI INTEGRATED SOCIAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - MISHDP INSERIRE UNA FOTOGRAFIA RAPPRESENTATIVA DEL PROGETTO August 2012 Evaluation
2 Key data of the Project Project title Malindi Ngomeni Integrated Development Programme Project number AID N Estimated starting and May 2006 /April 2008 finishing dates Actual starting and finishing dates May 2006 / December 2012 Estimated Duration Actual duration Donor DGCD unit administrator 24 months 80 months due to the delays in the approval of the Programme Bilateral Agreement, allocation of funds, and delays in the activities implementation. Italian Government Technical representative in charge of the Programme: Dr Vincenzo Racalbuto Integrated development Technical Area Counterparts Coast Development Authority (CDA) Geographical area Kenya, Coastal area, Malindi and Magarin districts*, with particular attention to the Ngonemi area During the planning and the start of the project, Magarini district was part of the Malindi district, in the initial reports, in fact, Magarini is referred to as Magarini Division of the Malindi District. Since the mid 2011 the Magarini Division becomes a District on its own Financial estimates Art. 15 Law 49/ Managed directly Expert fund Local fund TOTALE KEY DATA OF THE EVALUATION Type of evaluation Ongoing evaluation Starting and Finishing dates of the June-August 2012 evaluation mission Members of the Evaluation Team Marco Palmini (chief of the mission) Camilla Valmarana Rapporto finale Agosto 2012 Pagina ii
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Malindi Integrated Social Health Development Programme (MISHDP) has been funded by a grant of the DGCD, according to article 15 of the Regulation of the Law 49/87, for an amount of , in addition to allocated to the direct management component. The Programme has been implemented by the Coast Development Agency (depending on the Kenyan Ministry for Regional Development), had started in May 2006, had an original duration of 24 months and, after a series of delays in the starting phase, it is now in the final phase. The conclusion of the activities is expected for the end of This evaluation has been carried out during the final phase of the Programme and following the Kenyan local authorities request for a new financing of the Programme. The general objective of the Programme is to contribute to the development, the well-being and the socio-economic improvement of the people living in the Malindi district, with a particular attention given to the Ngomeni area, for the benefit of some of the poorest communities of the Kenyan coast. To accomplish this objective, the Programme pursues an increased provision of basic social services and an improved attainment of people s primary needs, by operating in various sectors including health, education, infrastructures, fishing and admnistration/management capacity building. The specific objectives, according to the various intervention fields, are: enahnced access to and quality of the district schools, improvement of the coverage and quality of the health services, expansion of the main income generating activities (fishing in particular), upgrading of civil infrastructure in the Ngomeni area, reinforcement of the management capacities of the institutions involved in the Programme. According to the project design, the above objectives should be reached through the implementation of a series of infrastructural interventions linked to the various sectors: building/renovation of some of the schools in the area, building/renovation of some health structures including the Malindi district hospital, building of infrastructures linked to the fishing activity, renovation of the Mjanaheri-Ngomeni road and construction of the power grid in the same area. Technical assistance and equipment support are provided through the funds of the direct management component. The Programme was designed consistently with national development priorities and with an integrated approach rationale, duly taking into account the expectations and needs of the local people. However, the Programme Logical Framework focuses exclusively on the result indicators, and thus on the quantification of foreseen activities, without providing a logical connection to the general and specific objectives. De facto, the only Programme activities are those related to the infrastructural aspects and their conclusion corresponds to the attainment of the relevant objective. To allow for implementation, an Intergovernmental Agreement and procedural Guidelines have been defined, a PMU for the management of the Programme has been created, and an external audit of administrative compliance has been foreseen. Several delays have occurred during the initial stages of the Programme, due to a series of contingencies, including: the delay in the negotiation and enforcement of the Agreement, the assessment of the implementing agency s capacities, the fund credit mechanism that included an intermediate transfer in the central state accounts, the difficulties faced during the technical planning and the first calls for tender for the infrastructural activities.these delays have had a negative impact on the Programme s implementation capacity, especially because of the increase of costs, and have made necessary a significant redesign - and a consequent reduction - of the Programme activities. Final Report August 2012 Page iii
4 The accrued delays have also determined the temporal misalignment of the two components of the Programme, i.e. the grant component and the technical assistance (TA) under the direct management component. The latter had indeed started well ahead of the former and ended a few months after the counterpart had received the funds. Therefore, the counterpart has carried out most of the Programme in an autonomous way, under the sole supervision of the Italian Cooperation (IC) while participating in the Steering Committees meetings. After the initial difficulties, due to the original shortage of technical skills, the Coast Development Authority (CDA) has efficiently carried out its role of implementing body, demonstrating the newly acquired professionalism and technical capacities. Despite the above-mentioned difficulties, it is possible to state that the Programme s operational mechanism has been appropriate for the needs of the involved parties: the Kenyan Government s ownership, on the one hand, and the respect of the requirements of the Italian legislation on the use of public funding, on the other one, have both been ensured by the establishment of the Agreement. The Kenyan Government has made use of the funds according to the relevant internal rules and procedures; at the same time, the Italian authorities were entitled to an overall control through the audit of expenses and the adoption of international standards for the control of procurement. These latter activities have been undertaken by some local actors, demonstrating an overall satisfactory level of transparency. In contrast with the initial planning, a gradual concentration of the activities, originally more spread in the territory, has been recorded, as well as an improvement of the implementation quality, due to a greater availability of funds for every single activity. Most of the activities have related to the education and health sectors, which have also received some of the funds initially allocated to other sectors. Almost all of the Programme objectives, when referred to the implemented infrastructural works, have been achieved: most of the buildings have been completed and properly equipped and are now being used by the the communities. The quality of the implementation has generally been considered as being above the standards foreseen by the local legislation and has always determined an improvement of the pre-existing conditions. As a consequence, in the health and education sectors, the funded activities have actually brought about a real improvement in terms of access to and use of the services provided. Despite the above, the overall comparison between the results foreseen and those actually attained by the Programme is quite negative. This is due to the fact that more than half of the foreseen activities have actually been cancelled, especially in the fields of civil infrastructure and fishing, because of the relevant high costs and some logistical problems in the identification of proper sites. Many other activities have been deeply modified, compared to the original planning, mainly