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Years of mechanism: 2008 2009
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
SUMMARY:
This new partner was awarded under the FY 2008 funding competition. The overall objective of the
Ripfumelo project is to reduce HIV vulnerability of farm workers in various districts of South Africa by
implementing a coordinated, evidenced-based and focused HIV/AIDS prevention and care program.
Building on experiences and lessons learned from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) pilot
projects in southern Africa, the Ripfumelo project aims to provide sustainable prevention and care services
to farm workers by building the technical capacity of local implementing partners (IPs); strengthening
partnerships among and with local, provincial, and national governmental agencies; promoting public/private
partnerships; and developing a network of stakeholders working specifically on HIV-related issues within the
commercial agriculture sector.
BACKGROUND:
The overall anticipated results of the project are a reduction in the HIV incidence in the targeted areas, and
a mitigation of the impact of AIDS on farm workers and their families and communities. The project will build
particularly on experiences and lessons learned from the ongoing IOM prevention and care project which
has been implemented in Hoedspruit, Mopani District, Limpopo province since 2005. The Ripfumelo project
will strengthen the existing intervention in Hoedspruit and target additional seasonal, temporary, and
permanent farm workers, whether South African or foreign, documented or undocumented, in the
commercial agricultural areas of Hectorspruit/Malelane (Lowveld, Mpumalanga), Makhado/Musina
(Vhembe, Limpopo), and Tzaneen (Mopani, Limpopo). The project will initially target approximately 20,000
farm workers on about 120 commercial farms and will run for three years, from September 2008 until
August 2011. Once this initial expansion phase has been consolidated in these geographical areas, it is
proposed that opportunities be reviewed in other provinces with large commercial farming sectors, such as
KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
The IOM will execute the Ripfumelo project and assume overall responsibility for the coordination and
management of all project activities. Ripfumelo will fall under IOM's regional Partnership on HIV and Mobility
in Southern Africa (PHAMSA) program, which targets economic sectors characterized by high levels of
labor mobility, and which aims to reduce the HIV incidence and mitigate the impact of AIDS among migrant
and mobile workers and their families.
ACTIVITIES AND EXPECTED RESULTS:
ACTIVITY 1: HIV in the Workplace
Approximately 120 farm owners and managers will be encouraged and supported in developing, reviewing,
strengthening, and implementing HIV and AIDS workplace policies and programs.
ACTIVITY 2: Social Change Communication
An evidenced-based communication campaign will be developed and implemented to support all other
components of the project. The campaign will seek to persuade farm workers to make and sustain positive
changes in their sexual behavior such as abstinence, faithfulness, correct and consistent condom use and
partner reduction. The campaign will be designed to address gender, poverty, and other social issues that
present a barrier to behavior change. The social change communication process builds the capacity of the
IPs to develop localized, targeted campaigns and tools that are, owned, and disseminated by farm workers.
ACTIVITY 3: Peer Education
Approximately 650 farm workers will be trained as peer educators who will provide information and support
to their colleagues. Specifically, their role will be to facilitate better access for farm workers to local primary
health care services, especially CT, and to de-stigmatize HIV.
ACTIVITY 4: Improving Life Skills (including Recreational Activities)
This component seeks to develop and implement healthy recreational activities and to address some of the
lifestyle choices that fuel the HIV epidemic. Project partners, in consultation with farm workers, will identify
life skills such as Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) and financial literacy that impact HIV
vulnerability and local partners or service providers to assist trainings. The members of the target group will
identify healthy recreational options such as sports and choir groups, and the IP will help them develop a
program to roll out these activities. Some of the participants involved in these life skills and recreational
activities will be trained as peer educators and/or gender advocates.
ACTIVITY 5: Gender
Approximately 800 gender advocates and/or male role models will be trained to address discriminatory
gender dynamics and prejudices.
ACTIVITY 6: Organizational/Institutional Capacity Development
IOM will build capacity of local IPs to enable them to sustain interventions. By helping the local IPs to
become "one-stop-shops" for local farms and other small, micro, and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs),
they can provide a cost effective mechanism for companies to address HIV and AIDS.
ACTIVITY 7: Building Knowledge and Understanding
Activity Narrative: Mini-baseline assessments and integrated biological and behavioral surveys (IBBS) will establish the HIV
prevalence in the target areas and provide important information about the target demographic (i.e. age, job
category, gender, employee status, etc.). HIV prevalence will be linked to social and behavioral
questionnaires in an attempt to better understand the relationships between HIV infection and various
social, economic, migrational, behavioral and health issues. The surveys will provide employers,
employees, policy-makers and others with a more accurate appreciation of the epidemic in the various
farming communities and a deeper understanding of complex factors that contribute to HIV vulnerability.
