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
The Project Concern International (PCI) Track 1.0 Better Education and Life Opportunities for Vulnerable
Children through Networking and Organizational Growth (BELONG) project began in April 2005. Its goal is
to increase the number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) accessing quality services through
sustainable, community-based programs that effectively reduce their vulnerability. BELONG has planned to
reach 87,455 OVC and train 5,349 caregivers.
Partners implementing the BELONG project in Zambia include PCI as the prime agency and Bwafwano, a
pioneer and "Center of Learning" of integrated HIV/AIDS, 15 HBC programs and 199 Community Schools.
The work plan will be modified to upgrade Community Based HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Organization
(CBTO) as the second "Center of Learning" to facilitate the rapid scale up of home based care services.
BELONG will continue to reach OVC through the community school and home based care platforms. Under
the community school platform, BELONG has planned to reach 33,000 OVC in 199 community schools in
Chongwe, Kafue, Kalomo, Lusaka and Mongu districts with services, including quality formal or informal
education, literacy, and numeracy training, life skills education, HIV/AIDS prevention, medical care,
nutritional support, and psychosocial support. BELONG will continue to strengthen referral linkages
between community schools and primary health centers so that OVC can continue to access general health
and immunization services. BELONG has planned to link 10,000 OVC to the wrap around school feeding
program funded by the World Food Program (WFP) through World Vision. Parents Community School
Committee (PCSC) members will be trained in psychosocial support and they will in turn reach OVC with
psychosocial support services. BELONG will work to further strengthen the capacity of the PCSCs in project
schools in school management, resource mobilization and financial management skills and will continue to
facilitate the project schools' linkage to donor and private sector support. BELONG will also support the
community schools to access sustainable Ministry of Education (MOE) funding, teacher placement and
training. BELONG has also planned to reach 17,050 under five OVC—younger siblings of OVC accessing
community schools, with child survival and Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) services during
the life of the project. BELONG is currently reaching 9,671 under five OVC and has planned to reach 7,379
in FY 2010. PCI will continue to help the community recognize its positive practices as well as needs of the
under-five children that are not being adequately met. PCI will continue to support PCSCs to provide a
loving and trusting environment, an opportunity to play and socialize with other children, to express feelings
and ideas, and to learn positive cultural practices. PCI will continue to support community schools to
promote under-5 healthy habits such as nutrition education (breastfeeding, weaning); water purification and
basic hygiene; promotion of immunizations; promotion of micro-nutrients supplementation and de-worming
medications; provision of bed-nets and education on proper usage; education on the identification of
childhood illness and where to seek assistance; education on HIV/AIDS, prevention/ABC, VCT, PMTCT,
treatment/ART, and stigma-reduction activities.
Under the Home Based Care platform, BELONG will continue to increase Bwafwano's capacity to reach
9,000 OVC through their home-based care program in Lusaka, Chibombo and Mukushi districts. Currently
Bwafwano is reaching 6,000 OVC and in FY 2010, BELONG will support Bwafwano to reach 3,000 OVC.
Bwafwano will continue to work through the 43 established OVC committees and community leaders to
provide services including community school education at the Bwafwano Center, home based and
community school psychosocial support, HIV prevention through behavior change and communication, life
skills, palliative care, HIV testing-- including linkage to Dried Blood Spot (DBS) and Polymerase Chain
Reaction (PCR) testing for children below 18 months and linkage to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) at the
Bwafwano Center in collaboration with the Lusaka District Health Management Team (LDHMT) and the
Center for Infectious Disease and Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) . BELONG will support Bwafwano to enroll
OVC into formal Government schools and will support the organization to enroll 100 under five OVC into the
ECCD center at the Bwafwano center. BELONG has planned to continue supporting Bwafwano to provide
school based feeding to 950 OVC enrolled in the center community school with wrap around leveraged
support from WFP and a United Kingdom based charity, and Cecily's Fund. BELONG will continue to build
the capacity of the 413 HBC volunteer caregivers in child focused HBC/Palliative care technical skills.
