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.
NOTICE - Per the recommendation from OGAC that Malawi as an FY2008 Compact Country, submit a mini
-COP (i.e. program area level narratives only), this activity level narrative has not been updated prior to the
submission of the FY09 Full COP. The Malawi country team anticipates updating narratives upon
completion and final approval of the negotiated 5-year Compact between the United States Government
and the Government of Malawi.
Summary
Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) are placed strategically at the grass-roots level, working with government
staff at the local Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministy of Education, and Parks and Wildlife level where they fill a
much needed and neglected technical support-gap in the areas of community health and HIV/AIDS.
Volunteers work in AB projects that target high-risk populations (youth, especially girls, women and young
men) as well as other populations and support national initiatives and programs. The Malawi Life Skills
program is taught in secondary schools only, throughout Malawi. Because this is not a recognized subject
and thus not part of school examinations, the information and skills are not disseminated. PCVs help fill this
gap by teaching Life Skills to in-school and out-of-school youth and adults and by training Life Skills
facilitators in the community. PCVs use other venues such as Open Days, demonstrations and informal
discussions to communicate AB messages. PCVs support the government and other USG organizations
such as USAID to bring focused attention on gender inequality issues of vulnerable girls, working with girl's
clubs and girls in school to promote female empowerment and positive decision making. Volunteers work
with AB-related Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to strengthen capacity as well as assist in
identifying sources of funding in order to sustain capacity.
The proposed Peace Corps AB activities will build on the accomplishments of Volunteers already in the field
in FY 2005 - FY 2007 and the experience and lessons learned of EP-funded Crisis-Corps Volunteers
(CCVs). There were 10 six-month tenure CCVs in FY 2006, and 8 one-year CCVs in FY2007. FY 2008 AB
activities revolve around training and education that will enhance Volunteer technical support at their
respective postings (government health centers, secondary schools, parks and forestry sites as well as
CBOs and other government institutions (i.e. District Assemblies), including a Peace Corps Global Initiated
Grants Program (VAST - Volunteer Activity Support and Training) that was developed in order to support
small-scale, community-initiated projects and training.
AB activities directly correlate with Peace Corps Malawi's Basic Care and Other policy and systems
activities. Vast Grants funded through the EP will focus on home-based care and positive living for persons
living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In addition, Volunteers, funded under the EP, working in the Office of the
District AIDS Coordinator (DAC) and the District Office of Social Welfare (DSWO), will work directly with the
Malawian government, USG-supported AB and Basic care projects and programs (though not limited to AB
and Basic care), affiliated CBOs, Faith Based Organizations (FBOs), and NGOs.
Activity 1: Training
PCVs and their respective counterparts will be trained in Life Skills programs and activities, augmented by
training in John Hopkins University's BRIDGE Project HIV/AIDS Hope Kit tool. Life Skills is targeted at
youth, both in-and-out of school, but PCVs also adapt this to other vital populations such as women, men,
primary school children, community leaders, health center staff, PLWHA, pregnant mothers, etc. Many
lessons are spent on the issue of gender inequalities in Malawi, teaching girls to communicate better, make
informed decisions, set goals for themselves, etc., as well as addressing men and educating them on
gender imbalances and how they can contribute to a gender-role shift in Malawi. PCVs make every effort to
create sustainability and develop human capacity. This is accomplished by training Malawian counterparts
and community members to ensure message continuation after the Volunteer finishes his/her service.
Volunteers are in 24 of Malawi's 28 districts (non-Volunteer districts include Likoma, Phalombe, Mwanza
and Nano) and every Volunteer and counterpart participates in pre-service training and in-service training.
Activity 2: VAST (Volunteer Activity Support and Training) Grants Program
With FY 2008 EP funds, Peace Corps will launch a small grants program to assist PCV meet the ever
expanding AB program needs in the communities in which they serve.
• Call for Proposals: Funding for this grant is sought to support community-initiated activities through the
VAST Program. Activities include AB-related trainings, education campaigns, club functions, sports
programs, organizational capacity building, and system development in this program area. VAST-funded
activities will follow a review and approval process to ensure projects are community-initiated and meet
criteria that address EP emphasis areas of focus as well as Malawi-specific areas of need (such as high-risk
populations like women, HIV positive individuals, pregnant mothers, orphans and vulnerable children, etc).
