Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 7615
Country/Region: Ethiopia
Year: 2009
Main Partner: World Learning Inc.
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $1,550,000

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $450,000

Grants, Solicitation and Management

ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

This activity will continue to engage local civil society organizations with grants and capacity building. There

are no substantive changes from activities described in the COP08 narrative. One additional sub partner

will be engaged to support HIV prevention and capacity building activities of the National Network of

Ethiopians Living with HIV/AIDS.

COP08 ACTIVITY NARRATIVE

The Grants, Solicitation, and Management (GSM) project run by World Learning for International

Development (WL), will assist PEPFAR Ethiopia in the solicitation, review, award, management and close-

out of grants to local Ethiopian partners. The GSM recipients will conduct a wide range of technical and

administrative tasks to support the involvement of local non-governmental organizations (NGO) in HIV/AIDS

prevention and care activities. The program began in August 2007 with a total FY06 and FY07 funding level

of $2,100,000 ($600,000 for OVC, $200,000 for AB, and $1,300,000 in Other Prevention). Applicants were

required to meet a 15 percent cost-share, either in monetary contributions or through services, volunteers,

property, equipment and supplies. With FY08 funding, GSM will maintain support to partners selected in

2007 and add new partners with a total budget of $2,300,000 in funding ($720,000 for OVC, $240,000 in AB

Prevention, $1,140,000 in Other Prevention, and $200,000 for HBHC). The 15 percent cost-share will

remain a requirement for future applicants.

In August 2007, World Learning released a solicitation for concept papers to support HIV prevention and

care activities in urban areas of Amhara, Oromiya and SNNPR. The solicitation emphasized reaching the

following target populations: formal sex workers, their clients, and women and men engaged in informal

transactional sex, with a special emphasis on vulnerable girls and women ages 15-35. GSM received over

50 concept papers of which six to eight will be funded in 2007. There are a number of different types of

activities that will be supported under the GSM mechanism and most projects will include both prevention

and care activities for a more integrated family-centered approach. Prevention programs supported under

GSM will be addressing higher risk, older adolescents and adults and thus will provide ABC comprehensive

HIV education. This will include messages about abstinence, monogamy, and partner reduction. OVC

supported under GSM will receive life skills and HIV prevention information that addresses coercive sex,

violence, rape, transactional and cross generational sex. GSM recipients will train 400 individuals and reach

an estimated 100,000 with behavior change communication programming on HIV prevention. Prevention

targets for the GSM program are under the HVOP section (10407).

New partners selected under the GSM program will receive technical assistance from World Learning and

other PEPFAR partners to ensure quality program design, implementation and monitoring. Recipients will

have access to the existing curriculum-based tools and forms developed by JHU/HCP for providing

structured BCC interventions. Recipients under GSM will be educated on the Youth Action Kit curriculum as

well as the Adult Prevention modules developed by HCP in order for them to adopt these materials into their

existing prevention programs. New partners will also have access to technical assistance through

EngenderHealth to incorporate gender issues into prevention programming. PEPFAR-supported programs

should address how gender based violence (GBV), sexual abuse, cross generational sex, and alcohol use

impact HIV transmission and recommend strategies to address these issues. GSM recipients will partner

with PEPFAR-supported clinical partners to ensure linkages to counselling and testing services, as well as

other health and HIV services.

GSM will continue to support the activities funded in 2007 and will release a new solicitation with FY08

funding to select additional local partners. New partners will be required to develop sustainable community-

based programs with exit strategies in place. Recipients will also be monitored to ensure that prevention

and care activities are well-integrated and focused on serving high-risk vulnerable populations.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17756

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17756 17756.08 U.S. Agency for World Learning 7615 7615.08 Grant $240,000

International Solicitation and

Development Management

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

* Reducing violence and coercion

Human Capacity Development

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $50,000

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Economic Strengthening $200,000

Education

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Education $50,000

Water

Table 3.3.02:

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $800,000

Grants, Solicitation and Management

ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS

This activity will continue to engage local civil society organizations with grants and capacity building. There

are no substantive changes from activities described in the COP08 narrative. One additional sub partner

will be engaged to support HIV prevention and capacity building activities of the National Network of

Ethiopians Living with HIV/AIDS.

COP08 NARRATIVE

The Grants, Solicitation, and Management (GSM) project run by World Learning for International

Development (WL), will assist PEPFAR Ethiopia in the solicitation, review, award, management, and close-

out of grants to local Ethiopian partners. The GSM recipients will conduct a wide range of technical and

administrative tasks to support the involvement of local nongovernmental organizations (NGO) in HIV/AIDS

prevention and care activities. The program began in August 2007 with a total FY06 and FY07 funding level

of $2,100,000 ($600,000 for OVC, $200,000 for abstinence, be faithful (AB), and $1,300,000 in Other

Prevention). Applicants were required to meet a 15% cost-share, either in monetary contributions or through

services, volunteers, property, equipment, and supplies. With FY08 funding, GSM will maintain support to

partners selected in 2007 and add new partners with a total budget of $2,060,000 in funding ($720,000 for

OVC, $240,000 in AB Prevention, $900,000 in Other Prevention, and $200,000 for HBHC).

In August 2007, World Learning released a solicitation for concept papers to support HIV prevention and

care activities in urban areas of Amhara, Oromiya, and Southern Nations and Nationalities Peoples Region

(SNNPR). The solicitation emphasized reaching the following target populations: commercial sex workers,

their clients, and women and men engaged in informal transactional sex, with a special emphasis on

vulnerable girls and women ages 15-35. GSM received over 50 concept papers, of which 6-8 will be funded

in 2007. There are a number of different types of activities that will be supported under the GSM mechanism

and most projects will include both prevention and care activities for a more integrated family-centered

approach. Palliative care funding will be added in FY08 to ensure that HIV-affected families receive

comprehensive support. Prevention programs supported under GSM will be addressing higher risk, older

adolescents and adults and thus will provide ABC comprehensive HIV education. This will include

messages about abstinence, monogamy, partner reduction, and correct and consistent condom use. OVC

supported under GSM will receive life skills and HIV-prevention information that address coercive sex,

violence, rape, transactional, and cross-generational sex.

New partners selected under the GSM program will receive technical assistance from World Learning and

other PEPFAR partners to ensure quality program design, implementation, and monitoring. Recipients will

have access to the existing curriculum-based tools and forms developed by JHU/HCP for providing

structured behavior-change communication (BCC) interventions. Recipients under GSM will be educated on

the Youth Action Kit curriculum, as well as on the Adult Prevention modules developed by HCP in order for

them to adopt these materials into their existing prevention programs. New partners will also have access to

technical assistance through EngenderHealth to incorporate gender issues into prevention programming.

PEPFAR-supported programs should address how gender-based violence, sexual abuse, cross-

generational sex, and alcohol use impact HIV transmission and recommend strategies to address these

issues. GSM recipients will partner with PEPFAR-supported clinical partners to ensure linkages to

counseling and testing services, as well as other health and HIV services.

GSM will continue to support the activities funded in 2007 and will release a new solicitation with FY08

funding to select additional local partners. Prevention activities under the GSM program will reach an

estimated 100,000 individuals with HIV-prevention programming and will train 400 individuals to provide HIV

-prevention education. New partners will be required to develop sustainable, community-based programs

with exit strategies in place. Recipients will also be monitored to ensure that prevention and care activities

are well-integrated and focused on serving high-risk vulnerable populations.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 18893

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

18893 18893.08 U.S. Agency for World Learning 7615 7615.08 Grant $900,000

International Solicitation and

Development Management

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

* Reducing violence and coercion

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.03:

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $300,000

Grants, Solicitation and Management

ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN TEH FOLLOWING WAY

This activity will continue to engage local civil society organizations with grants and capacity building. There

are no substantive changes from activities described in the COP08 narrative. One additional sub partner

will be engaged to support HIV prevention and capacity building activities of the National Network of

Ethiopians Living with HIV/AIDS. The activity narrative will not be d for COP09.

COP 08 Narrative:

The Grants, Solicitation, and Management (GSM) project run by World Learning for International

Development (WL), will assist PEPFAR Ethiopia in the solicitation, review, award, management and close-

out of grants to local Ethiopian partners. The GSM recipients will conduct a wide range of technical and

administrative tasks to support the involvement of local non-governmental organizations (NGO) in HIV/AIDS

prevention and care activities. The program began in August 2007 with a total FY06 and FY07 funding level

of $2,100,000 ($600,000 for OVC, $200,000 for AB, and $1,300,000 in Other Prevention). Applicants were

required to meet a 15 percent cost-share, either in monetary contributions or through services, volunteers,

property, equipment and supplies. With FY08 funding, GSM will maintain support to partners selected in

2007 and add new partners with a total budget of $2,300,000 in funding ($720,000 for OVC, $240,000 in AB

Prevention, $1,140,000 in Other Prevention, and $200,000 for HBHC). The 15 percent cost-share will

remain a requirement for future applicants.

In August 2007, World Learning released a solicitation for concept papers to support HIV prevention and

care activities in urban areas of Amhara, Oromiya and SNNPR. The solicitation emphasized reaching the

following target populations: formal sex workers, their clients, and women and men engaged in informal

transactional sex, with a special emphasis on vulnerable girls and women ages 15-35. GSM received over

50 concept papers of which six to eight will be funded in 2007. There are a number of different types of

activities that will be supported under the GSM mechanism and most projects will include both prevention

and care activities for a more integrated family-centered approach. Prevention programs supported under

GSM will be addressing higher risk, older adolescents and adults and thus will provide ABC comprehensive

HIV education. This will include messages about abstinence, monogamy, and partner reduction. OVC

supported under GSM will receive life skills and HIV prevention information that addresses coercive sex,

violence, rape, transactional and cross generational sex. GSM recipients will train 400 individuals and reach

an estimated 100,000 with behavior change communication programming on HIV prevention. Prevention

targets for the GSM program are under the HVOP section (10407).

New partners selected under the GSM program will receive technical assistance from World Learning and

other PEPFAR partners to ensure quality program design, implementation and monitoring. Recipients will

have access to the existing curriculum-based tools and forms developed by JHU/HCP for providing

structured BCC interventions. Recipients under GSM will be educated on the Youth Action Kit curriculum as

well as the Adult Prevention modules developed by HCP in order for them to adopt these materials into their

existing prevention programs. New partners will also have access to technical assistance through Engender

Health to incorporate gender issues into prevention programming. PEPFAR-supported programs should

address how gender based violence (GBV), sexual abuse, cross generational sex, and alcohol use impact

HIV transmission and recommend strategies to address these issues. GSM recipients will partner with

PEPFAR-supported clinical partners to ensure linkages to counselling and testing services, as well as other

health and HIV services.

GSM will continue to support the activities funded in 2007 and will release a new solicitation with FY08

funding to select additional local partners. Prevention activities under the GSM program will reach an

estimated 125,000 individuals. An estimated 1,000 individuals will be trained to provide HIV prevention

education. New partners will be required to develop sustainable community-based programs with exit

strategies in place. Recipients will also be monitored to ensure that prevention and care activities are well-

integrated and focused on serving high-risk vulnerable populations.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17867

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17867 17867.08 U.S. Agency for World Learning 7615 7615.08 Grant $200,000

International Solicitation and

Development Management

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

* Increasing women's access to income and productive resources

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.08:

Subpartners Total: $0
Tila Association of Women Living with HIV And AIDS: NA
Forum on Street Children: NA
Ratson Women Youth and Children Development Program: NA
Kind Hearts Children and Youth Organization: NA
Resurrection and Life Aid Through Development: NA
Sidama Development Action: NA
Network of Networks of Ethiopian Living with HIV/AIDS: NA
South Ethiopia Peoples Development Association: NA
Medico-Socio Development Assistance For Ethiopia: NA
Kulich Youth Reproductive Health and Development Organization: NA
Hiwot HIV/AIDS Prevention Care and Support Organization: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $300,000
Human Resources for Health $50,000
Economic Strengthening $200,000
Education $50,000