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.
In general, VAST grants are used by Peace Corps Rwanda Volunteers to pursue activities in support of HIV/AIDS specific goals & objectives in our Health Project Framework:
Goal 2: HIV & STI Prevention & Impact Mitigation
Rwandan youth, including OVC, will adopt positive behaviors & practices to decrease the spread of HIV, and will have better access to social support to mitigate harmful effects of HIV.
Obj. 2.1: Youth Sexual & Reproductive Health
By the end of 2018, 3000 youth aged 15-24 in 40 communities where PC Volunteers work will adopt healthier behaviors & practices to prevent the transmission of HIV.
Obj. 2.2: OVC Health & Well Being
By the end of 2018, 40 groups of OVCs in communities where Volunteers work will have received training and/or support in at least one of the following areas: economic strengthening, nutrition & psychosocial support.
The Volunteer activities support by VAST grants also track to Partnership Framework Goals 1 (halving HIV incidence along general population); 3 (equality of opportunity for people living with HIV/AIDS); and 4 (strengthening health system capacity). The Volunteer-supported activities under VAST grants take place in every region of Rwanda and target local populations generally, and OVCs specifically. The VAST grant-supported activities are carried out in very low-resource environments, typically with community health center support, and are very cost-effective. The majority of VAST grant-supported activities include local capacity building measures & activities which empower local community health workers to conduct future activities independently. All activities supported by VAST grants require final reports which detail the activities outcomes under the Health Project Framework and the disposition of all funds.
Peace Corps Rwanda VAST grant-supported activities are aimed at community members in remote village settings that might not otherwise have ready access to important HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, and social mitigation information/interventions. Target populations include community health workers, women, children and specifically OVCs; the population size varies significantly based on the nature of the intervention. While Volunteers and their community partners design and conduct the various activities supported by the VAST grants, they are supported by Peace Corps Rwanda through our Grants Manager, who insures that Volunteers are in compliance with both the grant application and reporting mechanisms, and by their respective Program Managers, who can help them with any technical/cultural/communication dimensions of their grant-supported activities. In many cases, Vast grant-supported activities are designed with the help of the Rwandan community health center system and/or other national and international partners who are engaged on HIV/AIDS related issues in Rwanda. The types of activities supported under this funding mechanism include:
Implementation of prevention interventions and training with MSM and FSW populations
Economic strengthening, especially income generating activities
Implementation of educational systems
Safe water projects
Gender initiatives, to include GBV awareness and its relation to HIV/AIDS and gender equality education.