BELONG will continue to reach the children of HBC clients receiving palliative care and ART adherence
support from CBTO and other 14 smaller HBC organizations as mentioned above. Through the life of the
project, BELONG has planned to reach 28,405 children through these HBC organizations and in FY 2010,
BELONG has planned to reach 9,000 children. BELONG will support the local CBOs to provide targeted
health services to these OVC including referral to HIV PCR and DBS testing services and ART. BELONG
will provide training in key HBC/palliative care technical skills.
PCI will continue to promote child/youth participation especially girls in decision making, monitoring and
evaluation. PCI will continue to promote quarterly school competitions where children will be encouraged to
express themselves through poetry, drama and debate to encourage them to bring out issues affecting
them, such as HIV/AIDS, VCT, ART access, puberty challenges, stigma and discrimination.
The BELONG HBC "Centers of Learning", Bwafwano, and CBTO, will continue to serve as platforms for
sharing best and promising practices among all BELONG HBC partners and will continue to assist to build
the capacity of smaller HBC partners beyond BELONG. PCI will provide continued technical assistance and
microfinance to the "Centers of Learning" and will continue to link them to other donor and technical
support.
BELONG will document lessons learned and successful methodologies for serving vulnerable children and
their caretakers. PCI will conduct the final evaluation of the program to measure progress made from
baseline to end line. BELONG will continue to build the M&E capacity of their local partners.
BELONG sustainability strategy under the home based care platform includes training HBC supervisors
from all the HBC partners as trainers in key HBC/palliative care technical areas. The HBC supervisors will in
turn continue to provide sustainable technical support and supervision to the 848 caregivers enrolled in the
program. The training will be conducted in partnership with partner primary health centers operating in the
same geographical areas as the HBC organizations, MOH's Child Health Unit and the Palliative Care
Activity Narrative: Organization. By so doing, partnership between HBC organizations and the key stakeholders and
Government institutions will be fostered during trainings and participatory action plans that will delineate
clear referral linkages and support will be drawn. BELONG will assist the partners to sign partnership
agreements with the health centers to allow for the HBC partners and health centers to streamline referral
systems between the HBC providers and the health providers for continued provision of health services to
OVC accessing HBC services.
BELONG winded up the savings-led economic empowerment program, WORTH in the first quarter of FY
08. The saving led economic empowerment program continues to grow even after the end of partnership
with PACT as the groups are capable enough to grow with little support from PCI. PCI will modify the work
plan to draw best practices from the successful WORTH economic empowerment program targeted at
women caregivers and replicate the program to HBC partners mentioned above with leveraged private
donor funding. PCI has also planned to implement a pilot Food and Nutrition (FNS) urban program with
three HBC partners with leveraged private donor funding. The FNS program is aimed at economically
empowering women HBC caregivers and improving their household food security through provision of
sustainable livelihood support for Income Generating Activities (IGAs). PCI will build the capacity of HBC
organizations in financial management and resource mobilization skills and link them to micro finance
institutes to enable them strengthen their income generation programs. With leveraged private donor
support, PCI has planned to replicate proven successful urban based savings-led microfinance programs
into the BELONG HBC programs.
Under the community school platform, PCI will continue to strengthen partnership linkages between MOE
and community schools to enable the schools access sustainable financial and material resources, trained
teachers, and resources for infrastructure development. PCI will assist community schools that are not
benefiting from MOE assistance by building the capacity of their PCSCs in financial management and
ensure that accountability mechanisms are understood and followed. PCI will also assist the community
schools to strengthen their school Income Generating Activities (IGA) programs and link them to sustainable
private sector support. PCI has also planned to assist 50 community schools with agricultural input and
seed money for school gardens in partnership with the private sector.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 14427
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
14427 3654.08 U.S. Agency for Project Concern 6831 2975.08 BELONG $2,024,000
International International
Development
8924 3654.07 U.S. Agency for Project Concern 4989 2975.07 BELONG $1,188,573
3654 3654.06 U.S. Agency for Project Concern 2975 2975.06 BELONG $987,269
Emphasis Areas
Gender
* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs
* Increasing women's access to income and productive resources
Health-related Wraparound Programs
* Child Survival Activities
* Family Planning
* Malaria (PMI)
Human Capacity Development
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $19,000
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Food and Nutrition: Commodities $10,000
Economic Strengthening
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Economic Strengthening $30,000
Education
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Education $20,000
Water
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