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: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
COP 2010 Overview Narrative
This is a continuing activity. The Government of Namibia (GRN) in collaboration with its development partners has mounted an aggressive campaign to reduce further spread of HIV and ensure that those who are infected have access to treatment and care services. In FY10, Peace Corps/Namibia (PC/N) will continue PEPFAR-funded prevention and care activities begun in previous years and strive to improve the quality of its programs.
PC/N has 103 Volunteers in country of which 43 are dedicated to the health sector and 60 to the education sector. All health sector Volunteers contribute directly to HIV/AIDS related activities, while education Volunteers incorporate HIV/AIDS activities into classroom teaching and after school activities.
The goal of PC/N's Community Health and HIV/AIDS Project (CHHAP) is "to promote healthy living among Namibians, especially those living in underserved communities and affected and infected by HIV & AIDS and related public health diseases." The goals of the education project are to Peace Corps' goals and objectives are in line with the epidemic, host country concerns, and support USG efforts to address key drivers of the epidemic in Namibia. They align with Namibia's Draft National Strategic Framework (NSF) for HIV/AIDS (2010-2015) as well as the PEPFAR Partnership Framework. According to the Draft document (4 September 2009), the NSF, once approved, will provide policy guidance and leadership on the planning and implementation of the national multi-sectoral HIV/AIDS programmes in Namibia. As an active member of the USG country team, PC/N work to complement efforts of the Namibian Government in implementing comprehensive HIV/AIDS preventions and care programs through both health and education sectors.
Volunteers in the CHHAP and Education projects address some of the key drivers of the epidemic in Namibia such as multiple concurrent partnerships, transactional sex and trans generational sex, alcohol abuse, low and inconsistent condom use, as well as gender issues (inequalities and violence) and poverty. PC/N addresses the need for capacity building of local counterparts through training and skills transfer.
In collaboration with national, regional and local government agencies to strengthen the capacity of HAMU, RACE committees, RACOCs and CACOCs, Volunteers and their counterparts in all 13 regions will work to:
- establish or strengthen in-and out of school youth clubs, focusing on AB particularly delaying sexual debut;
- delivering AB prevention messages through classroom instruction, computer literacy, drama and video shows;
- increase knowledge of communities in developing HIV/AIDS prevention strategies that will lead to behavioral change and referral;
- train community members using EngenderHealth's curriculum on male engagement;
- reach community members and youth will be reached through interactive video facilitation such as "Three and half lives of Philip Wetu";
- reach community members with awareness messages on the interface of substance abuse and HIV;
- expand the use of the Health Education Response (HER) services to refer people to services including HIV Counseling Testing (HCT);
- increase livelihood skills of those infected and affected to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS by training community members in microgardening in collaboration with relevant government ministries;
- train in developing IGA projects to improve income at the household level;
- provide basic information on proper nutrition and hygiene to enhance their general health;
- support OVC programs of government ministries and local CBOs/FBOs with life skills training through the Girls Conference and Camp GLOW; and
- assist OVCs to access basic psycho-social support services.
PC/N trains and deploys Volunteer Leaders around the country to decentralize training, enabling a rapid scale-up and broader reach than could otherwise have been achieved. Whenever possible, PC/N seeks to collaborate with other organizations and agencies to scale up, share PCV skills and assets, and extend our reach through partnerships.
PC/N uses a standardized Volunteer Reporting Form to monitor all major activities. Volunteers review post's M&E plan during pre-service training to clarify their roles and responsibilities in project monitoring. They receive training techniques to gather and update baseline information and practice designing, administering, and analyzing results from surveys and pre- and post-tests.
In addition to random and scheduled telephonic contact, Peace Corps staff conduct site visits to Volunteers' sites to make first-hand observations, review documents and conduct informal interviews with Volunteers, their counterparts and others in the school and community. Post will also organize a mid-year review meeting to assess progress and make adjustments where necessary.
Peace Corps Namibia provides small grant through the PEPFAR funded Volunteer Activity Support and Training (VAST) Program. The VAST program provide additional financial resources to community initiated projects and strengthen collaboration with the Peace Corps Volunteer and partner organizations, schools and communities that are engaged in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This program is meant specifically to support and promote grassroots, HIV/AIDS-related initiatives in the communities in which Peace Corps Volunteers serve. Working through the volunteers, communities are encouraged to identified projects that aim to reduce vulnerabilities to HIV infection and mitigate the impacts of HIV on those infected and affected. Through the volunteers, Peace Corps expand PEPFAR's reach by both providing financial and material support to community-based responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and enhance the human capacity needed to develop and manage these responses on an on-going basis. For a VAST to be approved, Peace Corps require a minimum of 25% community contribution to ensure ownership and sustainability.
The followings are examples of community-based HBHC activities that can be funded through VAST:
Activities that support groups of PLWHA as well as organizations working with OVCs to establish viable community or homegardens to meet nutrional needs
Activities that support local communities (especially members of the PLWHA support groups) and counterparts to initiate sustanable Income Generating Activities (IGAs) and home/community gardens.
Activities that support local communities to identify markets for the sale of surplus produce from the gardens and other IGAs.
Volunteers and communities are required to keep careful financial and programmatic records of the use of funds and the project's activities and achievements.
Continuing Activity
Estimated Budget = $ 10,000
The followings are examples of community-based HKID activities that can be funded through VAST:
Activities that support organizations working with OVCs to establish viable community or homegardens to meet nutrional needs. Here, effort will be made to collaborate closely with Ministry of Gender and child welfare.
Activities that support an improved OVC referral systems and data management.
Activities that address the Psych-social needs of OVCs
Activities that focusses on safer hygiene practices
Activities to intiate gardening projects to support existing soup kicthens
Life skills programs for OVCs
The followings are examples of community-based AB activities that can be funded through VAST:
Activities that targets in-school youth in class room settings, out of school youth in community outreach, and by establishing youth clubs.
In addition, VAST grants can be used to fund trainings and support the development of AB related materials that target local schools and community supported clubs focusing on life skills development activities through camps, girl's conferences, youth clubs, drama groups, community cinema, and sports. E.g. PC volunteers together with counterparts developed a manual that will support teachers to incorporate HIV/AIDS in the classroom teaching. Initially, most teachers were not involved in teaching about HIV/AIDS as this was perceived to be the responsibility of the Science and Life Skills teachers only.
The development of the manual is a step in the right direction as it directly supports the Ministry of Education initiative to incorporate HIV/AIDS into EVERY curriculum, no matter the subject.
The manual therefore help education volunteers and local teachers to:
Providing accurate, appropriate and up-to-date information on the nature of HIV and AIDS
Recognize the challenges and effects of HIV/AIDS in the classroom
Suggest methods for incorporation of HIV/AIDS into each curriculum with sample lesson plans at an age-appropriate level.
Appreciating the fact that many volunteers are called upon to start or manage their School's HIV/AIDS club, a section of this book has been dedicated to ideas for appropriate activities and games.
Volunteers and communities are required to keep careful financial and programmatic records of the use of VAST funds and the project's activities and achievements.
The followings are examples of community-based OP activities that can be funded through VAST:
Activities that address behavior change related to multiple concurrent partnerships, alcohol abuse, low and inconsistent condom use, and transactional and trans-generational sex.
Activities that address gender norms and gender based violence.
Activities to establish new or support existing school and community based youth clubs that specifically serves as peer support to young people.
Activities that support sport initiative targeting young people as an altenative to risky behaviours.
Activities on approriate and correct referrals to individuals and communities to increase access to services, e.g. Male circumcision, STI treatment, HCT, etc.
Estimated Budget = $20,000
