Early consideration should be given regarding the sustainability of any activities that will require institutional support in the longer-term. The physical structures remain in good condition in BRIGHT villages, but the size of educational impacts have decreased over time, indicating that the “soft interventions” which ended at the conclusion of the BRIGHT II program collectively had an impact on outcomes while they lasted. While not all supplementary interventions need to continue perpetually after the end of an intervention such as BRIGHT, working towards support/funding strategies with education authorities may ensure continued impacts after the end of donor funding.
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