This is a continuing activity under COP08. With additional funds allocated to this Track 1 agreement, via

field support (see activity narrative 9110.08), Africare will be able to provide supplemental direct support to

an additional 50,000 OVC.

The program will partner with WFP to support the nutritional needs of the most vulnerable OVC and their

families through provision of short term emergency food support. Please refer to the activity sheet for WFP

for funding levels and targets. In collaboration with PSI, Africare will distribute LLIN and Safe Water

Systems (SWS - "Certeza") to OVC in an effort to improve the health status of targeted children and family

members.

The FY2007 narrative below has not been updated.

This activity is related to USAID_HKID_Africare_Activity# 9110.

Africare has been an active partner in OVC programming from the beginning of PEPFAR under Track 1

funding. They have had the only OVC program in Manica Province, which is located on the main road to

Zimbabwe, in the highly infected Beira Corridor. Africare works with 42 Community Care Committees

which help to identify needy OVC and to assist them in care and support services. They also have 13 FBOs

and 2 CBOs as current sub-partners. To date, Africare has reached 21,616 OVC which is well on their way

to accomplishing their goal of 34,444 by end of fiscal year 2006. In addition 1,486 of a targeted 1,500

caregivers have already been trained.

Africare provides OVC with the package 6 essential services through community support, wrap around

services, collaborative programming and working with local government offices. The Africare OVC program

takes advantage of their sister USAID project in food security through the development and collaborative

support of community farm fields. Here older OVC learn how to plant, care and harvest several types of

food and benefit from consumption and sale of these food stuffs. Block grants are provided to 10 schools in

the area. These small grants offer funding in support of the entire school program in exchange for free

schooling for the OVC. During the last report period, Africare trained 30 headmasters, PTA presidents and

local parents from the 10 schools in the school grants program. Working with the local offices of civil

registration allows Africare to acquire ID cards for their school children. Africare is also working with Habitat

for Humanity (a Track 1 recipient) which builds houses for OVC, particularly households headed by the

elderly or are orphaned themselves.

In an attempt to improve the M&E system of the OVC program, Africare engaged 25 "Service Corps

Volunteers" who work as supervisors in 25 communities. They received a 5 day training on program

management, community strengthening, HIV/AIDS education and monitoring and evaluation. Thus, the

monitoring and reporting instruments have been re-designed and are more user friendly. This should result

in more accurate reports and ways of identifying concerns and opportunities in each community. Data

analysis and reporting should also be strengthened due to further training in electronic data collection,

storage and analysis.

The COP07 activities will allow Africare to continue activities being implemented under Africare's Track 1

award and mission supplement. These activities will provide continued care, support and protection for

OVC and their caregivers by strengthening the capacity of families to cope with their problems and

increasing the capacity of children and young people to meet their own needs. The objectives of the project

include enhancing local capacity of NGOs/CBOs/FBOs and communities to support a basic care package

for OVC and increasing access to direct support services for OVC and caregivers. The project will ensure

that OVC are receiving the six essential services defined by the USG and the Ministry of Women and Social

Action needed to be considered "reached". Africare will continue to provide wrap around services through

collaboration with various local international organizations. Under a subgrant to Habitat for Humanity, 30

houses will be constructed of OVC using local materials and training OVC in construction skills. Africare

strives to build the capacities of local NGO/CBOs/FBOs so that they can effectively manage their own

HIV/AIDS programs in a sustainable way. This will include training on organizational capacity building,

strengthening their monitoring and evaluation systems, leadership skills and organizational management as

well as mobilization of funds. In addition, Africare will work with other partners such as HIV/AIDS Alliance,

Burnet Institute and others to ensure that specific institutional capacity training and policy issues as well as

HIV/AIDS specific training is provided to sub-grantees.

Under this activity, Africare will reach 40,000 OVC with a comprehensive quality package of 6 services and

train 2,500 caregivers.