• HIV/AIDS Education and Message Dissemination: With the knowledge they receive in Life Skills and
HIV/AIDS trainings, PCVs will impact behavior change using a soccer sports program as a platform for
behavior change communication and prevention programs via the PC VAST Grants mechanism. Each
program design and guidelines to be developed by Peace Corps staff and selected PCVs, will promote
behavior change for preventing HIV/AIDS and passing the message to others in the community. The
program will include banners, soccer balls, T-shirt uniforms (all branded with HIV/AIDS messages) and
some operating support for tournaments. A primary target population of community-initiated activities are
young males who are 1) an at-risk population (15-24 year olds have the fastest growing HIV prevalence
rate) and 2) a gender with power with the potential to change ways of thinking and practices in generations
to come. PCVs will conduct HIV related sessions for respective teams.
• Supporting the government's and USG's vulnerable girl's initiative through USAID, PCVs will put on a
National program for 60 highly motivated high school Malawian young women. It provides leadership
development, Life Skills development, decision making, communications skills, and motivation on being a
contributor to themselves and their community. Selection for Camp attendance is done by PCVs. After the
Activity Narrative: Camp, each PCV and the counterpart student attendee have the opportunity to conduct a mini-Camp
G.L.O.W. (Girls Leading Our World) at their own village to pass on the valuable learning skills and
motivation they received from the national camp, via the PC VAST program. Twenty of the sixty girls will
perform their own mini-Camp.
Four six-month CCVs worked closely with the District AIDS Coordinator's Office in four districts to support
AB activities and programs as well as work with AB related CBOs to increase technical capabilities and
develop capacity.
One-hundred twenty-five PCVs and CCVs will have the training and technical capabilities to train and
educate their communities in the areas of Abstinence/Be Faithful. With this knowledge and confidence,
these Volunteers and counterparts placed at the village level have the potential to reach thousands of
persons each.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 15431
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
15431 5917.08 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 7140 3896.08 Peace Corps $75,000
GHAI
10753 5917.07 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 5580 3896.07 Peace Corps $55,000
5917 5917.06 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 3896 3896.06 $63,000
Table 3.3.02:
This activity is a VAST (Volunteer Activity Support and Training) grant to support community-initiated
programs by Peace Corps Volunteers.
Background
Peace Corps Volunteers are placed strategically at the grass-roots level, working with government staff at
the local Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, and Parks and Wildlife where they fill a much needed and
neglected technical support gap in the areas of community health and HIV/AIDS. Volunteers work in home-
based care related projects in all sectors. They support government protocols and guidelines pertaining to
home-based care and healthy/positive living standards. Volunteers work through schools, health centers,
CBOs and NGOs to improve the quality of life of HIV-infected adults, children and families affected by
HIV/AIDS by training and education in the areas of home-based care, care-giver support, nutrition,
permaculture, health, education, safe water access, improved sanitation and hygiene, treated bed net use,
and economic support (income generating activities training) and developing organizational capacity and
systems to increase sustainability in these same types of community organizations.
The proposed Peace Corps home-based care activities will build on the accomplishments of Volunteers
already in the field (FY 2005 - FY 2007), and the experience and lessons learned of EP-funded Crisis-
Corps Volunteers (10 six-month CCVs in FY 2006 and 8 one-year CCVs in FY 2007). FY 2008 funded
home-based care activities revolve around training that will enhance counterpart and community technical
knowledge in the areas of home-based care and healthy lifestyles.
In FY 2008, the above activities will continue and a grant program to fund community-initiated HBHC
activities will be initiated. In addition, the Peace Corps and Pact will promote linkages between the
Volunteers and Pact grantees that are operating in the same communities.
Trainings performed under this program area will also include ABC messages and information. (see activity
ID #5917)
FY 2006 funding supported four six-month CCVs that worked closely with the District AIDS Coordinator's
Office in four districts to support home-based care activities and programs as well as work with home-based
care related CBOs to increase technical capabilities and develop capacity. FY 2008 funding will allow
government staff (hospital workers, teachers, community leaders) as well as interested community
members, including those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, to increase their knowledge and technical
capabilities in the areas of home-based care and positive living.
