GRANT TO UNHCR SPECIAL TRUST FUND FOR STUDENT REFUGEES IN BOTSWANA

EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED FROM DATA PROVIDED BY UNHCR AND THE GOVT OF BOTSWANA (GOB). OVERALL, NO SERIOUS PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED, AND PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE BEING MET REASONABLY WELL. CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT BEHIND SCHEDULE, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY. AT THE PALAPYE SECONDARY SCHOOL SITE, DIFFICULTY WAS ENCOUNTERED WITH THE SUB-SOIL AND AVAILABILITY OF WATER. OVERALL, PROGRESS IS ON PAR WITH OTHER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES FUNDED BY DONORS AND CONSTRUCTED BY LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL FIRMS. A 72-BED HOSTEL HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BOTSWANA AND AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT AND BOOKS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED. PRIORITY BUILDINGS AT BOTH SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHOULD BE COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE, ALLOWING THE OPENING OF PALAPYE IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY,1980 AND MOSHUPA IN FEBRUARY,1980. AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS, 71 REFUGEE STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY SCHOLARSHIPS. UNHCR PLANS A YEARLY CONTINUATION RATE OF 60.