Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 9128
Country/Region: Botswana
Year: 2009
Main Partner: EnCompass LLC
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $650,000

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $650,000

09.P.AB14: Encompass -- Life Skills Consultancy

ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

FY2008 has focused on training of teachers and printing of materials. It is envisaged that there will be more

training of teachers on implementation and monitoring to be done in FY2009. In FY2009, 15,100 primary

school teachers and 16,043 secondary school teachers will be trained. Refresher training will be provided to

750 Master Trainers. The agency will assist the Ministry of Education and Skills Development to develop a

comprehensive plan for training cascade, conduct trainings and undertake support visits.

FY2009 will focus mainly on the development of support materials such as Posters, Flip Charts, Video/

DVDs and Board Games. Quantities and specifics regarding support materials will depend on the number of

schools, learners and the number of teachers.

Additionally, monitoring tools will be developed in consultation with the MOE, implementation of the project

will be monitored extensively through school visits, workshops will be held for Master Trainers, and

monitoring tools will be administered and results analyzed.

From COP08:

In In this activity, PEPFAR will support an outside agency to work with the MOE to roll out its new life skills

materials to schools through out the country.

For four years, USG has collaborated with the MOE to develop and implement a state-of-the-art HIV

prevention curriculum for use in all public schools in the country. To date, five sets of materials are ready,

one each for ages 6-7, ages 8-9 (lower primary), ages 10-12 (upper primary), ages 13-15 (junior

secondary), ages 16-18 (senior secondary). Materials for ages 8-9 are printed and distributed to all primary

schools across the country. Materials for upper primary are being printed, and the Ministry is preparing

tenders for the printing of the secondary school level materials. Over 200 teachers have been trained as

master trainers to support a cascade of trainings on the materials through the education system, and the

Ministry conducted a baseline survey for future evaluation purposes, which has not been disseminated.

USG will soon hire an outside agency to assist the MOE with all aspects of implementation.

In 2008, an agency (TBD) will continue to help train additional master trainers as needed, depending on

progress made in the next 12 months, and support a series of second-tier training-of-trainers for the

secondary school level, to have at least 2 trained teachers per school. Through the training cascade,

ultimately 15,000 secondary school teachers will be trained in the life skills curriculum. The Ministry may

request refresher training for those lower primary teachers who were trained previously and who will receive

the printed materials next year.

New for 2008, the prime partner will develop support materials for learners to support the core curriculum in

the classroom and at home. Students and teachers use workbooks, and during the pilot phase, both groups

requested additional support materials, such as posters, hand-outs for students and their guardians, videos,

and/or photo cards that stimulate discussion. These support materials will further engage students, give

teachers more options for integrating the curriculum into their work, and help engage parents/guardians into

the program. The focus of this effort will be older students in Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary

levels (approximately 160,000 learners will ultimately benefit). The content will reflect that of the core

curriculum and highlight key issues, such as alcohol abuse prevention, cross-generational sex, and other

related themes.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17468

Continued Associated Activity Information

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

System ID System ID

17468 14650.08 HHS/Centers for EnCompass LLC 9128 9128.08 Contract - Life $350,000

Disease Control & skills

Prevention consultancy

14650 14650.07 HHS/Centers for EnCompass LLC 9153 9153.07 contract-life $500,000

Disease Control & skills

Prevention

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

* Reducing violence and coercion

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

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