Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2007 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 4936
Country/Region: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2007
Main Partner: Hope Worldwide
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: FBO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $311,228

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $311,228

Through the Track 1 award, the ANCHOR partnership of Hope WW, in collaboration with Rotary International's HIV/AIDS Fellowship (RFFA), and with support from the Emory Schools of Public Health and Nursing, the International AIDS Trust, and Coca Cola, will strengthen existing OVC activities in specific sites in Cote d'Ivoire. Activities will support OVC with provision of home- and community-based counseling, psychosocial support, and health and nutritional services.

In FY06, HOPE Worldwide (HWW) provided and promoted care and support services to approximately 5,000 orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) during FY06. This program, also known as ANCHOR, is implemented in conjunction with 36 local organizations involved in the care and support of OVC in the greater Abidjan area. These organizations were supported with technical assistance, training, and supportive supervision. In total, 128 individuals were trained to provide care and support to OVC. Significant increase in country funds will allow the continuation of FY 06 activities and the expansion of service delivery to two new regions.

In FY 2007, with central funds complementing country funding, HW will be able to reach an additional 2000 OVCs, for a total of approximately 6500 OVC and affected family members. In addition, HW will:

• Strengthen the capacity of CBOs, NGOs and FBOs by providing IEC materials for OVC support groups. • Training and mentor key members of CBOs, NGOs and FBOs, community stakeholders and caregivers on critical OVC issues, such as: psychosocial support; counseling; nutritional support; succession planning; and life skills. These trainings will be done in conjunction with the National Program for OVC (PNOEV). • Assure greater quality assurance for services provided to OVC. This includes increased staffing for better monitoring and evaluation, and supervision. • Collaborate with the PNOEV and participating in the national OVC consultative committee by contribute to national policy, planning and training material development, and ongoing coordination at the national level. This will include forming a definition of targeted OVC care packages to support OVC within communities. • Continuing to mobilize additional material and financial resources as well as develop a plan to promote local ownership and long term sustainability of quality services. "Fighting AIDS" committees will be established within organizations to initiate and encourage resource mobilization for OVCs. To ensure greater sustainability, monthly review meetings will be held with these committees to help the committees mobilize sustainable funding resources within their communities. Hope WW will track progress of the committees by monthly activity reports.

HOPE worldwide South Africa (HWSA) will provide technical assistance to the HOPE WW Cote d'Ivoire program both in terms of programmatic assistance as well as organizational capacity development. HWSA will share key documents and manuals, conduct site visits and hold a regional ANCHOR conference in South Africa - which in-country staff will attend.