Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2013 2014 2015 2016

Details for Mechanism ID: 16934
Country/Region: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2013
Main Partner: Voice of America
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: enumerations.State/African Affairs
Total Funding: $250,000

Through the Voice of America, PAS Kinshasa supports a program called Votre Santé, Votre Avenir (Your Health, Your Future). It is a unique, ground-breaking VOA radio/social media program educating millions of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with news, information and stories about HIV/AIDS, rape and gender-based sexual violence. The 30-minute program was originally launched in May 2011, and reaches the entire DRC on state-run RTNC radio, VOA FM affiliates, shortwave and social media. VS/VA is the only VOA product aired twice weekly (Saturday and Sunday) on RTNC across DRC. It is also translated into local languages.

Experienced, French-speaking VOA reporters, editors and managers run the show, while a Kinshasa-based coordinator handles daily relations with DRC correspondents across the country, including in the Eastern DRC. VOA has final editorial control of the program.

The program deals with healthy lifestyles, safe sex behavior, treatment and care of HIV/AIDS, testing, mother-to-child transmission, gender education and social and political implications of HIV/AIDS. DRCs Ministries of Health and Communications strongly support the program and participate in shows. The program engages millions of people in DRC using correspondent reports from across the country, Qs-and-As with medical professionals, community outreach, journalism training and social media.

In the coming year, the program will continue its weekly broadcasts, expand its social media presence by web and text, execute a community outreach program at schools in DRC 4 cities, conduct 4 audience-based TV programs on HIV/AIDS, and hold 2 journalism training sessions outside Kinshasa.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $50,000

Through the Voice of America, PAS Kinshasa supports a program called Votre Santé, Votre Avenir (Your Health, Your Future). The program deals with healthy lifestyles, safe sex behavior, treatment and care of HIV/AIDS, testing, mother-to-child transmission, gender education and social and political implications of HIV/AIDS. DRCs Ministries of Health and Communications strongly support the program and participate in shows. The program engages millions of people in DRC using correspondent reports from across the country, Qs-and-As with medical professionals, community outreach, journalism training and social media.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $100,000

Through the Voice of America, PAS Kinshasa supports a program called Votre Santé, Votre Avenir (Your Health, Your Future). The program deals with healthy lifestyles, safe sex behavior, treatment and care of HIV/AIDS, testing, mother-to-child transmission, gender education and social and political implications of HIV/AIDS. DRCs Ministries of Health and Communications strongly support the program and participate in shows. The program engages millions of people in DRC using correspondent reports from across the country, Qs-and-As with medical professionals, community outreach, journalism training and social media.

Funding for Biomedical Prevention: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT): $100,000

Through the Voice of America, PAS Kinshasa supports a program called Votre Santé, Votre Avenir (Your Health, Your Future). It is a unique, ground-breaking VOA radio/social media program educating millions of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with news, information and stories about HIV/AIDS, rape and gender-based sexual violence. The program deals with healthy lifestyles, safe sex behavior, treatment and care of HIV/AIDS, testing, mother-to-child transmission, gender education and social and political implications of HIV/AIDS.