because of a raise in the costs and an update of the needs analysis, which had become necessary considering the long time elapsed after the initial formulation. However, the changes and the cancellation of some of the foreseen activities have had an overall limited impact on the Programme s results, and the new formulation, despite the reduced number of potential beneficiaries, has allowed for an increased effectiveness of the implemented activities and more accessible structures/buildings, by adapting the operations to the new needs and rationalizing the relevant costs. The only exception is represented by the activities aiming at economic development, where the results can not be considered as appreciable. On the whole, beneficiaries have highly appreciated the Programme activities, while the staff working in the renovated structures are being strongly committed as well as fully aware of the efforts made. In general, the Italian Cooperation has been given wide visibility thanks to the implementation of the Programme. The choice to focus on a well-known geographical area and on specific sectors, which are somehow traditional for the Italian Cooperation, has been highly productive and the Programme is generally strongly appreciated, despite the Technical Assistance has not been particularly effective. Final Report August 2012 Page iv
5 The high degree of participation and engagement of local partners has been one of the factors determining the success of the activities, as this has supported the implementation of the Programme also in lack of continuous technical assistance. The quality of the renovated structures, together with the staff motivation and the work carried out by the authorities of the beneficiary communities, has turned into an incentive to the use of the structures themselves and has, in addition, fostered the improvement of the services provided and the overall benefits. The Programme has definitely attained a positive result also in terms of institutional support, by strongly reinforcing the capacities of the implementing partner (CDA), which today is fully operational in the area and well recognized by the central Government. The full operation of the infrastructures renovated/built in the health and education sectors will, in the medium term, effectively contribute to the improvement of the people s socio-economic conditions. In principle, the planned renovation/building of civil infrastructures could also represent a key factor contributing to socio-economic development, but the unsuccess in this area would show that such activities are probably not appropriate for such an integrated Programme, but would need a separate project planning, to be designed according to the available funds and independently from other components. The impact of the Programme will very much depend on the capacity of the public administration to manage the renovated structures and to supply them with the staff and the equipment necessary for their full operation. By contrast, the process of delivery and transfer of ownership of the structures (especially the new built ones) to the relevant authorities has been moving quite slowly so far, due to the limited financial capacity of the same authorities. The Programme implementation carried out by CDA has facilitated the management but has focused the monitoring process on the individual activities rather than on the Programme as a whole. The difficulties encountered during implementation have constantly been brought to the attention of the relevant controlling bodies, but the focus has always been on the more executive aspects, rather than on the overall design. Similarly, the administrative monitoring has focused more on the formal accuracy of the fullfilments rather than on the set up of the tools necessary to verify the actual performance of the Programme. A budget control linked to each expense process and a proper financial flows forecast would have guaranteed a better assessment of the performance and, consequently, an adequate definition of the amendments to be made. Finally, the implementation of the Programme has raised new issues, such as a growing need for new technical staff, the request for additional services (transports, dormitories, kitchens, laboratories) and, above all, the requirement for the communities to participate in the management costs of the structures. These are sensitive issues that, without an adequate intervention by the central government, would risk to negatively affect the success of the Programme. For this reason, the Programme is still perceived as ongoing, although all the available resources have been used, and the expectations for the funding of a Programme second phase are high. In case the Programme is refunded, it will be necessary to first integrate the activities already implemented, in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the actions undertaken and their potential long lasting impact, and to avoid any unnecessary scattering of funds, while concentrating all the efforts on the results that are more concretely achievable. Final Report August 2012 Page v
6 INDEX 1 INTRODUCTION THE EVALUATION: OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE EVALUATION METHODOLOGICAL STRUCTURE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE EVALUATION DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS THE PROGRAMME ORIGINS OF THE PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMME PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION FINDINGS RELEVANCE OF THE PROGRAMME AND CAPACITY TO MEET THE NEEDS DESIGN/LOGICAL FRAMEWORK EFFICIENCY OF THE PROGRAMME EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAMME IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE INTERVENTIONS OVERALL JUDGEMENT AND CONCLUSIONS OVERALL JUDGEMENT CONCLUSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNT RECCOMENDATIONS LESSONS LEARNT...40 ANNEXES...42 ANNEX 1: TERMS OF REFERENCE...43 ANNEX 2: BIBLIOGRAPHY...54 ANNEX 3: LIST OF PEOPLE MET...55 ANNEX 4: FIELD MISSION PROGRAMME...58 ANNEX 5: EVALUATION MATRIX...59 ANNEX 6: MATRIX OF IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERVENTIONS...63 ANNEX 7: REVISION OF THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK...75 Final Report August 2012 Page vi
7 ACRONYMS AP ASALs CDA CTU DGCD DPA DPSC EQ ERS FPE IC KES LF LTU MFA MISHDP MoF MORDA NGO NPSC PMU PRSP TA ToR Action Plan Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Coast Development Authority Central Technical Unit Directorate General for Cooperation and Development Development Public Aid District Programme Steering Committee Evaluative Questions Economy Recovery Strategy Free Primary Education Italian Cooperation Kenya Shillings Logical Framework Local Technical Unit Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malindi Integrated Social Health Development Programme Kenyan Ministry of Finance Ministry of Regional development Authorities Non Governmental Organisation National Programme Steering Committee Programme Management Unit Povert y Reduction Strategy Paper Technical Assistance Terms of Reference Final Report August 2012 Page vii
9 1 INTRODUCTION The ongoing independent evaluation of the Malindi District Integrated Development Programme - AID no has been commissioned by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Directorate General for Cooperation and Development (DGCD) - Office IX, to Development Researchers Network srl (). The Malindi Integrated Social Health Development Programme MISHDP was funded by the DGCD and implemented by the Coast Development Authority (CDA) with the overall objective to contribute to the development, the well-being and the socio-economic improvement of the Malindi District population, with particular attention to the Ngomeni area. 1 This evaluation report is divided into 5 chapters: - Chapter 2 describes the objectives and the purpose of the evaluation as well as the methodology followed and the resources used during the evaluation [points 3 and 4 of the format inserted in the ToR] - Chapter 3 describes the programme object of the evaluation, the context and the intervention logic, and also gives a summary of the activities implementation status [points 2 and 5 of the ToR format]; - Chapter 4 presents the evaluation findings, in the form of detailed answers to the key questions identified during the starting stage of the evaluation and listed in the evaluation matrix - attached document no. 5 [point 6 of the ToR format]; - Chapter 5, the final one, presents a brief overall judgment followed by conclusions, recommendations and good practices, aimed at improving future projects and general strategies of the DGCD [points 7,8 and 9 of the ToR format] The Final Report is completed by a series of attachments that give details on the activities carried out during the specific stages of the evaluation process, the tools used, and the documents analysed. 