Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Details for Mechanism ID: 13545
Country/Region: Kenya
Year: 2012
Main Partner: U.S. Peace Corps
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: enumerations.Peace Corps
Total Funding: $486,400

In the area of prevention, funds will be used for placement, training and support of Volunteers to work with communities to design and implement context-appropriate and evidence-based prevention interventions addressing the key drivers of the epidemic, including sexual and behavioral risk, vertical transmission from mother to child and harmful gender/cultural norms. Volunteers will also be trained, placed, and supported to aid community members and organizations in designing and implementing care programs for PLHA, OVCs and their caretakers to mitigate the effects of HIV, improve health outcomes for HIV positives, improve the developmental growth of OVCs, improve household nutritional and optimize quality of life of adults and children living with and affected by HIV. PC Volunteers placed in organizations to complement treatment efforts will support enhancement of capacities of service providers to deliver and monitor treatment delivery. Volunteers will also work side-by-side with community partners to leverage all appropriate and locally-available resources and technology for development of sustainable, community-led responses to HIV. Volunteers placed in local organizations strengthen institutional capacities in communication, financial management, outreach to target populations, monitoring, evaluation and reporting. As long-term residents of their communities of service, they are also able on a continuing basis to model transparency, accountability and good governance/good business practices in their projects. Peace Corps Kenya worked diligently to reduce pipeline levels in previous budget cycles and is therefore requesting FY12 funds to enable the activities described above to be adequately planned for and implemented within the FY12 COP implementation period.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $251,000

Volunteers work with communities to design and implement context-appropriate prevention interventions addressing the key drivers of the epidemic, including sexual and behavioral risk, vertical transmission from mother to child and harmful gender/cultural norms. These volunteers work in high epidemic areas such as Nyanza, Rift Valley and Coast regions.

Peace Corps promotes behavior change through use of evidence-based programs and integration of efforts with other USG agencies and implementing partners. Programs also include a cross-cutting focus on reduction of stigma and discrimination. The activities will reach a total of 7,000 girls, women, counterparts and caregivers who are Host Country Nationals through trainings, volunteer placements and Volunteer knowledge and Economic Empowerment projects.

Post will implement intervention strategies for most-at-risk populations (MARPS) through PCV and Host Country National (HCN) training workshops. These will include but not be limited to cross- sector and in-service trainings on HIV/AIDS with training in Behavior Change Communications (BCC) through Education Through Listening (ETL) (e.g., Siri, Gender Based Violence, Multiple Concurrent Partnerships, Men As Partners, Commercial Sex Workers and Men who have Sex with Men).

More specifically, Peace Corps AB Activities will train 2,630 Host Country Nationals through promoting education and empowerment of girls ages 14-18 to reduce early marriages and delay sexual debut and increase abstinence. Peace Corps will also train Host Country Nationals, aged between 18-45 years through campaigns on drug and alcohol abuse among youth through in-school and out-of-school youth intervention programs and promotion of safe circumcision practices amongst communities that practice circumcision and promotion of circumcision amongst traditional non-circumcising communities for HIV prevention.

These nationwide trainings are fashioned on a Training of Trainers (ToT) model in partnership with other PEPFAR and USG partner agencies and will be replicated in the respective communities where volunteers serve.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $235,400

Volunteers work with communities to design and implement context-appropriate prevention interventions addressing the keys drivers of the epidemic, including sexual and behavioral risk, vertical transmission from mother to child and harmful gender/cultural norms. These volunteers work in high epidemic areas such as Nyanza, Rift Valley and Coast regions.

Peace Corps promotes behavior change through use of evidence-based programs and integration of efforts with other USG agencies and implementing partners. Programs also include a cross-cutting focus on reduction of stigma and discrimination. The activities will reach a total of 7000 girls, women, counterparts and caregivers who are Host Country Nationals through trainings, volunteer placements and volunteer knowledge and Economic Empowerment projects.

Post will implement intervention strategies for most-at-risk-populations (MARPS) through PCV and Host Country National (HCN) training workshops. These will include but not be limited to cross- sector and in-service trainings on HIV/AIDS with training in Behavior Change Communications (BCC) through Education Through Listening (ETL) (e.g., Siri, Gender Based Violence, Multiple Concurrent Partnerships, Men As Partners, Commercial Sex Workers and Men who have Sex with Men).

More specifically, Peace Corps OP Activities will train 2,270 Host Country Nationals through promoting education and empowerment of girls ages 14-18 to reduce early marriages and delay sexual debut and increase abstinence. Peace Corps will also train Host Country Nationals, aged between 18-45 years through campaigns on drug and alcohol abuse among youth through in-school and out-of-school youth intervention programs and promotion of safe circumcision practices amongst communities that practice circumcision and promotion of circumcision amongst traditional non-circumcising communities for HIV prevention.

These nationwide trainings are fashioned on a Training of Trainers (ToT) model in partnership with other PEPFAR and USG partner agencies and will be replicated in the respective communities where volunteers serve.

Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Addressing male norms and behaviors
Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services
Increasing women's access to income and productive resources
Increasing women's legal rights and protection
enumerations.Malaria (PMI)
Child Survival Activities
Safe Motherhood
Tuberculosis
Family Planning