Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 14589
Country/Region: Nigeria
Year: 2012
Main Partner: Creative Associates International
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $2,160,000

To achieve Objective 2, NEI will provide for and build the capacity of both local communities and government agencies to initiate and support OVC programs and services, including education, health, life skills and psycho-social counseling. NEI will work with communities, local government and state agencies to:

(i) increase support (and provision) of education and health services for OVC by: establishing community coalitions, setting up an OVC referral system for education and health services, enhancing teacher ability for literacy and numeracy instruction to OVC, establishing non-formal learning centers, providing OVC support packages, and providing access to vocational education;(ii) increase support (and provision) of supplementary OVC support activities by: training teachers and OVC support persons in mentoring, psycho-social counseling and hygiene, implementing an adolescent girls program, establishing kids clubs, and building capacity of communities and caregivers to support OVC education and well-being;(iii) strengthen systems for increasing access to education and health services by: adapting the national OVC plan of action in each state, strengthening capacity of OVC-responsible ministries and officers, developing procedures to integrate academic subjects into Quranic schools, and building capacity to integrate OVC into formal schools.

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $2,160,000

To increase support for education and health services for OVC, NEI will build the capacity of twenty Community Coalitions (CCs) to implement action plans around basic education outcomes and OVC support; support 20 CCs and 200 OST with assorted BCC materials to promote enrolment and retention for school children including 15,200 OVC in 200 demonstration schools. Develop training modules and train 600 OST on PSS, WASH, mentoring, and counseling to enable them provide care and support for OVC, as well as produce OST guidelines and procedure handbooks. A total of 4000 OVC were provided with educational support packages, 400 VC will be attached to local craftsmen to learn vocational skills while 1600 VC in NFLCs will be trained with the vocational equipment provided by NEI .

To Increase support for supplementary OVC support activities, NEI will train 3,718 teachers in mentoring, psycho-social counseling, and hygiene, train 600 OST members on the use of CSI; implement adolescent girls programs in 20 centres; implement 320 kids forums (Dandalin Yara); and build capacity of 6,500 communities and caregivers to support OVC education and well-being as well as produce and broadcast radio programs on OVC.

To Strengthen Systems for increasing OVC access to education and health service, NEI will ensure vertical OVC systems; strengthen systems for increasing OVC access to education and health services; assist state-level partnersMOWA, MORA, MOE, and SUBEB - to conduct internal self assessments, identification and prioritization of needs and adaptation of the National Plan of Action (NPA) for OVC and develop annual work plans; train 70 OVC Officers in line MDAs, LGAs on their roles and responsibilitie

Subpartners Total: $0
Adolescent Health Education and Development Centre: NA
Adolescent Health Education and Development Centre: NA
Children and Family Support Initiative: NA
Community Mobilization and Development Initiative: NA
Fahitma Women and Youth Development Initiative: NA
Federation of Muslim Women's Associations in Nigeria: NA
Life Helpers Initiative: NA
Rahama Women Development Programme: NA
Reproductive Health Initiative and Support Association: NA
Rural Women and Youth Initiative: NA
Society for Women Adolescent Health Initiative: NA
Ummah Support Initiative: NA
Young Men's Christian Association: NA