ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

TITLE: IYF Abstinence and Behavior Change for Youth Project in Tanzania

IYF's Track 1 ABY program closes in June 2010. In accordance with the March 2008 USG site visit

recommendations, several new strategies will be implemented in FY09:

(1) IYF will adjust its M&E system to track two distinct types of individuals reached: individuals reached

through curriculum-based activities and individuals reached through community-based activities. Per the

OGAC criteria for community outreach events, individuals will only be counted as reached if they attend an

event which provides an opportunity for individual interaction within the larger event.

(2) IYF will adjust its M&E system to track two distinct types of individuals trained: unique individuals who

have been trained on all ten of the core topic areas of IYF's peer education training curriculum, which

includes Growth and Development, Relationships, Sex & Sexuality, STIs, HIV/AIDS, Prevention and Risk

Reduction, Behavior Change, Peer Education Skills, Facilitation Skills, and M&E as well as training and

facilitation skills and parents/adult influencers who have been trained on the complete Parent-to-Child

Communication training using the full Safe from Harm Curriculum.

(3) IYF will uphold a 1:15 peer-to-beneficiary ratio for its curriculum-based activities.

(4) IYF will minimize double-counting, build sub-partner capacity, and monitor program delivery by

developing increasingly rigorous M&E standards.

(5) IYF will facilitate lessons learned and best practices throughout its sub-partners' program offices by

increasing communication and dissemination of program materials and literature.

To continue scaling-up of skills-based HIV prevention education, IYF's six sub-partners will train 3950

youths at the national and district levels to serve as peer educators. IYF and its sub-partners will train in-

and out-of- school boys and girls, focusing on comprehensive messaging on delaying sexual debut and

raising individuals' awareness of the HIV risks associated with trans-generational and transactional sex, and

multiple concurrent partnerships. 82,000 youths will be reached through curriculum-based activities

conducted by the trained peer educators, and reinforced by community outreach events. To continue

stimulating community discourse on healthy norms and risky behavior, IYF will conduct two types of mass

media activities: 1) IYF will partner with USG mass media partners STRADCOM and Femina HIP to

distribute existing materials through IYF's wide network of sub-partners; and 2) IYF will air a limited number

of radio programs on local radio stations. IYF will continue airing only those radio programs which build on

existing efforts of its sub-partners, promote youth's skills development by engaging them as active partners

in program development and implementation, and serve as an incentive to promote youth's continued

involvement in peer education. Activities will involve increasing gender balance on HIV/AIDS, reducing

gender-based violence and coercion, and behavior change for males through trainings and outreach

activities, with the goal of increased gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs. To continue reinforcing the

positive role of parents and key influencers on youth's behavior, IYF will train adults and young people on

parent/adult-to-child/youth communication. Recruiting parents/adult influencers who can attend the full Safe

from Harm curriculum training has been a challenge for IYF and IYF recognizes the need to identify new

ways to recruit and retain its goal of 150 facilitators.

IYF will continue to emphasize capacity building with its partners as one of its key program strategies. In

addition, IYF will work with its partners to develop a sustainability/transition plan after the project-funding

period. All other activities listed in COP 2008 have been initiated and will proceed as in the previous year.

*END ACTIVITY MODIFICATION*

With national HIV prevalence rates at 7%, Tanzania has a burden of disease biased towards young people.

The districts and administrative wards selected by IYF and partners with the District AIDS Committees,

have higher than national prevalence rates, are hard to reach or have large high-risk populations, and have

fewer interventions in place. IYF has a history of youth programming and its implementing partners have

national presence with huge youth membership, and enjoy government and community support across all

age groups. Structures and forums allow peer-peer, responsible adult-child, and mentoring relationships to

flourish.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: As of 31 March 2007, IYF provided technical and financial management assistance

to six organizations; adapted and developed training and BCC support materials; and supported project

entry meetings at national and district level. 925 peer educators and 66 Parent-to-Child (PTC) facilitators

have been trained and reached over 170,800 others through small groups, music, dance, and drama

outreach and community meetings.

ACTIVITIES: 1. Scale up skills-based HIV prevention education. The six partners will conduct knowledge,

attitude, behavior change, and skills training at national and district levels using harmonized training

materials. Targets include boys and girls both in and out of school. . Five thousand young people will be

targeted for training as peer educators. More than 50,000 additional youth will be reached through one-to-

one and group interactions. Drama groups will be oriented and trained on AB approaches. Twenty-four

music, dance and drama events are planned with 50 video shows, all designed to deliver AB focused BCC

messages, incorporate audience feedback, and provide opportunity for discussion. The dissemination of

age and culturally appropriate BCC materials mainly sourced from the Ministry of Health and Social

Welfare, TACAIDS, and other partners will be done in conjunction with outreach activities. Messages will

emphasize abstinence in prevention of HIV transmission, delay of sexual debut, promotion of ‘secondary

abstinence', skills development to help young people practice abstinence and life skills, and the

reduction/elimination of casual sex and multiple relationships. Other topics include self-risk perception,

gender, sexual and reproductive health, and substance abuse. 2. Stimulate community discourse on health

norms and risky behavior. IYF will participate in national, district, and community coordination committees

and meetings. Influential faith and political leaders and community resource individuals will participate in

HIV prevention sensitization, mobilization, and advocacy. IYF will reinforce the role of parents and key

influencers and encourage partners to train adults and young people on parent/adult-to-child/youth

communication. Over 150 newly trained facilitators will reach adults in the communities to create

Activity Narrative: approachable parents/adults and increase their knowledge and confidence to act as youth educators and

mentors.