2 THE EVALUATION: OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY 2.1 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE EVALUATION This evaluation has taken place during the final phase of the Programme and following a request by the local authorities for a second round of the Programme. Therefore this can be considered as a conclusive evaluation of the activities that have been funded so far, whereas it has to be considered as an ongoing evaluation for the overall objectives of the Programme that, according to the Kenyan authorities and the first analysis of the DGCD technicians, would require some additional funds. The objectives of the evaluation can be summarised as follows: - to provide an independent judgment of the importance and the performance of the Programme (efficiency and effectiveness of the actions undertaken, impact and sustainability of the completed activities) and, in particular, of the extent to which the overall programme has attained its objectives, both through an analysis of the implementation process and a verification of the results; - to identify the main conclusions and lessons that can be drawn from the Programme experience as intervention model; - to formulate recommendations in the form of operational proposals relevant to the future choices regarding the continuation of the activities. 1 In 2011, after an administrative restructuring the Magarini district was created. At the beginning this area was part of the Malindi district that was divided into three divisions (Magarini, Malindi and Marafa). Final Report August 2012 Page 1
10 The thematic areas covered by the evaluation are: - Programmes in the specific fields object of the integrated Programme such as : health, education, infrastructures and fishing; - the assessment of the managing skills of the local institutions involved in the Programme; - the functioning of the Programme Management Unit (PMU) and in particular the quality of the Italian Technical Assistance during the implementation of the Programme. 2.2 METHODOLOGICAL STRUCTURE The proposed methodological structure is based on the creation of an evaluation matrix developed around a series of evaluation questions 2. 1 RELEVANCE To what extent did the programme intervention strategy provide an answer to the priorities set by the Kenyan government and to the real needs of the beneficiaries? 2 DESIGN / LOGICAL FRAMEWORK To what extent does the design of the programme articulate a logical sequence activity>results>objectives> that is adequate and consistent with the objectives that the Programme intends to attain? 3 EFFICIENCY To what extent did the mechanisms and the tools of the Programme ease the attainment of the expected results? 4 EFFECTIVENESS To what extent the funds of the Programme have contributed to an improvement in terms of : - Accessibility to district schools and improvement in their quality? - Quality of the health services and their coverage? - Main income generating activities especially in the field of fishing? - Use of civil infrastructures in the Ngomeni area? - Management skills? 5 IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY To what extent has the Programme contributed to the sustainable improvement of the socio-economic conditions of the recipients communities? These questions allowed to focus the attention on the most interesting points indicated in the Terms of Reference (ToR) and have, therefore, been essential in the collection and analysis of data. The first version of these evaluative questions came from the analysis of the main strategic and operational documents of the Programme (feasibility study, funding proposal and execution guidelines), which allowed to understand the rationale of the Programme. This first draft was compared to the main points of interest indicated in the ToR to make sure that all the mentioned areas were covered and that the draft was consistent with the evaluative criteria of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. The result of this analysis, and in particular the procedure followed for the drafting of the initial logical framework as well as the type of data inserted in the formulation document - including the data and the procedures for the monitoring 2 See attachment n. 5 Evaluation Matrix. For each evaluative question the matrix develops a series of key issues with relevant indicators, and also the way to collect and analyse information. Final Report August 2012 Page 2
11 of the Programme - had convinced the evaluation team to consider a quite low level in the hierarchy of the effects as the methodological starting point. Usually, in the evaluation of a complex programme the starting level for the analysis of the chain of effects is different (higher) from the one adopted here, but this approach has been justified by the centrality given to the implementation process and by the lack of reference data. During the field mission, the lack of accessibility to both reliable data on the complementary services supplied by the Kenyan Government and on the use of the structures renovated by the Programme, was confirmed. Particular attention has been given to the actual status of the Programme and to the specific needs linked to the continuation of the activities, in order to provide indications on the possible extension of the Programme. 2.3 DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE EVALUATION The evaluation has been carried out in three stages, according to the work s needs and the requirements of the ToR. Stage 1 Desk. During the preparation of the evaluation a series of preliminary meetings with the Office IX - Evaluation Unit have been held to define the evaluation context. There were also meetings with the Central Technical Unit (CTU), which had followed the different planning and implementation stages of the Programme (the previous director of the Local Technical Unit in Nairobi, in charge during the starting and implementation stages of the Programme, was also met). The team elaborated a first draft of the aforementioned evaluation matrix based on these meetings and on the analysis of the documents available at the DGCD. Moreover a first list of the relevant documents that were not available at the DGCD central offices was drafted; the roles of the different actors, both institutional counterparts and direct beneficiaries of the Programme, were verified and, on that basis, a series of meetings for the following stage was defined; the work plan was analysed in detail to select the field visits in order to cover to the greatest extent possible the different typologies of activities; the logistical organization of the mission started by agreeing with the LTU and the executive counterpart CDA the schedule and the execution procedures of the field phase. Stage 2 Mission in Kenya. The field phase has taken place in two different moments. The first period (July ) was dedicated to the analysis of the documents available at the Local Technical Unit (LTU) in Nairobi and not in Rome (activity reports, mission reports, correspondence with the DGCD and the governmental counterpart ecc) and to a series of meetings with the LTU director and the representatives of the different institutions involved at the central level (namely the members of the National Programme Steering Committee - NPSC ). Later the team moved to Malindi (July ) to check the hypotheses elaborated during the desk stage and the interviews in the Capital, and to collect further information through additional meetings and direct observation. During this stage the team met with the Management Unit staff and visited the sites where the activities had taken place. The interviews with the local actors and the direct beneficiaries represented the most important feature of this stage, together with the observation of the activities visible results. The second stage ended with a meeting during which feedback was given to the Programme s management unit 3. Stage 3 Drafting of the report. On the basis of the findings of the two previous stages and on a further documental analysis of available data carried out once back in Italy, the team has drafted the final report. The present preliminary version of the Report will be presented during a final workshop. The report will then be revised according to the client s comments and will be finally submitted in both Italian and English versions. At the end of the evaluation, the team will be available to present the results of the evaluation with the offices of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Rome, in order to share and better explain the contents and the methodology of the evaluation. 3 See Attachment n. 4, Working Programme. Final Report August 2012 Page 3
