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: 2008 2009
THIS IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY. THE NARRATIVE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO REFLECT MINOR SHIFT
IN ACTIVITIES AND TO UPDATE TARGETS AND BUDGETS ACCORDINGLY.
The only changes to the program since approval in the 2007 COP are:
+ a change in number of Peace Corps volunteers to be recruited and posted; expanded HIV/AIDS training
for volunteers and counterparts; and a shift of youth prevention activities to the new Healthy Youth Initiative.
+ geographic coverage has been revised (or expanded) to include new communities within existing
provinces and possible expansion into Northeastern province.
+ the target population remains essentially the same.
1. LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES. This activity relates to activities in Counseling and Testing (#6894),
(#6983) and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (#6891).
2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
FY 2008 will see a shift in Peace Corps Kenya efforts under the PEPFAR program with the goal of
supporting new programmatic emphases in expanding prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
activities, launching the Healthy Youth Initiative (HYPE), enlarging the geographic reach and quality of
positive prevention messaging and counseling & testing, and addressing the economic dimension of the
HIV/AIDS challenge at a community level. Peace Corps' overall focus remains squarely on prevention and
community outreach, areas of recognized organizational strength.
The above-mentioned shift will be achieved through increasing collaboration and synergy with other
PEPFAR partners to enhance program delivery and reach at the community level; expanding the reach of
our activities, taking into consideration geographic gaps identified by Peace Corps staff and the PEPFAR
interagency team and facilitating greater cross-sector approaches to the multi-faceted challenges of
HIV/AIDS at the community level, particularly related to livelihood and income generating activities.
Peace Corps volunteers will likewise assist in the design and support the expansion of youth prevention
initiatives within their communities, including the continued sponsorship and expansion of life skills efforts
targeted at girls known as "Camp Glow" (Girls Leading our World) and the piloting of a similar effort for
boys. It is important to note that funding for specific youth prevention activities such as Camp Glow and
similar, pilot efforts for boys will be funded by the Healthy Youth Initiative (HYPE).
Peace Corps volunteers are currently based in over 135 communities throughout rural Kenya, working in
public health, small enterprise development (SED), information & communication technology (ICT),
secondary education, deaf education, and the development of HIV/AIDS materials for the deaf community.
In FY 2008, all volunteers and their counterparts will be encouraged to participate in expanded, in-service
HIV/AIDS training conducted by Peace Corps and PEPFAR partner organizations to increase knowledge
and skills in HIV/AIDS community outreach and education, youth prevention activities, income generating
activities (including sustainable agricultural practices) and to promote cross-sectoral approaches. Based
upon needs within their communities, volunteers and counterparts will develop HIV/AIDS-related actions
plans.
At the same time, over 80 public health volunteers (including 16 who arrived in May 2007 and 11 who will
be arriving in June 2008, funded by PEPFAR) will receive training to be better able to support youth,
expectant mothers (PMTCT) and other segments of the population at risk such as sex workers, at-risk
youth, and members of the uniformed services. Out of the training, they will target their HIV/AIDS activities
to community need (in line with other priorities such as malaria prevention, water & sanitation
improvements, and hygiene education). Peace Corps will also explore a potential role for volunteers in the
planned expansion of house-to-house counseling and testing services, as appropriate.
The effort to develop HIV/AIDS materials for the deaf community will continue in 2008 with the fifteen
volunteers currently in the field and the recruitment and placement of nine PEPFAR-supported volunteers
under the existing initiative known as the Behavior Change & Communication (BCC) and deaf education
project. Five of these volunteers will continue the development of posters, interactive materials, and video
specifically geared to a deaf audience, assigned to appropriate NGO partners and engage in deaf
community outreach activities. They will also explore the development of BCC materials for other
vulnerable segments of the population and, drawing upon their graphic design and ICT skills, will contribute
to youth prevention messaging. The other four will be assigned to deaf primary schools and will be involved
in HIV/AIDS prevention awareness building with students and teachers at their assigned institutions.
Peace Corps Kenya will prioritize the placement of the 20 PEPFAR-supported volunteers into areas of the
country that are currently underserved under the overall program. Based upon site assessment, possible
areas for consideration include Marsabit and Isiolo (Northeastern), and north of Malindi (Coast) or to new
communities within the provinces Peace Corps currently operations including Western, Nyanza, Central,
Eastern, Rift and the Coast. In new geographic areas, the plan is to post a group of volunteers in a "cluster"
to include public health, education, and SED volunteers, as appropriate, to increase their ability to support
each other across sectors.
Peace Corps Kenya will continue to support a number of ongoing initiatives: a Volunteer Activities Support
and Training (VAST) program to provide small grants and technical assistance to communities, promoting
AB activities and income generation for OVCs, PLWAs, and other vulnerable groups; continued production
of HIV/AIDS training manuals in local languages; and equipment and material development for the BCC
effort. Peace Corps Kenya will also support the third-year extension of up to five volunteers in 2008 for
assignments with interested PEPFAR partner organizations to take advantage of the community-level
experience they have gained.
3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA
Activities being carried out will contribute directly to USG's Five-Year strategy in support of Kenya's
integrated HIV/AIDS programs. Through their involvement with a strong network of organizations at the
community level, volunteers will act as catalysts to provide long-term capacity development support to
NGOs, CBOs and FBOs. Peace Corps Kenya has over 140 volunteers serving in six of eight provinces in
rural Kenya for a period of two years which enables them to make comprehensive needs assessments in
their communities and to design and implement the appropriate interventions, collectively with their
Activity Narrative: community members. In FY 2008, PCVs will continue engaging in a range of activities that will lay particular
emphasis to Being Faithful.
4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES.
These activities link to the Basic Healthcare and Support Activities being undertaken by CDC and USAID
and their partners. The Counseling and Testing activities link with the Hope Worldwide (#6894) and
Liverpool VCT (#6983) in counseling youth and providing information to young adults, some of whom are
deaf and with whom Peace Corps volunteers work. The activities will also link with Condoms and Other
Preventions through demonstrations of appropriate condom use. Volunteers will continue to work with
Hope Worldwide through youth activities, which target Orphans and Vulnerable Children (#6891).
5. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED.
These activities will target youth and adults infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and will include caregivers.
The number of individuals reached through community outreach that promotes HIV/AIDS prevention
through Abstinence and/or Being Faithful (AB) is 23, 850 while those reached through Abstinence Only (A)
are 12,760. The activities will also train 700 individuals in promoting HIV/AIDS prevention through
Abstinence and/or Being faithful.
6. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ADDRESSED.
Gender is addressed especially ensuring inclusion of both men and women in activities, training community
volunteers and teachers to identify, counsel and refer victims of sexual abuse and violence, challenging
norms about masculinity and perception of multiple sexual partners. Activities will be designed to reduce
stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.
7. EMPHASIS AREAS
Major emphasis on community mobilization and participation activities. Minor emphasis includes peer
education and life skills training and capacity building of teachers and community health workers.
THIS IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY.
activities, launching the Youth Prevention initiative, enlarging the geographic reach and quality of positive
prevention messaging and counseling & testing, and addressing the economic dimension of the HIV/AIDS
challenge at a community level. Peace Corps' overall focus remains squarely on prevention and community
outreach, areas of recognized organizational strength.
The above-mentioned shift will be achieved through (1) increasing collaboration and synergy with other
PEPFAR partners to enhance program delivery and reach at the community level; (2) expanding the reach
of our activities, taking into consideration geographic gaps identified by Peace Corps staff and the PEPFAR
interagency team and (3) facilitating greater cross-sector approaches to the multi-faceted challenges of
similar, pilot efforts for boys will be funded the Youth Prevention Initiative.
As mentioned above, Peace Corps volunteers are currently based in over 135 communities throughout rural
Kenya, working in public health, small enterprise development (SED), information & communication
technology (ICT), secondary education, deaf education, and the development of HIV/AIDS materials for the
deaf community. In FY 2008, all volunteers and their counterparts will be encouraged to participate in
expanded, in-service HIV/AIDS training conducted by Peace Corps and PEPFAR partner organizations to
increase knowledge and skills in HIV/AIDS community outreach and education, youth prevention activities,
income generating activities (including sustainable agricultural practices) and to promote cross-sectoral
approaches. Based upon needs within their communities, volunteers and counterparts will develop
HIV/AIDS-related actions plans.
experience they have gained within the overall PEPFAR country effort.
