Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Details for Mechanism ID: 14732
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2012
Main Partner: FHI 360
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $800,000

FIELD- Livelihood and Food Security Technical Assistance program-Economic Strengthening Assessment- HIV/AIDS has long been identified as a serious threat to the overall socio-economic development poverty reduction efforts of the country affecting primarily the urban population. PEPFAR Mozambique would like to improve the economic status of vulnerable households through joint efforts with organizations that have strong experience with market-linked income generation, micro-enterprise development, and savings and loan interventions. Economic strengthening is seen as an effort to reduce the vulnerability of children and youth and their families by improving their economic security or the economic security of the individual and caregivers or communities that take care of OVC. Generally, economic strengthening involves on asset provision, asset protection and asset promotion. The Goal of the portfolio Review and Assessment is: To mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS by improving ES interventions, and increase on-going, collaborative action among PEPFAR partners and specialist with expertise in economic or livelihood strengthening. Assessment will also employ a gender lens where applicable. Overall the review and assessment finding and report will inform PEPFAR investments intended to help the Mozambican Government and other partners to improve the ES activities. Purchased/leased vehicles are not planned under this mechanism. The Goal of the portfolio Review and Assessment is: To mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS by improving ES interventions, and increase on-going, collaborative action among PEPFAR partners and specialist with expertise in economic or livelihood strengthening. Assessment will also employ a gender lens where applicable. No vehicle will be purchased.

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $800,000

This activity will be funded under the FHI 360 transition mechanism, FIELD- Livelihood and Food Security Technical Assistance program ( a Partner with demonstrated capacity to provide the expertise in Economic Strengthening for Vulnerable people, especially those affected by HIV/AIDS, with strong linkages to Food and Nutrition and other relevant Development Programs such as value chain and market development, which is critical to the success of USG Mozambique Economic Strengthening activities. This is a mechanism under USAID-Economic Growth Agriculture and Trade Bureau in DC.

The goal of this activity is: To mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS by improving ES interventions and increase on-going, collaborative action among PEPFAR partners and specialist with expertise in economic or livelihood strengthening.

The fundamental strategy behind this activity is the evaluation of current practices and strengthens those that are high impact and have proved to yield benefits to vulnerable families, and adoption and adaptation of evidenced based approaches from the region and international, maximizing the return on investments.

One of the critical success factors will be the collaboration intra-USAID offices (Integrated Health and Agriculture, Trade and Business) and USG interagency, the donor community supporting the Social Protection Strategy, Ministry of Women and Social Action and The Ministry of Commerce and Industry to ensure best results and quality in all aspects.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $800,000
Economic Strengthening $800,000
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services
Increasing women's access to income and productive resources
enumerations.Malaria (PMI)
Child Survival Activities