PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
Years of mechanism: 2010 2011
Formerly mechanism 00683_5 : Organization for Social Services for AIDS (OSSA) is a pioneer indigenous not-for-profit organization which is committed and has been working on HIV/AIDS prevention and control interventions in most parts of the country since 1989. The core businesses of the organization are prevention of the spread of the pandemic and alleviating its impacts through sustainable community participation.
The project is entitled Care Services for HIV-infected and Affected Orphans and Vulnerable Children. The general objective of this project is to improve the wellbeing of HIV-infected and affected OCV and their families by providing quality, comprehensive, multi-sector, and coordinated community care and support activities through meaningful involvement of local community and government structures.
The project focuses mainly on providing comprehensive care and support services for HIV-infected and affected OVC and their families; creating and strengthening partnership and networking with different government, NGO, and civil society organizations to address the unmet needs of OVC; building the capacity of families and communities to protect and care for OVCs; and establishing and strengthening strong monitoring and evaluation systems at all levels.
It is implemented in five regional states (Oromia, Amhara, Tigray, SNNPR, Harari) and two city administrations (Dire Dawa and Addis Ababa) covering a total of 36 woredas/sub-cities/towns. The direct beneficiaries of the project are 55,000 OVC, ages 0-17 years and an estimated 275,000 families; tcommunities who are living in the targeted 36 woredas are indirect target beneficiaries.
To address the different needs of the target beneficiaries, OSSA will attribute different cross-cutting programs and key issues. This includes in-service training for community volunteers and support program staff to improve the quality of services; community-based food support for nutritional rehabilitation of severely and moderately malnourished OVC; ia variety of economic strengthening activities to improve the living conditions of the target OVC and their families; and, formal and informal education through delivering tutorial class and life skills training.
The project will also leverage and link its activities with other program sectors such as WFP, in order to provide comprehensive support services. In addition, OSSA will conduct child survival activities, increase gender equity in the HIV/AIDS activities and services, and conduct midterm and terminal program evaluations.To ensure the proper implementation and coordination of the project in a more cost effective way, OSSA will strengthen and augment the participation of the communities in identifying, and prioritizing and addressing of the problems of OVCOSSA will exert maximum efforts to enhance community involvement and the empowerment of targeted OVC in exploring and looking for possibilities to address problems. To strengthen this OSSA will make use of its existing partnerships and networks with CBOs, FBOs, kebeles, schools, health facilities, social courts, police offices, NGOs, and other government line departments.
During project implementation, OSSA will conduct supportive and monitoring supervision visits at all levels. OSSA will employ monitoring tools such as checklists, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, child status index, and other quality assurance tools to improve the quality of services rendered to OVC. Moreover, bi-annual technical review meetings among regional offices will be conducted to facilitate exchange of experiences, identiybest practices and challenges and prepare annual joint plans. OSSA will also undertake mid-term and terminal evaluations in conjunction with USAID, line government offices and the community.
The aim of OVC programs is to enable children who are vulnerable due to HIV/AIDS to develop and thrive in a safe and healthy environment. Their complex needs require a multi-sector approach that begins with an understanding of the assets and resources available within a community. In order to meet the needs of vulnerable children OSSA will address quality service delivery through house hold centered and community based support approach by strengthen systems at community level and enhance data collection and communication. In this case services should be offered in the context of a community-based, child-centered process that includes such elements as identification of needs and assets, training, monitoring, and evaluation.
In addition to the above mentioned approaches, OSSA will address the unmet needs of OVC by ensuring access to essential services including education, vocational training, health care, legal services, and other resources; strengthening the capacities of families and communities to protect and care for OVC by meaningful involvement of the local community structures and integration of this project with other projects such as WFP Urban HIV/AIDS projects, government's productive safety net programme and microfinance institutions; Raising awareness at all levels through advocacy and social mobilization to create a supportive environment for OVC; helping OVCs acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to protect themselves from HIV infection and other risks and by monitoring and tracking children's well being.
OSSA has been providing six core service areas that can be used in combination with economic strengthening efforts to assist children, families, and communities. Taken together these seven components OSSA will try to define a broad continuum of care that can provide for the complex needs of children. These are: food and nutrition support, protection, shelter and material care, educational support, heath care, psychosocial support and economic strengthening. In doing so, services are targeted for 55,000 OVC age 0 17 years who are living in the targeted geographical areas.
To facilitate the achievements of the planned project objectives and activities, OSSA will undertake different supportive supervisions and quality assurance activities. To this end, OSSA will conduct field visits at all levels by employing different monitoring tools including child status index, conduct review meeting with community volunteers, staffs and other different actors. Moreover, supportive supervision and monitoring training for community volunteers and staffs will be conducted.
