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.
Years of mechanism: 2010 2011
Context
Peace Corps Botswana's (PC/B) HIV/AIDS Capacity Building project serves to strengthen the capacity of individuals, service providers, organizations, and communities in mitigating the effects of HIV/AIDS through behavior change, preventive services and care delivery.
113 Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) (as of December, 2009) work in four programs. They are based in district AIDS coordinator offices, clinics and social and community development offices, non governmental organizations, and schools.
PEPFAR funds 2 of the 4 HIV/AIDS capacity-building programs: NGO and Life Skills.
Goals and Objectives
Goals and objectives are in the process of being revised to align with Botswana's new National Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS 2009-2016 (NSF2).
Primarily prevention of new infections and systems strengthening, but PCVs also play a role in strategic information management and capacity-building in treatment, care and support services.
Major Activities
Alignment with Botswana epidemic and USG strategy.
Continuation of the NGO and Life Skills programs in 2010
Align with the Botswana National Strategic Framework 2009-2016 and the nearly finalized PEPFAR Partnership Framework for Botswana, both of which emphasize prevention and systems strengthening (with an emphasis on civil society).
PEPFAR- and Peace-Corps- funded PCVs all benefit from training funded by PEPFAR. PCVs extend the reach of other PEPFAR-funded programs through assistance in implementation and monitoring at the grassroots level, reinforcing of other systems-strengthening efforts (such as assistance with grant proposals or grants management, budget and financial management, etc.), helping to implement PEPFAR funded program (e.g., life skills curriculum roll-out).\n\nTarget Population
People of Botswana
Geographic Coverage
More than 70 communities across Botswana.
The PEPFAR funded NGO PCVs are spread across the country, while the Ministry of Education has clustered the Life Skills PCVs in three adjacent districts: Kweneng, Southern, and Kgatleng.\n\nCross-Cutting areas\par nIn the four PC/B programs, PCVs work in the cross-cutting areas of human resources for health, food and nutrition, economic strengthening, education, and gender.\n\nStrategy to become more cost efficient
The PC/B programs all build local capacity. Over time, the programs could be phased out as the people of Botswana become proficient.\n\nMonitoring and evaluationOn a quarterly basis, PC/B collects reports from PCVs in the field regarding the activities they are doing in support of the project goals and objectives. New PEPFAR indicators are imbedded in the Volunteer Reporting Tool.
10.C.OV02: Peace Corps - OVC NGO Capacity Building Program - 581,000.00
The aim of the Peace Corps Botswana's (PC/B) NGO program is to help build the capacity of local non-governmental HIV/AIDS service organizations, especially those serving orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) and others directly affected by HIV and AIDS. The Peace Corps OVC NGO Capacity Building program's aim is linked to the Partnership Framework Goal 2, which is about building capacity, as stated under the goals and objectives above. Currently, the program is based in Gaborone (Princess Marina Hospital) and Francistown (Nyangabgwe Hospital) and targets malnourished children affected and infected by HIV and AIDS. Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) associated with the NGO program live within the villages and towns where their host organizations are based and assume various roles, depending on the needs of the organization. PCVs build capacity in the host organization and with staff in a variety of ways including: · Introducing or strengthening programs, management, and financial or administrative systems. · Creating linkages among NGO, government, private sector and international agencies. · Reinvigorating volunteerism, expanding community understanding of HIV/AIDS, and encouraging commitment to the values of Botswana Vision 2016. · Assisting in grant writing to secure funding. In addition, PCVs serving in the PEPFAR-funded Life Skills program and the Peace Corps-funded PCVs also work with orphans and vulnerable children. Specific examples include PCVs who are based at the Social and Community Development offices to help with registration and home visits and PCVs who are involved with OVCs in school and after school activities and camps. FY10 PEPFAR funds will support 12 new PCVs arriving in 2010 for two years of service who will work with NGOs and up to ten PCVs who will extend for a third year with the NGO program. Specifically, the funds will support pre-arrival, travel, pre-service and in-service training, living and readjustment allowances, medical care and supplies, safety and security, and home leave for the PCVs extending for a third year. In addition, the funds will provide in-service training for other PCVs involved in OVC activities. PC/B is revising the Volunteer Reporting Tool so that it can be used to capture data on new indicators for PEPFAR reports, as well as reports to PC, and provide a monitoring tool.
10.P.OP12: Peace Corps - Life Skills Program - 581,000.00
Peace Corps/Botswana's (PC/B) Life Skills Program is a comprehensive HIV prevention program for youth which endeavors to equip adolescents with skills to remain free of HIV and unintended pregnancies, and includes the discussion of condoms and STI treatment when appropriate. In addition to Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) assigned to the Life Skills Program, many other PCVs work in district AIDS coordination, community capacity building, and PEPFAR-supported NGO capacity building. PCVs are engaged in youth development activities such as clubs, sports and recreation, and camps and youth forums. Life Skills PCVs undertake a range of activities. They serve as a resource to teachers and counselors, support teachers to develop their own life skills and the emotional resilience to teach the Life Skills materials, promote out of school activities, work with parents and community leaders, mentor youth (including those out of school), and assist in monitoring Life Skills Program implementation. In FY10, PC/B will recruit, train and place 15 additional PCVs to replace some PCVs who will end their two year service, and expand to new schools in locations identified by the Ministry of Education (MOE). In addition, PC/B will discuss with MOE whether a PCV should be placed within MOE itself. PC/B will begin to take over the administration of the PEPFAR-funded small grants program that is currently administered by an implementing partner, Academy for Educational Development. For new and existing Life Skills PCVs, FY10 funds will support trainee pre-arrival costs, travel, pre-service and in-service training, living and readjustment allowances, housing and medical expenses and home leave for third year PCVs. Also covered are seven locally employed staff to support PC/B's PEPFAR program, prevention-related in-service training for all volunteers and counterparts, Peer Support and Diversity Network activities, regional meetings (convened in five different geographic locations to strengthen PCV support and sharing of effective prevention strategies), and brochures to be used in site development and with MOE officials and civil society leaders that highlight the accomplishments of PCVs and their counterparts in addressing HIV/AIDS.
