Tufts Global Inc

A RELATED ORGANIZATION CONDUCTING, SUPPORTING AND FACILITATING EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ABROAD FOR TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE

TUFTS GLOBAL, INC. (TGI) FUNCTIONS TO SUPPORT AN INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS PARENT ENTITY AND SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION, TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE (TUFTS). OPERATIONALLY, TGI CONTINUES TO FUNCTION AS AN AFFILIATE TO TUFTS AND HAS EXECUTED ON ITS MISSION-RELATED SERVICES FOR TUFTS FOREIGN US-AID GRANT ACTIVITIES. FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE THE TGI FIELD LOCATIONS CONTINUE TO INCUR LOCAL, IN-COUNTRY GRANT-RELATED COSTS TO STAY OPERABLE IN THE COURSE OF THE SUPPORTIVE MISSION-RELATED ACTIVITIES. THIS RELATIONSHIP ALLOWS FOR INTERCOMPANY AFFILIATE CROSS-CHARGES FOR SUCH COSTS. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE BILLINGS BY TGI FOR WHICH TUFTS CREATES REIMBURSEMENTS TO TGI FOR THESE LOCALLY INCURRED GRANT-RELATED COSTS. DURING FY22, FROM A LOCALITY AND FOOTPRINT PERSPECTIVE, TGI CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN TWO SEPARATE BUSINESS OFFICE REGISTRATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE BENEFIT OF TUFTS. THE FIRST OFFICE, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE LOCATED IN KAMPALA, UGANDA, OPERATES AS AN ACTIVE AND FULLY-FUNCTIONAL, ON-THE-GROUND OFFICE. A SECOND BUSINESS REGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY MAINTAINED AND RECOGNIZED WITHIN KENYA. UGANDA RESEARCH GRANT ACTIVITIES: THE UGANDA OFFICE CONTINUED TO FACILITATE ON A NUMBER OF COORDINATED EFFORTS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THERE WERE FORMAL MEETINGS HELD TO ADDRESS HEALTH AND NUTRITION AS WELL AS A REGIONAL CONFERENCE AND WORK EFFORTS WITH LOCAL GOVERNEMENTS TO DEAL WITH THE PLAGUING ISSUE OF ALCOHOLISM. OTHER JOINT SUPPORT EFFORTS SURROUNDED THE MT. MOROTO BIOSPHERE DESIGNATION AND PROTECTION INITIATIVE. IN ADDITION, EIGHT ARTICLES INCLUDING A KEYNOTE ADDRESS DURING THE KRSU'S INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "PATHWAYS TO RESILIENCE IN THE KARAMOJA CLUSTER" WERE PUBLISHED BY THE PASTORALISM JOURNAL. THE JOURNAL INCLUDES ARTICLES BY THE KRSU TEAM AS WELL AS OTHER PRESENTERS FROM THE CONFERENCE. WHILE CONTINUING ITS ENGAGEMENT WITH MAAIF IN THE REVIEW OF THE FMD CONTROL STRATEGY, KRSU ORGANIZED A WRITE-SHOP FOR SIX SENIOR EXPERTS FROM MAAIF TO WRITE THE FINAL DRAFT STRATEGY AND COMPLETED A DRAFT OF THE UGANDAN FOOD AND MOUTH DISEASE (FMD) CONTROL STRATEGY. KRSU II CONCLUDED THE SUPPORT TO OPM/MFKA ON THE DESIGN OF THE KARAMOJA INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN III. KRSU II TEAM CREATED FURTHER PRESENTATIONS AND ASSISTED WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT ON A NUMBER OF AREAS SUCH AS 'RESURGENCE OF INSECURITY IN KARAMOJA TEN YEARS POST DISARMAMENT THE REGIONAL PEACE ACTORS TO DESIGN AN IN-DEPTH CONFLICT ANALYSIS; FIGHTING THE PLAGUE OF ALCOHOLISM IN KARAMOJA AND A PRESENTATION TO USAID STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT TEAM GIVING A BROAD VIEW ON KARAMOJA AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROGRAMMING. OTHER KRSU ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED: ACCOMPANYING THE US-AID UGANDA SCOPING MISSION TO KARAMOJA; LAUNCHING AND COMPLETING THE CONFLICT ANALYSIS FIELD WORK IN MOROTO, ABIM, AND KARENGA DISTRICTS; DEVELOPING AN EVIDENCE BRIEF ON THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE KARAMOJA REGION; DEVELOPING A CONCEPT NOTE FOR THE BARRIERS ANALYSIS TO GIRLS' EDUCATION IN KARAMOJA; COMPLETING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE CASE STUDIES ON 'TURNING EVIDENCE INTO ACTION FACILITATING THREE MEETINGS BETWEEN THE KDPG AND THE MINISTRY FOR KARAMOJA AFFAIRS (MFKA). THERE WAS ALSO MUCH SUCCESS WITH CONFLICT STUDYS WITH FINDINGS PRESENTED TO THE KDPG ALONGSIDE OTHER AGENCIES IN THE KARAMOJA SUB-REGION AND FOUR SEPARATE CASE STUDIES ABOUT 'TURNING EVIDENCE INTO ACTION AND A COVID-19 IMPACT MONITORING REPORT FOCUSING ON HUNGER, FOOD SECURITY, MALNUTRITION, AND CONFLICT. FINALLY, WITH AN INVITATION FROM THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL INDUSTRIES AND FISHERIES (MAAIF), THE KRSU TEAM PROVIDED TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO A WRITE-SHOP ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR CAHWS SERVICES IN UGANDA. THE WORKSHOP WAS ORGANIZED BY MAAIF IN COLLABORATION WITH MERCY CORP. ADDITIONALLY, KRSU CONTINUED PROVIDING THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN TRAINING ON PASTORALISM AND HAD MERCY CORPS ORGANIZE A TRAINING SESSION ON PASTORALISM AND POLICY TO SENIOR AND MID-LEVEL OFFICIALS IN KAMPALA. THE TRAINING INVOLVED KEY MINISTRIES INCLUDING MAAIF, OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINSTER, STATE HOUSE, HEADS OF DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS OF PRODUCTION AND VETERINARY AS WELL AS LCVS. THE KRSU TEAM FINISHED THE FISCAL YEAR BY PRESENTING THE POLICY BRIEF ON THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF AGROPASTORALISM AND PASTORALISM IN KARAMOJA. SEPARATELY, AS PART OF THE APOLOU ACTIVITY, FEINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL CENTER AT THE FRIEDMAN SCHOOL OF NUTRITION SCIENCE AND POLICY (FIC) AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY CARRIED OUT MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH OVER FIVE YEARS IN FIVE SUB-DISTRICTS OF KARAMOJA. A KEY OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MONETIZATION AND COMMODIFICATION OF THE ECONOMY IN KARAMOJA BENEFITTED THE LOCAL POPULATION, INCLUDING: WHO BENEFITTED; WHO DID NOT BENEFIT; WHY THESE VARIATIONS EXIST; THE NATURE OF THESE DIFFERENCES; AND THE IMPACTS OF BENEFITTING OR NOT BENEFITTING FROM THESE CHANGES. AN ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE INTENSITY OF INTERVENTIONS IMPLEMENTED BY APOLOU (AKA "LAYERING") INFLUENCED ASPECTS OF LIVELIHOODS AND ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT OF BENEFICIARIES IN KARAMOJA. THE RESEARCH CONSISTED OF BASELINE, MID-LINE, AND END-LINE QUANTITATIVE DATA COLLECTION, AS WELL AS A QUALITATIVE COHORT STUDY FOCUSED ON YOUTH EXPERIENCES OVER FOUR TIME PERIODS. A GENDER ANALYTICAL LENS WAS APPLIED TO ALL ASPECTS OF RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS. DURING FY22, THE FIC TEAM ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING: JULY-SEPT: FINALIZED AND DISSEMINATED ONE QUANTITATIVE AND