RODI's goal is to contribute towards development of HIV free community in Rukwa region that is able to utilize local resource effectively for own development and that of our nation. The objectives are 1) To reduce the rate of HIV transmission in high-risk communities through strengthening prevention interventions, care and support services, and referral for continuum of care in Rukwa region. 2) To promote uptake of HIV testing and counseling services with the emphasis on the hard to reach areas. 3)To improve services delivery for OVC aiming at achieving quality of life and wellbeing by empowering households and communities to provide care and support. 4). To support provision of comprehensive care and support to PLHIV and their families in order to maintain the best possible quality of life 5) To strengthen collaboration within partners, LGAs and other stakeholders in implementing national HIV/AIDS programs in Rukwa.

RODI contributes to Health Systems strengthening by providing capacity building to 12 local organizations which work under RODI which are NGOs, CBOs and FBOs .RODI provides intensive management and technical capacity building of its implementing partners and also Monitoring and Evaluation capacity building. RODI works closely with the GoT as well as other stakeholders in the region and other USG partners. RODI holds regular program coordination committee meetings with the LGAs e.g., CHAC, Community development officer and District HBC coordinators. RODI support trainings to organizational staff on all program areas such as prevention, testing and counseling to both medical and the lay counselors, orphans and vulnerable children and Home Based Care and cross cutting issues like stigma, increasing women's access to income and productive resources and nutrition. Training on data management will be done to build partners capacity to ensure quality data is collected, reported and utilized by the program as well as other stakeholders.

On cross cutting issues RODI will initiate working on gender issues by focusing on gender norms, addressing gender-based violence and promoting gender equity. RODI will address male norms and behaviors by using various developed program manuals. RODI will increase women access to income generating activities (IGA) and link them to other organizations providing economic strengthening skills and support

RODI will become more cost efficient by working closely with local government authorities and use of local partners to implement the program. RODI managed to have representatives at the CMAC baraza and Regional Consultative Committee (RCC). This provides a room for the community partners to have their contributions in councils' plans, decisions and implementation of programs. RODI will realign its partners to ensure that there is no duplication of efforts in some district and wards. RODI will continue to work on integrating trainings such as HBC & FBC, CT. and more linkages within programs and other stakeholders.

Geographic coverage and target populations RODI covers all five districts of Rukwa region, which has a total population of 1,141,743 people (according to 2002 national census) with HIV prevalence rate of 4.9% (THMIS 2007-08). RODI works with all age groups in its programs 0-18 OVC, Prevention for general population and care for all ages.

This program contributes to the Partnership Framework goal of service maintenance and scale up and Prevention goal. RODI will continue to implement community-based programs such as care and support for PLHIV by providing comprehensive care services ranging from psychosocial, spiritual, legal, physical as well as economical strengthening support and Prevention with positives. For OVC program this program will continue to provide quality services such as food and nutrition, shelter, family based care and support, social protection and security, primary health care, psychosocial care and support, education support and household economic strengthening. Also promotion and expansion of HIV testing and counseling services and increase the number of people who know their HIV status and who adopt appropriate measures to protect themselves and/or their partners from infection and re-infection. RODI implements quality HIV prevention programs for general population, youth, hard to reach and at risk population eg. People in mines, fishing communities focusing on inter-personal communication and community mobilization. Activities focus on building skills of youth, and address key drivers of the epidemic, including multiple concurrent partnerships, transactional and cross-generational sex, and promotion of condoms insisting on correct and consistent use.

RODI will continue to provide technical support to its partners on management and implementation. RODI will perform monthly supportive supervision to its partners and joint quarterly supervision with the CHAC, DAC HBC coordinator and community development officer. Walter Reed/DoD Program managers provides TA on financial, management, as well as M&E on regular basis.

Maintain and strengthen quality HBC services with an increased focus on targeting children in the all districts of Rukwa region. RODI will accomplish this through sub-grantee mechanisms with local CSOs and NGOs.

With the increase resourses in FY2010, RODI will integrate PwP services into the programs including facilitating logistics distribution and storage for Pwp related commodities in Rukwa region, and will support the LGAs in the roll out plan for the National recording and reporting system for HBC.

1)Provision of quality and sustainable OVC services.

2)Support the councils to strengthen coordination of OVC stakeholders in the region.

3)Work and collaborate with LGAs to strengthening a National OVC Program in Rukwa e.g Utilization of OVC DMS.

1).Strengthening coordination among sub partners to provide quality services to OVC,in focusing household economic strengthening following national guideline quality standards for OVC 2)Work and collaborate with LGAs to strengthening a National OVC Program in Rukwa e.g Utilization of OVC DMS,build capacity to MVCC 3)Stengthening interventions in hard to reach and isolated areas e.g along lake Tanaganyika

Cont to offer quality static & mobile CT services in all 4 districts in Rukwa region. Train counselors. Integrate CHCT into other CT service delivery. Cont with community sensitization on HIV testing. . Improve linkages and network with other stakeholders for care continuum. Integrate BMI into CT delivery systems. Strengthen quality CT services through refresher trainings and professional supervision. Strengthen HIV programs at workplaces. Integrate BCC into CT services delivery systems.

Continue community sensitization on abstinence and being faithful messages in Rukwa. Focus on MCP campaigns and alcohol reduction counseling. Strengthen data collection and quality recording and reporting. Strengthen collaboration with LGAs in coordination and implementing AB activities in Rukwa.

Continue community sensitization on condom use, ensure availability and promote female condoms. Train peer educators on OP in Mpanda, Nkasi and Sumbawanga rural and urban. Focus on transactional sex in urban communities. Establish other condom outlets in rural areas (Muze, Matai, Majimoto). Integrating BCC into condom outlets. Build capacity of LGA to coordinate and implement OP activities in 4 districts in Rukwa region. Train peer educators on condom usages.