Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Details for Mechanism ID: 13046
Country/Region: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2013
Main Partner: Habitat for Humanity International
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: FBO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $800,000

Note: Due to delays and a large pipeline, Habitat for Humanity (HFH) will conduct activities using prior-year funds.

HFH's goal is to reduce vulnerability of OVC and their families by strengthening family-focused care. Based on needs assessments, HFH will provide care and support to OVC and their families to build their capacities and to reinforce coordination with government services.

Working with the National OVC Program (PNOEV) and local coordination platforms at social centers, HFH will work with local partners to identify OVC, assess their needs and resources, and provide needed support, including in health care, education, psychosocial support, legal support, and shelter.

HFH will work in partnership with the government and other partners to reduce costs and increase efficiency through referral systems. Working with local partners who already have skilled staff and their own infrastructure will also reduce costs.

Strategies to transition activities to local structures focus on strengthening the capacity of local organizations to ensure high quality services after the project ends. HFH will provide trainings, coaching, supervision, and workshops for experience sharing.

HFH will assist local partners with improved processes and systems, such as M&E training in the use of national OVC tools.

A rapid evaluation will be conducted in addition to an end-of-project evaluation to identify results and lessons learned.

Vehicle Through COP 11: 4 New requests in COP12: 0

Planned vehicles for life of mechanism: 6 plus two motorcycles

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $800,000

Note: Due to delays and a large pipeline, Habitat for Humanity (HFH) will conduct activities using prior-year funds.

Habitat for Humanity works with communities to reduce the vulnerability OVC by strengthening family-focused care, with a particular focus on girls vulnerability. Interventions are guided by the national OVC priorities and evidence based approaches to address gender, nutrition, age-appropriate needs; family integration; economic strengthening; and community capacities to care for and protect OVC and increase coordination and strengthen the network of health/social/community facilities/resources. Reinforcing local structures at household and community level will prevent disintegration of families. Activities in FY 2012 include: identification of OVC, service delivery, capacity building, and strengthening of coordination at local and central level. The Child Status Index (CSI) will be administered to every child every six months.

Working with the National OVC Program (PNOEV) and local coordination platforms at social centers, HFH will provide the following services in NZi-Comoé Région: Dimbokro, Bongouanou, Daoukro, Mbahiakro based on OVC needs. Health: access to health care services with distribution of mosquito nets, Education: OVC school enrolment and attendance, Food security and nutrition, Economic Strengthening: Financial literacy training, Protection and prevention of or treatment for abuse: Focus on OVC affected by violence especially among females, Psychosocial Care, Shelter and sanitation: minor home rehabilitations based on unsafe and unhealthy living conditions. Additionally VIP lLatrines will be provided to 100 families.

HFH, with support from Khulisa, is in the process of developing a comprehensive monitoring process and tool. while learning to understand and be responsive to CDC processes and requirements.

To ensure the delivery of quality services to OVC and their families, HFH will: assess the capacity of sub-partners, train and coach sub-partners with all OVC documents, supervisory learning visits, and periodic on-site assessments.

Ownership and sustainability will be ensured by mobilising family and community resources, with emphasis on building resilience and problem solving capacity in addition to addressing stigma.

Strategies will focus on the improvement of girls and womens access to complementary services that help reduce their exposure to HIV/AIDS. HFH will support sub-partners in the development of collaborative relationships and synergies with vital services; maternal and child health, reproductive health and family planning.

Sub partners will assess OVC needs, making appropriate referrals to address a range of client needs. HFH and its partners will use the CSI tool to identify OVC and their needs, mobilise community support, and provide nutrition guidance to affected families with poor nutritional status. Eligible OVC and family members in need in turn can be linked to food sources. Routine activities to evaluate the progress and improvement of OVC families will be conducted.

Subpartners Total: $0
Agnitié Nitché: NA
Centre Régional Pour l'Eau Potable et l'Assainissement: NA
Khulisa Management Services (Pty) Ltd: NA
Tous pour le Taukpe: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $722,073
Economic Strengthening $56,000
Education $75,000
Food and Nutrition: Commodities $35,000
Gender: Gender Based Violence (GBV) $45,000
Gender: Gender Equality $45,000
Human Resources for Health $347,893
Motor Vehicles: Purchased $18,180
Renovation $50,000
Water $50,000
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Implement activities to change harmful gender norms & promote positive gender norms
Increase gender equity in HIV prevention, care, treatment and support
Increasing women's access to income and productive resources
Increasing women's legal rights and protection
enumerations.Malaria (PMI)
Child Survival Activities
End-of-Program Evaluation