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.
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Orphans and vulnerable children represent some of the most underprivileged members of society. According to the National AIDS Strategic Framework 2011-2015: Towards improving the quality of life of the Zambian people (NASF, 2010), Zambia ranks second in the highest number of OVC in Africa, an estimated 1.3 million. Of these, 50 percent are thought to be due to HIV and AIDS. 4 in 10 children under age 18 were not living with both parents; and that 15 percent of children under age 18 were orphaned with one or both parents were dead.
With this magnitude of OVC, extended family structures are being overly taxed. Prevailing poverty makes it difficult for families to care these children. Of those that are taken in, many OVC are resented for the strain they add to the family. These children are less likely to be in school and are more vulnerable to child labor, harassment and sexual abuse. The NASF (2010) estimates that in 2006 there were 13,000 children living on the streets with this figure projected increase to over 22,000 in 2016.
Zambias Ministry of Community Development and Social Services has the mandate to socially protect OVC. The Ministry works with the Ministry of Home Affairs to place OVC in the care of relatives. When this is not possible, children are placed in childrens homes or orphanages. According to the NASF (2010), there are 4,592 children living in these facilities. Community leaders, village headmen, teachers and religious figures know which children are in the most need in their communities. The PEPFAR OVC Small Grant program builds on this knowledge by providing small grants to organizations who work closely with these individuals to identify OVC, prioritize their needs, and mobilize community action
The PEPFAR OVC Small Grant program is designed to assist NGOs and community, faith-based and womens groups with innovative projects that provide care and support to OVC. The goal of the program to improve the standard of living of OVC and their households through sustainable community-led projects. Projects have to fill a need in the community and reach a large number of OVC.
This years grants funded 25 projects located in all of Zambias nine provinces. Projects were selected based on their past work with the under privileged and their demonstrated ability to make a significant improvement in the health and wellbeing of OVC. Project funding ranged from $7,500 to $14,800. All projects focus on at least two of the following areas, with education being the most prevalent:
- Education: school fees, uniforms, shoes, books and other requisites
- Basic needs: nutrition, medical care, hygiene, clothing, blankets
- Counseling: psychosocial, life skills, behavior change
- Income generating activities for the organization and/or OVC households
- HIV prevention
- Stigma and discrimination issues
- Skills training: tailoring, carpentry, bricklaying, catering, crafts, OVC care
Program successes are simple but critical. One of the most important is that children are able to go to school when previously they had to drop out to care for a sick family member or because they were orphaned.
Challenges encountered include the continual fact that the need is far greater than the funds available. Many organizations report that they have to turn away OVC because they have reached their quota and do not have additional funds to support more children.
The PEPFAR OVC Small Grant program is very popular. During this years call for new applications, over 400 were received for next years funding cycle. All the applications were reviewed and promising projects short listed. Site visits are ongoing to determine which 25 to 30 projects will be funded.
A new requirement for all future projects is the addition of an income generating activity (IGA) to enable the grantee to continue their OVC services after the PEPFAR funds are spent. Examples of IGAs include a hammer mill for grinding grain, tailoring, brick making, catering, poultry rearing, vegetable production, and micro lending schemes. The goal of these activities is to produce a better future for OVC and the organizations that support them.
