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.
This activity relates to other RAPIDS HKID (#8947) and other Track 1.0 OVC projects.
Opportunity International (OI) is implementing a Track 1.0 orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) program, Sustainable Income and Housing for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (SIHOVC). OI local partners are Christian Enterprise Trust of Zambia (CETZAM) and Habitat for Humanity Zambia (HFHZ). Opportunity International, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity International, will utilize their network of eight programs through CETZAM and HFHZ to serve 5,058 OVC and train 1,010 caregivers in how to care for the OVC in FY 2007. In FY 2006, SIHOVC reached 1,140 OVC and trained 316 caregivers with limited funding. Although funding for FY 2006 was suspended by USAID/Washington due to IO headquarters' non-responsiveness, funding will soon be released to Zambia because OI has put in place measures to address the concerns to the satisfaction of mission. Discussions are currently going on to determine the best way this project can complement and integrate into other USG-funded OVC projects.
CETZAM will continue to provide microfinance services (micro-loans and insurance) and business management training to OVC caregivers while HFHZ will provide shelter and housing for the OVC, and train caregivers in succession planning and property rights. The proposed interventions are more costly per OVC than some programs due to the fact that micro-loans and housing are inherently cash-intensive. However, they meet both legitimate and long-term needs of OVC and their caregivers, and therefore are sustainable and cost-effective efforts.
SIHOVC partners in Zambia will continue to collaborate with other PEPFAR OVC implementing partners. SIHOVC will attend the monthly OVC forum meetings and USAID HIV/AIDS monthly meetings. SIHOVC will participate in both planning and reporting processes. Furthermore, linkages with other USG partners will ensure a continuum of care for the OVC and will facilitate the sharing of lessons learned. SIHOVC has begun to coordinate with RAPIDS to build and renovate houses headed by children and elderly grandmothers. SIHOVC will continue to collaborate with government departments at district and provincial level to ensure communication and support to the OVC from the Government of Zambia. For example, all houses for OVC are constructed on Council land so they can obtain title deeds and the children are protected from property grabbing.
SIHOVC will conduct continuous assessments of OVC in the current program to collect information on the number of OVC receiving care. SIHOVC also conduct an HIV/AIDS coordinator and loan officer training to equip loan officers with the skills to collect accurate data on the OVC indicators and will do borrower outreach to serve an increasing number of caregivers who take in and care for OVC. A significant focus will be on the development and implementation of training. OI partners will use locally produced OVC training materials and tools for the training of caregivers. CETZAM will train peer educators to facilitate HIV/AIDS education and training of caregivers using the Trust Bank and group meetings. This information will strengthen the overall M&E system that the project has put in place.
HFHZ has begun work on a small scale because of the high cost per OVC of houses built or renovated. So far, HFHZ has constructed seven houses. Activities are based on Habitat for Humanity International's regular programming and specific targeting, and program design for OVC has been demonstrated in the other implementing countries for this grant, namely, Uganda and Mozambique. As HFHZ scales up, construction costs become more cost effective. HFHZ will directly provide house construction or renovations and repairs to OVC-headed families or to families who are providing care for OVC in order that these OVC have safe, healthy shelter. HFHZ will collect baseline information on the number of OVC cared for by HFH homeowners in the existing program and will assess the shelter needs of OVC in communities where it is proposing to work. HFHZ will involve local and religious leaders, CBOs, and churches in the communities to participate in responding to the shelter needs of OVC. HFHZ will mobilize local and US short-term volunteers along with the OVC beneficiaries to build safe, healthy houses. As these projects are planned for Lusaka, costs per shelter for each orphan are expected to be relatively high. Housing will be provided in partnership with other PEPFAR implementing partners, such as RAPIDS and the track 1.0 OVC projects, who will address other basic needs of the OVC, such as food and education. HFHZ is considering the possibility of doing renovation at USG partner OVC sites, which is expected to be more cost effective.
HFHZ will directly provide training for caregivers and HIV/AIDS-affected families to increase their awareness of HIV/AIDS, their ability to prevent infection, their capacity to provide care, and their knowledge of women and children's rights, especially with regard to succession planning and inheritance of property. Once this project is integrated with other USG OVC partners, the responsibility for OVC caregiver training will be transferred to these other partners. HFHZ will also provide training to OVC youth in house construction and/or maintenance and will strengthening the capacity of OVC to provide for themselves.
The activity will be sustainable beyond PEPFAR funding support. CETZAM will continue to provide microfinance services as it has already established a sustainable network of offices and trained loan officers. The project will create partnerships between OVC clients and HIV/AIDS services providers to ensure continuing support after the completion of the PEPFAR funding. CETZAM will also promote sustainability by ensuring that households gain the skills and the capacity to continue income generating activities.
