Impact and Evaluation of TRY by Astrid Corvin-Brittin

A 1998 Demographic and Health Survey for Kenya found that 21 percent of Kenyan girls reported that they had traded sex for money or gifts. In response the K-Rep Development Agency (KDA), in partnership with the Population Council, initiated a project called “Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY) Savings and Micro-Credit for Adolescent girls.” The overall aim of the project was to reduce the vulnerability of adolescents (living in low-income and slum areas of Nairobi) to adverse social and reproductive health outcomes by improving their livelihood options. TRY formed a program using an integrated approach combining savings, micro-credit, training in business and life skills, reproductive health education , and mentoring from adults in the community. Monitoring and evaluation components were integrated into the program design to measure changes associated with the program. Drawing upon the study Evaluation of a Savings & Micro-Credit Program for Vulnerable Young Women in Nairobi, this paper summarizes the intervention, the type of evaluation conducted, its design and methods, as well as a critique of the evaluation.

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