![]() ![]() ![]() The MTM Program model is a community-led approach that transitions to community ownership over three implementation cycles. MTM is currently implemented by Episcopal Relief and Development’s in-country faith-based partner organizations in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. Over the last 10 years, MTM has expanded from Zambia to five other African countries, impacting more than 59,000 children under 3 years old with their Primary Caregivers ( 3). Episcopal Relief and Development and its faith-based implementing partner organizations have co-designed and developed MTM through monitoring, evaluation, learning and adaptation loops. MTM prioritizes responsive care, early learning and child safety and security in the home from birth to age three ( 2). The Moments That Matter ® Early Childhood Development Program Partnership (MTM) of Episcopal Relief and Development galvanizes rural communities and the most vulnerable families around their shared goal of young children thriving. Yet, there is also vast untapped potential in faith-based and other community leadership and volunteerism. With so many young children at risk, there is a tremendous need for strengthening nurturing care parenting. The vast scope of early childhood development (ECD) challenges in sub-Saharan Africa is well-documented ( 1). (3) Three program stakeholder types leading MEL and collaborating closely with each other: ECD Committees with MTM-trained faith leaders, ECD Promoters, and Primary Caregivers of children under three. (2) Provision of Community MEL capacity-building and effective, user-friendly tools to be tailored locally. The success of the program’s community-led MEL in achieving sustainable change and fueling the program scale up hinges on three factors: (1) Initiating the community-led MEL dimension at project start, gradually increasing the community role while reducing the staff role. They identify a new set of vulnerable Primary Caregivers of children under three and carry out the caregiver parenting support and learning activities. (2) Deepening reach within MTM communities: Over the first two cycles, communities transition to community ownership, then continue independently of staff and budget. The community-led MEL propels scaling up through two channels: (1) New communities for MTM program start up: As MTM communities graduate to community ownership, program staff and budget are then invested in new marginalized and underserved rural areas. The program is inclusive with all stakeholders engaged in monitoring and making adjustments interactive with relationship-based social and behavior change strategies informative with continuous data gathering used for decisions and problem-solving and dynamic with built-in flexibility and an adaptation process. MTM is people-centered with community leaders, early childhood development service providers, volunteers and Primary Caregivers all setting their specific goals. Measurement for change has been critical to the community MEL system. Based on MTM Zambia and Kenya, this paper examines how an innovative, community-led MEL system functions to drive sustainable impacts and scaling. Launched in Zambia, MTM has expanded to five other countries. MTM empowers Primary Caregivers, strengthening nurturing care of some 60,000 children aged under three since 2012. With a faith-based approach, MTM is an early childhood development program partnership of Episcopal Relief & Development which is rooted in parenting empowerment and community ownership. This paper presents a community case study of how the Moments That Matter ® (MTM) Program community-led monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) system contributes to a scalable model with quality and sustainable impact. 3Anglican Church of Kenya Development Services Nyanza, Kisumu, Kenya.2Zambia Anglican Council Outreach Programmes, Lusaka, Zambia.1Episcopal Relief & Development, New York, NY, United States.Murdock 1 *, Kelvin Munsongo 2 and George Nyamor 3 ![]()
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