Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 4829
Country/Region: Uganda
Year: 2007
Main Partner: Christian Aid
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: FBO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $333,764

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $333,764

Christian Aid (CA) has identified a mutually supporting network of three secular partners in Uganda to respond to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). These three partners will work with CA to implement quality OVC programming in impoverished areas of Uganda hard hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. These locations are Gulu, Kitgum, Soroti & Katakwi districts. The Christian Aid Track 1 OVC project will work with the three sub-partners to provide holistic care and support to at least 7020 OVC and train at least 2532 caregivers during the FY 06. The project's three sub-partners are; Concerned Parents Association (CPA), Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and AIDS Care & Education Training (ACET). The expected impact of the CA Track 1 project for Uganda is improved quality of life for 7020 OVC and 2532 care givers.

The outcomes that will be worked towards to support the achievement of this impact are: 1) OVC have sustainable access to essential services such as education, food and nutrition and psychosocial and income generation support; To achieve the expected impact and outcomes, the project will provide educational support to non-school going OVC and food security and income generation support to impoverished OVC households. The educational support will primarily involve paying school fees for the most impoverished OVC, while the food security support will entail developing the capacity of food insecure OVC households to produce nutritious and adequate food. The income generation work will involve mobilizing and training Group Savings and Loan (GSL) clubs and linking them to viable markets. Older OVC will also be trained in marketable vocational skills and be supported to establish their own businesses. About 738 OVC households and 30 older OVC will be helped to set up profitable income generating activities, 45 OVC will be supported with school fees and 150 trained community counsellors will provide psychosocial support to 4000 OVC in IDP camps. 2) OVC protected from stigma, discrimination, exploitation, violence and sexual abuse; About 100 innovative events will be organised to combat stigma and discrimination i.e. community anti HIV/AIDS awareness sensitisation seminars, radio talk shows, community leaders consensus building forums which will target 100 leaders and community based child protection committees will be set up in IDP camps to protect and advocate for the rights of OVC. 2000 Older OVC in 9 IDP camps will be trained in life skills to help them overcome their vulnerability. Community members with negative and discriminating attitudes towards OVC will be reduced by 25%. 3) Capacity of sub-partners and community institutions developed to support high quality OVC programming; The three sub-partners will train about 24 staff in life skills and psychosocial support courses who will then train other smaller community based organisations and community members. These will support more OVC. Over 240 volunteers will be trained. 4) Lessons learnt, models, and best practices shared and replicated. The three sub-partners will be supported to document and share methods of good practice in OVC programming. Work will also be undertaken through various national networks to address policy issues to complement and reinforce the community-level work. Intensive capacity building of the three sub-partners, as well as the community institutions and groups they support, will ensure quality programming. This will be complemented by regular exchange visits and reflection workshops that will take place among the sub-partners and with other OVC stakeholders in Uganda in an effort to share and document lessons and successful approaches. Emphasis areas:

Subpartners Total: $230,000
Concerned Parents Association: $75,000
Aids Care Education and Training - Uganda: $80,000
Youth with a Mission: $75,000