1. LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES This activity relates to activities in Counseling and Testing (#6894, #6983) and OVC (#6891).

2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION HOPE Worldwide Kenya (HWWK) will continue to provide HIV/AIDS education and prevention to 5 sites within Nairobi slums and Kiambu District. These sites are Dandora, Huruma and Maringo within Nairobi, and Gachie and Banana in Kiambu. The community program will continue to implement abstinence-focused activities within schools, churches, youth groups, sports clubs, and other faith-based organizations. Under the existing USAID/ PACT contract in South Africa, an abstinence-based curriculum, training in abstinence interventions, and school-based programs were developed and have been used for the last 2 years.

The abstinence curriculum involves personal and character issues, dating and marriage, drug, substance and alcohol abuse, peer issues and social pressures. Gender-based violence, rape, and abuse are also discussed over the intensive 8-hour youth program. These participatory youth discussions follow discussion guides and are led by trained facilitators. Pre- and post-test evaluations are conducted and young people are referred to local OVC support programs if their families are affected by HIV/AIDS. Community Action Teams include parents, teachers and students, and they develop local strategies to reinforce behaviour change among the youth. The intention is that the Community Action Teams plan and implement the activities with HWWK mentorship. Competent community Workshops will continue to be organized in all the program sites. Youths in Maringo will be mobilized through football tournaments during the school holidays and educated on the importance of abstinence. Partnerships with public, private and civil organizations will be established to strengthen program outputs.

A 2-year model will be implemented where the HWWK ABY program will continue to work with the trained groups for two years on issues such as a comprehensive HIV/AIDS course, leadership, basic counseling skills and career development. This will increase the quality of both direct and indirect reach.

3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA HWWK aims to increase its contribution towards averting new HIV/AIDS infections in Kenya. This will be achieved by employing multiple strategies that help unmarried young people aged 10-24 to increase abstinence and secondary abstinence until marriage; increase faithfulness in monogamous relationships among both youth and the general population; promote HIV testing to encourage abstinence and fidelity, and help reduce the incidence of gender-based violence, sexual coercion and cross-generational sex affecting youth.

HWWK will train 1725 individuals to provide HIV/AIDS programs that promote abstinence and/or being faithful. In addition 20,000 individuals will be reached with community outreach HIV/AIDS prevention programs that promote abstinence and/or being faithful, and of these 10,000 will receive abstinence-only messages. The training will continue to create demand for VCT services, and 200 people will be counseled and tested. In collaboration with partners, free medical camps will continue to be organized, and 600 people will be reached with care and support through the camps.

4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES The AB activities will be linked to other HWWK activities: bi-monthly VCT campaigns will be arranged to encourage knowledge of status, reaching 6,000 people with VCT messages. This activity relates to activities in Counseling and Testing including Hope Worldwide's VCT program (#6894), Liverpool VCT (#6983) and activities supported by GTZ. The many teenage mothers and child-headed families in Huruma will be referred to HWWK's USAID-funded OVC program (#6891). During Community Mobilization and Edutainment events, the majority of youth will be referred to the HWWK's blood donor program to give them an opportunity to become regular blood donors. This relates to activities in Blood Safety (#7011).

5. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED Established social institutions such as schools, FBOs, CBOs and NGOs form the main

community structures through which different age groups will be reached. A special ‘A' only curriculum will be implemented among 10-14 year olds. The goal for this age group is to delay sexual debut and encourage life skills development. Among the 15-24 year olds, the goal is to increase their knowledge on abstinence and secondary abstinence options and to reach them with messages about fidelity and expanded/strengthened "A" and "B" activities. In the younger adults the goal is to increase the practice of abstinence until marriage among unmarried youth and to decrease infidelity and other harmful behaviors among both youth and adults. Among parents, teachers and community leaders, the goal is to create a supportive environment for the youth to practice abstinence and faithfulness.

6. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ADDRESSED The Men As Partners (MAP) activities will increase gender equity and address male norms and behaviors through the training workshops and later on become participants in forming Community Action Teams (CATs). The CATs will give younger adults an opportunity to magnify the changed behaviour to their peers. CATs have been used as a strategy to sustain messages and the program will pursue this methodology to ensure that there is support for the program and for young people making healthy choices.

6.EMPHASIS AREAS Major emphasis in this program is training and equipping youth with relevant life skills. The youth will be equipped with negotiation skills to help them make informed choices. The 2-year model will ensure that the trained persons are thoroughly equipped to deal with a myriad of life and Adolescent Sexual Health issues. Since football is a crowd puller, football tournaments will be used to mobilize the youth for education on these matters.

1. LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES This activity relates to an activity in Counseling and Testing (#6894).

2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION HOPE Worldwide Kenya (HWWK) will continue to scale up its work in Mukuru Slums and other underserved areas where it has strong partnerships with local community stakeholders and entry points into OVC care and support. In 2006 work was extended to Mathari, near Huruma, and Maringo. The work in Mathari is in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Nairobi. Work in Maringo was born out of collaboration with the Area Advisory Council whereby the need for work in this area was identified. Related to work being done with youth in Makindu, youth have been trained in Psychosocial Support and development of Kids Clubs. 56 children are being served on a volunteer basis by youth until the work can be up-scaled. In 2007 the OVC work will link with the USAID funded ABY programs in Huruma, Dandora, Muchatha, Gachie, and Makadara to focus on development of Kids Clubs in the schools that have ABY programs. HWWK will continue to upscale the work being done in the Mukuru Slums where it has strong partnerships with local community stakeholders and entry points into OVC care and support. In 2006 work has progressed within the 3 villages of Kwa Ruben, Kwa Njenga and Lunga Lunga and is providing direct support to 651 OVC through Kids Clubs and Support Groups. Indirect support has been given to over 500 children through trainings in PSS and Kids Clubs in Mukuru, Mathari, and Makadara. In 2007 HWWK will facilitate direct support to OVC through capacity building of local CBOs, NGOs, FBOs, Community Leaders, and Schools, and Rotary partnerships, with a target of direct support to 1,000 OVC. Community stakeholders will be incorporated into the process of establishing these support mechanisms to increase effectiveness through community ownership and participation. HWWK will work closely with the Department of Children's Services through Provincial and District Children's Officers and Area Advisory Councils. This will facilitate a mechanism for identification of the most needy OVC and caretakers for training and support. Close collaboration will be maintained with local VCT and PMTCT centers, as well as with community health clinics, schools and FBOs, and other relevant care and social services. Rotary Clubs, and HWWK staff and volunteers will be actively engaged in providing community support, including identification of resources and staff to sustain activities. Partners will help establish links with vocational training sites to support older OVC with skills training, mentoring, and apprenticeships. HWWK will work closely with the Department of Children's Services (DCS) to provide training in PSS and Kids Clubs to caretakers, teachers, and others where the DOCS is providing support through the Cash Transfers for support of OVC. Currently HWWK is working with 191 caregivers in Mukuru Slums who care for 651 children. Through 2007 the goal is to continue strengthening this group and increasing their capacity to train, educate, and build the capacity of themselves and other caretakers in their communities. Focus is on maintaining quality of service provision to the caretakers, children, and ultimately to the communities. In 2007 400 staff, caretakers, and organizational members will be trained in caring for OVC. HWWK staff and volunteers have experience in community mobilization approaches and will continue to facilitate skills-building workshops in communities on Capacity-Building Strategies. Key national, local and community representatives will be invited to participate in the workshops so as to gather their insight on appropriate approaches to program implementation. This will help consolidate buy-in, collaboration, establish communication channels and promote OVC and youth participation. Experienced local HWWK trainers will use participatory and outcome-based training methodologies. Topics will include those such as global and country specific overview of statistics and projections of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its impact on children and families; ‘Best Practice' strategies for developing and strengthening effective community-based OVC responses; transferring of technical skills needed to carry out the methodological framework for developing competent communities; and identify other partner training needs around OVC issues. In 2007 HWWK will provide 2 sub-grants to NGOs who have a focus on child care with the primary goal of strengthening community and household responses. HWWK will provide technical assistance to sub recipients on organizational capacity development and programmatic issues. Regular mentoring and feedback sessions will be held to review program progress, effectiveness, and level of potential sustainability. The 2007 goal is to reach 5,000 children. This will be done through services provided

through the Kids Clubs, trained caregivers and providers, community partner organizations, and OVC served through sub grants. A big focus will be on integration and coordination between community-based agencies, and combined coordinated efforts with community leaders and stakeholders, and the government of Kenya, donors, and civil society.

3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA HWWK's 5 year goal for the number of OVC reached is 25,300. In 2007, HWWK will reach 5,000 OVC and train 400 caregivers inclusive of community leaders, volunteers, community stakeholders, and partner organizations.

4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES Services will be linked to VCT through HWWK youth programs in the targeted communities, local schools, clinics, and service organizations.

5. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED Activities target children and families infected and or affected in the community. Also caregivers and providers of care to the OVC, community based organizations and NGO's who provide service and care to OVC, and community health care providers, leaders, and stakeholders.

6. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ADDRESSED Issues include increasing gender equity in the HIV/AIDS programs and increase in women's access to income and productive resources.

7. EMPHASIS AREAS Major emphasis in this program is on training caregivers/ providers, and the community, to care for OVC. Minor focus will be community mobilization and human resources.