12 2.4 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS During the different stages of the evaluation exercise, data and information were collected as follows: - Analysis of documents relevant to the programme, as well as analysis of the main information sources on the issues relevant to the Programme 4 ; - Interviews with the representatives of the governmental and institutional counterparts directly involved in the Programme at different levels (central and local), with the project staff, direct and indirect beneficiaries (contracting companies, village committees, school committees, parents associations, schools masters, teachers, students, dispensaries management committees,...) 5 ; - Direct Observation carried out through visits to the Programme sites and dealing with all the relevant sectors, and also based on the acknowledgment of specific difficulties encountered during execution or detected during the analysis of documents 6. These visits allowed to check the status of the activities, but also the relationship between the Programme management unit and the beneficiaries at different levels; The information gathered through the aforementioned sources was analysed and compared to provide the evaluative questions with an answer. The evaluation has taken place in a very collaborative environment and taken advantage of the availability of the Local Technical Unit staff. The Programme Management Unit s staff, as well as the Ministry of Regional Development Authorities (MORDA) and the Coast Development Authority showed a strong commitment in meeting the evaluation needs and a great interest in the evaluation findings. The difficulties in carrying out the evaluation exercise were mainly due to two factors: firstly, the lack of basic documents about both the Programme s formulation conditions and its evolution; secondly, the difficulty in finding reliable quantitative data during the evaluation. The Programme s preparatory documents indeed do not present an adequate base of reference data that could allow to assess the evolution of the situation in relation to the foreseen objectives. Available data were mainly drawn from sectoral general analyses and almost never referred to the specific intervention area. The poor systematization of the Programme s documents asked for extra work by the team so that a complete framework of the Programme implementation could be traced. The fact that the execution of the Programme has been, along the time, completely entrusted to the CDA, did not help neither the immediate understanding of the status of progress nor the reconstruction of the different implementation stages. At the same time, not even at a later stage, the team has managed to collect reliable quantitative data, which further demonstrates the difficulty encountered in the acquisition of data. The only quantitative data collected during the mission were drawn from the annual reports of the single structures visited by the team. These reports -where available- do not cover the whole duration of the programme (a maximum of two or three reports were found for a couple of structures, nothing in the other cases) so they do not allow to make comparisons between the situation before and after the intervention of the Italian Cooperation, not even for a single structure. Moreover the quality of the reports was not considered highly reliable in terms of data content so their use was pretty limited. To conclude, another limitation to the evaluation can be found in the constant presence of the Programme Management Unit staff during all the visits in the field. On the one hand, the strong involvement of the management unit shows their commitment and dedication to the 4 See Attachment n. 2, Bibliography for complete list of the analysed documents. 5 See Attachment n. 3, List of the people met. 6 See attachment n. 4, Working Programme Final Report August 2012 Page 4
13 Programme implementation, but on the other hand, their continuous presence during the visits to the sites made it difficult for the direct beneficiaries to express themselves freely, so the time dedicated to the analysis had to be longer and the beneficiaries tended to focus more on their expectations towards a possible second phase of the Programme. 3 THE PROGRAMME 3.1 ORIGINS OF THE PROGRAMME The Malindi District Integrated Development Programme was conceived in the overall framework of interventions undertaken by the Italian Cooperation in the Kenyan coastal area, where the Italian base for satellite control and research L. Broglio, also known as the S. Marco Base, is located. After the 1995 collaboration treaty for the use of the base, numerous bilateral exchanges followed to decide what additional socio-economic projects could be carried out in the area. A first version of the Programme, dated , identified the Ngomeni peninsula area as the headquarter of the Programme that was later extended, upon the request of the Italian government, to the whole Malindi district, in order to allow a bigger part of the population to benefit from the support given by the Programme in various social and economic fields. At the same time the amount of money donated to the Programme was set at 240 million Kenyan shillings (former article 15 Law 49/87). Between 2003 and 2004 the Kenyan authorities, with the assistance of the Italian Cooperation (IC) experts, formulated detailed requests about the scope of the Programme, and also identified the Coastal Development Agency (CDA) as the proposed agency in charge of Programme implementation. In May 2004, based on this, the IC conducted a feasibility study of the Programme and submitted a programme proposal, later revised in the Funding Proposal approved by the DGCD Directive Committee in October 2005, when some directly managed funds were introduced. The approved fundings were distributed as follows: Art. 15 / Fields: I year II year Total Education , , ,00 Health , , ,00 Fishing , , ,00 Infrastructures , , ,00 Institutions , , ,00 Tot. Art , , ,00 Directly Managed Funds: I anno II anno Totale Expert Fund , , ,00 Local Fund nd , , ,00 Tot. Directly Managed Funds , , ,00 Overall TOTAL , , , DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMME The intervention area corresponds to the Malindi district that, after the Programme started, was divided into two different districts: Malindi and Magarini. The area covers square kilometres (1.3% of the whole Kenyan surface) and includes square kilometres of national park (Tsavo Est National Park). Final Report August 2012 Page 5
14 The total population benefitting from the programme was people in 2002, of which in the Magarini area (where Ngomeni, the headquarters of the Programme, is located). The city of Malindi, originally capital of the district, is 120 km away from Mombasa and 615 km away from Nairobi and in 2004, at the time of Programme s formulation, counted about inhabitants. The district economy was characterised by a deteriorating tourism industry, a poor agricultural production and an almost total lack of industrial activities. The poverty rate in the area was thus quite high (66%), aggravated by the consistent population increase, which in turn has determined a higher demand of social services and alternative forms of income. The Programme aimed at increasing the provision of basic social services to benefit some of the poorest communities of the Kenyan coast, providing also appropriate management tools to guarantee sustainability after the two year term of the activities, meeting primary needs as requested by the population and covering different sectors such as health, education, infrastructures, fishing and finally the administrative/management capacity field. The following is a summary of the conditions of the area and of the needs the programme intended to meet. -Health. Despite the Kenyan government Strategic Plan for Health, aiming