Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 9248
Country/Region: Kenya
Year: 2009
Main Partner: Baptist AIDS Response Agency in Africa
Main Partner Program: Kenya
Organizational Type: FBO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $0

1. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND EMPHASIS AREAS

The Baptist AIDS Response Agency (BARA), an NPI Round 2 awardee, will build the organizational and

technical capacity of Kenyan Faith Based organizations and provide sub-grants to church organizations,

resulting in the provision of HIV Prevention services for 250,000 people, including youth, children in

vulnerable circumstances, couples, families and people living with HIV. In addition, it will provide training for

300 individuals to provide HIV prevention information, education and services. The key activities of BARA

will be to develop the organizational and technical capacity of nine FBO partners through setting up local

prevention programs and provide supportive supervision. These partners include the Free Pentecostal

churches of Kenya, The Deliverance churches of Kenya, Pentecostal Assemblies of God, Church of God,

East Africa Pentecostal Church, CHRISCO, Full Gospel Church and Grace Community Church. The

Baptist church will also form part of the FBOs under the BARA umbrella and implement prevention

activities. The project will cover activities in four districts, namely Teso, Trans Nzoia, Meru South and

Malindi. The capacity building strategy will focus on District-level management structures of the FBOs, who

will be substantially involved in determining the selection of activity implementation locations in their

districts. From within these district set-ups, youth leaders, couples leaders and clergy will be trained on

technical aspects of the program and have this training cascade to their respective churches within the

districts. The project will also integrate a focus on orphans and vulnerable children with a strong prevention

component. Prevention with positives will also be an important intervention through working with people

living with HIV and support groups. BARA will expand the True Love Waits program and strengthen the

quality of this curriculum as well as adopt a more comprehensive prevention strategy. This will additionally

include targeting parents through the Families Matter program, strengthening prevention among married

couples through the True Love Stays program and a closely linked HIV counseling and testing strategy,

particularly getting the couples to test together. Prevention and CT outreach will be undertaken to reach the

remote locations of the target districts. Rural populations will be targeted through both mobile outreach

activities, as well as clustering activities around each church nucleus. Referrals to care and treatment

services will be closely coordinated to ensure that prevention leads to increased access to HIV Care and

Treatment and vise versa. BARA will facilitate the adoption and implementation of comprehensive

prevention packages and assure quality programming by sub-grantees. Capacity building activities will

include both strengthening of administrative operations (such as planning and accounting) and technical

capacity (specific technical ability to implement Comprehensive prevention programs including faithfulness

campaigns closely tied to counseling and testing, positive prevention and routine program monitoring and

evaluation activities). This activity will include support to sub-recipients for activities integral to the program

2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA

These activities will contribute to the expansion of comprehensive prevention services for young people and

families, people living with HIV including discordant couples and other individuals surrounding FBO

communities. A total of 250,000 people will be reached with AB messages, and 300 trained to provide AB

education. In addition, human resource capacity will be strengthened to deliver HIV Prevention strategies

and a strengthened referral network for these services. This partner has a key role in building the

organizational and technical capacity of local organizations so that these activities can be sustained over

the long term.

3. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES

In addition to building the capacity of sub-grant recipients, an important aspect of BARA's activities is to

support development of referrals/linkages between the FBO partners and targeted populations to other HIV

prevention and treatment activities. This activity is linked with BARA HVCT and BARA HKID.

4. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED

The primary target populations are young people, families and FBO communities, including HIV-infected

persons and their partners. Some sub-partners reach remote or vulnerable populations who are otherwise

unable to access care services. The activity will also target training and capacity building of local community

organizations and support groups. The activity also targets to include community-based and faith-based

organizations and NGOs in the area.

5. SECONDARY CROSS-CUTTING BUDGET ATTRIBUTIONS

This activity will contribute to human capacity development through training lay and community health

workers for task shifting in the care and support program. The district leaders of the faith consortiums will

receive training in management and leadership. Life skills training will also be offered for HIV education

targeting teachers and students in the in-school program.

New/Continuing Activity: New Activity

Continuing Activity:

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Reducing violence and coercion

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.02:

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

1. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND EMPHASIS AREAS

The Baptist AIDS Response Agency (BARA), an NPI Round 2 awardee, will build the organizational and

technical capacity of Kenyan Faith Based organizations and provide sub-grants to church organizations,

resulting in the provision of community care and support services to 600 OVC and training 60 caregivers.

These will be served with a package of primary direct and supplemental services. Caregivers will be trained

on essential elements of care to OVC, and will be linked with services that may increase the well-being of

the OVC, including the essential elements. OVC will be linked to services that may provide pediatric

counseling, testing and care and caregivers will be linked to care and treatment programs. An integral part

of the OVC program will be HIV Prevention services for the orphans, caregivers and their families to reduce

their vulnerability to HIV acquisition. Where feasible, caregivers will be enrolled to participate in the

Families Matter intervention to improve their skills on communicating HIV prevention and sexuality to their

adolescents. 400 OVC will receive primary direct support and all 600 will receive supplemental support.

