PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
07-P0212: AMEST
This activity has USG Team Botswana Internal Reference Number P0212. This activity links to the following: P0203 & P0204 & P0205 & P0211 & X1406.
With EP funding, the African Methodist Episcopal Trust (AMEST) promotes HIV prevention, emphasizing abstinence and faithfulness, in the Lobatse district and its four surrounding villages. AMEST trains senior church leaders on HIV/AIDS, adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH), and approaches for outreach and support for youth. AMEST utilizes the BCC manual developed by the African Youth Alliance (AYA) program and used in schools by the MOE. Trained leaders serve as trainer of trainers and establish programs within their churches to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS and youth-friendly ASRH services. Their activities include the dissemination of HIV prevention and AB messaging in sermons, prayer meetings, Sunday school sessions, and other related church activities. Trained leaders also use the kgotla and organize special events (World AIDS Day, advocacy rallies) for youth and adults to promote awareness on prevention and ASRH.
In addition to targeting church leadership, AMEST will also work directly with youth. The program trains youth from partner churches as peer educators to conduct outreach and prevention education among other youth in their congregations and communities. The training is a seven-day course, based on a YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) curriculum, covering basic HIV/AIDS information, general ASRH, the delay of sexual debut, and decision-making.
AMEST encourages community participation in establishing and/or strengthening prevention initiatives. As such, the program works closely with church leadership and local authorities to provide recreation facilities that offer alternative safe entertainment and youth-friendly ASRH services. At the centers, peer educators will organize sports and entertainment, and will offer counseling and information on HIV prevention, abstinence, faithfulness and ASRH.
Geographic Coverage: Lobatse Summary program objectives: •To increase awareness among church leadership and enhance their participation in activities promoting ASRH with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS prevention. •Improve knowledge, attitudes and skills of young people to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through ASRH promotion. •Increase access to youth friendly HIV/AIDS and other ASRH services in Lobatse through establishing new and equipping existing youth-friendly community centers.
