Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2007 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 5318
Country/Region: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2007
Main Partner: Hope Worldwide
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: FBO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $700,000

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $700,000

This activity relates to Hope Worldwide's activity in AB (#10047).

In FY06, Hope Worldwide (HWW) provided and promoted care and support services for approximately 5,000 orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in conjunction with 36 local organizations in the greater Abidjan area. Through its project ANCHOR, HWW supported these organizations with technical assistance, training, and supportive supervision. In total, 128 individuals were trained to provide care and support to OVC.

HWW's OVC program provides technical assistance and training to grass-roots NGO/CBO/FBOs, which work to identify OVC in the community and to provide or refer them to needed services, including psychosocial support, counseling, nutritional support, succession planning, and life skills.

In FY07, HWW will strengthen existing OVC activities in the greater Abidjan area and scale up services in two other municipalities (Yamoussoukro and Daloa). Based on lessons learned in FY06, HWW will create more specific criteria for the selection of individuals to be trained in OVC support services. In Abidjan, HWW will collaborate with the Ministry of Education's DMOSS to select 20 teachers and social workers who will be trained in OVC care and support and will provide services to OVC in five strategically identified schools. In Yamoussoukro and Daloa, HWW will launch care and support activities for 1,000 OVC, bringing its total FY07 target nationwide (with central and country funds) to at least 6,500 OVC.

Activities will complement and build on other EP-funded efforts, including Ministry of Education (MEN), Ministry of the Fight Against AIDS (MLS), Ministry of Family and Social Affairs, HIV/AIDS Alliance, CARE International, and ANADER activities in support of youth and OVC. The project will operate in consultation with the National OVC Program and the national OVC committee (CEROS-EV).

Working mainly in the emphasis areas of local organizational capacity development, community mobilization/participation, and training, and on the key legislative issues of gender and stigma/discrimination, FY07 activities will provide services to 4,500 OVC (country funds only) and train 100 people in OVC care.

With the additional funds in FY07, HWW will:

1. Provide technical assistance to 20 additional NGOs/CBOs/FBOs working in OVC care and support. Assistance will be designed to help the groups leverage new funding through the preparation of proposals for the new EP-supported umbrella organization Alliance-CI. The local organizations will also be provided with programmatic and administrative assistance coupled with supportive supervision. 2. Train and mentor 100 key members of NGOs/CBOs/FBOs, community stakeholders, and caregivers on critical OVC issues, including psychosocial support, counseling, nutritional support, succession planning, and life skills. Training will be done in conjunction with the National OVC Program (PNOEV) or Alliance-CI. 3. Provide NGOs/CBOs/FBOs with IEC materials for OVC support groups. 4. Improve staffing within HWW for better monitoring and evaluation, supervision, and capacity building of sub-partner organizations. 5. Continue to facilitate after-school programs and support groups for OVC. Activities will include counseling, play therapy, nutritional support, referrals to services, and educational support. Child participation and interaction will be the cornerstone of these groups. 6. Provide child-care facilitators and volunteers to support OVC-focused home-based care activities and to visit children with special needs and assess their living conditions and family needs and concerns. 7. Develop a referral system for health services within the network of experienced NGOs, EP-funded partners, and stakeholders. 8. Subcontract for an independent evaluation by FHI of HWW-CI's OVC and related community-mobilization activities to assist documentation of its best practices and identify program gaps and areas for improvement, including in its M&E plan, service provision, and organizational capacity. 9. Collaborate with the PNOEV and participate in the national OVC consultative committee to contribute to the national policy dialogue (including definition of targeted OVC care packages), planning, development of training materials, and ongoing coordination at the

national level. 10. Help coordinate, in collaboration with the PNOEV, care and support activities for OVC where HWW programs are active. HWW will identify organizations involved in care and support for OVC, encourage their participation in strategic advocacy platforms, provide training and technical assistance, and organize one-year evaluations to be presented to the PNOEV. 11. Collaborate with other PEPFAR partners such as Alliance, FHI, the Global Fund, and UNICEF to maximize the use of resources for OVC. 12. Continue to mobilize additional material and financial resources and develop a plan to promote local ownership and long-term sustainability of quality services. "Fighting AIDS" committees will be established within CBOs to initiate and encourage resource mobilization for OVC. To ensure greater sustainability, monthly review meetings will help the committees to mobilize sustainable funding resources within their communities. HWW will track committee progress through monthly activity reports. Hope Worldwide South Africa (HWSA) will provide technical assistance to the HWW Cote d'Ivoire program for programmatic strengthening and 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.

HWW will continue to monitor and evaluate its programs based on EP, project, and national indicators and will continue to assess its progress against the sustainability plan developed during the project's first year. The project will contribute to implementation of an integrated M&E system in collaboration with national and international stakeholders.

With originally requested FY07 funding, Hope Worldwide will strengthen existing OVC activities in the greater Abidjan area and scale up services in two other regions (Yamoussoukro and Daloa). HWW will create more specific criteria for the selection of persons to be trained in OVC care. In Abidjan, HWW will collaborate with the Ministry of Education's DMOSS to select 20 teachers and social workers who will be trained in OVC care and support and will provide services to OVC in five strategically identified schools. In Yamoussoukro and Daloa, HWW will launch care and support activities for 1,000 OVC, bringing its total FY07 target nationwide (with central and country funds) to at least 6,500 OVC. If plus-up funds are approved, HWW will expand to at least two new sites in the Northeast (Bondoukou) and center (Bouake) and provide services to an additional 1,500 OVC.