to improve the health conditions of the population, there still were several problems in the sector: accessibility to health services all over the country was particularly disadvantageous, especially for the people living in the rural areas 7, many dispensaries and health centres were in poor conditions, Malindi s district hospital lacked some basic medical equipment and several services including the water and the power grids needed to be improved. -Education. Since 2000 the enrolment in primary school had increased. The introduction of a free for all primary school (January 2003) had indeed brought to an enrolment rise of 26.3%; on the other hand this had caused a reduction of school material and equipment and also a negative increase of the student/teacher ratio. Most primary schools were in very poor condition and lacked space and equipment to cope with the swift increase of students. Secondary schools were a few and difficult to access. -Infrastructures. The problems in this sector mainly related to the Ngomeni region: it was extremely difficult to find fresh water, there was no electric power, and the connecting road 7 At the moment only 42% of the population has access to an health unit within 4 kilometres and 75% within 8 kilometres. The health expense for the rural areas is 30% of the total national expense, while 70% is spent on cities, but only 20% of the Kenyan population lives in the city. Final Report August 2012 Page 6
15 needed major repair to facilitate access to the area 8. Since the Programme meant to concentrate most activities in that sector, infrastructures were considered of the utmost importance. Periodically the area of the Ngomeni village was almost totally submerged by the high tide 9, being the small containment wall built by the community extremely inefficient. - Fishing. In the Ngomeni area, fishing was the main income source with a strong potential due to the abundance of fish of the marine areas around the peninsula. However, fishing was declining due to the shortage and the decay of boats and equipment,to the lack of a processing and stocking place for the fish, and to the lack of adequate vocational education related to marketing. - Institutional strengthening. The Programme intended to develop the skills and the potential of the involved governmental offices, which could only guarantee a small coordination activity due to the lack of means, equipment and sometimes working spaces. As overall objective, the programme aimed at contributing to the development, the well-being and the socio-economic improvement of the Malindi district population with particular attention to the Ngomeni area. Specific objectives were divided according to the intervention sectors: 1. To increase accessibility to district schools and improve their quality. 2. To improve the coverage and the quality of the health services in the district. 3. To improve the main income generating activities: fishing in the Ngomeni peninsula. 4. To improve civil infrastructures in the Ngomeni area. 5. To strengthen the management and entrepreneurial capacities of the population and the institutions involved in the Programme. The Programme s Funding Proposal recalled the schedule of activities as proposed by the local authorities, and integrated and justified in the feasibility study. Basically, the attainment of the specific objectives was possible through a series of infrastructural activities in the various sectors: building/renovation of some schools in the area, building/renovation of some health structures including the district hospital, building of infrastructures linked to the fishing activity on the coast, renovation of the Mjanaheri-Ngomeni road and creation of the power grid for the same area. Moreover some backup activities were planned such as the supply of equipment and materials for the education and health sectors, training activities for fishing operators, support in terms of technical and material assistance to the Programme Management Unit and to the various involved counterparts. The Logical Framework submitted together with the Proposal specified the results expected in connection with the specific objectives and described the indicators to measure their achievement. As for the expected results, the activities to be carried out within the programme management were mainly the design and planning of the activities and the definition and supply of the necessary materials. All this had to be implemented through the tender specifications, the call for tenders, the entrustment of the works supervision, the analysis of progress and the payment of the sums defined by the contracts stipulated with the implementing companies. The conditions to be met to have a successful Programme were also listed: Continuous political and technical support by the Kenyan Ministry for the Regional Development; Counterpart s administrative transparency; 8 12 km of the Mjanaheri-Ngomeni road were unpaved and the lateral sewers worked partially. 9 This is due partly to the logging of mangroves and partly to the indiscriminate creation of breeding tanks for prawns and partly to the change of the tides flows caused by the construction of canals and dams by the adjacent company that produces salt. Final Report August 2012 Page 7
16 Actual availability of the Italian Cooperation funds to start and carry on the activities; Political stability and security in the Country. The Logical Framework structure and content highlight the importance given by the Programme to the completion of the infrastructural works, on which the indicators and the activity plan are concentrated. Finally, the absence in the preparatory documents of clear reference to the directly managed funds component, makes believe that such a component was considered as merely complementary and secondary compared to the execution of other activities. Since, as shown later on in the report, the implementation of the Programme was characterized by a temporal misalignment of the two components, this lack of reference has in fact affected the possibility to assess the impact of such misalignment on the Programme itself. 3.3 PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION The parties signed an Intergovernmental Agreement to carry out the interventions, attached to the agreement there were the Guidelines for the execution. The drafting and the signing of the Agreement were object of a long negotiation also due the number of actors involved. For the component provided for by former art. 15 it was necessary to identify an institutional counterpart that resulted to be the Kenyan Ministry of Finance (MoF). Later, it was necessary to decide which was the most efficient administrative and financial management mechanism in order to comply with all the transparency procedures and with the chain of responsibilities. This part was not as smooth as we expected as documented by the plentiful correspondence and by the several versions of the Agreement and the relevant Guidelines. Both documents were actually signed on January , fifteen months after the Italian part had approved the programme. Based on the operative agreements, the programme implementation was entrusted to the Ministry of Regional Development Coast Development Authority, in Mombasa, through a separate office in Malindi. In particular the CDA operated through a Programme Management Unit (PMU), of which the Italian consultant was a member, funded by the directly managed funds. Guidelines provided that Italian funds had to be deposited on a MoF bank account and from there they had to be transferred to the CDA account. Funds had to be used according to the forecast of an annual Action Plan drafted and implemented by the PMU. The same guidelines ordained that the monitoring, and in general every decision about the programme implementation, were to be subject to a double control: a control at local level - District programme Steering Committee (DPSC) and a control at central level - National Programme Steering Committee (NPSC). Both committees were made up of representatives of the different administrations involved and of members of Italian Cooperation. Roles and functions of each body were described in the Guidelines. As for the financial management the Guidelines had already ordained the CDA financial reports to be submitted to an independent accounting audit before new funds could be distributed. A specific preliminary assessment was added to this procedure in order to understand the real administrative skills of the CDA structure and to give recommendations in case of possible gaps, to be bridged with specific training and the drafting of specific management handbook. Such a complex and articulated administrative management required a long period of time for both appointments and the actual availability of funds for the programme. Although the Action Plan, elaborated according to the procedures, was drafted in July 2006, the funds regulated by former art. 15 were distributed by the Italian government in November 2007 and they were transferred on the CDA bank account only at the end of March 2008, and not even the full amount. Meanwhile the Italian Cooperation had made available the directly managed funds in May 2006 when the first mission of the Italian expert took place. These funds, that were meant to support the works paid by CDA, were used in a completely different way. They had a (double) function: on one hand they contributed to ease the starting process and the difficulties encountered by CDA in dealing with Final Report August 2012 Page 8
