Duration of assessment
Institution
Programme
Type of data
SHALOM, Churachandpur
Male PWID
Group discussion with outreach workers (ORW)
Female PWID
Group discussion with outreach workers (ORW) Observation (at sex worker hot spot)
HOPE, Churachandpur
Male PWID (including OST programme)
Presentation by and discussion with the management of HOPE
DPU, Kumbi
Male PWID (including OST programme)
In-depth interviews: • Nurse • Project manager • ORW Group discussions: • Peer educators (PEs) • OST clients
SACS, Manipur
Project Director
In-depth interview
SASO Imphal East and West
Male PWID
Observations: • Overdose management • OST clinic
The field visit was carried out from the 26th to the 30th of September 2011. The first three days (26 – 28 September 2011) of the field visit was in Manipur and the remaining two days (29 – 30 September 2011) in Nagaland. A pre-assessment visit was carried out by the SCOPE consultancy team to plan for the actual assessment. Protection of human subjects Several measures were taken to ensure that human subjects are protected. All data were provided on a voluntary basis and no personal identifiers were obtained from these subjects. The quantitative data analysis will be conducted to obtain aggregate data that cannot be linked back to any particular individual. All qualitative interviews conducted with drug users were confidential and no personal data were referred to in the report that will allow it to be linked to any particular individual. Limitations The conduct of this assessment involved people separated by distance and countries. This limited the coordination and communication between the team members. The uncertain political climate made it difficult for the assessment to select the sites. The selection of sites could only be determined at the last moment and the assessment team had to rely on the advice of Project ORCHID’s management team. However, the guidelines provided by the assessment team ensured there was some variation in the sites assessed.
Group discussions: • OST clients • Peer educators Muslim Youth Group, Imphal
Male PWID
Group discussion: • Board members
Project ORCHID
Key management staff
Group discussions Individual interview: • Transition manager
Stakeholders
Key stakeholders in Manipur
Group discussion
Rukizumi Welfare Society, Pfutsero
Male PWID
Group discussions: • ORW • Peer educators • Church leader, women’s NGO leader, local community leader and parent of drug user • OST clients
Daily de-briefing The objective of the daily de-briefing was to assess the progress made for the day and also to review and summarise the type of information or data that has been collected. This allowed the team to monitor closely the type of data being collected and to collate all the data that will be used to analyse and write the final report.
28 | Assessment of Project ORCHID, September 2011
29 | Assessment of Project ORCHID, September 2011