Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2007 2008

Details for Mechanism ID: 5080
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2008
Main Partner: World Relief
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: FBO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $200,000

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $200,000

Reprogramming August08: Decreased funding by $50,000. This activity is the field support funds to WR's

Track 1 ABY agreement, for continued expansion of activities in two Sofala districts. WR was not able to

begin implementation of FY07 Field Support funds until the second half of FY08, a five month delay. The

Mission requests reprogramming of funds and targets.

This is a continuing Field Support activity under COP08.

The FY2007 reprogramming narrative below has not been changed.

This funding will allow World Relief to

1) replicate its Mobilizing Youth for Life (MYFL) AB Youth program into strategic communities along the

national highway in Muanza and Machanga districts in Sofala province and

2) following recommendations from the OGAC Prevention TA Team's January 2007 visit to Mozambique,

establish "B" focused behavior change activities addressing reduction of multiple, concurrent partnerships

and increase of risk perception for adults and high risk groups in those two districts.

3) introduce a revised methodology of direct facilitation of the Choose Life lessons by peer educators in

schools and churches.

4) incorporate MEASURE Evaluation's July 2006 project recommendations listed below.

Muanza and Machanga are PEPFAR priority districts with no USG AB programs. Machanga province is

slated for increased USG supported HIV Treatment and VCT services in FY07. World Relief's MYFL

program will strengthen the MOH's plan for integrated health networks by providing referral information to

HIV related services in the area. Authorization from the National AIDS Council's Provincial nucleo and the

Ministry of Education will be given before this expansion begins.

MYFL targets youth and those adults who influence them. Using interactive training and peer education

sessions in a supportive environment, youth are able to build skills that increase self-efficacy to practice AB

behaviors. World Relief's "Choose Life: Helping Youth make Wise Choices" values-based Abstinence and

Behavior Change Curriculum teaches AB behavior through stories, illustrations and discussion questions

and is currently being used in WR's existing Track One funded activity. Lessons are conducted in youth

friendly environments such as after-school programs and churches and include HIV/AIDS, sexuality,

decision making, peer pressure, changes due to puberty and family life. The MYFL program will continue to

mobilize community participation to support safer sexual norms and behaviors by increasing perceptions of

personal risk and addressing the normative and structural factors that place individuals at risk. Meetings

and discussions are held through the Pastors' Network to stimulate local questions and solutions to address

harmful norms that perpetuate risk. Parents, guardians and other protective influences are involved in

parallel programs such as parent-teacher-student groups to increase dialogue between youth and parents.

Theatre and role playing are examples of efforts to bridge the communication gap on sexuality and HIV

between youth and their guardians.

Through its Track One funded ABY activity, World Relief Mozambique will cooperate with WR's

International Technical Unit to develop supplementary lessons to Choose Life, focused on mutual

faithfulness and partner reduction, to address the needs of older youth and adults. These lessons will also

benefit individuals in MYFL's Field Supported Muanza and Machanga programs. Given Muanza and

Machanga's locations along major national highways, WR will particularly emphasize reduction of sexual

exploitation, incest, rape, including trans/cross generational sex in discussions with older youth and adults.

In response to MEASURE Evaluation's recommendations, WR will: a) supplement the Choose Life

curriculum with material on STIs and alcohol and drug abuse. As requested by both trainers and

volunteers, information and photos of STIs will be made available for these additional lessons; b) provide

supervisors with additional training on facilitating adult activities (e.g., counseling skills); c) supplement

Choose Life curriculum with visits from health workers who can speak about Counseling and Testing, STI

services as well as visits from others who can speak about child abuse and psycho-social support.