PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
1. Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs)- 26 Through the CHHAP project, Peace Corps/Namibia will field or continue to support 6 PEPFAR-funded Health Volunteers who arrived in November 2005, 10 PEPFAR-funded Health Volunteers who will arrive in November 2006, and 10 PEPFAR-funded Health Volunteers who are scheduled to arrive November 2007. These Volunteers will serve throughout the country to support community mobilization, prevention outreach and institutional capacity building in the battle against HIV/AIDS. Volunteers will work directly with FBOs/NGOs to identify community needs and priorities and to promote local services and community-based actions (including Community Action Forums) engaged in stemming the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In accordance with each organization's capacity, PCVs will also apply their skills to strengthen their operational capacity to in home-based care and OVC outreach, as well as bolstering the institutional capacity of the individual FBO/NGO, including program development, budgeting and proposal writing. PCVs will also work with the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS)' Regional Multipurpose Centers and Youth Offices to strengthen their outreach to Namibian youth, with special emphasis on promoting healthy life styles, HIV/AIDS prevention measures and life skills development, and with the MoHSS to support the local prevention outreach programs.
1. Training/Technical Assistance. Our aim is to involve all Peace Corps Volunteers in Namibia in one way or another in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In order to improve the delivery of technical and program information on HIV/AIDS prevention to Volunteers, the Peace Corps will once again organize an annual "All Volunteer HIV/AIDS Conference" to bring 90 Peace Corps Volunteers from all parts of Namibia together for three days of seminars, workshops and groups discussions on HIV/AIDS. The Peace Crops will organize specific "In Service Training" (IST) aimed specifically at 40 Health Volunteers and counterparts working full-time on HIV/AIDS prevention and capacity building as a two-year assignment. Training topics will include best practices in community mobilization, and monitoring and reporting. Given the recent request of PCVs to help build capacity and provide trainings through the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture and the Ministry of Health, techniques on life skills training as well as the facilitation of youth development and youth participation will also be included. These trainings will also provide a forum for obtaining systematic feedback on community circumstances of HIV/AIDS, norms and behaviors associated with prevention, treatment and care and reporting on results for semi-annual COP M&R. Approximately 64 incoming education and health Volunteers and counterparts in FY07 will receive several days of instruction focused specifically on HIV/AIDS during their Pre-Service Training (PST). Sessions include cultural aspects related to HIV/AIDS, the epidemiology of AIDS in Namibia, sector responses to HIV/AIDS, approaches to community entry and the use of assessment tools. As Volunteers gain more experience in the field, additional sessions focusing on grief and loss management as well as Monitoring and Reporting skills will be provided. Finally, a Peace Corps staff HIV/AIDS workshop will serve to strengthen the training and Volunteer support strategies at Post. This initiative is aimed to enhance the integration of HIV/AIDS into Volunteer activity through the various technical and cultural components of pre-service and pre-service training. The agenda would also include technical training on HIV/AIDS to enhance the knowledge of PC staff to better support the Trainees and Volunteers in the field.
2. VAST Grant Funds. PCVs will be able to apply, with their communities and counterparts, for small grants to support community-based initiatives on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and capacity building. Consonant with VAST guidelines, planning, implementation, and counterpart funding will be required of the community for eligibility.
3. Crisis Corps Volunteers (6). The main component of this activity is support for HIV/AIDS-focused projects through the assignment of Crisis Corps Volunteers to areas where critical short-term assistance is needed. Six CCVs will be recruited for 6-month assignments to support the efforts of Faith Based Organizations at the community level and/or the Ministries of Health and Youth/Sports at the regional and district levels. The efforts of the CCVs will provide support for community mobilization and local organizational capacity development, with special emphasis on education, communication and information sharing. As a result of the training and technical assistance to be provided by the CCV, at least four implementing partners will be able to strengthen and expand their outreach and care to target communities.
Peace Corps Namibia will maintain a dedicated HIV/AIDS Section within the PC Office in Windhoek to consolidate and coordinate in one place all activities of the Peace Corps and Peace Corps Volunteers related to HIV/AIDS Prevention. This Section is essential to meeting the operational requirements generated by the increasing number of Health Volunteers committed full-time to HIV/AIDS, the projected assignment of six (6) Crisis Corps Volunteers in FY07, and increasing involvement of all Peace Corps Volunteers in HIV/AIDS-related projects. To improve the functioning of the HIV/AIDS Section, the Peace Corps is in the process of renovating unused PC office space to provide a more conducive environment for both Volunteers and staff. The HIV/AIDS Section is directed by the Associate Peace Corps Director for Health and is currently staffed with the following PEPFAR-funded personnel:
1. HIV/AIDS Technical Coordinator to provide guidance and assistance in establishing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS training program, in addition to providing country-specific knowledge about HIV/AIDS prevention, monitoring and control strategies to Peace Corps Volunteers and community health liaisons and training and coaching to strengthen their cultural and communication competencies to meet the needs of local communities related to HIV/AIDS. This position will support all Volunteers in country, in both the Health and Education programs.
2. Program Assistant/M&R Coordinator to assist in establishing an effective Monitoring and Reporting system to track the implementation and impact of all PC/N programming related to HIV/AIDS. In addition, this position will develop placement opportunities for incoming Peace Corps Health Volunteer and will provide logistical and administrative support to Volunteers involved in Emergency Plan activities throughout 12 regions of the country. This position will coordinate the deployment and support of HIV/AIDS Crisis Corps Volunteers.
3. Budget Analyst/Voucher Examiner (unfilled) to provide budgetary and administrative support to ensure the effectiveness and fiscal integrity of the growing Community Health and HIV/AIDS Project (CHHAP) for PC/N. With the increasing demands for reporting and monitoring of Emergency Plan expenditures, this individual will manage and track on a full-time basis Emergency Plan related programs, logistic and administrative expenditures and planning related to all PC HIV/AIDS projects in Namibia.
4. Program Driver to assist all members of the dedicated HIV/AIDS Section to reach Volunteers and implementing partners at their remote sites and in regional meetings, for training, technical support, program coordination, and supervision.
5. Material/Equipment/Supplies. Funds will be used to provide a work station for the PEPFAR-funded Program Analyst/Voucher Examiner. Additional funds will be needed to purchase materials and supplies to maintain the PEPFAR funded vehicle. Equipment is also needed to produce information, training materials, and teaching tools for dissemination to the Volunteers in the field. Lastly, to enhance our HIV/AIDS related training, capacity building and site development efforts, a projector and camera equipment is needed which would be utilized in the Peace Corps office, at the training site, as well as at Volunteer sites in the field.
