Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 9409
Country/Region: Nigeria
Year: 2008
Main Partner: Network on Ethics/Human Rights, Law, HIV/AIDS-Prevention Support and Care
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Implementing Agency
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $26,372

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $26,372

The Network on Ethics/Human Rights Law HIV/AIDS - Prevention, Support and Care (NELA), working in

concert with the Federation of Muslim Women's Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN), the Society for Women

on AIDS Africa Nigeria (SWAAN) and the Civil Society Network on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN),

comprises an indigenous NGO, with technical and financial management experience and leadership in the

development of community based organizational capacity for HIV/AIDS action. Working together, the NELA

program will provide expanded community level prevention, care and treatment services to people infected

and affected by HIV/AIDS including OVC and to reduce the rate of HIV transmission among youths, couples

and general population.

The program particularly aims to increase coverage and enhance the quality of civil society responses to

HIV/AIDS at community levels; prevent HIV transmission among young people and couples; improve the

quality of life of people living with HIV, their families and communities; and to provide comprehensive and

compassionate care and prevention services for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children.

Subpartners Total: $480,758
Society for Women and AIDS: $155,699
Civil Society on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: $168,872
Federation of Muslim Women's Associations in Nigeria: $156,187