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The overall objective of the Ripfumelo project is to reduce HIV vulnerability of farm workers in various
districts of South Africa by implementing a coordinated, evidenced-based and focused HIV and AIDS
prevention and care program. Building on experiences and lessons learnt from IOM pilot projects in the
southern Africa, the Ripfumelo project aims to provide sustainable prevention and care services to farm
workers by building the technical capacity of local implementing partners (IPs); strengthening partnerships
among and with local, provincial, and national governmental agencies; promoting public/private
has been implemented in Hoedspruit, Mopani District, Limpopo Province since 2005. The Ripfumelo project
farm workers on about 120 commercial farms.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 21174
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
21174 21174.08 U.S. Agency for International 9232 9232.08 $800,000
International Organization for
Development Migration
Emphasis Areas
Gender
* Addressing male norms and behaviors
* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs
* Reducing violence and coercion
Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons
Workplace Programs
Human Capacity Development
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Education
Water
Table 3.3.03:
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ripfumelo project is to reduce HIV vulnerability of farm
workers in various districts of South Africa by implementing a coordinated, evidenced-based and focused
HIV and AIDS prevention and care program. Building on experiences and lessons learned from the
International Organization for Migration (IOM) pilot projects in southern Africa, the Ripfumelo project aims to
provide sustainable prevention and care services to farm workers by building the technical capacity of local
implementing partners (IPs); strengthening partnerships among and with local, provincial, and national
governmental agencies; promoting public/private partnerships; and developing a network of stakeholders
working specifically on HIV-related issues within the commercial agriculture sector.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) will execute the Ripfumelo project and assume overall
responsibility for the coordination and management of all project activities. Ripfumelo will fall under IOM's
regional Partnership on HIV and Mobility in Southern Africa (PHAMSA) program, which targets economic
sectors characterized by high levels of labor mobility, and which aims to reduce the HIV incidence and
mitigate the impact of AIDS among migrant and mobile workers and their families.
ACTIVITY 1: Care and Support
A minimum of 300 farm workers will be trained as home-based caregivers. As caregivers, the farm workers
will be able to provide palliative home-based care and support to colleagues with health conditions like TB,
HIV, malaria, hypertension and diabetes. The target gender balance will be 60:40 (women to men).
ACTIVITY 2: Promotion and Access to HIV Treatment and Related Services
Depending on the local services available, links will be made to promote easier access to HIV treatment and
services. Efforts will focus on building the capacity of local government clinics to deliver services, building
awareness about the rights of foreign farm workers to health services, and working with partners to promote
the provision of antiretrovirals (ARVs) at the district and local level.
ACTIVITY 3: Nutritional Support
A minimum of nine communal gardens will be established to provide nutritional support to people with
chronic health conditions including HIV and TB.
ACTIVITY 4: Support Groups/Healthy Living Action Teams
A minimum of eight HIV and/or TB support groups and 20 Healthy Living Action Teams (HLATs) will be
established in and around the targeted farms to provide peer support, capacity building, treatment, financial
literacy, etc. HLATs bring together all change agents (i.e. peer educators, gender advocates, carers, sports
captains) on a farm to develop coordinated action plans and activities.
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Activity Narrative: farm workers on about 120 commercial farms.
Continuing Activity: 21175
21175 21175.08 U.S. Agency for International 9232 9232.08 $450,000
Table 3.3.08:
This new partner won the FY 2008 annual program statement competition. The overall objective of the
Ripfumelo project is to reduce HIV vulnerability of farm workers in identified districts of South Africa by
Building on experiences and lessons learned from International Organizationon Migration (IOM) pilot
projects in the Southern Africa, the Ripfumelo project aims to provide sustainable prevention and care
services to farm workers by building the technical capacity of local implementing partners (IPs);
strengthening partnerships among and with local, provincial, and national governmental agencies;
promoting public/private partnerships; and developing a network of stakeholders working specifically on HIV
-related issues within the commercial agriculture sector.
The overall anticipated results of the project are a reduction in the HIV incidence in the targeted areas and a
mitigation of the impact of AIDS on farm workers and their families and communities. The project will build
KwaZulu Natal, Free State, Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
and mobile workers and their families. Counseling and testing (CT) is an important aspect of prevention
and for those identified as HIV-infected, to refer them for treatment and support. The Ripfumelo project will
actively promote the use of existing CT services and work with the services to ensure that they are more
accessible to the migrant farm populations.
The partner will carry out four separate activities in this program area.
Approximately 120 farm owners and managers will be encouraged to include information on CT sites and
offer programs to promote CT and the benefits of knowing one's status.
components of the project. In addition to behavior change messages, the campaign will also promote
knowing one's status and encouraging individuals to visit CT centers.
ACTIVITY 4: House-to-House CT
Through the network of caregivers, the project beneficiaries will be encouraged to access CT services.
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Activity Narrative: (Vhembe, Limpopo), and Tzaneen (Mopani, Limpopo). The project will initially target approximately 20,000
Continuing Activity: 21176
21176 21176.08 U.S. Agency for International 9232 9232.08 $450,000
Table 3.3.14:
