Real-Time Evaluation of Sulawesi Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami

Following the devastating series of strong earthquakes in the central Sulawesi province of Indonesia in September 2018, Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) provided support to Islamic Relief Indonesia to implement a multisectoral response to the crisis. With an overall budget of more than 2,900,000 GBP, the response represents a combination of 12 projects spread across two years and four months. These projects include a relief component (distribution of relief items right after the earthquake), as well as shelter, education, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), nutrition, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and livelihood components.

Having completed the first phase of the response focusing on emergency relief and starting the recovery phase of the response, IRW commissioned a real-time evaluation (RTE).
The purpose of this evaluation was to take stock of the projects and to provide feedback on its outcomes. Specifically, the evaluation aims to highlight strengths, weaknesses, and best practices to inform the upcoming phases of the response and future programming. It assessed the projects’ relevance and appropriateness, effectiveness and efficiency, coordination and coherence and its connectedness to longer-term objectives.