The In School Breakfast Programme funded and run by the Tiger Brands Foundation was the focus of the first Monitoring and Evaluation Colloquium of 2014. Kelvin Glen takes members of the Maths and Science Learner Support community through the design details of the programme. He shares a number of learning points that illustrate the need for needs analyses and relationship management which stakeholders from a variety of sectors will find useful. Kelvin describes the comprehensive and effective manner this programme is tracked. Have a look it may give you some ideas on M&E for your own intervention.

2. “to improve the lives of
learners attending non-fee
paying schools and their surrounding
communities by creating sustainable,
scalable and replicable programmes
focussed on nutrition and education
enhancement”

4. 14 805 718
In-school breakfasts served June 2011 – December 2013

5. Why an in-school
breakfast feeding
programme ?

6. • “You can’t teach a hungry child”
• The SA government feeding
programme feeds after 11h00
• Most NGO interventions feed in
isolation & out of school
• 1st “in-school breakfast feeding”
programme
• Public Private Partnership
• Whole school receives breakfast

7. Province
Urban
Rural
Area
Alex Township
Gauteng
Schools
13
Learners
17 936
X
Vosloorus
1
1 239
X
Ashton
5
4 864
x
Vlaakteplaas
1
180
Limpopo
X
Modimolle
5
5 314
Mpumalanga
X
Kabokweni
3
4 826
Kwa Zulu Natal
X
Bergville
4
2 750
Eastern Cape
X
Lady Frere
27
6 750
60
43 859
Western Cape
Total

8. Kitchen Programme

10. • Container Kitchens (Alex)
• 3 in 2011 and 6 in 2012
Alex Kitchen Project

11. Project Build Kitchens
Kwa Zulu Natal & Limpopo

12. 2 x kitchens in
Western Cape

13. Enterprise
Development

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Up to the minute real-time reporting
Builds a profile on each project site
(school)
Manages school monitors
Empowers the SMT to self manage
Detailed reports on food delivery,
food preparation, hygiene,
performance & influencing factors

15. Food Handlers
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Stipends
Protective clothing
Health & safety
Portion sizes
Food preparation
Food storage
Food hygiene
General hygiene

18. Schools’
Responsibilities

19. • Receive the Tiger Brands Foundation food
• Serve breakfast before school 07h30 –
08h00
• Manage the Food Handlers
• Keep cooking facilities clean and hygienic
• Responsible for the donated utensils
• Cooperate with the School Monitors
• Attend project meetings
• Attend training programmes / workshops
• In-school breakfast feeding a standing
agenda item for SGB / SMT

20. What does success
look like ?

21. Positive impacts on:
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Behaviour
School attendance (Time & absenteeism)
Nutrition
Contributes to whole school development
Enterprise Development
Skills development
Infrastructure
Shaping the future of school feeding
Developing a replicable PPP model

23. Learners
• “My friends used to call me skeleton,
now I can play and I’m strong because
I eat my breakfast every day”
• “We can listen in class now because
I'm not worried about when lunch will
be served.”
Educators
• “The learners are now more
attentive in class”
• “The breakfast has reduced late
coming and absenteeism “
• “We can see a difference in the
children's health and
performance”
• “The kitchen has not only
empowered the school but is an
investment into the whole
community”

24. Public Private
Partnerships

25. The TBF plays a funding, thinking, co-ordination
and delivery role in partnership with a number of
stakeholders
• Department of Basic Education (national,
provincial & local level)
• Departments of Agriculture / Health / Social
Development.
• Beneficiary schools, parents and community
leaders
• Community Based Agencies (delivery partners)
• Tiger Brands
• Corporate Social Investment / Partnerships

26. M&E

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Clearly understand the impact of the in-school breakfast feeding
What was hampering success
NSNP
Improvements
How was the data interpreted and used

30. Globally - monitoring the efficacy and impact projects is
almost always hampered by conventional paper based
data collection methods and reporting.
Leads to inaccuracies and more importantly delays in the
provision of appropriate “real time” information.
All of which can dramatically alter outcomes and future
actions.
Engage has developed with its technology partners
Mobenzi™, a mobile monitoring and reporting solution
for The Tiger Brands Foundation in-school breakfast
feeding programme across 60 Primary Schools in 6
provinces .
Providing live visibility and real-time observation and
analysis.

31. TECHNOLOGY BACKGROUND
MOBENZI ™
Capture data from
a standard mobile
phone.
Manage forms, people and
data from a web-based
console.

