Executive Summary
This report was developed to evaluate the initial impact of Pilot Factory Child-‐ Friendly Spaces( FCFS), a program developed and implemented by CCR CSR in the summer of 2016. The quantitative evaluation was conducted in four out of five project factories involved in the program, with a total enrollment count of 102 children. The impact assessment focuses on the quantitative analysis, which compares the results of baseline and final evaluation surveys with randomly selected workers in participating factories. The assessment also draws on interviews with beneficiaries and factory management.
By comparing the baseline and final evaluation survey results, the assessment found a very high level of acceptance and satisfaction towards the program among beneficiaries, including children, working parents, and the factory management.
Significant improvements were observed in worker-‐ management relationships and workers’ satisfaction with the factory, as were proxies for retention. What ' s more, the worker survey and interviews with parents, teachers and children confirmed that children attending the centers became more active and outgoing. Parent workers who participated in the program reported significantly higher levels of trust in management and satisfaction with the factory, and they planned to stay in the factory longer.
The assessment concludes that there is a strong need among working parents to continue the program and expand its scale. In the final assessment, 81 % of beneficiaries said they would certainly bring their children to FCFS, a 47 % increase from the baseline survey. The assessment also showed that workers unfamiliar with the ideas and concept of FCFS showed certain reservations towards the idea, but increased familiarity was strongly linked to greater acceptance and increased the expression of need and support for the centers.
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