17 complex procedures; on the other hand they were used to give visibility to the programme in spite of the delay accrued, through the execution of microworks. Later on we will explain more in detail of the efficiency and effectiveness of this decision, while here we would like to underline that under these conditions the programme went down an unexpected path with reference to the two financial components. The following chart describes the Italian experts that came one after the other, the sequence was reconstructed through the documents available at the LTU in Nairobi. The last expert ended his mission in December In his mission report he explains that all the directly managed funds had been spent; on that date, according to the report submitted around the same time by the CDA, the authority had received only 20 million KES and had spent , about This means only 14,6% of allocated by the Italian counterpart for the first year of activity. Italian Technical Assistance Type Period Duration Expert Short Mission 03/05/06-28/08/06 4 months ca Paolo Bevilacqua Short Mission 15/01/07-05/05/07 3,5 months ca Paolo Bevilacqua Short Mission 02/04/07 02/06/07 2 months ca Vittorio Piovesan Short Mission 16/06/07-15/07/07 (prevista per 4 mesi, è stata interrotta dall esperto) 1 month Paolo Bevilacqua Short Mission 23/07/07 13/10/07 2,5 months ca Oscar Ricci Short Mission 29/09/07-23/12/07 3 months ca Paola Benvenuto Short Mission 21/01/08 15/05/08 4 months ca Paola Benvenuto Short Mission 02/06/08-11/07/08 1,5 months ca Paola Benvenuto Short Mission 26/09/08-21/12/08 3 months ca Roi Chiti Total 24 months circa After a long initial stage to define management procedures and to solve the issues connected to them, the implementation of the programme was entrusted to the CDA, the executive counterpart, while the IC only exercised a monitoring function participating to the Steering Committees meetings. Implementing the programme the CDA took complete responsibility through the PMU and a periodical control performed by the NPSC, which was the one in charge of approving APs, making decisions about possible changes and adjustments, and dealing with bureaucratic and administrative issues. Next chart shows the sequence of the NPSC meetings, whose minutes, together with CDA periodical reports, where the main source used to check how the programme was evolving. N. Date President IC Representative 1 06/05/2008 Permanent Secretary MORDA LTU Director Expert Prgrm. Tech. Assistance 2 22/12/2008 Permanent Secretary MORDA LTU Technical expert Expert Prgrm. Tech. Final Report August 2012 Page 9
18 Assistance. 3 23/06/2009 Director MORDA LTU Technical expert 4 19/11/2009 Permanent Secretary MORDA LTU Director LTU Technical expert 5 12/07/2010 Permanent Secretary MORDA LTU Technical expert 6 17/02/2011 Report not available As it was already said, most of the interventions in the programme concerned the construction of new buildings and the renovation of infrastructures for local communities. During the making of the programme and the actual implementation period, from May 2008 until now, which corresponds with the actual availability of funds, the activities were deeply revised and some of the sites that were part of the original programme were either changed or abandoned. Such changes were always documented in the Action Plans (APs) and they were approved by the NPSC, however it wasn t always possible to find documents that motivated and justified the choices made. In general, reading the sources it seemed that, apart from some important components of the original programme design, most activities had been identified roughly and their localization and implementation were defined at a later stage although the criteria followed are not always self-evident. In some cases because of the accrued delay the planned works were carried out with funds that came from somewhere else. Surely the documents show a raise in the estimated costs due to the overall delay of the works which caused the activities to concentrate in a specific field rather than respecting the original distribution on the territory. However, this criterion is not decisive for some of the choices made. This review of the planned activities was done before the funds were actually made available, through the collaboration of the Italian consultant in charge of the programme, as it is documented by the different mission reports. Through the update and the approval of several APs further changes were made at a later stage. Besides the delay in the initial stage that was already mentioned, it must be said that also the way the funds were made available for the the CDA implied changes to the original design of the works. The two annual stage money transfer paid by the DGCD was further divided into periodic instalments credited by the MoF to the CDA account dedicated to the programme. This management procedure prolonged the implementation time forcing a repeated review of the schedule. The distribution of funds along two years was not realistic and the the activities implementation actually took more than four years, and to this day it is not complete yet. In the attachment n. 6 you can find a detailed programme execution matrix, with the works schedule and the changes made for each planned activity. The chart below explains the current implementation state of the programme and the main deviations from the original planning. To this end, it is important to remember that the financial audit was not among the objectives of this evaluation, since it was entrusted to an external audit. Financial data were drawn from the information contained in the periodic reports submitted by the the executive authority, the CDA and from the CDA s employees statements. Interpreting this information was not easy, especially comparing the financial estimates and the real expenses. There is not a regular information system that keeps track of the changes made and updates the financial estimates of reference. Different data were inserted in reconstructing the implementation matrix (forecast, commitments, payments ), as summarized in the chart below. These data matched as much as possible to the actual works, but they were not object of a specific financial analysis. So, they are to be considered as an indication and not as certified data. Moreover, data about the actual implementation were indicated only in the local currency, since it was not possible to refer to certain exchange rates with the Euro. Anyhow, it must be noticed that the information received by the CDA show a total received amount of million Kenyan shillings (the equivalent of the original funds in euros) but considering the total amount in the local currency should have been higher because of Final Report August 2012 Page 10
