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
THIS IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY. THE NARRATIVE IS UNCHANGED EXCEPT FOR UPDATED
REFERENCES TO TARGETS AND BUDGETS.
1. LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES
This activity relates to activities in Counseling and Testing (#8976) and Palliative Care: Basic Care and
Support (#8936).
2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Christian Children's Fund (CCF)'s Weaving the Safety Net project aims to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS
on orphans and other vulnerable children and adolescents in Thika and Kiambu Districts in Kenya. The
project responds to the current gap in psychosocial programming while strengthening community structures
to care and support OVC and youth. To meet this goal, CCF supports the provision of sustainable, high-
quality essential services through: strengthening the capacity of families to cope with their problems;
mobilizing and strengthening community-based responses; increasing the capacity of children and young
people to meet their own needs; raising awareness within societies to create an environment that enables
support for children affected by HIV/AIDS; and developing, evaluating, disseminating, and applying best
practices and state-of-the-art knowledge in the area of quality OVC programming. In order to reach many
OVC with quality interventions and to facilitate sustainability of program impact, CCF's main implementation
approach is partnership. Program activities will cover a broad range of services. In the area of psychosocial
support (PSS) and Journey of Life (JOL), the Trainer of Trainers (TOTs) on Psychosocial Programming and
JOL will continue to facilitate training for the OVC and Community's Own Resource Persons who will
include their caregivers (teachers, guardians, CBO/FBO and other community leaders). Monitoring of the
PSS will be intensified to ensure that the children receive the service and enhance their resilience. In child
protection, the program will continue to scale up paralegal activities through the TOTs trained and
strengthen linkages with service providers. The participants will include: OVC parents/guardians, religious
leaders, chiefs, HBC supervisors, teachers, and representatives from the Children's Department, probation
and other relevant departments. Working together with the local implementing partners (LIPs), the
paralegals will be assisted to form community paralegal clinics in order to make their services more easily
accessible to the community. The paralegals will also be involved in all community fora organized by LIPs,
HBC teams, religious leaders and other CORPs as a way of raising awareness on child protection issues.
The program will support formation/strengthening of the Child Right's club's activities (ROC) in the various
schools, where the teachers and the children were trained on (ROC) in the second year. Children and youth
will be facilitated to air their views on issues affecting them through radio features that will be supported by
the program. The program will support in development of various IEC materials with messages pertaining to
the plight of OVCs and youth. Youth tournaments will be supported at various levels at the community for
awareness creation in addition to increasing youth participation as well as planning and monitoring of the
program. CCF will also work in the area of economic strengthening, by providing support to schools' income
generating activities. The program will continue to improve household income through support to micro
credit services to vulnerable households in partnership with a leading micro finance institution (K-Rep
Development Agency). The educational support component of CCF's program will include identification of
the OVC for vocational training, and other areas of interest that can be supported by the program. All the
adolescents benefiting from vocational training will also be linked to basic business management,
counseling support, training in life skills, mentoring and recreational facilities to ensure a holistic approach to
their development. The guardians of these OVC will be targeted for home-based care services as well as
other safety net services such as income generating activities and psychosocial support through support
groups. In shelter and nutrition, CCF will continue to forge stronger partnership with the local implementing
partners to provide a meal a day to the OVC at early childhood development centers through the provision
of unimix whereas in shelter, clothing and bedding will be the focus
3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA
The program will reach 20,000 OVC and train 2,000 caregivers in various areas/services described above.
This will be done with the local implementing partners to ensure continuity and ownership of the
interventions.
4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES
This activity is linked to home based care services and counseling and testing.
5. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED
The target population is primarily the young OVC (0-18 year - HIV infected and affected children), their
caregivers, HIV affected and/or infected families, children who are head of households, abused and
neglected children.
6. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ADDRESSED
Issues to be addressed include wrap arounds of food, micro finance/micro credit, and secondary school
fees for OVC, stigma and discrimination.
7. EMPHASIS AREAS
Major emphasis area is community involvement/ownership, development and strengthening
linkages/referral system and minor emphasis is monitoring and evaluation, IEC and quality programming.
