Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 14292
Country/Region: South Africa
Year: 2013
Main Partner: Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

This new award will be a continuation of the work being done under the Water and Development Alliance (WADA), which is a partnership between USAID and Coca Cola Company. It will aim to address problems around water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at health facilities, schools and in communities to improve the quality of life of PLWH and their families. The program will include water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) counseling and support within NACS, including counseling on safe food preparation and storage and point-of-use water purification treatment. The program will strengthen and incorporate projects that will target rehabilitation of toilets in schools, increase the number of taps in schools, increase elbow taps and sanitation dispensers in municipal clinics, and increase the number of communal water points in informal settlements. WASH is a preventive health measure for PLWH, their caregivers, health workers, and others. By supplementing existing HIV programs with WASH interventions; the program will continue to form collaborations, aligning corporate social investment with municipal water infrastructure delivery priorities

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $0

This new award will be a continuation of the work being done under the Water and Development Alliance (WADA), which is a partnership between USAID and Coca Cola Company. This project will address community water needs in targeted areas of high HIV prevalence. The partner will work with vulnerable communities to provide appropriate mapping of access to water and sanitation points. This addresses challenges that are characterized by unavailability of clean safe drinking water, and limited access to sustainable and safe potable water. The project will also train community healthcare workers on basic WASH skills at household level, and link to education and training. This will improve quality of life through sanitation and access to water. The project will also support the appropriate infant feeding for mothers who choose replacement feeding.

Subpartners Total: $0
Global Environment and Technology Foundation: NA
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Increase gender equity in HIV prevention, care, treatment and support