19 the favourable exchange rate. The final financial audit of the programme will have to explain how funds were actually assigned, including the sums coming from the possible raise of the exchange rate. Area Original financial estimates euro % Actual Distribution KES % % of completion on July Education ,0 27,7% ,0% 94% Health ,0 28,1% ,7% 95% Fishing ,0 9,1% ,3% 7% Infrastructures ,5 24,8% ,5% 65% Institutional Support ,0 10,3% ,4% 95% Total ,5 100% % 85% Health In this field, with more funds allocated, 28,14% of the total, the most important works were the partial renovation of Malindi district hospital and the building of a new Health Centre in Ngomeni. Other building/renovation activities were to be carried out in other villages of the area, together with the supply of equipment and materials. Priority was given to the project in Malindi and the works were completed in 7 months, between June 2008 and January The works were reviewed in the July 2008 AP based on the new priorities indicated by the beneficiaries and they were as follows: renovation of the hospital s water and electric systems, renovation and expansion of the x-ray ward, the reconstruction of the hospital s external areas. Ngomeni s Health Centre was built during 2009 and it was later completed and equipped. Works were redefined in July 2008 AP, adjusting them to the beneficiaries requests. The centre is now operative although for the Kenyan health system is still classified as Dispensary. The other works originally planned were reduced to cope with higher costs and with rationalization needs. Some of them were completed and/or some changes were added in the executive stage, i.e renovation and expansion of Sosoni, Baricho and Dagamra dispensaries (works completion at 90%) and of Mambrui Health Centre (completed); Marekebuni dispensary expansion was added (completed); works initially planned for the Marada, Adu, Chakama, Kakoneni, Gandini, Garashi and GK prison dispensaries were cancelled. Education In this field, second in terms of funds allocation (27,68%), most activities were focused on Ngomeni village, like the expansion of the existing primary school and the construction of a secondary school. Renovation works were planned on other structures in the area. Works in Ngomeni were carried out with minor changes to the original plan.it took 22 months, between June 2008 and April 2010 and both structures are functioning. What was said for health is true for the other structures as well: works were reduced because of higher costs and they were also selected in their localizations. Works were carried out at the Midodoni and Bura primary schools, at the Gede secondary school and they were cancelled in Kulau, Matolani, Magarini, Galana, Marafa and Barani. Fishing The works planned for this sector, concentrated in the Ngomeni peninsula, were strongly hindered by the difficulty to find an adequate site for the main infrastructure, the fishing centre and its refrigerating stockhouse. The different sites that had been found were abandoned for logistical problems or because of issues in striking a deal with land owners. Despite the issue Final Report August 2012 Page 11
20 was discussed in many NPSC meetings a solution could not be found in a timely fashion and the works were set aside. This difficulty generated delays for the other works in this field such as equipment supply to fishermen and the marketing training. Also the creation of breeding tanks for prawns was cancelled in the AP review as the activity already exists at an entrepreneurial level and it does not need a priority support. In this field the only activities left standing are the supply of fishing equipment (to be done) and training for the fishermen community (partially done). Infrastructures Works were concentrated in the Ngomeni peninsula area, the connection road was to be repaired and the power grid was to be installed, but in this case the number of works was reduced. Some issues were underestimated and higher cost forced the cancellation of both infrastructures, which in turn were linked from a logical standpoint to the works in the fishing field. Both set of works, in fact, were conceived more as a push to the development of economic activities than as a basic service to be offered to the population, so in the review of the planning they were associated with the results of the works in favour of fishermen. The other works in favour of the population of the area were regularly carried out. Community wells were built, as well as the marine barrier to protect the village from the tides. In particular, the technical planning of this work was changed after an analysis of the circumstances and of the execution sustainability. Its completion level is at 60%. Support to the Institutions These activities were conceived as a functional completion of the other activities and it meant to foster the capacities of the institutions involved through the supply of alternative means. Also this field saw important deviations from what was originally planned: the construction of the CDA office in Malindi was considered inadequate and it was replaced by the payment of the rent for the whole duration of the programme. The fact that the programme lasted more than twice as planned these recurring costs absorbed the funds destined to the infrastructural works in this field. Directly managed funds - The remaining funds were managed directly and they were divided between the expert fund and the local fund. Such activities were carried out between May 2006 and December 2008, that is to say the period during which the Italian expert was present. The use of the funds was modified through the approval of some free-of-charge deviations and it is summarised in the chart below. As for the total amount spent, as the funds allocated through former art. 15, these funds were not object of a specific financial audit.the information about them were drawn from documents of the programme and must be considered as indications. The datum about the use of the funds destined to experts is an estimate since it was not possible to collect information about them. Chapter Original financial estimates Euro % Funds after modifications euro % Actual expense Experts fund ,00 61, ,00 61, ,00 61,6 Local funds: Office ,00 9, ,00 5, ,41 4,9 Local staff and consultants ,00 7, ,00 13, ,91 13,5 Transportations ,00 11, ,00 7, ,48 7,9 Microworks ,00 9, ,00 12, ,61 12,1 Total ,00 100% ,00 100% ,41 100% euro % Final Report August 2012 Page 12
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Kurzweil made the announcement himself last Friday on his website, noting he'll be working on the biggest problems in computing and pointing particularly to artificial intelligence.
TheStreet.com's Dana Blankenhorn noted the move Monday in his article "We're All Futurists Now," correctly pointing out that innovation has to sync with market appetite or it fails to be adopted. He concludes that with Internet information at our fingertips, nobody out there has any more advantage to see around that particular corner -- the intersection of innovation and market potential -- than anyone else.
Google's only comment on the hire that I know of comes in the form of a short note to the MIT Technology Review:
"Ray's contributions to science and technology, through research in character and speech recognition and machine learning, have led to technological achievements that have had an enormous impact on society -- such as the Kurzweil Reading Machine, used by Stevie Wonder and others to have print read aloud. We appreciate his ambitious, long-term thinking, and we think his approach to problem-solving will be incredibly valuable to projects we're working on at Google."
A week after Kurzweil's posting, and four days after he began full-time work at the company, no other press release or official comment has emerged.
Kurzweil is famous for many things, including his work in character and speech recognition. His name was also firmly attached to the first digital musical instruments capable of modeling grand piano sounds with life-like accuracy.
Importantly, he has also been highly visible in support of the notion of a coming "singularity," a moment when computer thinking will exceed human thinking. Mere humans can't predict technological innovation beyond that transition since it would proceed at incomprehensible speeds and with incomprehensible logic and precision.
This is the point at which machines take over, an event horizon beyond which our future is completely dark to us.
In 2005, Kurzweil outlined this idea in his book, The Singularity Is Near, which gained popular attention (and won him an appearance on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show). He also co-founded Singularity University with the goal of leveraging "exponentially growing technologies to solve humanity's grand challenges."
Why would Google be mum on such a high-profile hire?
There are a few good reasons, but I think they all boil down to one: The company wants to avoid misguided or inflated expectations and media chatter speculating about any coming potentially disruptive technology. No matter what, it wants to avoid looking foolish.