3. IYF will reduce the incidence of sexual coercion and exploitation through: working with sub-partners will

work with the community to identify and act on the risk areas, behaviors and prevalent vulnerabilities among

young people, including intergenerational and trans-generational sex, in the targeted districts; maintaining

linkages with available referral interventions for youth, including youth-friendly VCT centers, and advertise

these through peer-peer approaches, and outreach with influential leaders and community members. Since

IYF partners work at the community level a challenge in underserved areas is the unavailability of such

referral services. IYF will strengthen its partners' program, management, and financial systems in addition

to strengthening program quality, integration, and sustainability.

LINKAGES: IYF and implementing partners will collaborate with the public and private sector, and civil

society organizations: at national level participate in CCYP, AB and other prevention partners meetings; at

district level in the DAC and NGO forums; by working with DAC to identify villages/ wards for geographic

expansion after saturation of the current wards; and by strengthening linkages with available referral

interventions for youth including VCT. IYF will strengthen linkages with partners such as ADRA (to share

materials and synchronize work plans in Mwanza), AMREF (Mwanza: synchronize community mobile VCT

outreach services) World Vision (Kilimanjaro region: community mobilization and prevention), PSI (IEC/BCC

materials, use of mobile video units for community mobilization and outreach), and KIWOHEDE in Mbeya

for job skills referral training. IYF and partners will source materials from MOHSW and other NGO partners.

New materials will be developed only to implement the program where there are no alternative appropriate

materials,

CHECK BOXES: Activities will involve assessments of the implementing partners followed by targeted

trainings to strengthen their financial and programmatic management systems, policies and skills, and their

ability to deliver more efficiently and integrate the project activities into their mainstream work with youth as

a measure towards sustainability.

M&E: IYF has developed an M&E plan to guide data collection, entry, storage, reporting, quality, analysis,

use, and dissemination. Paper and electronic tools will be used to capture data. The tools of the paper-

based system will be the activity registers and the training report forms. These will track the number and

nature of trainings and outreach. They will be summed up monthly at district level and forwarded to the

partners' headquarters for compilation and conversion into electronic systems. At the headquarter level, and

with support from IYF and TACAIDS, the system will be linked to the national Tanzania Output Monitoring

System for non-medical HIV and AIDS interventions. Reports will be sent to IYF for further analysis and

dissemination. Revisions to the data collection tools will be completed as appropriate to harmonize with new

PEPFAR/OGAC guidance. A data quality audit/assessment is planned this year. M&E support will be

obtained from the field office specialist and from MEASURE and USAID. IYF will allocate 7% of FY 2008

funding to M&E.

SUSTAINAIBLITY: IYF will strengthen and improve the technical and management systems and capacity of

its implementing partners through workshops, on-site support, regular assessments, and reviews, providing

opportunities for trainings and sharing of best/promising practices. IYF will work with its partners to make

plans for sustainability after the project-funding period, and assist in the research and positioning for new

funding opportunities. We will continue working with the partners to improve on their volunteer management

and to integrate the HIV prevention activities into their regular programs with young people.

Targets:

(1) Individuals reached: (A) Individuals reached through curriculum-based activities (defined as unique

individuals who have been taught at least five core curriculum topics through repeated visits to the same

participant group), and (B) Individuals reached through community-based activities (defined as unique

individuals reached through video shows or music, drama or dance community outreach events; per the

OGAC criteria for community outreach events, individuals will only be counted as reached if they attend an

event which provides an opportunity for individual interaction within the larger event).

(2) Individuals trained: (A) Unique individuals who have been trained on all ten of the core topic areas of

IYF's peer education training curriculum (which includes: Growth and Development, Relationships, Sex &

Sexuality, STIs, HIV/AIDS, Prevention and Risk Reduction, Behavior Change, Peer Education Skills,

Facilitation Skills, and M&E as well as training and facilitation skills) and (B) Parents/adult influencers who

have been trained on the complete Parent-to-Child Communication training (using the full Safe from Harm

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 13495

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

13495 4860.08 U.S. Agency for International Youth 6523 3501.08 Track 1.0 $912,500

International Foundation

Development

7727 4860.07 U.S. Agency for International Youth 4543 3501.07 IYF Track 1.0 $612,915

International Foundation

Development

4860 4860.06 U.S. Agency for International Youth 3501 3501.06 $230,279

International Foundation

Development

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

* Reducing violence and coercion

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

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