ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS FROM COP 2008:

+ Healthy Youth Initiative changed to HIV Free Generation Youth Initiative.

+"Camp Glow" (Girls Leading Our World) changed to Community Youth Prevention Initiatives.

+ Number of Peace Corps Volunteers to be recruited and posted will increase.

+ Volunteer small grant assistance (known as "VAST") has been removed. Communities hosting

Volunteers will have access to grant funding through the PEPFAR community grants program managed by

the Country Coordination Office.

+ PEPFAR-funded Information and Communication Technology (ICT) volunteers will support deaf education

and other sector volunteers on BCC material development for specified target groups.

COP 2008

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

Due to the post-election violence in early 2008, Peace Corps temporarily suspended its program in Kenya

and evacuated all Volunteers. Before the temporary suspension, volunteers had been based in more than

135 communities throughout rural Kenya, working in public health; small enterprise development (SED);

information and communication technology (ICT); secondary education; deaf education; and the

development of HIV/AIDS materials for the deaf community. By July 2008, a group of 26 volunteers,

including five PEPFAR-funded Volunteers, had been reinstated. A training group of Education and

SED/ICT, including six PEPFAR-funded Deaf Ed and seven PEPFAR-funded SED/ICT Volunteers, is

expected in November 2008. Another 27 Public Health Volunteers, including 12 who will be PEPFAR-

funded, are expected in May 2009. In FY 2009, Peace Corps Kenya (PC/K) under the PEPFAR program

will support efforts to expand prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) activities, launch the

Community Youth Prevention Initiatives, enlarge the geographic reach of counseling and testing (CT), and

address the economic dimension of the HIV/AIDS challenge at a community level. Specific prevention

messaging targeting both women and men will be incorporated into CT interventions. Other areas of

volunteer activity include working with Most at Risk Populations (MARPS) such as Commercial Sex

Workers (CSW) and partners, and alcohol and substance abuse, and improved household food security and

nutrition through sustainable agricultural practices at the household level known as "permaculture". Peace

Corps' overall focus remains squarely on prevention and community outreach, areas of recognized

organizational strength. Peace Corps will continue to focus on increasing collaboration and synergy with

other PEPFAR partners to enhance program delivery and reach at the community level. PC/K will expand

the reach of its activities, taking into consideration geographic gaps identified by the Government of Kenya,

the PEPFAR interagency team, and Peace Corps staff, and facilitating greater cross-sector approaches to

the multi-faceted challenges of HIV/AIDS at the community level, particularly related to wrap-around

services such livelihood and income generating activities. Peace Corps Volunteers will be involved in the

design and expansion of HIV prevention initiatives targeting youth. Such initiatives will include boys/girls

camps focused on strengthening boys and girls' ability to protect themselves against HIV and to act as peer

educators among their community peers. PC/K will prioritize the placement of PEPFAR-funded Volunteers

into several areas of the country hardest hit by the epidemic as highlighted in the recently released Kenya

AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS), such as Nyanza and the Coast provinces. (Before returning to western

Kenya, a security assessment will be conducted to verify it is safe for Volunteers to return to this area.)

PC/K will also focus efforts in regions of the country that are underserved in terms of HIV/AIDS prevention

activities. 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 and expand the reach of wrap-around services. In FY 2009, all Volunteers and their counterparts

will 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 action plans. The effort to develop HIV/AIDS materials for the

deaf community will continue in 2009 with the four reinstated volunteers and the arrival in November 2008

of six PEPFAR-supported deaf education volunteers to promote the existing Behavior Change &

Communication (BCC) initiative among the deaf community. These volunteers will continue with the

development of posters, interactive materials, and video specifically geared to deaf audiences (students,

youth and adults) their support systems (families, churches, community groups etc) and service providers

(medical, educational, police etc). They will also collaborate with their counterparts and other appropriate

NGO partners and engage in deaf community outreach activities and development of youth prevention

messaging. All the nine (six PEPFAR-funded) deaf education volunteers will be assigned to primary

schools for the deaf and will be involved in HIV/AIDS prevention awareness building with students and

teachers at their assigned institutions. In FY 09, two ICT Volunteers will be recruited to work with and

strengthen organizations involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, particularly through the use of information and

communication technology. As part of their assignments, these volunteers will also work with and provide

ICT support to the deaf education/BCC volunteers on behavior change and communications efforts. The

Deaf Education Volunteers placed at primary schools for the Deaf will play an integral role in developing

content for existing and new materials for the Deaf community. (The above-mentioned ICT volunteers will

also assist volunteers in other sectors who are involved in the development of materials for other vulnerable

segments of the Kenyan population.) Peace Corps Kenya will continue to support a number of ongoing

initiatives: translation of existing HIV/AIDS training materials in local languages; and equipment and

material development for the BCC effort. Peace Corps Kenya will also support the third-year extension of

Activity Narrative: up to three volunteers in 2009 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 Volunteers serve in rural parts of 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 community members.

