The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Early Childhood Development Program in Atlántida Communities in Honduras (P171362) Early Childhood Development Program in Atlántida Communities in Honduras (P171362) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Honduras | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2024 | Seq No: 1 | Archived on 07-May-2024 | ISR00302 Implementing Agencies: Red Solidaria Program 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 01-Feb-2024) The Project Development Objective is to improve early childhood development (ECD) for children under five years by enhancing selected ECD services and promoting positive caregiver practices for the poorest households in all the municipalities of the Atlántida department. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. OVERALL RATINGS Name Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate 3. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 3.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project was approved on February 1st, 2024. It was signed on April 26, 2024. The project is still pending effectiveness, thus there are no implementation activities to report 4. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL May 07, 2024 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Early Childhood Development Program in Atlántida Communities in Honduras (P171362) Rating at Approval Risk Category Approval Package - 01 Feb Proposed Rating 2024 Overall Moderate Moderate May 07, 2024 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Early Childhood Development Program in Atlántida Communities in Honduras (P171362) 5. RESULTS 5.1 PDO Indicators Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 50.00 Dec/2026 Comments on Program implementation will start once the project become effective. Percentage of Percentage of beneficiary achieving targets beneficiary children that improved child development score indicator between baseline and children 0 to 3 years old that endline and where 0-3 years old at baseline.Formula: (Number of beneficiaries children that improved child development improved the child development score indicator between baseline and endline and were 0-3 (Percentage) years old at baseline / Number of beneficiaries children 0-3 years old at baseline with valid child development score indicator) x 100 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 80.00 Dec/2026 Percentage of mothers of Comments on Percentage of beneficiary mothers of children 0-3 years of age who reported that they had children 0 to 3 years old achieving targets carried out early childhood stimulation activities in the last week. Formula: (Number of receiving home visits that mothers of children 0-3 years of age receiving home visits on child stimulation by the Crecer reported performing child Plan and who have carried out early stimulation activities in the last week / Total number of stimulation activities in the mothers of children 0-3 years of age who have received home visits on child stimulation by last week (Percentage) Crecer Plan) x 100 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 20.00 Dec/2026 Percentage of fathers Comments on Percentage of beneficiary fathers of children 0-3 years of age who reported that they had of children 0 to 3 years achieving targets carried out early childhood stimulation activities in the last week. Formula: (Number of fathers old receiving home of children 0-3 years of age receiving home visits on child stimulation by the Crecer Plan and visits that reported who have carried out early stimulation activities in the last week / Total number of fathers of performing child children 0-3 years of age who have received home visits on child stimulation by Crecer Plan) x stimulation activities in 100 May 07, 2024 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Early Childhood Development Program in Atlántida Communities in Honduras (P171362) the last week (Percentage) Percentage of children under 30.00 Dec/2023 30.00 15-Apr-2024 30.00 15-Apr-2024 34.00 Dec/2026 the age of 6 months Comments on Percentage of children under 6 months whose mothers have been trained in exclusive participating in the program achieving targets breastfeeding and who are exclusively breastfed.Formula: (Number of beneficiary children who are exclusively breastfed under 6 months exclusively breastfed / Total number of beneficiary children under 6 (JSDF - Tier I) (Percentage) months)x100 62.00 Dec/2023 62.00 15-Apr-2024 62.00 15-Apr-2024 70.00 Dec/2026 Percentage of children under Comments on Percentage of beneficiary children under 5 years of age who have a card certifying the the age of 5 years with a full achieving targets complete vaccination scheme. Formula: (Number of beneficiary children under 5 years of age vaccination scheme who have completed their vaccination scheme / Total number of children under 5 years of age (Percentage) who are beneficiaries of Plan Crecer) * 100 Percentage of beneficiary 81.30 Dec/2023 81.30 15-Apr-2024 81.30 15-Apr-2024 92.00 Dec/2026 women who gave birth in a Comments on Percentage of beneficiary women who gave birth in a health facility in the last two years. health facility in the last two achieving targets Formula: number of beneficiary women who gave birth in a health facility in the last two years (Percentage) years/total number of live births from beneficiary women in the last two years) x 100 Number of families with 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 2,500.00 Dec/2026 children 0-5 years old whose Comments on Number of families with children from 0 to 5 years of age who received home visits for child caregiver(s) received home achieving targets stimulation and positive discipline. Formula: Number of beneficiary families with children from visits and benefits from Plan 0 to 5 years attended by home visits for child stimulation and positive discipline Crecer (Number) Number of