Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 9463
Country/Region: Ethiopia
Year: 2008
Main Partner: Organization for Social Services for AIDS
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $1,696,165

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $1,696,165

Summary:

The project, which is entitled care services for HIV/AIDS infected and affected children, will be implemented

in five regions and two City Administrations of Ethiopia - namely, Oromiya, Amhara, Tigray, SNNPR, Harari,

Dire Dawa and Addis Ababa. The direct beneficiaries of the project are 55,000 OVC and their

families/guardians as well as 5500 community volunteer services providers. The community members of

the 32-woredas/ sub cities/towns from where these OVCs will be selected will also benefit from the various

services of this project

To ensure the effective implementation of this project, OSSA will make use of its existing partnership and

networks with Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), Faith-Based organizations (FBOs), kebeles,

schools, health facilities, social courts, police offices, women associations, and government line

departments. Moreover, it will establish and strengthen steering committees, task forces, and PTAs at each

of the project sites.

To enlarge the community's role in supporting OVCs, OSSA will involve local community members and

structures. Where feasible, the Project has planned to make use of such projects as WFP Urban HIV/AIDS

projects, government's productive safety net programme and micro finance institutions to improve the

nutritional, psychosocial, income, education, health needs of OVC.

Target 1st year:

18,334 OVC

1,834 Community volunteer Service providers