Activity 1: Grant Support
EP Funding for this program will support community-initiated home-based care activities such as trainings,
education campaigns, club functions, organizational capacity building and systems development, etc. in this
program area. Funding for activities under this program will follow a review and approval process to ensure
projects are community-initiated and address EP emphasis areas, as well as Malawi-specific areas of focus
and need (such as care for pregnant women and their children, orphans and vulnerable children, and
people living with HIV/AIDS).
Continuing Activity: 15432
15432 5941.08 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 7140 3896.08 Peace Corps $15,000
10754 5941.07 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 5580 3896.07 Peace Corps $63,000
5941 5941.06 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 3896 3896.06 $52,500
Table 3.3.08:
In Malawi the Emergency Plan (EP) funds Crisis Corps Volunteers (CCVs), a core of shorter term
professional Volunteers who largely provide technical assistance to local government and assist in building
their institutional capacity as well as those of local CBO's. In FY 2008, Peace Corps focused the efforts of
CCVs into strengthening HIV/AIDS efforts in local government to ensure Malawi's decentralization process
is effective, and systems are put in place to sustain it. This funding will support the placement of 15 Crisis
CCVs in Malawi for one year.
EP-funded CCVs as well as Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) work extensively with government and non-
governmental institutions in Malawi to build capacity and strengthen systems at different levels of
development: village health centers and schools, CBOs, NGOs, HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) centers,
Ministry offices, and other organizations in order to enable better service and support for their respective
populations/communities. Currently, Malawi is undergoing a dynamic shift in allocation of power and
decision making to the district level. Through this Decentralization Process, Malawi's district governing
bodies (District Assemblies) are being empowered to take responsibility for their local populations and make
more effective and informed decisions at the local level. The EP team is working in collaboration with the
Malawi Government to implement this bold undertaking successfully from a policy perspective, as well as
through hands-on technical support at the district level (i.e. PCVs).
System Strengthening/Capacity Building Volunteers will work within human resource and technically
deficient government offices to support Malawi's HIV/AIDS efforts. By supporting the skills development of
key HIV government employees, CBO leaders, etc., Malawi's recently shifted district-based HIV/AIDS
efforts will improve in quality, appropriate decision making will occur, and funds will be accurately
disseminated to the districts. PCVs work in various EP program areas with-in their scope of work (AB,
HBHC, OVC, etc). District-based CCVs will work closely with Peace Corps Malawi's other 110 Volunteers
in their respective districts to provide technical support to all Peace Corps HIV/AIDS related projects.
Although Peace Corps Malawi's EP program has not had funding under OPSS in the past, all Volunteers
work in the areas of capacity building and system strengthening at health centers, schools, community
organizations, CBOs, NGOs and other government offices (i.e. District Assemblies) in order to transfer skills
and knowledge to increase the capacity and service ability of these institutions.
EP-funded CCVs and PCVs will strengthen government initiatives, bodies, and HIV/AIDS related CBOs in
15 of 28 districts of Malawi. By placing technical assistants via CCVs in these offices for one-year periods,
HIV/AIDS activities and staff will improve in quality, capability, and delivery of these programs via skill
transfer and training.
Activity 1: Volunteer Placement
Malawi's National Action Plan Framework focuses on its Decentralization Project - a bold undertaking to get
Malawi on a path out of poverty. There is a desperate need for capacity building and system strengthening
for the HIV/AIDS efforts at the District Assemblies. Therefore, CCVs will be assigned to 15 district
assemblies to support Malawi's HIV/AIDS efforts via their Decentralization Project at the district level under
the Office of the District AIDS Coordinator and Office of Social Welfare. These districts are chosen by local
government and are typically those of greatest technical need. In addition to their primary activities, CCVs
will build linkages to other Volunteers' HIV/AIDS-related activities in their district, regardless of sector (i.e.
education and environment and health), and also link with other USG EP initiatives in the districts carried
out by USG partners such as Pact, PSI and JHU-BRIDGE. This will include district and village programs
such as Candlelight Services (AIDS commemoration service), prevention campaigns, VCT activities-
including National HCT week, training opportunities, etc.
