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Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
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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.
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Years of mechanism: 2008 2009
ACTIVITY UNCHANGED FROM COP 2008
SECONDARY CROSS-CUTTING BUDGET ATTRIBUTIONS
This activity support key cross cutting activities in life skills training and HIV prevention for the young people
through promoting abstinence, avoidance of unhealthy sexual behaviors, and gender equality among scouts
in Kenya.
COP 2008
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
During this final year of the SfS project, PATH will identify lessons learnt as well as challenges for reaching
even more young people. This project will focus on issues of cross-generational and transactional sex
between young people and adults as well as behavior change for HIV prevention. The scouting principle of
respect for self and others is the basis for young people to help protect themselves and others from HIV
infection. To provide information and skills to the scouts, Activity Packs 5-8 which have already been
developed and pretested, will be finalized and distributed to schools during training of scout leaders. Activity
Packs 5 and 6 address issues of ASRH, healthy relationships, cross generational and transactional sex,
gender-based violence including sexual abuse and its implications. Packs 7 and 8 focus on abstinence,
negotiation for safe sex and life skills. Three new editions of the Scouts Voice newsletter will be produced
(two regular editions (120,000) plus a camporee edition (1,500) during the national competitions). Themes
for the newsletters will be developed by the scouts during creative/editorial workshops. However, one
edition will be dedicated to discussing male circumcision which is increasingly being seen as a way to
reduce HIV infection among men. In Year 5, rover scouts will visit schools to assist the scouts to use Little
Magnet Theatre (LMT), a theatrical approach to share critical HIV prevention information and messages on
promotion of gender in scouting to the school and outside communities including their parents. The scout
leaders have already been trained to develop stories and generate discussions on topical issues such as
abstinence, faithfulness and partner reduction and condom use for those who are sexually active. Scouts
who participate in 3 LMT performances will be given a badge while certificates will be awarded to the troops
with exemplary performances. The project will continue to award the Red Ribbon HIV and AIDS badge.
Those scouts who complete activity packs 1-4 will be awarded the Red Ribbon badges with the stars in
Year 5. Completion of activity packs 5-8 will see a scout earn all the three stars. The Merit and proficiency
badges to promote gender equity which were to be produced in Year 4 will be produced this year. These will
feature cookery, housekeeping, baby care and handiwork. The objective of these badges is to expose boys
and girls to activities that are traditionally reserved for the other gender. In Year 4, 22 scouts were trained
on Shootback and given cameras to go and take photos. These scouts will start a pilot program on amateur
photography that includes provision of films and notebooks to record interesting activities for scouts and
communities. The films will be sent back to Kenya Scouts offices at Rowallan for development and the best
photos will be used for making a scouts calendar for Year 2009. The photos are also used to trigger
discussions on HIV prevention, gender issues and care for environment among other scouting activities.
Through Shootback, the scouts will record and share their stories on HIV prevention and also take the skills
they learned through the newsletter editorial to another level. The best photos will earn a photography
badge. In 2009, SfS will continue to strengthen the capacity of USA to provide HIV prevention information
to the scouts through the following activities: A refresher training will be held for 3,000 scout leaders to
update them on the Activity Packs 5-8. This will be done with support from the national trainers who were
trained in Year 4. These scout leaders will be expected to reach 96,000 scouts. Even with free primary and
secondary education, there are still young people out of school and this leaves them out of the mainstream
HIV prevention messages. In Year 5, 300 Rover Scouts will be given orientation on how to reach the out-of-
school youth who constitute one of the most vulnerable youth due to the ever-increasing number of AIDS
orphans. They will be expected to recruit a total of 4,800 scouts ( each rover recruit 2 patrols of 8 scouts
each). These out-of-school scouts will be provided with skills and information for HIV prevention. Each
trained rover will recruit and manage at least two patrols - one of boys and the other for girls. A module for
HIV prevention and other topics such as drug and substance abuse will be developed for use by rover
scouts to assist them in working with out-of-school youth. The project will deliberately target informal
schools in disadvantaged areas such as informal settlements in Nairobi. The teachers from these schools
will be trained on counseling, HIV prevention and the negative impact of teenage pregnancy. Advocacy
activities will include working with parents and guardians and provision of orientation workshops for head
teachers and education officers to be more supportive of project activities and also support policies that
allow teenage mothers to go back to school. The Parliamentary Scouts Committee will also be used as
advocates to facilitate SfS in achieving its objectives. Sexual violence and abuse against women and girls
have been shown to be a major driver of the epidemic so the project will continue to promote of gender in
scouting as a way of making men and boys more gender sensitive and also recruit more female scout
leaders and girl scouts. The policy on prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse among scouts will be
disseminated together with the gender advocacy toolkit to all stakeholders to support protection of the girl-
child. Sharing of information and lessons learnt with other ABY partners will be done by sharing meetings
which will be held bi-annually. Project Leadership Group comprising of PATH country Director, SfS project
director, National Executive Commissioners of KSA and USA and the Chief Commissioners of Kenya and
Uganda will meet twice in the year to ensure adherence to project goals and objectives.
3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA
In the fourth year of the project, SfS will continue to put emphasis on providing information and building life
skills for scouts to enable them avoid HIV infection. As scouts move towards adolescence, they will be
faced with choices one whether to get involved in relationships that might expose them to pressure to be
sexually active. Equipping them with information and skill will help them to make right choices including
whether to use condom or not. Gender issues especially gender based violence are gaining significance in
HIV infection debate. It is important that scouts are grounded in scouts principles of respect for self and
others. By working with parents and policy makers, the project will ensure that both boys and girls are in an
environment that supports them to make the right choices without undue pressure.
Activity Narrative: By building the capacity of Scout Associations' to implement and institutionalize HIV prevention in their day-
to-day activities, the project is laying the foundation that will keep information flowing to young people who
participate in scouting activities. In addition, the leadership training and skills provided to scouts will make
them the nucleus for HIV prevention within the school community.
4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES
One of the principles of scouting is to be of service to others. The SfS is building on this by training scouts
to provide care and support to the immediate family members as well as the community who might be
requiring care and support during their time of sickness. One of the activity packs in Year 3 was on care and
support and this will be strengthened in Year 5 through magnet theatre where performances at the
community will stress on issues that strengthen community support for the sick and prevention for those
who are not.
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 Sexual Harassment and Abuse prevention policy will contribute to the work going on under the Sexual
Offences Bill by localizing efforts to operationalise the bill.
7. EMPHASIS AREAS
The SfS project lays major emphasis on reaching adolescents and pre-adolescents at the critical stage of
transition to adulthood with information, education, and communication so as to build the skills and
information base for HIV prevention. Girls have been shown to be more vulnerable so and efforts will be
make to reach both the in- and out-of -school. Efforts will be put in advocacy with policy makers especially
in the Ministry of Education so as to leverage resources for project sustainability after the funding period.
Capacity building of Kenya Scouts Association through training scout leaders and strengthening local
associations at the district level will contribute immensely to its capacity to reach a large number of young
people with HIV prevention messages.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 14989
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
14989 5443.08 U.S. Agency for Program for 6996 3734.08 Scouting $795,000
International Appropriate Solutions
Development Technology in
Health
7029 5443.07 U.S. Agency for Program for 4277 3734.07 Scouting $1,161,244
5443 5443.06 U.S. Agency for Program for 3734 3734.06 Scouting $0
Emphasis Areas
Gender
* Addressing male norms and behaviors
* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs
* Reducing violence and coercion
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 $589,643
Water
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