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
08.P0216: Life Skills Peace Corps Program
Peace Corps/Botswana's (PC/B) Life Skills Program is a comprehensive HIV prevention program for youth,
encompassing Abstinence/Be Faithful (AB) (83%) and OP (17%). This program targets school children
between the ages of 7 and 19. For youth ages 7-14, the focus of the program is on AB prevention. For
older teens in the target population, who are likely to be sexually experienced and/or sexually active, the
program also incorporates OP elements. The Life Skills program endeavors to equip adolescents with the
skills and tools necessary to remain free of HIV and unintended pregnancies, and includes the discussion of
condoms and STI treatment when appropriate. Creating a comprehensive Life Skills program allows the
program to address the HIV prevention needs of a wider range of beneficiaries than it would with funding
from only one of the prevention program areas.
Since Peace Corps' return to Botswana in 2003, Peace Corps Volunteers (Volunteers) have been assigned
to HIV/AIDS-related projects focused on district AIDS coordination, community capacity building, prevention
of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT), home-based care (HBC) and PEPFAR-supported NGO capacity
building. In addition to their primary assignments, many PCVs also participate in youth development
activities such as school clubs, mentoring programs, sports and recreational activities, and Girls Leading
Our World (GLOW) camps.
To expand upon what current PCVs are doing and to help support HHS/CDC/BOTUSA and Government of
Botswana efforts, in FY 2007, PC/B began a pilot life skills capacity building initiative, in collaboration with
the Ministry of Education (MOE) and other key partners working with youth in Botswana. Specific activities
undertaken by PC/B in 2007 include:
(1)Training for current, interested Volunteers (90% of all Volunteers) in Life Skills by MOE;
(2)Placement of five PEPFAR-funded Life Skills Volunteers (including three third-year extensions and two
new Volunteers) to pilot the life skills initiative;
(3)Training of Life Skills Volunteers by curriculum specialists from the MOE, a Youth Forum training, and
additional technical training and planning with MOE during IST; and
(4)Preparatory groundwork for the arrival of a group of 15 new PEPFAR-funded life skills Volunteers in
April/May 2008.
Starting in June 2007, PC/B, in collaboration with the MOE, assigned Life Skills Volunteers for a 12-month
period to a cluster of schools in the Molepolole District (communities include: Molepolole, Sojwe, Salajwe,
Letlhakeng, with a fifth community to be determined). Volunteers are assigned full-time to life skills capacity
building within their host communities and, based upon MOE approval and community assessments,
undertake a range of activities, including:
-Serving as a resource and a facilitator to teachers and counselors on classroom and in-school life skills
activities;
-Supporting efforts to help teachers to develop their own life skills and the emotional resilience to teach the
Life Skills materials to students;
-Promoting and implementing "out of school" activities to take the Life Skills materials out of the classroom
through practical experiences for students, such as service learning projects, after school clubs, mentoring,
and GLOW camps;
-Being available as a resource person, either to individual children or groups of children, on potential youth
-Working with parents and community leaders to instill a deeper understanding of the importance of life
skills, within the community and at home, and promoting parental participation in related activities;
-Working with out-of-school youth, serving in a mentoring capacity, and assisting their development of life
skills;
-Supporting and assisting PCVs assigned to other projects (i.e., district AIDS coordination, community
capacity building, and NGO capacity building) to undertake life skills activities as secondary projects;
expanding the reach of the overall project; and
-Assisting in the monitoring of the program implementation and related reporting to district and national
educational offices, on the part of their assigned schools.
FY 2008 Proposed Activities
In 2008, PC/B will recruit, train and place 15 new Volunteers to expand beyond the pilot phase launched in
2007—with up to five Volunteers working at the educational district level. Up to five PEPFAR-funded third-
year Volunteers will also be recruited in 2008, to replace the three third year extension Volunteers who are
piloting the effort in 2007. Volunteers at the educational district level will assist in the development of
monitoring and reporting capacity (e.g., systems and procedures, refinement of reporting formats and data
requirements, and the compilation and synthesis of data). Such an assignment would allow these
Volunteers to assist with implementation activities at schools within their communities and would be housed,
if possible, at or near these schools.
PC/B-funded Volunteers assigned to other projects also are provided PEPFAR-funded training to support
the dissemination and use of the new MOE Life Skills materials. Developed with the support of
HHS/CDC/BOTUSA, these materials focus on the development of decision-making and interpersonal skills
on the part of young people, including the nature and timing of the onset of sexual activity on their part.
Volunteers will support teachers with these materials in and outside the classroom and within communities.
PC/B will target its efforts to upper primary, junior & senior secondary students because these stages
appear to be the critical ones in the development of life skills and precede or coincide with the typical
dropout juncture.
The Minister of Education pledged the support of the MOE to PC/B regarding the design of appropriate
Volunteer interventions and training, and the prioritization of site placements. In advance of the start of the
initiative, HHS/CDC/BOTUSA, PC/B and MOE will establish appropriate reporting requirements for both life
skills Volunteers and those assigned to other projects that undertake life skills projects as secondary
activities. In consultation with MOE and HHS/CDC/BOTUSA, PCVs will collaborate with other partners,
such as UNICEF, that are involved in youth-related life skills development to maximize the impact of
collective efforts and donor resources.
Activity Narrative:
FY08 PEPFAR funds will support:
-costs related to the new and existing Life Skills Volunteers, including trainee pre-arrival costs, travel, pre-
service and in-service training, living and readjustment allowances, housing and medical expenses, home
leave for the third-year Volunteers.;
-in-country and HQ administrative and human resource costs including local staff positions to support
PC/B's PEPFAR program. In addition to staff positions approved in the FY07 COP, PC/B will hire a new
program manager to oversee the work of the PEPFAR-funded Volunteers;
-AB prevention-related in-service training for PC/B-funded Volunteers; and
-grants for small community-initiated projects focused on AB prevention.