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 27,505 while those reached through Abstinence Only (A)

are 15,707. The activities will also train 3,294 individuals in promoting HIV/AIDS prevention through

Abstinence and/or Being faithful. Activities under HVOP will target youth and adults and most at Risk

Populations (MARPS) such as Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) and partners, alcohol and substance

abuse. Other populations will include youth and adults infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. About 1000

individuals will be reached through community outreach that promotes HIV/AIDS prevention through other

behavior change beyond abstinence and / or Being faithful and about 200 individuals trained.

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 will be placed on community mobilization and participation activities. Minor emphasis

includes peer education and life skills training and capacity building of teachers and community health

workers.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 15065

Continued Associated Activity Information

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

System ID System ID

15065 9078.08 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 7029 247.08 $227,800

9078 9078.07 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 4309 247.07 $670,700

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.02:

ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS FROM COP 2008:

+ Healthy Youth Initiative changed to HIV Free Generation Youth Initiative.

+ "Camp Glow" (Girls Leading Our World) changed to Community Youth Prevention Initiatives.

+ Number of Peace Corps Volunteers to be recruited and posted will increase.

+ Volunteer small grant assistance (known as "VAST") has been removed. Communities hosting

Volunteers will have access to grant funding through the PEPFAR community grants program managed by

the Country Coordination Office.

+ PEPFAR-funded Information and Communication Technology (ICT) volunteers will support deaf education

and other sector volunteers on BCC material development for specified target groups.

COP 2008

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

Due to the post-election violence in early 2008, Peace Corps temporarily suspended its program in Kenya

and evacuated all Volunteers. Before the temporary suspension, volunteers had been based in more than

135 communities throughout rural Kenya, working in public health; small enterprise development (SED);

information and communication technology (ICT); secondary education; deaf education; and the

development of HIV/AIDS materials for the deaf community. By July 2008, a group of 26 volunteers,

including five PEPFAR-funded Volunteers, had been reinstated. A training group of Education and

SED/ICT, including six PEPFAR-funded Deaf Ed and seven PEPFAR-funded SED/ICT Volunteers, is

expected in November 2008. Another 27 Public Health Volunteers, including 12 who will be PEPFAR-

funded, are expected in May 2009. In FY 2009, Peace Corps Kenya (PC/K) under the PEPFAR program

will support efforts to expand prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) activities, launch the

Community Youth Prevention Initiatives, enlarge the geographic reach of counseling and testing (CT), and

address the economic dimension of the HIV/AIDS challenge at a community level. Specific prevention

messaging targeting both women and men will be incorporated into CT interventions. Other areas of

volunteer activity include working with Most at Risk Populations (MARPS) such as Commercial Sex

Workers (CSW) and partners, and alcohol and substance abuse, and improved household food security and

nutrition through sustainable agricultural practices at the household level known as "permaculture". Peace

Corps' overall focus remains squarely on prevention and community outreach, areas of recognized

organizational strength. Peace Corps will continue to focus on increasing collaboration and synergy with

other PEPFAR partners to enhance program delivery and reach at the community level. PC/K will expand

the reach of its activities, taking into consideration geographic gaps identified by the Government of Kenya,

the PEPFAR interagency team, and Peace Corps staff, and facilitating greater cross-sector approaches to

the multi-faceted challenges of HIV/AIDS at the community level, particularly related to wrap-around

services such livelihood and income generating activities. Peace Corps Volunteers will be involved in the

design and expansion of HIV prevention initiatives targeting youth. Such initiatives will include boys/girls

camps focused on strengthening boys and girls' ability to protect themselves against HIV and to act as peer

educators among their community peers. PC/K will prioritize the placement of PEPFAR-funded Volunteers

into several areas of the country hardest hit by the epidemic as highlighted in the recently released Kenya

AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS), such as Nyanza and the Coast provinces. (Before returning to western

Kenya, a security assessment will be conducted to verify it is safe for Volunteers to return to this area.)

PC/K will also focus efforts in regions of the country that are underserved in terms of HIV/AIDS prevention

activities. 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 and expand the reach of wrap-around services. In FY 2009, all Volunteers and their counterparts

will 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 action plans. The effort to develop HIV/AIDS materials for the

deaf community will continue in 2009 with the four reinstated volunteers and the arrival in November 2008

of six PEPFAR-supported deaf education volunteers to promote the existing Behavior Change &

Communication (BCC) initiative among the deaf community. These volunteers will continue with the

development of posters, interactive materials, and video specifically geared to deaf audiences (students,

youth and adults) their support systems (families, churches, community groups etc) and service providers

(medical, educational, police etc). They will also collaborate with their counterparts and other appropriate

NGO partners and engage in deaf community outreach activities and development of youth prevention

messaging. All the nine (six PEPFAR-funded) deaf education volunteers will be assigned to primary

schools for the deaf and will be involved in HIV/AIDS prevention awareness building with students and

teachers at their assigned institutions. In FY 09, two ICT Volunteers will be recruited to work with and

strengthen organizations involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, particularly through the use of information and

communication technology. As part of their assignments, these volunteers will also work with and provide

ICT support to the deaf education/BCC volunteers on behavior change and communications efforts. The

Deaf Education Volunteers placed at primary schools for the Deaf will play an integral role in developing

content for existing and new materials for the Deaf community. (The above-mentioned ICT volunteers will

also assist volunteers in other sectors who are involved in the development of materials for other vulnerable

segments of the Kenyan population.) Peace Corps Kenya will continue to support a number of ongoing

initiatives: translation of existing HIV/AIDS training materials 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 three volunteers in 2009 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 Volunteers serve in rural parts of Kenya for a period of two years

Activity Narrative: which enables them to make comprehensive needs assessments in their communities and to design and

implement the appropriate interventions, collectively with their community members.

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 27,505 while those reached through Abstinence Only (A)

are 15,707. The activities will also train 3,294 individuals in promoting HIV/AIDS prevention through

Abstinence and/or Being faithful. Activities under HVOP will target youth and adults and most at Risk

Populations (MARPS) such as Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) and partners, alcohol and substance

abuse. Other populations will include youth and adults infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. About 1000

individuals will be reached through community outreach that promotes HIV/AIDS prevention through other

behavior change beyond abstinence and / or Being faithful and about 200 individuals trained.

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 will be placed on community mobilization and participation activities. Minor emphasis

includes peer education and life skills training and capacity building of teachers and community health

workers.

New/Continuing Activity: New Activity

Continuing Activity:

Table 3.3.03:

Due to the post-election violence in early 2008, Peace Corps temporarily suspended its program in Kenya

and evacuated all Volunteers. Before the temporary suspension, Volunteers had been based in more than

135 communities throughout rural Kenya, working in public health; small enterprise development (SED);

information and communication technology (ICT); secondary education; deaf education; and the

development of HIV/AIDS materials for the deaf community. By July 2008, a group of 26 Volunteers,

including five PEPFAR-funded Volunteers, had been reinstated. A training group of Education and

SED/ICT, including six PEPFAR-funded Deaf Ed and seven PEPFAR-funded SED/ICT Volunteers, is

expected in November 2008. Another 27 Public Health Volunteers, including 12 who will be PEPFAR-

funded, are expected in May 2009.

Due to the temporary suspension in FY08, Post terminated the Peace Corps (PC) PEPFAR Coordinator

position and allowed its PC PEPFAR Program Assistant position to lapse. With the intake of two training

groups in FY09, post plans on recruiting a PEPFAR Program Assistant to manage its expanded and

diversified PEPFAR program. In FY 09, PEPFAR will fund the following positions: PC PEPFAR Program

Assistant, Associate Director for Public Health, Volunteer Support Assistant, Driver, Part-time Medical

Officer and Medical Assistant/Secretary.

The current programming, training and administrative staff will provide technical and administrative support

to Volunteers, organize In-Service trainings, assist with Pre-service training (PST) on material production,

attend PEPFAR working group meetings, coordinate the reporting system and identify new resources.

Major emphasis will be placed on community mobilization and participation activities related to abstinence

and /or being faithful. Minor emphasis includes peer education and life skills training and capacity building

of teachers and community health workers.

Activities being carried out by the PEPFAR Volunteers and being supported by the above staff 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

Volunteers serve in rural parts of 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 community members.

This activity relates to management and staffing for Peace Corps staff to support PEPFAR funded

Volunteers who are promoting HIV/AIDS activities through abstinence and / or being faithful and other

prevention.

The Volunteer 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 and

Liverpool VCT 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.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 15066

Continued Associated Activity Information

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

System ID System ID

15066 4120.08 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 7029 247.08 $309,800

7127 4120.07 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 4309 247.07 $297,400

4120 4120.06 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 3211 247.06 $597,582

Table 3.3.19: