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
This is a Track 1.0 multi-country Abstinence Behavior Change for Youth (ABY) activity that links with other
United States Government (USG) ABY partners, including International Youth Foundation/ Empowering
Africa's Young People Initiative, Health Communication Partnership (HCP), and CHANGES2. This activity
supports both the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Strategic Framework and the PEPFAR goals of abstinence,
and behavior change for youth as a means of preventing the transmission and spread of HIV.
The focus of the Y-Choices HIV/AIDS prevention program is to promote abstinence and being faithful
among in-school and out-of-school youth aged 10-24, through peer education. The program is
implemented through sub-grantees including non-governmental organizations, community-based
organizations, and faith-based organizations. FY 2009 funds will be used to provide ABY sub-grants to at
least five (05) sub-grantees that will be competitively selected from the FY 2007 and 2008 Y-Choices sub-
grantees that have historically performed well. Currently, Y-Choices and its sub-partners are working in five
rural provinces: Central, Luapula, North-Western, Southern, and Western.
Utilizing the networking approach to HIV/AIDS programming, ABY sub-grantees will collaborate with other
stakeholders in the field to ensure quality services for youth and to avoid duplication of efforts. Referrals will
be encouraged to ensure that sexually active young people who require counseling and testing (CT),
condom services and other HIV/AIDS related services are referred to partner organizations providing these
services within the coverage area.
Y-Choices Abstinence and Be faithful for Youth activities are conducted through schools and community
Anti-AIDS clubs at the district/community level, and are guided by the school matrons and patrons who
were trained as adult mentors by the Y-Choices project. ABY sites are identified through a consultative
process with district local leadership and stakeholders such as District AIDS Task Forces, District Education
Boards, and District Health structures.
In FY 2008, the program had four sub-grantees and by mid-year had reached approximately 25,848 youth
with AB messages and 23,587 youth with Abstinence-only messages. A total of 172 persons were trained
to reach out to the youth along with their guardians/parents with AB messages in 101 sites. In FY 2009, Y-
Choices will implement ABY activities in 100 new sites. Each of the five sub-grantees will cover ten schools
and ten surrounding communities. A total of 1,000 peer educators and 250 adult mentors will also be
trained in these sites. The project will reach 50,000 youth with AB messages and 43,750 youth with
abstinence-only messages. Approximately 60% of the total youth reached will be girls.
In FY 2009, the major thrust of the program will be to continue supporting the in-school, community and
church based peer-to-peer education and child mentoring outreach by peer educators and adult mentors.
At the same time, efforts will be made to ensure program sustainability at all levels of program
implementation by increasing personnel skills and capacities in program implementation and management.
In addition, the school, church and community HIV/AIDS clubs will be supported with enough information,
education, communication (IEC) materials to be used even after end of the program. The peer educators
will provide age appropriate AB messages to fellow peers through outreach activities. The adult mentors,
including parents, church leaders and teachers, will provide guidance to peer educators in their planning
and implementation of peer education activities, and promote parent/adult/child dialogue. The project will
encourage dialogue between youth and their parents, and other adults on sexuality issues, and messages
on abstinence and fidelity as key HIV preventive measures among youth. Both peer and adult educators
will be trained in effective AB messaging and community mobilization.
The sub-grantees carry out daily program management and provide technical support to community and
school activities through trained peer educators, teachers, adult mentors, and program staff, including
monitoring and evaluation officers. The sub-grantees often exchange experiences, strategies, materials,
and approaches to AB messaging. PACT also trains sub-grantees in program and grants management,
reporting, and monitoring and evaluation. In FY2007 and FY2008 some sub-grantees received funding
from other agencies, such as the United Nations Development Program, the Zambia National AIDS Network
and the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) demonstrating donor confidence in the Pact Zambia sub-
grantees' program and financial management systems.
To ensure further program sustainability, Y-Choices will continue to build the capacities and skills of sub-
grantees in grants and program management, monitoring and evaluation, including: the development of
work plans, funding proposal narratives, organizational strategic plans, community mobilization and
advocacy strategies, and financial management. Pact Zambia will develop and implement a Sustainability
Plan for its partners to ensure continuity of the activities after June 2010. The plan will include linking the
partner organizations to other donors interested in ABY programming.
Sub-grantees will encourage traditional, religious, and civic leadership to participate in community
mobilization and program activities. Y-Choices' sub-grantees will ensure linkages and synergy of their
school based and community HIV/AIDS action groups' ABY activities to existing government structures,
such as the Provincial AIDS Task Forces, and the Neighborhood Health Committees. Y-Choices will also
continue its membership on the formed Prevention of Sexual Transmission working group supported by the
NAC. To enhance coordination, standardization, and learning, Y-Choices will be in constant communication
with other United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported ABY partners, through
the USG AB partner working group.
Gender will be a focus for partners in the implementation of this activity. The messaging, program
evaluation, and reporting will incorporate gender issues, as HIV/AIDS affects boys and girls differently. The
communication strategy will ensure that these HIV related issues for boys and girls (such as multiple sexual
partners, sexual abuse, violence and transactional sex) are adequately addressed. Peer education and
mentoring outreach will be complemented by AB messaging through folk media and radio programming in
provinces with community radio stations. Y-Choices will encourage its sub-grantees to adapt any existing
and approved AB radio programs developed by other partners, such as Population Services
International/Society for Family Health and Health Communication Partnership. Additionally, sub-partners
Activity Narrative: will develop specific programs such as radio talk shows on abstinence to fill missing gaps. To standardize
the AB messages reaching youth and maintain positive behavior, Y-Choices sub-grantees will continue
using approved and available information, education, and communication materials that have been
developed by various stakeholders and approved by the NAC.
Pact Zambia's Y-Choices will conduct regular field compliance visits to the sub-grantees for program and
financial backstopping. The program will also continue tracking results from each sub-grantee through the
reporting template submitted quarterly. The template helps in tracking key program data as well as
challenges and success stories. Y-Choices plans to complete program closeout procedures and submit
final program technical and financial reports by June 30th, 2010 to USAID. A close out plan will be
developed by December 2009 to guide this process.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 14414
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
14414 3857.08 U.S. Agency for Pact, Inc. 6826 1409.08 Y-Choices $1,780,242
International
Development
8922 3857.07 U.S. Agency for Pact, Inc. 4987 1409.07 Y-Choices $805,597
3857 3857.06 U.S. Agency for Pact, Inc. 3129 1409.06 Y-Choices $585,249
Emphasis Areas
Gender
* Addressing male norms and behaviors
* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs
Human Capacity Development
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $90,000
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Education
Water
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