pregnant women 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 1,000.00 Dec/2026 receiving health and nutrition Comments on Number of pregnant women receiving health and nutrition services from Plan Crecer, services from the Plan Crecer achieving targets including an incentive for safe birth delivery or AINC counseling or nutritional (Number) supplementation 5.2 Intermediate Results Indicators May 07, 2024 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Early Childhood Development Program in Atlántida Communities in Honduras (P171362) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year ECD parenting intervention No Dec/2023 No 15-Apr-2024 No 15-Apr-2024 Yes Dec/2026 (culturally adapted to Comments on Early childhood development curriculum developed and adopted by Plan Crecer. The Garifuna population and achieving targets curriculum is used by volunteers and facilitators to promote early childhood development of including gender sensitive children from 0 to 3 years of age. approach to engage fathers) developed and implemented (Yes/No) 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 512.00 Dec/2026 Comments on Home visit volunteers trained by Plan Crecer through this project for the implementation of Number of ECD home visitor achieving targets benefits prioritized by the Plan Crecer system in Atlántida, trained in specific topics such as and AIN-C volunteers early childhood care, pregnancy, maternal care, and malnutrition among others.Volunteers recruited, trained, and are members of their community who express their desire to be part of this effort and have deployed (Number) the support of communityassociations, being responsible for conducting home visits for 8 to 10 families each, following an organized schedule described in the implementation manual. 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 60.00 Dec/2026 Comments on Institutional facilitators trained by Plan Crecer through this project.They are all the facilitators Number of health and/or achieving targets that belong to government institutions that are trained in topics that include modules such as education staff recruited and (but are not limited to): (i) Early Childhood Development; (ii) maternal and child health and certified as ECD facilitator or nutrition; and (iii) comprehensive care for children in the community (AIN-C), (iv) training for AIN-C specialist. (Number) institutional health personnel and (v) training of volunteers for the implementation of Community Health Units (UCOS).Facilitators will have a guiding role, supervising ECD volunteers and providing feedback on their performance. Number of local health 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 150.00 Dec/2026 center personnel trained Comments on Number of health staff trained under the PC program (Number) achieving targets May 07, 2024 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Early Childhood Development Program in Atlántida Communities in Honduras (P171362) Number of UCOS, UDI and 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 8.00 Dec/2026 toddler libraries operational Comments on Community Health Units, UDI, and toddler libraries established and operational by Plan Crecer in order to provide achieving targets in the department of Atlántida comprehensive ECD services (Number) Number of municipal Boards 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 8.00 Dec/2026 producing annual work plans Comments on Municipal Boards established and with an agreed and implemented work plan of Plan Crecer. to support comprehensive achieving targets These boards consist of various representatives, including the mayor; municipal officials; ECD services delivery health and education service providers; civil registry personnel; NGOs; water supply boards; (Number) and Garifuna communities among others. No Dec/2023 No 15-Apr-2024 No 15-Apr-2024 Yes Dec/2026 Comments on Qualitative assessment on beneficiary and key stakeholder perceptions: A qualitative Qualitative Evaluation on achieving targets assessment will be developed on beneficiary perception, opportunities and barriers to perceptions of beneficiaries behavioral changes in parental practices for child development, through focus groups and in- and key stakeholders depth surveys with caregivers.The evaluation will also include interviews with key (Yes/No) stakeholders and community members, including ECD volunteers, facilitators, municipal and departmental board members, AIN-C staff, among others. Baseline for impact No Dec/2023 No 15-Apr-2024 No 15-Apr-2024 Yes Dec/2026 evaluation on using using Comments on Impact evaluation baseline survey for the pilot on the use of tecnology to promote ECD technology to promote child achieving targets collected. The impact evaluation aims to generate evidence on how technology could development (Yes/No) complement the efforts of PC to promote ECD at low cost. Number of villages (aldeas) 0.00 Dec/2023 0.00 15-Apr-2024 0.00 15-Apr-2024 56.00 Dec/2026 using digital performance Comments on Number of villages (aldeas) that have developed dashboards to monitor PC implementation dashboards to monitor Plan achieving targets and the performance at village level. The performance dashboards are beeing used for the Crecer implementation Results-based Competitive Fund. (Number) May 07, 2024 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Early Childhood Development Program in Atlántida Communities in Honduras (P171362) 6. DISBURSEMENTS 6.1 Cumulative Disbursements 6.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed 6.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing 7. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY May 07, 2024 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Early Childhood Development Program in Atlántida Communities in Honduras (P171362) 8. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) P152057 - Social Protection Integration May 07, 2024 Page 8 of 8