08.P0516 Life Skills Peace Corps Program
building. In addition to their primary assignments, many Volunteers also participate in youth development
To expand upon what current Volunteers are doing and to help support HHS/CDC/BOTUSA and
Government of Botswana efforts, in FY 2007, PC/B began a pilot life skills capacity building initiative, in
collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE) and other key partners working with youth in Botswana.
Specific activities undertaken by PC/B in 2007 include:
period with a cluster of schools in the Molepolole District (communities include: Molepolole, Sojwe, Salajwe,
?Serving as a resource and a facilitator to teachers and counselors on classroom and in-school life skills
?Supporting efforts to help teachers to develop their own life skills and the emotional resilience to teach the
?Promoting and implementing "out of school" activities to take the Life Skills materials out of the classroom
?Being available as a resource person, either to individual children or groups of children, on potential youth
?Working with parents and community leaders to instill a deeper understanding of the importance of life
?Working with out-of-school youth, serving in a mentoring capacity, and assisting their development of life
?Supporting and assisting Volunteers assigned to other projects (i.e., district AIDS coordination, community
?Assisting in the monitoring of the program implementation and related reporting to district and national
PC/B-funded Volunteers assigned to other projects are also provided PEPFAR-funded training to support
activities. In consultation with MOE and HHS/CDC/BOTUSA, Volunteers will collaborate with other
partners, such as UNICEF, that are involved in youth-related life skills development to maximize the impact
of collective efforts and donor resources.
FY 2008 PEPFAR funds will support:
service and in-service training, living and readjustment allowances,, housing and medical costs, home leave
for the third-year Volunteers;
Program Manager to oversee the PEPFAR-funded NGO and Life Skills Volunteers;
-OP prevention-related in-service training for PC/B-funded Volunteers; and
-grants for small community-initiated projects focused on C/OP activities.
08.C0802 Peace Corps - OVC NGO Capacity Building Program
It is widely recognized that non-governmental organizations (NGOs, CBOs and FBOs) in Botswana are at a
nascent stage, particularly in the HIV/AIDS service sector, and thus are in need of assistance in areas
ranging from organizational development, program planning, service delivery, data collection tools,
development of strategic plans, resource mobilization, volunteer recruitment, reporting, and monitoring and
evaluation. The aim of the Peace Corps Botswana's (PC/B) NGO program is to help build the capacity of
local NGOs, to provide services to OVCs as well as to others affected directly by HIV/AIDS.
The Botswana Network of AIDS Service Organizations (BONASO) establishes a priority list of organizations
and sites for the placement of Peace Corps Volunteers (Volunteers) in the NGO program; Peace Corps staff
conduct site development assessments and make final site decisions based on established criteria
(including consideration of safety and security, program resources, and job description). Following eight
weeks of training, NGO Volunteers are placed in OVC-serving organizations for a two-year period. In the
first two months of being placed in an organization, NGO Volunteers carry out community assessments.
These assessments enable the Volunteers to understand their communities better and to develop their work
plans. These work plans are used to assess and monitor their input into the respective organizations.
NGO Volunteers live within the villages and towns where their host organizations are based and assume
the following roles:
• Introducing and/or strengthening programming strategies and skills (i.e., design,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation);
• Developing organizational capacities (management, financial, administrative, etc.)
and implementing appropriate and effective systems and procedures;
• Creating networks among NGO, governmental, private sector, and international partners;
• Sparking creativity and instilling confidence and skills needed for successful resource
mobilization;
• Reinvigorating/introducing the value of volunteerism leading to an increase in the number of citizens
participating in HIV/AIDS programming and activities at the community level;
• Expanding community understanding of HIV/AIDS and encouraging commitment to the values of
Botswana 's Vision 2016, leading to the reduction of stigma and discrimination;
• Expanding community understanding concerning available government services;
• Generating new ideas on care and activities for OVC;
• Staff development to ensure sustainability;
• Serving as a resource during training for NGOs/CBOs/FBOs depending on skills needed.
FY08 PEPFAR funds will support 11 NGO Volunteers in their second year of service and 10 new NGO
Volunteers scheduled to arrive for training in April 2008. In FY08, an additional five Volunteers will extend
for a third year in the NGO program. These 15 new and extending Volunteers will be placed in NGOs
engaged in community-based OVC activities.
Specifically, FY08 PEPFAR funds will support:
-all costs associated with the 26 new and current PEPFAR-funded NGO Volunteers, including pre-arrival,
travel, pre-service and in-service training, living and readjustment allowances, housing and medical
expenses, and home leave for the third-year extension Volunteers;
-in-service training for other PC/B-funded Volunteers involved in OVC activities;
-small grants for community-initiated projects benefiting OVCs;
-in-country and HQ administrative costs; and
-local staff hired to support PC/B's PEPFAR program. In addition to positions funded in the FY07 COP,
PC/B will hire a new Program Manager to oversee the work of the PEPFAR-funded NGO and Life Skills
Volunteers.
Volunteers will report to the leadership of their respective NGO/CBO/FBO organizations, as well as to the
new Program Manager, who will be responsible for providing the HHS/CDC/BOTUSA team with summary
reports, based upon Office of the Global Aids Coordinator (OGAC) reporting requirements. PC/B is working
work with HHS/CDC/BOTUSA and other partners to define the most effective means of reporting in order to
capture the unique contributions to capacity building made by Volunteers and to complement the
quantitative data provided by the NGOs through their reporting channels to HHS/CDC/BOTUSA.
