Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 3702
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2008
Main Partner: Project HOPE
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $1,495,000

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $1,495,000

This is a continuing activity. Both the funding levels and targets remain the same under COP08 for this

activity. The FY2007 narrative below has not been updated.

Project Hope will continue to provide care, support and protection for OVC and their caregivers by

strengthening the coping capabilities of household and communities caring for OVC by: improving economic

status and quality of living for OVC and caregivers; strengthening capacity of families to provide care and

support; establishing community networks linking support services; and establishing replicable models for

strengthening the ability of households to care and support OVC. The premise of activities is based upon

working with the existing Village Health Banks (VHB) and forming new VHBs. Activities include training

volunteers from the VHB to provide OVC services to the participating households of the VHB including

micro-credit activities. Project Hope will also provide training and support to families of OVC in such partner

organizations as the National Institute of Social Action (INAS), Chikua, and Vukoxa.

Members of the VHBs are caregivers of OVCs identified by INAS, CBOs, and community leaders. These

members are given loans for income generating activities for their households. During bi-weekly meetings,

VHB participants receive health education information, including HIV/AIDS, and specific education focused

on caring for OVC. This OVC curriculum covers the multiple domains of the 6 essential services and takes

eight months to complete. Also, information and linkages to where caregivers can access services are

shared with the members.

In FY06, Project Hope started to use a new data collection tool to gather information about the households

that are being supported by their program. The tool tracks what essential services are being received by

each child served in the program. The system also includes indicators assessing the success of VHB in

improving household economic stability. It gives caregivers, the communities and the partner a better

picture of the needs of the families they serve from an economical stand point and helps to identify what

areas of services need to be strengthened. One outcome of this effort was the establishment of a

community garden for families who cared for OVC in Mocuba. Also through collaborative means, Project

Hope was able to engage strong support from the local government that included assistance in identifying

local leaders to be trained on OVC issues as a way of further mobilizing community efforts.

In FY07 Project Hope will provide 17,000 orphans and vulnerable children with six essential services as

defined by the USG in conjunction with the Ministry of Women and Social Action and train 1,133 people to

provide these services. This will be accomplished by a multi-pronged approach with the basis being the

creation of new VHBs and the expansion of their volunteer cadre and partner networks. Also Project Hope

is planning an external assessment to look at the issue of improving quality in the services being provided.

Project Hope will sign a total of seven memorandums of understanding with partners to continue to conduct

needs assessments of OVC households from project partners and complete explicit agreements regarding

the scope and volume of services to be provided by each partner. Also Project Hope will continue to

participate in district level monthly forum on OVC issues to effectively coordinate efforts amongst all

stakeholders, raise awareness about OVC, mobilize additional community resources and identify potential

program partners. Key partners in this activity include MMAS, DMAS, INAS, PSA, IBIS, Habitat for

Humanity, Vukoxa, Chikua, Independent Presbyterian Church, and the Anglican Church of Mocuba. These

district level forums feed into potential provincial level forums and provide information for national level

meetings.