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.
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Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
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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-P0215: Nkaikela Youth Program
This activity has USG Team Botswana Internal Reference Number P0215. This activity links to the following: P0211 & X1406.
Nkaikela Youth Group was established in 1998 with 17 members, and the organization was registered as an NGO in 2004. The initial goal of Nkaikela Youth Group was to strengthen the capacity of young women who are vulnerable to entering the commercial sex trade to overcome the social and economic obstacles that force them into sex work. The program was implemented through a peer outreach approach and involved 20 group members. This program is focused on the Tlokweng border as well as the Mphatlalatsane neighborhood. This area is a main truck stop for South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia.
A needs assessment conducted in Tlokweng in 2003 by Nkaikela indicated that 3% of children attending school (12-15 years old) engaged in commercial sex work. Therefore, new program components were begun to focus on youth and schools, to address this worrying finding. EP funds focus on these components.
The current program is based on peer education. Small groups of students are selected and trained as peer educators, using the AED Behavior Change Communication peer education manual. Peer educators are provided refresher trainings as well. Following these trainings, each peer educator are expected to assist fellow students to lead a healthy lifestyle. A participatory method is used to educate other students and expand upon their knowledge of HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, stigma, gender roles and violence, and to develop or enhance their life skills. The main goal of the life skills approach is to increase youth's ability to take responsibility for making healthier choices, resisting negative peer pressure, and avoiding risky behaviors.
To date, six abstinence clubs have been formed in schools and meet weekly. Peer educators work with students to counsel them on sexual decisions and life plans to promote abstinence messages. The initial 5 peer educators mentor and train another 5 additional students so that by the program end, there will be a total of 30 active peer educators. Each of these 30 peer educators will reach out to 10 students. In addition to facilitated discussions, peer educators distribute relevant BCC/IEC materials to fellow students. This program plans to develop a limited number of BCC materials that are age/ culturally appropriate. Each peer educator will keep a diary that details their own "progress" at remaining abstinent as well as documenting their outreach activities within the school. Peer educators will be mentored and supervised by the school counselor. The program officer visits each school once a month and reviews programmatic progress with the peer educators. These meetings will also serve as refresher trainings for peer educators if necessary. A selected number of students will also be involved in Youth-Parents partnership training. It is hoped that this training will prove to be an innovative way to further strengthen the program's life skills approach.
The FY07 funds will be used to train over 100 students in 4 primary and 2 community Junior Secondary Schools with a quality prevention messages/program by December 2007, and to provide AB messages to about 1500 community members who work and live in Tlokweng.