In this, it probably learned its lesson from inventor Dean Kamen. In 2001, Kamen unwittingly unleashed a tidal wave of media hype prior to his unveiling of what became the Segway, an elegant, simple, two-wheeled personal transport. The buildup was huge and the letdown made the actual device appear somewhat foolish and left sales on the launch pad for months afterward.
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Understanding the Provision of Palliative Care in the Context of Primary Health Care: Qualitative Research Findings From a Pilot Study in a Community Setting in Chile
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HTC's One Max is arguably the worst kept secret in tech. The super-sized phone has been threatening to make waves for the best part of three months. And while a launch is said to be imminent, clearly that's not good enough for spec-fixated, news-hungry smartphone fans.
While the handset's capacious 6-inch display and fingerprint scanner are already common knowledge, other key details are MIA. But Nowhereelse.fr editor Steve Hemmerstoffer has now revealed all by tweeting a pic of the handset's full spec sheet.
According to the French tech site, the phone will rock 16, 32 and 64GB storage options, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chip, Beats Audio, Bluetooth 4.0, Android 4.3 with HTC Sense 5.5 on top and HDMI skills.
The global launch of the HTC One Max has been pegged for October 15th.
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Heart for humanity
As a junior in high school, Jessica went on a mission trip to Haiti. During her time there, she witnessed the incredible needs and the lack of medical services available. From then on, she decided to pursue a career in the medical field to benefit underprivileged people in either the United States or abroad. At Northwestern she's had opportunities to fulfill her servant's heart by going on a Spring Service Partnership trip to Lindale, Texas, joining the college's International Club and participating in a Summer of Service trip to Indonesia.
Holistic healer
I love meeting new people, and nursing enables me to get to know new people on a personal level as I'm caring for them. Nursing is a profession that allows me to mix my love of science and service with compassion for people. I feel God has called me to study his creation (the body) and integrate my knowledge with physically caring for people.
Science and faith
Studying nursing at Northwestern has strengthened my faith in ways that challenge me to think about how I might integrate my beliefs into my future career. During my time on clinical rotation, I was faced with different questions about life and death, what true health means, and how God calls us to care for people. To me, nursing isn't just considered a science; it's also a ministry, and my experience at Northwestern has strengthened that idea for me.
Learning for a lifetime
During my time at Northwestern, I've come to realize learning is a lifelong endeavor, and I have been truly challenged not to just memorize and regurgitate but to really learn. My professors have encouraged me to think both critically and creatively. As I think about heading out into the nursing field after graduation, I feel I am not only being taught the latest nursing practices, but also how to use my education to act morally within the profession.
Making connections
At Northwestern, I have made relationships I plan on keeping for the rest of my life. I have created friendships with people from all over campus (and all over the country). We learn from each other, laugh together and make memories I will never forget.


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Park City Tree Line Lodge
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Features and Amenities
4 Bedrooms
4 Bathrooms
2 Half Baths
8 Beds Total
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Hot Tub
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This four-bedroom Park City lodge combines rustic mountain design with luxurious finishes, and is sure to offer every amenity desired for the perfect ski getaway. Surrounded by trees, Park City Tree Line Lodge is located in close proximity to Deer Valley Resort, boasting beautiful Park City and mountain views in the distance and stunning sunsets from the second-story terrace.
Ideal for families and friends alike, Park City Tree Line Lodge offers the perfect combination of luxury and comfort in a spacious 4,400 square foot package. The gourmet kitchen, complete with commercial appliances, granite countertops, and breakfast bar seating is sure to please the inner chef and enthusiastic diner in any guest. The open-concept living area features direct access from the kitchen to the living room, complete with stone fireplace, flat-screen TV, and cozy leather sofas.
Utilize the complimentary Deer Valley Resort shuttle to spend your days playing in the snow, and the outdoor hot tub to spend your nights luxuriating under the stars.
The Lodge can comfortably accommodate up to ten guests. The master suite has a king-size bed, and an en-suite bathroom that features a double vanity, steam shower, and Jacuzzi bathtub. The second and third guest suites feature king-size beds, while the fourth suite offers two double beds and a bunk bed with a queen and twin bed configuration, making it a perfect room for the kids in the family.
Trek in from a day on the slopes and drop your gear in the mudroom while you make your way to the sauna for the ultimate après-ski unwind. Other amenities of Park City Tree Line Lodge include an elevator, two-car heated garage, and state-of-the-art media room.
This lodge is located in Deer Valley, Utah, where you can explore a range of dining and nightlife options before retiring to your cozy and luxurious Deer Valley home away from home!
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Special Fried Egg
Special Fried Egg
I called this dish Special Fried Egg because I really didn't want to call it Fried Egg with Prawns Pork Minced and French Beans. That would be a tad too long for a title of dish, and remembering that it is important to name your dishes so that it won't be too obvious. So there, Special Fried Egg.
Of course there is nothing very special about this dish except that it has quite a few ingredients all combined together. Fresh glass prawns are really good for this although a tad expensive. You may just use grey shrimp. Much cheaper and you won't burn a hole in the wallet. Add regular minced pork and French beans and there you go. Comfort food that every kid who used to eat at home before fast food chains came along and dominated our tastebuds with salt and all things unwholesome.
Putting this special fried egg together was really a walk down memory lane for me. My nanny used to cook this dish for lunch every other week. It has become somewhat a cult classic for me. The taste, textures, the classic burnt edges. They all make up what this classic dish should be.
3 large Glass Prawns
60 grams of Minced Pork
10 pieces of French Beans
2 whole Eggs
Light Soya Sauce
1. De-shell the prawns and use only the meat. Chop into a paste. Then mix with the minced pork. Now use a heavy cleaver, chop and continue to combine the two ingredients until they become one paste.
2. Cut the French Beans into small pieces. Discard either ends. Assemble all the ingredients into a large bowl. Crack the eggs into the bowl. The egg acts as the social glue. Add soya sauce about 1 tbsp.
3. Now use your hands to mix. I like getting my hands dirty. Leave it to marinate a while.
4. Add oil into a wok (if you don't know what a good wok looks like, you may want to refer to this Helen Chen non-stick pan). Turn heat up high. Pour the mixture into the frying pan and allow it to cook and congeal. Then do the magic flip and repeat on the other side. Use as much oil as you like. It has to be cooked nicely.
Bon Appetit!
Special Fried Egg