TWO QUALITATIVE BRIEFING PAPERS; REVISED THE TOOLS FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF DATA COLLECTION; UPDATED THE WRITTEN PROFILES OF THE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RESPONDENTS AND MADE LOGISTICAL PREPARATIONS FOR FIELDWORK IN LATE 2021. OCT-JAN: HIRED AND TRAINED ENUMERATORS FOR THE END-LINE OF THE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; RENEWED RESEARCH PERMISSIONS FROM THE RELEVANT UGANDAN BODIES AND THE IRB AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY; CONDUCTED A TRACKING AND MOBILIZATION EXERCISE WITH THE ENUMERATORS IN ORDER TO LOCATE THE RESPONDENTS; CONDUCTED QUANTITATIVE INTERVIEWS WITH RESPONDENT HOUSEHOLDS IN ALL DISTRICTS; AND IMPLEMENTED THE FOURTH ROUND OF QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS IN ALL STUDY DISTRICTS. JAN-MARCH: CONCLUDED THE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA CLEANING TRANSCRIBING AND CODING; IDENTIFIED KEY THEMES FOR BRIEFING PAPERS; BEGAN COLLABORATIVELY DRAFTING OUTPUTS; LIAISED WITH MERCY CORPS REGARDING PRESENTATIONS AND PLANNING AND CONDUCTED A PRESENTATION FOR USAID ON THE RESEARCH FINDINGS. APRIL-JUNE: FINALIZED THREE DRAFTS; CONDUCTED DISSEMINATION WITH PARTNERS THE MERCY CORPS STAFF AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS IN KARAMOJA; PRESENTED FINDINGS TO USAID; MET WITH APOLOU STAFF MEMBERS IN MOROTO; ENGAGED IN CLOSE-OUT PLANNING INTERNALLY AND WITH MERCY CORPS AND WORKED ON THE INTERNAL CLOSE-OUT PROCESS AT TUFTS. KENYA RESEARCH GRANT ACTIVITIES: THE RESEARCH GRANT IN KENYA CONTINUED ITS MISSION WORK WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING SUPPORT TO NAWIRI PARTNERS IN VARIOUS FUNCTIONS BY ASSISTING WITH THE CONTINUATION OF THREE PILOT PROGRAMS. 1. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION (IMAM) SURGE; 2. GRADUATION PILOT; AND 3. TRIALS OF IMPROVED PRACTICES (TIPS) ON TRADITION PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES. INITIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED: COMPLETION OF THE PARTICIPATORY EPIDEMIOLOGY (PE) STUDY'S FROM MT. KULAL, MARSABIT AND ISIOLO COUNTIES FROM THE PRIOR REPORTING PERIOD. FINAL REPORTS WERE WRITTEN AND SHARED WITH CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES, THE NAWIRI PARTNERS AS WELL AS BEING PRESENTED TO, USAID PARTNERSHIP FOR RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE ARID AND SEMI-ARID LANDS WORKING GROUP. AFTER THE FINAL REPORTS WERE SHARED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED GROUPS, TUFTS PI ANDY CATLEY PRESENTED ON (PE) AND PARTICIPATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO THE MULTI STAKEHOLDER PLATFORMS-NUTRITION FOR ISIOLO AND MARSABIT DURING A WORKSHOP IN NANYUKI. ALSO, DURING FY22, THERE WERE OTHER STUDIES IN VARIOUS COUNTIES AND PARTICIPATION IN A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS INCLUDING MALNUTRITION. THERE WERE ALSO BRIEFINGS ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIVESTOCK SERVICE DELIVERY. LASTLY, THE TEAM ALSO SUPPORTED NAWIRI PARTNERS WITH THE EVALUATION DESIGN FOR THE ADAPTED NUTRITION PILOT. OVERALL, BETWEEN THE ONGOING UGANDA AND KENYA RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, FY22 WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.