Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 9316
Country/Region: Mozambique
Year: 2008
Main Partner: Academy for Educational Development
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $700,000

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $700,000

Reprogramming August08: This activity will focus on OVC in Beira, Sofala -- a province with one the highest

prevalence rates in Mozambique. This activity will target youth in urban/peri-urban setting, aged 13-17.

The is to enable youth to acquire a set of skills, abilities, behaviors, attitudes and perceptions that will

enable them to create positive futures, and internalize HIV prevention messages that empower them to live

an HIV free life. For the youth who are HIV+, this activity will empower them to live positively with their

status. some of the outcomes expected from this activity include: delayed pregnancy and marriage,

increased language and math skills, improved nutrition and general health, decreased economic

vulnerablity. Currently there is no activity in Mozambique that targets providing vulnerable youth with a

concrete set of skills that will help them transition into adulthood, becoming productive members of their

communities. Year one of this activity will also focus on opportunities to scale up and partner with private

sector.