Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 3729
Country/Region: Kenya
Year: 2009
Main Partner: World Concern
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: FBO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $825,000

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $825,000

ACTIVITY UNCHANGED FROM COP 2008

SECONDARY CROSS-CUTTING BUDGET ATTRIBUTIONS

This activity supports key cross cutting attributions in education ($115,500) through provision of scholastic

materials, including procurement of school uniforms as well covering fees for older OVC enrolled in

vocational trainings.

COP 2008

1. LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES

This activity relates to activities in Counseling and Testing (#8976, #8782, #8760, #8776, #8781, and

#8777), Palliative Care (#7102, #8936, #8863, #8928, #8929, #8934, and #8931), ARV services (#8765,

#8792, #8774, #8797, #8813 and #8826).

2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

Ten member agencies of the Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Agencies (AERDO) have

come together in the AERDO HIV/AIDS Alliance (AHA) to mobilize comprehensive community and faith-

based responses to HIV/AIDS. Six of these AHA agencies are in Kenya and will work together to meet the

needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Building upon the complementary strengths and coverage

of these agencies, the AHA will integrate community interventions for the care of OVC. These agencies

share the distinction that they all work in partnership with local churches and community-based

organizations. They will collaborate to help churches and communities increase their compassionate care

and support to OVC while improving their quality of life. A firm foundation for the program has been laid in

the first and second year with programs expanded and goals met. This third year will see a larger outreach

in the numbers of OVC as the agencies have a full year to mobilize the churches and CBOs. There has

been strong success in the recruiting and retaining of volunteers that are the core of providing individual

care to the children in need. The creation of programs within the national churches and CBOs allows for

program self sustainability. As identifying OVC individually as HIV/AIDS affected can create significant

stigma we have focused our areas of intervention in high prevalence areas. Possible interventions include

training and/or inputs for the following: help doing regular chores, business training, micro credit loans,

vegetable gardens, livestock, protection of property, basic health care, psychosocial support, care giver

support groups, food, adult role models, formal education and/or vocational training. The need and

resources will be considered for each OVC and a plan made on how to help. The volunteers will bring

training to the household on the many issues above as they apply to that household. Their resources are

being mobilized and volunteers trained so that they can continue serving OVC and their caregivers after

USAID grant funding ends. This activity also includes support to the following sub recipients for activities

integral to the program World Relief (WR), Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CR), Food for the

Hungry (FH), Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NC), Medical Assistance Program (MA) and World

Concern Development Organization (WC).

3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA

This activity will contribute to the Kenya 5-year strategy by reaching 15,500 OVC affected by HIV/AIDS and

training of 1000 caregivers.

4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES

In many areas of OVC need we will be linking with other agencies. For health care each partner will find

available services in their area of operation. They will then refer OVC and care givers in need to the hospital

or clinic as required. Referrals will be made to local VCT centers in each location.

5. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED

This project is narrowly focused on OVC and their care givers. The goal is to work primarily with HIV/AIDS

affected households, but care will be taken to not create stigma. To accomplish this work we will work

through community leaders, teachers, religious leaders and volunteers. CBO and FBO in the form of

churches and para-church organizations will be the foundation of the project.

6. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ADDRESSED

Through the OVC project we will work with women care givers to provide economic activities. Wrap rounds

for food, micro credit and education are all interventions that will be carried out during the year as part of

supporting care givers and caring for OVC.

7. EMPHASIS AREAS

The major emphasis of the program will be information, education, communication, local organization

capacity development and minor emphasis will be community mobilization/participation and development of

network/linkages/referral systems.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 15067

Continued Associated Activity Information

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

System ID System ID

15067 5467.08 U.S. Agency for World Concern 7030 3729.08 Support to $426,896

International Ophans and

Development Vulnerable

Children

Affected by

HIV/AIDS

7130 5467.07 U.S. Agency for World Concern 4311 3729.07 Support to $1,177,280

International Ophans and

Development Vulnerable

Children

Affected by

HIV/AIDS

5467 5467.06 U.S. Agency for World Concern 3729 3729.06 Support to $791,525

International Ophans and

Development Vulnerable

Children

Affected by

HIV/AIDS

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Increasing women's access to income and productive resources

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Education $115,500

Water

Table 3.3.13:

Subpartners Total: $0
World Relief: NA
Food for the Hungry: NA
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries: NA
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $115,500
Education $115,500