PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
Years of mechanism: 2008 2009
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION (Activities Unchanged from FY 2008):
Christian Aid (CA) is currently implementing a Track 1 OVC project that began in FY 2005. CA is a UK
based international development agency with over 40 years of experience supporting more than 550
indigenous non-governmental and faith-based organizations in 60 countries. CA is working with a mutually
supporting network of three sub-partners in north and north-eastern Uganda (Kitgum, Amuria, Gulu and
Amuru districts) to respond to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): AIDS Care,
Education, and Training (ACET), Concerned Parents Association (CPA), and Youth With a Mission
(YWAM).
By the third quarter of FY 2008, CA and the sub-partners supported a total of 11,155 OVC (5,747 boys and
5,335 girls), 10,526 with three or more services. In addition, 3,112 caregivers were trained to provide
improved care and support for these same OVC. Core areas of support included: economic strengthening,
child protection and food/nutrition, psychosocial, healthcare and educational support.
The expected impact of the CA Track 1 project for Uganda for FY 2008 is to improve the quality of life for
1,200 OVC residing in 11 sub-counties in northern Uganda. 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; 2) OVC protected from
stigma, discrimination, exploitation, violence, and sexual abuse; 3) capacity of sub-partners and community
institutions developed to support quality OVC programming; and 4) lessons learnt, models, and best
practices shared and replicated. It is expected that the project will reach at least 9,000 OVC in Uganda in
FY 2007. In FY 2009, Christian Aid and its partners will provide care and support to these same 12,000
OVC - of which at least 10,000 will benefit from three or more services. In addition, 3,200 caregivers will be
trained to provide improved care and support to these OVC. (The same 15 sites that were supported in FY
2008 will continue to be supported in FY 2009.)
To achieve the expected impact and outcomes, the project will continue to roll-out and strengthen its
innovative and organically developed community-based model to provide OVC with holistic and sustainable
care and support. In particular:
1. Representatives of priority OVC households in the Ugandan sites will continue to be supported in
Savings and Loan Associations (SLAs). Here, the members save for several months until their savings
become significantly large, thereby, allowing the members to draw small loans, which they use for income
generation activities, school fees and uniforms, etc. To complement this economic strengthening work and
bolster their food and nutritional security, the groups are also supported with self-help projects in agriculture
and complementary sectors, e.g., seed and livestock multiplication.
2. OVC between the ages of six to 11 years of age whose guardians are attached to the SLA groups
participate in Kids Clubs activities on a weekly basis. Trained peer facilitators take the children through a
structured manual informed by material developed by the Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative
(REPSSI). In this way, these children receive quality, structured PSS.
3. Older OVC - those between the ages of 12 to 17 years of age - are mobilized into youth clubs and
participate in the program's life skills sessions on a weekly basis. The sessions are also facilitated by
trained peer educators by material informed by Population Services International (PSI) and other national
and international reputable material. Through the life skills sessions, these older OVC benefit from both
healthcare support (i.e., reproductive health) and PSS.
4. Within the SLA groups, child protection Mentors are appointed. The Mentors are responsible for visiting
the homes of each of their fellow SLA members at least twice per month. Here, they spend time with the
OVC, thereby, providing adult mentorship support, as well as ensure they are not being physically or
mentally abused, stigmatized, and/or discriminated against. When minor child protection cases are
revealed, they counsel the guardians in question to explore alternative ways of treating the children. More
serious cases are reported to the OVC Support Committees, child protection committees, and/or local
government officers/police for resolution. Through this mechanism, the project is working to ensure that all
the children are systematically monitored and, therefore, benefit from child protection support, as well as
one-one-one counseling support.
5. Despite the economic strengthening work that is being undertaken, there are still many OVC that are
unable to attend school, particularly at the secondary level. Given this, rigorous targeting is undertaken with
the OVC Support Committees and SLA groups to identify older OVC in most need of secondary school
support, and this is provided. In addition, older OVC that cannot be integrated into the formal education
system, i.e., those that do not even possess a basic educational foundation on which to build, will be
provided with vocational training through local training colleges.
Through the above community-based model, the participating OVC will access most, if not all, of the
following core services: economic strengthening, PSS, healthcare support, food and nutrition, protection,
and educational support. This will, thereby, ensure that they receive comprehensive, quality support.
Furthermore, by channeling support and capacity building through the SLA groups, CA will ensure that the
services provided to the OVC are family focused and sustainable, as it is highly likely that these groups will
continue to operate in the post-implementation period. The larger OVC Support Committees who they are
apart will also continue to be linked to local government structures and other sources of support. In
addition, by ensuring that the Kids Club and Life Skills activities target younger and older OVC, respectively,
CA will ensure that the interventions are age appropriate. Gender sensitivity is additionally promoted by
ensuring that there are both male and female peer educators to support direct work with the OVC. The life
skills activities will furthermore build the capacity of OVC between the ages of 12 to 17 to avoid contracting
HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as well as preventing them from succumbing to
unwanted pregnancy.
The above interventions are directly informed by and in support of the National Orphans and Other
Activity Narrative: Vulnerable Children Policy and the National Programme Plan of Interventions for Orphans and Other
Vulnerable Children 2005/6 - 2009/10. In particular, the former document's guiding principles - including
those related to the rights based approach, ensuring that the family and community is the first line of
response, focus on the most vulnerable children, and community participation and empowerment - lay at
the very foundation of CA's project. Moreover, Uganda's goal of ensuring the realization of the rights of
OVC is directly in line with the project's goal. The project will also ensure the realization of the objectives of
Uganda's OVC policy by supporting the development of a more protective environment for children in the
participating communities, ensuring that OVC access essential services and that resources for OVC
programming are used strategically and efficiently, and that the capacity gaps of guardians, local leaders,
and community institutions are addressed to ensure that they can support the realization of the rights of
OVC for the long-term. CA will also ensure that the program is effectively coordinated with and mutually
reinforces the work of local government by ensuring that the sub-partners attend district-level coordination
meetings, as well as the timely submission of programmatic reports on a quarterly basis.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA:
As explained above, CA's project focuses on ensuring that OVC access the core program areas of support,
as spelled out in the Guidance. The vision is to ensure that each OVC receives a holistic package of
support based on his or her own particular needs. Moreover, this Program Area's Guiding Principles are
being closely followed. This includes: focusing interventions on the family unit and the community and not
only on the affected child; developing the capacity of OVC households and communities to provide better
and sustained support to OVC through the promotion of SLA groups and OVC Support Committees;
ensuring the meaningful participation of children in the program through their representation on the OVC
Support Committees and integration into monitoring and evaluation (M&E) processes; and reducing gender
disparities by ensuring both girl and boy OVC are closely monitored and protected from exploitation, abuse,
and discrimination and by empowering both boy and girl OVC with vital life skills.
LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Through the SLA groups, specific interventions will continue to be undertaken in FY 2008 to encourage both
the SLA members and even the OVC under their care access local voluntary counseling and testing (VCT)
services, so they, if necessary, can be effectively linked to HIV treatment providers such as the Joint Clinical
Research Center (JCRC). In fact, specific training materials will be developed and delivered to the groups
to this effect. Finally, efforts will continue to be made to link the participating households to other
developmental organizations in the districts, so they can access complementary forms of support in the food
security, economic strengthening, and water and environmental sanitation sectors.
New/Continuing Activity: New Activity
Continuing Activity:
Emphasis Areas
Human Capacity Development
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Economic Strengthening $50,000
Education
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Education $16,000
Water
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