Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 4784
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2007
Main Partner: Fresh Ministries
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: FBO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $0

This activity is a continuation of Fresh Ministries' 'Siyafundisa Teaching Our Children' AB prevention program. Siyafundisa operates through parish networks and youth groups to facilitate community discussions, peer education, parent-child communication skills training, and community mobilization to address AB related behaviors and norms. Fresh Ministries and its local implementing partner, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, began program implementation in mid FY06 with the recruitment of a Field Worker Manager for the southern Lebombo diocese.

Planned activities for FY07 include: --Clergy,youth leaders, Sunday and school teachers will be involved in the mobilization, training and sensitization of parishes, schools and communities in HIV and AB focused prevention; --Individuals will be trained and organized to serve as Community Mobilizers for HIV counseling and testing by promoting CT services and encouraging people to get counseled and tested; --Youth are recruited to act as "Parish Mobilizers for HIV Prevention"; --Workshops for Mothers' Unions will focus on parenting communication skills for A, secondary A for their children; --Educational and interactive large community events such as World AIDS Day celebrations and poetry and theatre competitions.

The main emphasis area of this activity is Community mobilization/participation. Through the network of Anglican parishes, Fresh Ministries and local implementing partner the Anglican Church of Southern Africa organizes multiple day pastors' (men, women and youth) workshops that provide trainees with basic information on the virus, prevalence, risk behaviors and prevention but also allows these local leaders to generate discussion and identify local solutions to local norms or behaviors that increase local vulnerability.

Key Legislative issues addressed by the Siyafundisa program are Gender and stigma. Gender based violence and harmful norms and behaviors are addressed in all programs for all beneficiaries but especially those targeting young men and boys. Siyafundisa will reduce stigma through its partnership with local associations of people living with HIV/AIDS to allow individuals openly living with HIV to share their stories and hopes with parish members.

Through the national presence of the Anglican Church, Fresh Ministries has targeted every province for program implementation. In mid-FY06, a second Field Worker for the northern Niassa diocese was identifed and program strengthening in this region is expected to continue in this area. Targeted populations are children and youth, men and women, PLWHA, community and religious leaders, CBOs and FBOs.

Targets reached will be 30,000 reached with AB messages 17,000 reached with primarily A messages (A subset) 2,500 trained to promote AB

Subpartners Total: $0
Anglican Church of Southern Africa: NA