Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 7761
Country/Region: Botswana
Year: 2009
Main Partner: To Be Determined
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Implementing Agency
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $0

09.P.AB10: TBD - Civil Society Capacity Building

ONGOING ACTIVITY WITH NO ADDITIONAL FY2009 FUNDS

DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION IN FY2008

From COP08:

The first part of this activity will support a prime partner, TBD, to provide organizational development

assistance, technical assistance, and grants to 3-5 indigenous NGOs that provide interventions in

prevention, OVC, palliative care, and counseling and testing and one that is focused on legal, human rights,

and gender advocacy and mobilization. The local implementing partners will be among those with existing

networks of service delivery across multiple districts or with established track record of working successfully

across many districts. The target populations and organizations are specific to the interventions chosen.

The total number of organizations funded will depend in part on the quality and cost of proposals submitted

under this mechanism.

These established organizations likely will need a range of organizational development assistance, to help

them become more sustainable and adhere to policies and requirements of receiving USG funds directly.

This assistance may target human resource policies and practices, Board development and management,

fund raising skills, asset and financial resource management skills, strategic planning, and strengthening of

program monitoring systems. We expect that these groups will benefit from technical assistance to further

strengthen the various interventions they provide to their different target groups. This assistance may

involve visits from technical assistance providers, to provide targeted help to each organization on critical

programmatic issues (e.g. updating a curriculum, developing a program evaluation protocol, training in a

new approach). The prime partner also will provide on-going support for program strategy, quality, and

reach through its technical field staff. The assistance will depend on the particular needs of the local

implementing partners.

One organization supported under this initiative will be an umbrella organization for HIV/AIDS service

organizations across Botswana. The prime partner will work with this umbrella organization to develop its

grants-making capabilities and the technical skills of its staff persons. The prime will support strengthening

of that umbrella organization's core systems, including those related to program monitoring, accounting,

human resource management, and communication, as determined jointly with the local partner and the

prime partner. In year one, the umbrella will not receive funding for sub-grants under this award, but rather

assistance with systems and capacity for doing so.

Another organization supported under this initiative will be a faith-based organization (FBO) with an

established network of service provision centers across the country. This organization will provide a range

of community services in prevention, counseling and testing, OVC, and palliative care through its network.

The prime will work with this organization to standardize its services across its centers, as appropriate to the

needs of the various target communities involved, and will focus on quality assurance as well as program

expansion. The local implementing agency also will develop its capacity as a technical resource for other

FBOs and provide some training to other FBOs in its stronger technical areas in this first year.

A third target organization is one focused on the comprehensive needs of PLWHAs. This local implementing

partner will provide services through a network of community service providers, such as support groups and

other venues, and will focus on prevention, palliative care, counseling and testing, and stigma reduction.

The prime partner will support the expansion of the reach of the best interventions that the local

organization provides to PLWHA and will collaborate with the local partner to provide the best quality

services possible. The local implementing agency also will develop its capacity as a technical resource for

other PLWHA-service organizations in the country and provide some training to such groups.

The fourth target area is advocacy and community mobilization for HIV-related legal, human rights, and

gender issues. A 2005 legislative review identified many policy and legal gaps related to HIV/AIDS in

Botswana, particularly in the area of ethics and human rights, gender, and stigma. Among the most

important of these are related to protection from discrimination in employment, women's sexual and

reproductive rights and the rights of marginalized groups, included people with disabilities. The prime

partner will support a range of activities to promote awareness raising about legal and human rights issues

and to train key organizations and individuals to take action to address those issues on a community and/or

national level. Target groups for these efforts include policy makers, interest groups, the private sector,

community leaders, development organizations, PLWHAS support groups, DACs and the general public. A

key area for emphasis in these activities will be gender relations in the context of HIV prevention, care,

treatment, and support. The prime and local partners will coordinate with the Women's Sector of the

National AIDS Council, and the Women's Affairs Department of the Ministry of Labor and Home Affairs for

this activity.

A fifth target organization will focus on underserved or marginalized populations, such as people with

disabilities. This implementing partner will provide direct services to underserved populations, for basic

education on HIV/AIDS transmission, prevention, treatment, care, support, and available clinical and

community services. The partner will reach those underserved groups by 1) adapting available material to

those groups (e.g. a rare language, a particular disability such as deaf), 2) conducting outreach sessions

with those populations, and 3) training caregivers and others who work with such populations regularly to

provide such core information.

Support for small, localized civil society partners in 5 districts.

In the second part of this activity (approx $1,000,000 total from both AB and C/OP areas), the prime partner

will support a separate program focused on civil society organizations working in the five districts selected

by the MLG for PEPFAR primary prevention assistance. The support will include organizational

development, including assistance with funds management, fund-raising, project tracking and monitoring,

Activity Narrative: and technical assistance for improving the quality of the prevention interventions provided by those groups.

The partner, TBD, will competitively select approximately eight civil society groups from across the five

districts (at least one per district) for this support and grants for implementation.

The groups likely will vary in focus and should be among the most promising local implementers working in

those districts. Some may be support groups that could be funded for Positive Prevention interventions,

while others might be youth groups that could be funded for strategic theater and other community

mobilization techniques. The prime partner will work with these smaller, local organizations to focus on

critical population groups and themes, including young adults, PLWHA, couples and partner reduction and

alcohol misuse/abuse.

Complementing this activity are 1) technical assistance to the DMSAC for prevention planning,

implementation, and monitoring through NASTAD, and 2) provision of additional funding for prevention

activities for the MLG to distribute in those five districts. Together, these three activities will increase the

total amount of assistance and funding for prevention activities in those districts, through two critical

directions: the DMSAC and local planning and monitoring bodies and the civil society groups that conduct a

large share of the prevention-related implementation on the local level.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17466

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17466 17466.08 U.S. Agency for To Be Determined 7761 7761.08 AIDStar

International Mechanism

Development

Table 3.3.02:

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $0

09.P.OP10: TBD - Civil Society Capacity Building

ONGOING ACTIVITY WITH NO ADDITIONAL FY2009 FUNDS

DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION IN FY2008

From COP08:

(funding level cut by $200,000 in April 08 Reprogramming)

The first part of this activity will support a prime partner, TBD, to provide organizational development

assistance, technical assistance, and grants to 3-5 indigenous NGO's that provide interventions in

prevention, OVC, palliative care, and counseling and testing and one that is focused on legal, human rights,

and gender advocacy and mobilization. The local implementing partners will be among those with existing

networks of service delivery across multiple districts or with established track record of working successfully

across many districts. The target populations and organizations are specific to the interventions chosen.

The total number of organizations funded will depend in part on the quality and cost of proposals submitted

under this mechanism.

These established organizations likely will need a range of organizational development assistance, to help

them become more sustainable and adhere to policies and requirements of receiving USG funds directly.

This assistance may target human resource policies and practices, Board development and management,

fund raising skills, asset and financial resource management skills, strategic planning, and strengthening of

program monitoring systems. We expect that these groups will benefit from technical assistance to further

strengthen the various interventions they provide to their different target groups. This assistance may

involve visits from technical assistance providers, to provide targeted help to each organization on critical

programmatic issues (e.g. updating a curriculum, developing a program evaluation protocol, training in a

new approach). The prime partner also will provide on-going support for program strategy, quality, and

reach through its technical field staff. The assistance will depend on the particular needs of the local

implementing partners.

One organization supported under this initiative will be an umbrella organization for HIV/AIDS service

organizations across Botswana. The prime partner will work with this umbrella organization to develop its

grants-making capabilities and the technical skills of its staff persons. The prime will support strengthening

of that umbrella organization's core systems, including those related to program monitoring, accounting,

human resource management, and communication, as determined jointly with the local partner and the

prime partner. In year one, the umbrella will not receive funding for sub-grants under this award, but rather

assistance with systems and capacity for doing so.

Another organization supported under this initiative will be a FBO with an established network of service

provision centers across the country. This organization will provide a range of community services in

prevention, counseling and testing, OVC, and palliative care through its network. The prime will work with

this organization to standardize its services across its centers, as appropriate to the needs of the various

target communities involved, and will focus on quality assurance as well as program expansion. The local

implementing agency also will develop its capacity as a technical resource for other FBOs and provide

some training to other FBOs in its stronger technical areas in this first year.

A third target organization is one focused on the comprehensive needs of PLWHA. This local implementing

partner will provide services through a network of community service providers, such as support groups and

other venues, and will focus on prevention, palliative care, counseling and testing, and stigma reduction.

The prime partner will support the expansion of the reach of the best interventions that the local

organization provides to PLWHA and will collaborate with the local partner to provide the best quality

services possible. The local implementing agency also will develop its capacity as a technical resource for

other PLWHA-service organizations in the country and provide some training to such groups.

The fourth target area is advocacy and community mobilization for HIV-related legal, human rights, and

gender issues. A 2005 legislative review identified many policy and legal gaps related to HIV/AIDS in

Botswana, particularly in the area of ethics and human rights, gender, and stigma. Among the most

important of these are related to protection from discrimination in employment, women's sexual and

reproductive rights and the rights of marginalized groups, included people with disabilities. The prime

partner will support a range of activities to promote awareness raising about legal and human rights issues

and to train key organizations and individuals to take action to address those issues on a community and/or

national level. Target groups for these efforts include policy makers, interest groups, the private sector,

community leaders, development organizations, PLWHA support groups, DACs and the general public. A

key area for emphasis in these activities will be gender relations in the context of HIV prevention, care,

treatment, and support. The prime and local partners will coordinate with the Women's Sector of the

National AIDS Council, and the Women's Affairs Department of the Ministry of Labor and Home Affairs for

this activity.

A fifth target organization will focus on underserved or marginalized populations, such as people with

disabilities. This implementing partner will provide direct services to underserved populations, for basic

education on HIV/AIDS transmission, prevention, treatment, care, support, and available clinical and

community services. The partner will reach those underserved groups by 1) adapting available material to

those groups (e.g. a rare language, a particular disability such as deaf), 2) conducting outreach sessions

with those populations, and 3) training caregivers and others who work with such populations regularly to

provide such core information.

Support for small, localized civil society partners in 5 districts

In the second part of this activity (approx $1,000,000 total from both ABand C/OP program areas), the prime

partner will support a separate program focused on civil society organizations working in the five districts

selected by the MLG for PEPFAR primary prevention assistance. The support will include organizational

Activity Narrative: development, including assistance with funds management, fund-raising, project tracking and monitoring,

and technical assistance for improving the quality of the prevention interventions provided by those groups.

The partner, TBD, will competitively select approximately eight civil society groups from across the five

districts (at least one per district) for this support and grants for implementation. The groups likely will vary

in focus and should be among the most promising local implementers working in those districts. Some may

be support groups that could be funded for Positive Prevention interventions, while others might be youth

groups that could be funded for strategic theater and other community mobilization techniques focused on

key issues to that district. The prime partner will work with these smaller, local organizations to focus on

critical population groups and themes, including young adults, PLWHA, couples and partner reduction and

alcohol misuse/abuse.

Complementing this activity are 1) technical assistance to the DMSAC for prevention planning,

implementation, and monitoring through NASTAD, and 2) provision of additional funding for prevention

activities for the MLG to distribute in those five districts. Together, these three activities will increase the

total amount of assistance and funding for prevention activities in those districts, through two critical

directions: the DMSAC and local planning and monitoring bodies and the civil society groups that conduct a

large share of the prevention-related implementation on the local level.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17647

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17647 17647.08 U.S. Agency for To Be Determined 7761 7761.08 AIDStar

International Mechanism

Development

Table 3.3.03:

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $0

09.C.AC02: TBD Civil Society Capacity Building- Palliative care

ONGOING ACTIVITY FOR WHICH NO ADDITIONAL FY2009 FUNDS ARE REQUESTED - DELAYED

IMPLEMENTATION

From COP08:

This activity will support a prime partner, TBD, to provide organizational development assistance, technical

assistance, and grants to 2-4 indigenous non-governmental organizations that provide interventions in

prevention, OVC, palliative care, and counseling and testing and 1 that is focused on legal, human rights,

and gender advocacy and mobilization. The local implementing partners will be among those with existing

networks of service delivery across multiple districts or with established track record of working successfully

across many districts. The target populations and organizations are specific to the interventions chosen.

The total number of organizations funded will depend in part on the quality and cost of proposals submitted

under this mechanism.

These established organizations likely will need a range of organizational development assistance, to help

them become more sustainable and adhere to policies and requirements of receiving USG funds directly.

This assistance may target human resource policies and practices, Board development and management,

fund raising skills, asset and financial resource management skills, strategic planning, and strengthening of

program monitoring systems. We expect that these groups will benefit from technical assistance to further

strengthen the various interventions they provide to their different target groups. This assistance may

involve visits from technical assistance providers, to provide targeted help to each organization on critical

programmatic issues (e.g. updating a curriculum, developing a program evaluation protocol, training in a

new approach). The prime partner also will provide on-going support for program strategy, quality, and

reach through its technical field staff. The assistance will depend on the particular needs of the local

implementing partners.

One organization supported under this initiative will be an umbrella organization for HIV/AIDS service

organizations across Botswana. The prime partner will work with this umbrella organization to develop its

grants-making capabilities and the technical skills of its staff persons. The prime will support strengthening

of that umbrella organization's core systems, including those related to program monitoring, accounting,

human resource management, and communication, as determined jointly with the local partner and the

prime partner. In year one, the umbrella will not receive funding for sub-grants under this award, but rather

assistance with systems and capacity for doing so.

Another organization supported under this initiative will be a faith-based organization with an established

network of service provision centers across the country. This organization will provide a range of community

services in prevention, counseling and testing, OVC, and palliative care through its network. The prime will

work with this organization to standardize its services across its centers, as appropriate to the needs of the

various target communities involved, and will focus on quality assurance as well as program expansion.

The local implementing agency also will develop its capacity as a technical resource for other faith-based

organizations (FBO) and provide some training to other FBOs in its stronger technical areas in this first

year.

A third target organization is one focused on the comprehensive needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS

(PLWHA). This local implementing partner will provide services through a network of community service

providers, such as support groups and other venues, and will focus on prevention, palliative care,

counseling and testing, and stigma reduction. The prime partner will support the expansion of the reach of

the best interventions that the local organization provides to PLWHA and will collaborate with the local

partner to provide the best quality services possible. The local implementing agency also will develop its

capacity as a technical resource for other PLWHA-service organizations in the country and provide some

training to such groups.

The fourth target area is advocacy and community mobilization for HIV-related legal, human rights, and

gender issues. A 2005 legislative review identified many policy and legal gaps related to HIV/AIDS in

Botswana, particularly in the area of ethics and human rights, gender, and stigma. Among the most

important of these are related to protection from discrimination in employment, women's sexual and

reproductive rights and the rights of marginalized groups, included people with disabilities. The prime

partner will support a range of activities to promote awareness raising about legal and human rights issues

and to train key organizations and individuals to take action to address those issues on a community and/or

national level. Target groups for these efforts include policy makers, interest groups, the private sector,

community leaders, development organizations, PLWHA support groups, District AIDS Coordinators and

the general public. A key area for emphasis in these activities will be gender relations in the context of HIV

prevention, care, treatment, and support. The prime and local partners will coordinate with the Women's

Sector of the National AIDS Council and the Women's Affairs Department of the Ministry of Labor and

Home Affairs for this activity.

Funding permitting, a fifth target organization will focus on underserved or marginalized populations, such

as people with disabilities. This implementing partner will provide direct services to underserved

populations, for basic education on HIV/AIDS transmission, prevention, treatment, care, support, and

available clinical and community services. The partner will reach those underserved groups by 1) adapting

available material to those groups (e.g. a rare language, a particular disability such as deafness), 2)

conducting outreach sessions with those populations, and 3) training caregivers and others who work with

such populations regularly to provide such core information.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17666

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17666 17666.08 U.S. Agency for To Be Determined 7761 7761.08 AIDStar

International Mechanism

Development

Table 3.3.08:

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $0

09.C.OV05: Civil Society Capacity Building—OVC

ACTIVITY UNCHANGED FROM FY2008

From COP08:

This activity links with entries in Abstinence/Be Faithful (AB), Condoms and Other Prevention (C/OP),

Counseling and Testing (CT), Palliative Care and Policy and System Strengthening

This activity will support a prime partner, yet to be determined (TBD), to provide organizational development

assistance, technical assistance, and grants to 3-5 indigenous NGO's that provide interventions in

prevention, OVC, palliative care, and counseling and testing and one that is focused on legal, human rights,

and gender advocacy and mobilization. The local implementing partners will be among those with existing

networks of service delivery across multiple districts or with established track record of working successfully

across many districts. The target populations and organizations are specific to the interventions chosen.

The total number of organizations funded will depend in part on the quality and cost of proposals submitted

under this mechanism.

These established organizations likely will need a range of organizational development assistance, to help

them become more sustainable and adhere to policies and requirements of receiving USG funds directly.

This assistance may target human resource policies and practices, Board development and management,

fund raising skills, asset and financial resource management skills, strategic planning, and strengthening of

program monitoring systems. We expect that these groups will benefit from technical assistance to further

strengthen the various interventions they provide to their different target groups. This assistance may

involve visits from technical assistance providers, to provide targeted help to each organization on critical

programmatic issues (e.g. updating a curriculum, developing a program evaluation protocol, training in a

new approach). The prime partner also will provide on-going support for program strategy, quality, and

reach through its technical field staff. The assistance will depend on the particular needs of the local

implementing partners.

One organization supported under this initiative will be an umbrella organization for HIV/AIDS service

organizations across Botswana. The prime partner will work with this umbrella organization to develop its

grants-making capabilities and the technical skills of its staff persons. The prime will support strengthening

of that umbrella organization's core systems, including those related to program monitoring, accounting,

human resource management, and communication, as determined jointly with the local partner and the

prime partner. In year one, the umbrella will not receive funding for sub-grants under this award, but rather

assistance with systems and capacity for doing so.

Another organization supported under this initiative will be a FBO with an established network of service

provision centers across the country. This organization will provide a range of community services in

prevention, counseling and testing, OVC, and palliative care through its network. The prime will work with

this organization to standardize its services across its centers, as appropriate to the needs of the various

target communities involved, and will focus on quality assurance as well as program expansion. The local

implementing agency also will develop its capacity as a technical resource for other FBO and provide some

training to other FBOs in its stronger technical areas in this first year.

A third target organization is one focused on the comprehensive needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS

(PLWHA). This local implementing partner will provide services through a network of community service

providers, such as support groups and other venues, and will focus on prevention, palliative care,

counseling and testing, and stigma reduction. The prime partner will support the expansion of the reach of

the best interventions that the local organization provides to PLWHA and will collaborate with the local

partner to provide the best quality services possible. The local implementing agency also will develop its

capacity as a technical resource for other PLWHA-service organizations in the country and provide some

training to such groups.

The fourth target area is advocacy and community mobilization for HIV-related legal, human rights, and

gender issues. A 2005 legislative review identified many policy and legal gaps related to HIV/AIDS in

Botswana, particularly in the area of ethics and human rights, gender, and stigma. Among the most

important of these are related to protection from discrimination in employment, women's sexual and

reproductive rights and the rights of marginalized groups, included people with disabilities. The prime

partner will support a range of activities to promote awareness raising about legal and human rights issues

and to train key organizations and individuals to take action to address those issues on a community and/or

national level. Target groups for these efforts include policy makers, interest groups, the private sector,

community leaders, development organizations, PLWHA support groups, District AIDS Coordinators (DACs)

and the general public. A key area for emphasis in these activities will be gender relations in the context of

HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support. The prime and local partners will coordinate with the

Women's Sector of the National AIDS Council, and the Women's Affairs Department of the Ministry of

Labour and Home Affairs for this activity.

A fifth target organization will focus on underserved or marginalized populations, such as people with

disabilities. This implementing partner will provide direct services to underserved populations, for basic

education on HIV/AIDS transmission, prevention, treatment, care, support, and available clinical and

community services. The partner will reach those underserved groups by 1) adapting available material to

those groups (e.g. a rare language, a particular disability such as deaf), 2) conducting outreach sessions

with those populations, and 3) training caregivers and others who work with such populations regularly to

provide such core information.

Funding for this activity comes from all relevant program areas.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17717

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17717 17717.08 U.S. Agency for To Be Determined 7761 7761.08 AIDStar

International Mechanism

Development

Table 3.3.13:

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $0

09.C.CT07: TBD - Civil Society Strengthening to Support VCT

ACTIVITY UNCHANGED FROM FY2008

From COP08:

The first part of this activity will support a prime partner, TBD, to provide organizational development

assistance, technical assistance, and grants to 3-5 indigenous NGOs that provide interventions in

prevention, OVC, palliative care, and counseling and testing and 1 that is focused on legal, human rights,

and gender advocacy and mobilization. The local implementing partners will be among those with existing

networks of service delivery across multiple districts or with established track record of working successfully

across many districts. The target populations and organizations are specific to the interventions chosen.

The total number of organizations funded will depend in part on the quality and cost of proposals submitted

under this mechanism.

These established organizations likely will need a range of organizational development assistance, to help

them become more sustainable and adhere to policies and requirements of receiving USG funds directly.

This assistance may target human resource policies and practices, Board development and management,

fund raising skills, asset and financial resource management skills, strategic planning, and strengthening of

program monitoring systems. We expect that these groups will benefit from technical assistance to further

strengthen the various interventions they provide to their different target groups. This assistance may

involve visits from technical assistance providers, to provide targeted help to each organization on critical

programmatic issues (e.g. updating a curriculum, developing a program evaluation protocol, training in a

new approach). The prime partner also will provide on-going support for program strategy, quality, and

reach through its technical field staff. The assistance will depend on the particular needs of the local

implementing partners.

One organization supported under this initiative will be an umbrella organization for HIV/AIDS service

organizations across Botswana. The prime partner will work with this umbrella organization to develop its

grants-making capabilities and the technical skills of its staff persons. The prime will support strengthening

of that umbrella organization's core systems, including those related to program monitoring, accounting,

human resource management, and communication, as determined jointly with the local partner and the

prime partner. In year one, the umbrella will not receive funding for sub-grants under this award, but rather

assistance with systems and capacity for doing so.

Another organization supported under this initiative will be a faith-based organization (FBO) with an

established network of service provision centers across the country. This organization will provide a range

of community services in prevention, counseling and testing, OVC, and palliative care through its network.

The prime will work with this organization to standardize its services across its centers, as appropriate to the

needs of the various target communities involved, and will focus on quality assurance as well as program

expansion. The local implementing agency also will develop its capacity as a technical resource for other

FBOs and provide some training to other FBOs in its stronger technical areas in this first year.

A third target organization is one focused on the comprehensive needs of PLWHAs. This local implementing

partner will provide services through a network of community service providers, such as support groups and

other venues, and will focus on prevention, palliative care, counseling and testing, and stigma reduction.

The prime partner will support the expansion of the reach of the best interventions that the local

organization provides to PLWHA and will collaborate with the local partner to provide the best quality

services possible. The local implementing agency also will develop its capacity as a technical resource for

other PLWHA-service organizations in the country and provide some training to such groups.

The fourth target area is advocacy and community mobilization for HIV-related legal, human rights, and

gender issues. A 2005 legislative review identified many policy and legal gaps related to HIV/AIDS in

Botswana, particularly in the area of ethics and human rights, gender, and stigma. Among the most

important of these are related to protection from discrimination in employment, women's sexual and

reproductive rights and the rights of marginalized groups, included people with disabilities. The prime

partner will support a range of activities to promote awareness raising about legal and human rights issues

and to train key organizations and individuals to take action to address those issues on a community and/or

national level. Target groups for these efforts include policy makers, interest groups, the private sector,

community leaders, development organizations, PLWHA support groups, DACs and the general public. A

key area for emphasis in these activities will be gender relations in the context of HIV prevention, care,

treatment, and support. The prime and local partners will coordinate with the Women's Sector of the

National AIDS Council, and the Women's Affairs Department of the Ministry of Labor and Home Affairs for

this activity.

A fifth target organization will focus on underserved or marginalized populations, such as people with

disabilities. This implementing partner will provide direct services to underserved populations, for basic

education on HIV/AIDS transmission, prevention, treatment, care, support, and available clinical and

community services. The partner will reach those underserved groups by 1) adapting available material to

those groups (e.g. a rare language, a particular disability such as deaf), 2) conducting outreach sessions

with those populations, and 3) training caregivers and others who work with such populations regularly to

provide such core information.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17803

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17803 17803.08 U.S. Agency for To Be Determined 7761 7761.08 AIDStar

International Mechanism

Development

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.14:

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $0

09.X.SS06: TBD - Civil Society Capacity Building

ACTIVITY UNCHANGED FROM FY 2008

From COP08:

Funding reduced from 930,000 to 805,000. One of the organizations previously included will not need

intensive technical assistance as the others will and so will be funded under a different mechanism. See

revised narrative below:

This activity will support a prime partner, TBD, to provide organizational development assistance, technical

assistance, and grants to 2-3 indigenous non-governmental organizations that provide interventions in

prevention, OVC, palliative care, and counseling and testing and 1 that is focused on legal, human rights,

and gender advocacy and mobilization. The local implementing partners will be among those with existing

networks of service delivery across multiple districts or with established track record of working successfully

across many districts. The target populations and organizations vary, as noted below. The total number of

organizations funded will depend in part on the quality and cost of proposals submitted under this

mechanism. We expect that these established organizations will need a range of organizational

development assistance, to help them become more sustainable and adhere to policies and requirements of

receiving USG funds directly. This assistance may target human resource policies and practices, Board

development and management, fund raising skills, asset and financial resource management skills,

strategic planning, and strengthening of program monitoring systems. We expect that these groups will

benefit from technical assistance to further strengthen the various interventions they provide to their

different target groups. This assistance may involve visits from technical assistance providers, to provide

targeted help to each organization on critical programmatic issues (e.g. updating a curriculum, developing a

program evaluation protocol, training in a new approach). The prime partner also will provide on-going

support for program strategy, quality, and reach through its technical field staff. The assistance will depend

on the particular needs of the local implementing partners. One organization supported under this initiative

will be an umbrella organization for HIV/AIDS service organizations across Botswana. The prime partner will

work with this umbrella organization to develop its grants-making capabilities and the technical skills of its

staff persons. The prime will also support other strengthening of that umbrella organization's core systems,

including those related to program monitoring, accounting, human resource management, and

communication, as determined jointly with the local partner and the prime partner. In year one, the umbrella

will not receive funding for sub-grants under this award, but rather assistance with their systems and

capacity for doing so. The Botswana Network of AIDS Service Organizations, BONASO, is a likely

candidate for this award.Another organization supported under this initiative will be a faith-based

organization (FBOs) with an established network of service provision centers across the country. This

organization will provide a range of community services in prevention, counseling and testing, OVC, and

palliative care through its network. The prime will work with this organization to standardize its services

across its centers, as appropriate to the needs of the various target communities involved, and will focus on

quality assurance as well as program expansion. The local implementing agency also will develop its

capacity as a technical resource for other faith-based organizations (FBO) and provide some training to

other FBOs in its stronger technical areas in this first year. The Botswana Christian AIDS Intervention

Program (BOCAIP) is a likely candidate for this part of the award.

A third target organization is one focused on the comprehensive needs of PLWHAs. This local

implementing partner will provide services through a network of community service providers, such as

support groups and other venues, and will focus on prevention, palliative care, counseling and testing, and

stigma reduction. The prime partner will support the expansion of the reach of the best interventions that

the local organization provides to PLWHA and will collaborate with the local partner to provide the best

quality services possible. The local implementing agency also will develop its capacity as a technical

resource for other PLWHA-service organizations in the country and provide some training to such groups.

The Botswana Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (BONEPWA) is a likely candidate for this part of the

award.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17914

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17914 17914.08 U.S. Agency for To Be Determined 7761 7761.08 AIDStar

International Mechanism

Development

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