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.
Years of mechanism: 2008 2009
NEW/REPLACEMENT NARRATIVE
In 2005, Project HOPE began the "Sustainable Strengthening of Families of Orphans and Vulnerable
Children" project (18235.08, 3782.08). The foundation of this project is to expand Project HOPE's Village
Health Fund (VHF) methodology to families supporting and caring for OVC in Namibia. This is done by
providing micro loans to groups of women to start or expand their income generation activities along with
valuable health education in a capacity building environment. The micro loans enable women who are
otherwise constrained by unemployment and lack of ownership of assets to invest in economically
productive activities. The project has expanded to reach elderly caregivers, orphan headed households, and
young girls/women throughout Northern Namibia. The educational component has a different focus
depending upon the target group. For OVC caregivers, the education will focus upon strengthening the
capabilities of these OVC providers and caretakers to provide valuable care and support across multiple
domains to OVC. For young women, the education component focuses on prevention messaging, with a
particular focus on high risk behaviors like transactional and cross-generational sex. Through the VHF
groups, selected volunteers will also be trained to provide education, counselling, and other services directly
to OVC and young women.
Project HOPE is a Track 1 Partner with an agreement in place for 2005-2010 and also receives funding
from the country office. In FY 07, Project HOPE underwent an assessment of their program direction and
implementation, which resulted in a new project alignment between country funding program and Track 1
scope of work. Under the Track 1 agreement, HOPE works with female OVC caregivers between the ages
of 24 and 60 years in the Oshana, Omusati, Ohangwena, and Oshikoto (North Central) Regions. The
country funding program supports work with elderly and OVC heads of households in the North Central
Regions and prevention activities with young women in the Kavango and Caprivi Regions. To date, over
1,900 female caregivers of OVC in the North Central Regions are participating in the program.
Approximately 100 households headed by elderly or OVC were added in FY 08. It is estimated that by the
beginning of FY 2010, Project HOPE will have 2,800 caregivers actively participating in its Village Health
Fund program. Analysis of data collected from our member profile tool indicates that the average OVC
caregiver we serve has 3.5 OVC in her household. With 2,800 caregivers accessing micro loans, we will be
reaching 9,800 OVC with direct economic strengthening services in FY10.
During FY10, Project HOPE will begin to focus heavily on a deepening of the quality of services provided to
the households it reaches. Expansion of activities will be limited in comparison to previous years with focus
shifting toward ensuring that the economic impact of the Village Health Fund program and the care and
support services available to OVC are well monitored and delivered in accordance with best practices
learned since program inception in 2005. This shift in focus is reflected in the reduction of activities in areas
such as training new volunteers and forming new Village Health Funds.
In addition to continuing to manage and oversee a network of nearly 300 volunteers and provide direct
economic strengthening to approximately 9,800 OVC in the 2,800 households being served by the end of
FY09, Project HOPE plans to carry out the following activities as preparation for the culmination of the 5
year Track 1 award in FY10 [HKID (Tr 1) 3779.08]:
Activity 1: Training of 100 OVC caregivers participating in VHB loan groups in OVC care & support.
- 100 OVC caregivers receive first micro loan from Project HOPE and complete the 16 session care and
support training in the period.
- These activities will be carried out in the Ohangwena, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto and Kavango Regions.
Activity 2: Training of existing Family Resource Persons (FRPs) to provide support to OVC caregivers.
- Training during Q1 of 286 existing FRPs to support caregivers through home visitations to assess living
situation for adequacy of shelter and care--these trainings will be focused on ensuring that previously
trained FRPs are conducting thorough assessments and linking households to needed services with 100%
efficacy.
Activity 3: Training of 500 OVC caregivers not receiving economic strengthening in OVC care and support.
Activity 4: Incorporate priority linkages/referrals to partners for key ancillary services for OVC.
- 20% of OVC in all caregiver households served in period.
Activity 5: Support and participation in networks of organizations allied around the needs of OVC and HIV
and AIDS.
Activity 6: Collect socioeconomic data on caregivers and OVC through member profile and parenting map.
- 100 member profiles collected for all first time recipients of micro loans.
- 380 parenting maps collected for all OVC under care of first time loan recipients.
- All outstanding 12 month follow up member profiles and parenting maps collected.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 16198
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
16198 3779.08 U.S. Agency for Project HOPE 7375 1505.08 Project HOPE $805,000
International
Development
7416 3779.07 U.S. Agency for Project HOPE 4410 1505.07 Project HOPE $861,679
3779 3779.06 U.S. Agency for Project HOPE 3067 1505.06 Project HOPE $382,474
Emphasis Areas
Gender
* Increasing women's access to income and productive resources
Human Capacity Development
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $21,725
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Food and Nutrition: Commodities $4,800
Economic Strengthening
Education
Water
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