Activity 2: Monitoring and Evaluation of Volunteer Work
OPSS Volunteers work in the areas of capacity building and system strengthening at district assemblies. A
substantial component of this technical support is in the monitoring of projects and CBOs as well as training
assembly and CBO staff in M and E methods and creating/modifying simple M and E tools to make a more
effective impact in the areas of project implementation and organizational management.
Peace Corps Malawi's monitoring and evaluation of Volunteers is performed via quarterly reports of
Volunteer work as well as site visits from the Peace Corps PEPFAR Coordinator and continuous (generally
bi-monthly) discussions via phone or in person.
Continuing Activity: 15434
15434 15434.08 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 7140 3896.08 Peace Corps $236,672
Table 3.3.18:
UPDATED FOR FY09 - All pre-Compact Management and Staffing Narratives have been updated for FY09
Peace Corps/Malawi plans continued support for its PEPFAR Coordinator/HIV Specialist position. The
Peace Corps PEPFAR Coordinator (PCPC) was hired in FY06 to provide overall management and direction
to Peace Corps/Malawi's PEPFAR program, as well as provide support to all Peace Corps Volunteers
(PCVs)/
Peace Corps Response Volunteers (PCRVs) (formerly Crisis Corps Volunteers) engaged in HIV/AIDS
activities. Management and Staffing costs are requested to fund this position in FY09 for a Malawian
national.
The PCPC provides technical and programmatic support for all HIV/AIDS activities carried out by the 120
PCVs and PCRVs in Malawi. Among other activities, the PCPC will continue to coordinate all PEPFAR
monitoring and reporting by volunteers, oversee the activities of the fifteen, twelve-month PEPFAR-funded
PCRVs, and provide training for PCVs, PCRVs and local counterparts in all HIV/AIDS-related activities,
including program areas that are receiving PEPFAR funds (HVAB, HBHC, OHPS) and those with no direct
PEPFAR funding (HKID, PMTCT, HVCT, HVOP).
As PEPFAR-funded activities become more integrated within all sectors of Peace Corps (health, education,
and community natural resources management), the PCPC will continue to promote involvement of other
Peace Corps/Malawi staff members in the planning and implementation of PEPFAR-funded activities as
well as other implementing partners (international and local NGOs and the Government of Malawi (GOM)).
Administrative costs for the staff and program (i.e. communication costs, equipment, supplies, etc) are also
requested to continue to support the PEPFAR program. Peace Corps/Malawi also plans on developing an
attractive high quality presentation tool to provide for stakeholders and partners and for other appropriate
organizations.
To further develop Malawi's Peace Corps HIV/AIDS program and take advantage of the wealth of
experience that focus country Peace Corps programs have gained, Peace Corps/ Malawi will continue to
support two sub-regional staff exchanges, enabling staff members to visit one targeted project or event in a
country in the region, so that Peace Corps/Malawi can share ideas and expertise while learning from the
experiences of its focus-country partners.
PEPFAR funds are requested to continue support for the full-time program assistant, driver and vehicle
maintenance costs that were introduced in FY08. Peace Corps/Malawi plans to send the PCPC to the 2009
Implementers Meeting.
Finally, the M&S budget includes an additional 15% charged from each technical program area (see M&S
budget table), to cover ICASS-type costs and other Peace Corps overhead costs necessary to support the
implementation of the field program (see Management and Staffing budget table). These funds do not go to
the Department of State and are therefore not entered as a separate line entry in the COP.
Compact Funding Program Plans
Peace Corps/Malawi intends to expand its decentralization project as part of the new Compact in
development with the GOM. A program evaluation using FY08 funding is planned, and this evaluation will
inform the expansion of PCRVs into all 28 districts. In order to adequately support the expanding program,
Peace Corps/Malawi is requesting FY09 funds to hire a full time financial analyst/logistician and a Malawian
Capacity Building Technical Assistant (who will sit in the Ministry of Local Government, program area
OPSS) as part of a new sustainability plan.
Continuing Activity: 15435
15435 15435.08 Peace Corps US Peace Corps 7140 3896.08 Peace Corps $133,328
Table 3.3.19: