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.
1. LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES The project is delivering information and building skills that encourage abstinence and being faithful components of the comprehensive A, B and C approach to HIV prevention.
2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION PATH is implementing the Scouting for Solutions (SfS) project in partnership with the Kenya Scouts Association (KSA). The core focus is to reach young people with information and skills for HIV prevention through abstinence and being faithful messages. The highlight of Year 2 was training 2815 scout leaders on information and skills for HIV prevention using participatory methods who reached over 47,080 scouts aged 12-15 years. An important milestone was the successful launch of the SfS project on July 15th during the Scouts Patron's Day which was presided over by the President of Kenya. The project initiated approaches to deliver information and build skills among the Scouts using activity packs and newsletters. Two activity packs were completed, four editions of newsletters were produced and 181,500 copies distributed. A monitoring system was put in place and a computer-based data management system was installed to enable KSA to monitor program activities and share progress with donors and partners. A gender advocacy toolkit was developed to guide dialogue with parents, education administrators and other gatekeepers. The project integrated HIV messages in scouting competitions where awards (scarves, goggles, cameras and uniforms) were provided to winning teams. Recruitment of girls in scouting was boosted by training 350 female scout leaders in basic scouting and sponsorship of 300 female scout leaders for advanced level training. The main focus of project activities in Year 3 is to continue reaching more scouts with information and skills to help them avoid risky behaviors and to continue promoting gender equity in scouting so as to achieve KSA's goal of gender parity by 2008. The Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation (ACS) strategy developed in year 2 will continue to inform the communication and skills building components of this project. The scout's principle of "Learning by doing" will be applied liberally in all materials and activities where emphasis will be placed on the participatory learning process. This information will reach the rest of the school community and out-of-school youth through drama by Little Magnet Theatre. PATH will continue to work with KSA to strengthen the organization's capacity for implementation and supervision of project activities. The SfS sub-agreement with KSA will be revised to reflect activities that will be carried out in Year 3. Meetings with key stakeholders and partners will continue through the Partners Leadership Group and the SfS Technical Committee. Parents and community members will be engaged in SfS activities, through activity packs and newsletters provoke dialogue with these key audiences. Advocacy with key stakeholders such as relevant government ministries will be actively pursued using the advocacy toolkit and talking points to be developed in Year 3. New progressive badges will be introduced in an effort to allow both boys and girls scouts to compete equally for badges and annual contests. SfS is sponsoring several badges because they provide motivation and recognition of the Scouts' journey of self discovery and attitude formation/change. Five new badges will be supported in Year 3. All activities will be monitored using the tools developed in Year 2, as well as those revised in Year 3. Additionally, Straight Talk Foundation and Instituto Promundo will continue to provide technical assistance to the project in newsletters and gender and advocacy areas respectively.
3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA Through these interventions, the SfS project addresses issues critical to young people in HIV prevention. This includes providing information and building skills necessary for positive behavior formation, enhancing gender sensitivity among the boy scouts and scout leaders. The project also reaches vulnerable groups such as girls and out-of-school youth. Through newsletters and activity packs, SfS is providing the youth with credible sources of information. Parents/guardians and other protective adults are being engaged through dialogue and communication skills to provide the youth with a supportive environment for behavior change. Training, which is a major component of the SfS project, provides skills and opportunities for scout leaders and other adults with skills to change their own behavior even as they assist the youth to change.
4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES In addition to the above activities, parents, policy makers and other stakeholders will be brought on board to support girls in scouting. Parents/guardians and other protective adults who are not only influential sources of knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and values for
young people but also important gatekeepers will be engaged in reinforcing the messages scouts are getting from the project. Year 3 activities will also include lobbying with policy makers within the scouting system and the Ministry of Education to provide more support for scouting at the district level.
5. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED The SfS project targets boys and girls aged 12-15 years, the scout leaders mainly in primary schools, parents and guardians and members of the community as well as the volunteers to manage the scouting movement.
6. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ADDRESSED The project will facilitate promotion of gender equity in scouting through revision of scouting policies to make them more gender sensitive. A gender advocacy tool kit developed in Year 2 will be instrumental in this process. In addition, the sexual harassment and abuse policy which was developed by World Scouts Bureau/Africa Regional Office will be adopted and operationalized. Plans will be initiated to amend the Kenya Boy Scouts Act to accommodate the inclusion of girls in scouting.
7. EMPHASIS AREAS The project puts major emphasis on reaching the youth with information for HIV prevention, building of capacity of local partners through training and infrastructural support. Other areas of emphasis include development of policy guidelines and monitoring and supervision of project activities.