32. Introduction Mobile Monitoring and Reporting Platform
Aim: to outline the mobile data collection, reporting and analysis
solution implemented for The Tiger Brands Foundation in school
breakfast feeding program.
We needed to collect real time data on:
• food procurement and distribution
• Storage
• Preparation
• Hygiene
• Feeding activities
The solution - establish a reliable accurate flow of information from
remote locations, the collation, analysis of information and the
presentation of the information in required formats for the project
management.

33. REAL-TIME DATA AVAILABILITY AND ANALYSIS
Data responses are processed and available for analysis,
reporting, export or custom action the moment they are
submitted.
Integrated and interactive reports allow responses to be
visualized and monitored as they are captured in the field.
IMPROVED DATA INTEGRITY
The removal of paper from the process reduces the number of
points at which error can be introduced.
Responses may be validated as they are captured to ensure
that only data conforming to pre-defined rules is accepted.

34. FIELDWORKER MANAGEMENT
The platform allows for the monitoring of productivity and
quality of data collected by field staff, providing a wealth of
management information in real time.
ENHANCED MOBILITY
do not need network coverage to collect data as
responses are stored securely on the mobile phone until
network reception becomes available. This enables
reporting to be conducted even in the most remote areas.
INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION
Communication with school is simplified with the ability to
send SMS messages directly. All conversations are logged
and tracked from within the Management Console.

35. FOCUS ON RESPONDENT CONFIDENTIALITY
Once a form is completed it cannot be
accessed again from the phone. Only
authorised individuals within the
organisation who have been granted the
required permissions may gain access to
captured responses.
OPTIMISED RESOURCE USAGE
Forms are deployed directly to mobile
phones and captured digitally, drastically
reducing resource usage and costs related
to data capture.
Data is supported with Photographs.

36. Management Console
Solution Components
• Access to the management console
from a web
• Design forms with embedded logic and
in multiple languages.
• Deploy new forms and updates to your
fieldworkers remotely.
• Monitor, manage and communicate
with the team.
• Analyze and export responses in realtime with GPS tagging capability
• Collaborate online and print PDF
versions of forms and responses.

37. Mobile Application
 Tiny Java application installed onto a
standard mobile phone.
 Familiar, unintimidating interface of the mobile
phone.
 Data in the field, even without network  Complex logic transformed into an effortless step-bycoverage.
step process.
 Data submitted automatically when
reception is available.

38. Application Programming Interface (API)
• Programmatic access to captured data in real-time.
• Modify fieldworker form templates dynamically to support dynamic, complex
workflows.
• Pre-populate forms with your own data to support bidirectional data flows.

39. Stakeholder Benefits
Decision Makers
• No software licensing or subscriptions
• Transactional billing - pay for what you need
• Optimized Resource usage and reduce environmental impact
• Maintain data security and respondent confidentiality
• Comprehensive hosted and managed solution
• Scalable solution for teams and studies of any size
• Adjacent professional services, support and customisation available
Supervisors
• Design and collaborate on forms effortlessly
• Incorporate a multitude of question types with custom logic and validation
• Manage and deploy forms in multiple languages while maintaining centralised control
over form logic, validation, structure and reporting.
• Manage and communicate with field staff
•Monitor staff work rate, productivity and quality
• Generate reports on responses as they arrive
• Export data for custom analysis with your favourite package or existing software

40. Fieldworkers
• Complete forms anywhere, even in areas with no
network coverage
• Use standard mobile phones – hundreds of low cost
handsets supported
• Use the familiar, un-intimidating interface of a
mobile phone
• Minimal training requirements
• No more paper to collect, transport or return
• Simplified step by step process – just answer one
question at a time.
• Negligible airtime used for form and data transfer
• Automated submission of data when network
reception is available

41. Food Parcel Programme
• Data collection by 7 Fieldworkers at households in Alexandra Johannesburg.
• Single form for household survey including photos and GPS
• Reporting Requirements
• Real Time data visibility
• Standard reports with possible future customizations to automate
reporting function
Pilot Project Implementation
• Setup completed within 2 days
• Fieldworker Training completed in 3 hours
• Handsets provisioned within 2 days
Pilot Project Outcome
• Pilot project was deemed to be successful
• Relevant and appropriate data was collected and available immediately
• Final reporting was completed within three days of final submission

48. Challenges
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Planning deliveries
Stock security & Control
Relationship Management
Buy in from National, Provincial, District, School
On Going training
Have to visit to schools to see 1st hand the
operational challenges
• Water / Gas / Civil unrest

49. Kelvin Glen
011 840 4654 | 082 2296349
@kelvinglen | @tigerbrandsfdt
kelvin.glen@tigerbrands.com
www.thetigerbrandsfoundation.com