Services will include education, housing, shelter, psychosocial support and healthcare among others. This

activity will support a community approach to OVC care by supporting them within familial or community

households. Identification and coordination of all programs will be done in close collaboration with the

GoK's children's department. Sensitization and training on stigma and discrimination will be incorporated

and the selection and services to OVC will assure that their dignity as children is assured, without further

stigmatization or labeling of OVC. Community and project leaders will also receive training on OVC

programming to enlist their support. The key activities of BARA will be to develop the organizational and

technical capacity of nine FBO partners through setting up local prevention programs and provide

supportive supervision. These partners include the Free Pentecostal churches of Kenya, The Deliverance

churches of Kenya, Pentecostal Assemblies of God, Church of God, East Africa Pentecostal Church,

CHRISCO, Full Gospel Church and Grace Community Church. The Baptist church will also form part of the

FBOs under the BARA umbrella and implement prevention activities. The project will cover activities in four

districts, namely Teso, Trans Nzoia, Meru South and Malindi. The capacity building strategy will focus on

District-level management structures of the FBOs, who will be substantially involved in determining the

selection of activity implementation locations in their districts. One of the key activities the local FBOs will

be supported to provide is home-based care for PLWHA. Post-test clubs will be established in connection

with BARA's VCT program and those clubs will identify individuals in need of additional care. Community

health workers will ensure consistent access to medical attention, nutritional support, and linkages to other

community support programs through home visits with PLWHA and their families.

2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA

These activities will contribute to serving 600 orphans and training 60 caregivers. Some OVC and

caregivers may be PLWHIV, hence will benefit from targeted PwP services. Prevention will be integrated to

the OVC program and will form a key element of the program. Sub-partners under this activity will benefit

from a capacity building process that will train the church consortium in the target districts in OVC

programming so that these activities can be sustained over the long term.

3. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES

This activity is linked to BARA HVAB and HVCT OVC and caregivers in the program will be linked to

Pediatric as well as basic care and treatment program should they need HIV care. Caregivers will also be

educated and encourage to access counseling and testing services and whenever feasible, services will be

provided to the household.

4. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED

The primary target populations are orphans who have lost one or both parents and are considered

vulnerable to/owing to HIV/AIDS. Majority of the church consortiums will reach underserved rural

populations. Through the integrated program, couples and young people in the hosting churches or

communities will be reached with targeted interventions. The activity will also target training and capacity

building of local community organizations and support groups. The activity also targets to include

community-based and faith-based organizations and NGOs in the area.

5. SECONDARY CROSS-CUTTING BUDGET ATTRIBUTIONS

This activity will address Human Capacity Development through training community health workers in care

and support of OVC. These CHWs will contribute to task shifting as they will serve as the link between

community and health facilities. They will also participate as members of the community strategy,

particularly to provide education on stigma and discrimination as well as sensitizing the community on OVC

needs.

New/Continuing Activity: New Activity

Continuing Activity:

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Reducing violence and coercion

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.13:

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $0

1. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND EMPHASIS AREAS

The Baptist AIDS Response Agency (BARA), an NPI Round 2 awardee, will build the organizational and

technical capacity of Kenyan Faith Based organizations and provide sub-grants to church organizations.

The key activities of BARA will be to develop the organizational and technical capacity of nine FBO

partners. These partners include the Free Pentecostal churches of Kenya, The Deliverance churches of

Kenya, Pentecostal Assemblies of God, Church of God, East Africa Pentecostal Church, CHRISCO, Full

Gospel Church and Grace Community Church. The Baptist church will also form part of the FBOs under

the BARA umbrella. The project will cover activities in four districts, namely Teso, Trans Nzoia, Meru South

and Malindi. The capacity building strategy will focus on District-level management structures of the FBOs,

who will be substantially involved in determining the selection of activity implementation locations in their

districts. One of the key activities the local FBOs will be supported to provide is voluntary counseling and

testing through both fixed and mobile approaches. First, ten church-based VCT sites will be established in

Chuka, Naivasha, Nairobi, Kitui and Teso. The sites will be managed by the local faith communities and will

include family and couples counseling and testing. BARA will provide training and ongoing supervision to

the local VCT sites. Second, BARA will support counseling and testing services through mobile camps to

remote villages in the four target districts, with particular emphasis given to areas where BARA is also

conducting AB prevention activities.

2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA

These activities will contribute to the expansion of comprehensive VCT services for couples and family

testing in the four target districts. In addition, human resource capacity will be strengthened in the training

of VCT counselors from local faith communities. This partner has a key role in building the organizational

and technical capacity of local organizations so that these activities can be sustained over the long term.

3. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES

In addition to building the capacity of sub-grant recipients, an important aspect of BARA's activities is to

support development of referrals/linkages between the FBO partners and targeted populations to other HIV

prevention, care and treatment activities.

4. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED

The primary target populations are adults and youth who are members of the partner churches. Some sub-

partners reach remote or vulnerable populations who are otherwise unable to access care services. The

activity will also target training and capacity building of local community organizations and support groups.

The activity also targets to include community-based and faith-based organizations and NGOs in the area.

New/Continuing Activity: New Activity

Continuing Activity:

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

* Reducing violence and coercion

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

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