Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 12000
Country/Region: Botswana
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

The main goal of the OVC and Gender project is to bring more focus on women and children on issues of HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support. Specifically the project aims to:

Increase women and children's legal rights and protection

Increase gender equity in HIV and AIDS activities and services

Address male norms and behaviors

Increase women's access to income and productive resources

Increase OVC's access to services that promote early childhood development and income and productive resources

The current OVC projects, four (4) of which are coming to an end, are in place to fill existing gaps in the government program and they cover a wide range of services including but not limited to:

Psychosocial support

Early childhood development mainly by facilitating access to pre-school

Adherence counseling

Training of care givers

All these services are provided in order to ensure that OVC have access to a wide range of HIV/AIDS related services for prevention, care and support. However, one of the missing pieces if the issue of gender focus. The new project will be developed to both strengthen the existing OVC projects by including gender in their programming as well as establish new partners that already have gender as an area of focus. For a long time, HIV and AIDS prevalence rates in Botswana have shown that more women than men are infected/affected thereby making it important to not only focus on HIV and AIDS but on other factors that contribute to the problem such as gender.

The Partnership Framework requires gender to be mainstreamed in all HIV and AIDS programs hence this program has a strong link with the framework. In addition, gender is an area of emphasis during PEPFAR II because women and children have been impacted by HIV and AIDS in a unique way. For women, this has been exacerbated by their role within society and their biological vulnerability to HIV infection. The project will work to educate the girl-child on the challenges facing women as well as empower her with the skills necessary to deal with all forms of gender based abuse that may be directed at her. Additionally, the project will focus on the boy-child to empower him to appreciate and respect women as well as treat them as equals with the aim of addressing gender based violence.

\nThrough this program, non-governmental organizations will be provided with grants to provide direct service to OVC and women. Additionally, in-service and pre-service training on issues of gender will be provided to service providers to enable them to deliver quality and effective services.

Since the project is still to be designed, the geographic coverage is not yet known but it is anticipated that it will cover most areas in Botswana.

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $0

10.C.OV13: New OVC Gender Project - Redacted

The main goal of the OVC and Gender project is to bring more focus on women and children on issues of HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support. This is because women and children have been impacted by HIV and AIDS in a unique way. For women, this has been been exacerbated by their role within society and their biological vulnerability to HIV infection. The project aims to empower children to grow up being aware of the challenges facing women and how to address these to prevent them from experiencing similar issues when they are adults. The project will also address issues of child-headed households and sexual abuse.

The Partnership Framework requires the mainstreaming of gender in all HIV and AIDS programs hence this program has a strong link with the framework. In addition, gender is an area of emphasis during PEPFAR II.

Since the project is still to be designed, the geographic coverage is not yet known but it is anticipated that it will cover most areas in Botswana.

The current projects, four (4) of which are coming to an end, are in place to fill existing gaps in the government program and they cover a wide range of services including but not limited to:

Psychosocial support

Early childhood development mainly by facilitating access to pre-school

Adherence counseling

Training of care givers

All these services are provided in order to ensure that OVC have access to a wide range of HIV/AIDS related services for prevention, care and support. The new project will be developed to both strengthen the existing OVC projects by including gender in their programming as well as establish new partners that already have gender as an area of focus.

10.C.OV16: New OVC Gender Project PPP Component - Redacted

The main goal of the OVC and Gender project is to bring more focus on women and children on issues of HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support. This is because women and children have been impacted by HIV and AIDS in a unique way. For women, this has been been exacerbated by their role within society and their biological vulnerability to HIV infection. The project aims to empower children to grow up being aware of the challenges facing women and how to address these to prevent them from experiencing similar issues when they are adults. The project will also address issues of child-headed households and sexual abuse.

The Partnership Framework requires the mainstreaming of gender in all HIV and AIDS programs hence this program has a strong link with the framework. In addition, gender is an area of emphasis during PEPFAR II. Additionally one of the key governing principles of the partnership framework is to promote public-private partnerships in order to enhance sustainability and additional resources.

Since the project is still to be designed, the geographic coverage is not yet known but it is anticipated that it will cover most areas in Botswana.

The current projects, four (4) of which are coming to an end, are in place to fill existing gaps in the government program and they cover a wide range of services including but not limited to: Psychosocial support Early childhood development mainly by facilitating access to pre-school Adherence counseling Training of care givers

All these services are provided in order to ensure that OVC have access to a wide range of HIV/AIDS related services for prevention, care and support. In addition all these programs are implemented by either government, non-governmental organizations, community based organizations or faith based organizations. None are implemented with input from the private sector hence the objective of this project is to promote public private partnership in OVC and gender programming. The involvement of the private sector will hopefully encourage this sector to contribute more to the development or upbringing of the orphaned and vulnerable children in Botswana.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $0
Economic Strengthening $0
Education $0
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery $0
Gender: Gender Based Violence (GBV) $0
Human Resources for Health $0
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Addressing male norms and behaviors
Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services
Increasing women's access to income and productive resources
Increasing women's legal rights and protection
Child Survival Activities
Safe Motherhood
Tuberculosis
Family Planning