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.
COP 2010 Overview Narrative
This is a new implementing mechanism.
Addressing gender norms is a key guiding principle of the Partnership Framework and the GRN's National Strategic Framework. Prevention programs have not been sufficiently gender specific; and haven't adequately targeted the key drivers of the epidemic among men and women.
This implementing mechanism builds on several years of technical assistance through the male norms initiative to a Namibian organization, and transition technical leadership from an international NGO to a Namibian partner sustaining progress to date and establishing cost efficiencies for the USG. This new implementing mechanism (Lifeline) was the sub-recipient under the EngenderHealth award and now in COP2010 has graduated to a prime. The program has three goals and objectives: (1) to work with partners to address gender norms that contribute to multiple concurrent partnerships, transactional sex and, intergenerational sex, (2) to work with partners to address harmful gender norms among most at risk populations, and (3) to work with partners to address harmful gender norms in the regions that have the highest HIV prevalence.
The recipient, through USG and non-USG supported programs reaching subpopulations, will target young adults aged 15 to 29, men in workplace settings, especially those related to the mining and fishing industries, and migrant populations. This is primarily a technical assistance activity to local organizations.
In support of broader transition and systems strengthening the Namibian organization will strengthen relationships with the MOHSS and Ministry of Gender to better address gender norms within the context of HIV and AIDS. A core component of activities will be to support local organizations strengthen their approaches to the integration of male norms in their work that contribute to the HIV epidemic.
Monitoring and evaluation plans will be developed based on previous technical assistance work.
Sustainability will be achieved through ensuring that capacity to implement gender programming is integrated into the programmatic activities of each selected organization and by strengthening GRN and civil society capacity in program design, implementation, training and monitoring and evaluation through supportive supervision and mentoring.
Graduating a Namibian partner to receive direct PEPFAR funding will sustain in-country capacity and achieve cost efficiencies for the USG.
Community Parenting Training to promote better family relationships and children's rights: Conducting 9 parenting workshops in Rehoboth, Rundu and Khomas.
Continuing Activity
Estimated Budget = $116,580
Child Protection schools programme for children aged 11-17: Convene and facilitate a total of 9 child protection committees in 3 schools per region in 3 regions (Rundu, Rehoboth, and Windhoek).
Puppet shows on gender and child protection for pre-school children in the same 3 regions.
Estimated Budget = $202,176
Child rights and participation through Uitani Radio for children aged 8-15: Continue to produce 52 radio programmes per year produced/presented by and for children, to be broadcast on 4 national and community radio stations and copied for use by schools and listeners clubs. Annual regional children's conferences to continue to be held in Rundu, Rehoboth and Windhoek.
Estimated Budget = $106,958
Raising child protection awareness at the community level in Rundu, Rehoboth and Khomas, and advertising 116, a toll free Child Helpline and other services nationally.
Estimated Budget = $131,115
116 Toll free Child HelpLine: Provision of counseling and referral services nationally for children in difficult/unsafe circumstances (all children up to age 18), including referral to LL/CL community programmes.
Community based child protection: Community-based counseling, case management support and local referral, delivered by social workers and volunteers in Rundu, Rehoboth and Windhoek.
Estimated Budget = $193,171
ADDITIONAL DETAIL:
The activities above form part of an integrated package of intervention of the child protection program, which started in 2009 and is implemented in conjunction with two sub grantees of PACT (PEACE and Legal Assistance Centre). It will be implemented in three sites: Windhoek, Rehoboth and Rundu. Some of the activities, such as Uitani Radio as the Child HelpLine have national coverage.
Community parenting trainings:
Parents learn about/discuss parenting skills, alternatives to violence when disciplining children and about children's rights and protection. In this way, the activity complements the work conducted directly with children.
Uses approximately 30% of the 3 Child Line Officers time
Child Protection Schools program:
School-based child protection committees will be established to include vulnerable/at risk children as well as learners with leadership potential able help articulate and uphold rights in schools.
Tools used to train the child protection committees include the MGECW/UNICEF curriculum as well as the Uitani Radio programmes/facilitator guides and male engagement sessions.
This activity is complemented by drop-in counseling for any child in need/at risk. All activities lead to referrals into the counseling and safety net system referred to under counseling below.
Activities will be held at the same schools as the AB programme, but will normally work with different children.
Puppet shows on rights and protection offered to pre-school children by the same Child Line Officers during school down times (including exam periods), with assistance from Peer Educators used under the AB programme.
Uses approximately 70% of the 3 Child Line Officers time and 17% of the 4 Peer Educators time.
Uitani Radio:
Includes portion of salary, equipment and production costs related to the making of 52 weekly hour-long radio programmes by children, for children and focused on protection and social issues expressed from children's point of view. Remainder of salary, equipment and production costs found under AB
Includes Listener Clubs, 1 per region, based at one of the focus schools described above and in the AB programme. Listeners clubs provide feedback on shows from children listeners.
Copying of programmes onto CD and producing facilitator guides of featured programmes, for use in child protection committees and other school activities.
Airing of announcements on the radio about 116 and other services, children's rights and protection.
3 Children's conferences in Rundu, Rehoboth, Windhoek, with participants from listeners clubs and child protection committees coming together at regional level.
Raising Child Protection Awareness:
Printing of materials, running a publicity campaign, holding of community and stakeholder meetings in Rundu, Rehoboth and Windhoek
Counseling services:
This activity includes both a telephone helpline and community-based counseling and case management. Crisis debriefing and lay counseling are provided over the telephone and face to face.
The 116 toll free Child HelpLine is accessible from all mobile and landline networks, established for reporting and prevention of child abuse. The helpline is staffed by a team including telephone/face to face staff members, social worker, volunteers and psychology/social work interns
Referrals and case tracking from HelpLine calls is made to appropriate services, including community case management in Rundu, Rehoboth, staffed by a social worker and volunteers in each region
Internet-based /online counseling will be introduced.
Telephone counseling services will be decentralized to Rundu and Rehoboth.
Onward referral and budgetary provision for therapeutic services delivered by experts.
Training, capacity development of staff, interns & volunteers:
Training costs for the OVC programme built into the activity areas and will likely cover training in Personal Growth,
Basic Counseling and Child Counseling for new volunteers and staff as well as refresher training for volunteers and staff as needed, training telephone counseling skills in the regions and workshops on 'Feeling Yes, Feeling No' manuals.
Inclusion of OVC staff, interns and volunteers in organization-wide Monitoring and Evaluation, male engagement group education, male engagement service delivery, male engagement TA, HIV counseling training is also provided for.
Implementation of Social and Behaviour Change Communication Programme for 1,500 Children in Schools aged 10-24 in North Central, North East and Khomas. Additionally, gender training for 120 children aged 7-10 offered during school holidays in the same regions. (Per PEPFAR Country team consultations (9/2010) +$100,000 for improved coverage of children in selected regions, increased coordination with Ministry of Education and increased delivery of existing activities for youth/teachers in to be determined locations.) Targets will be adjusted based upon $100,000 increase to this activity.
Estimated Budget = $329,153
Uitani ChildLine Radio: 52 radio programmes produced by and for children and aired on 4 national and community radio stations. Complements the schools programme above in order to reinforce messages.
Estimated Budget = $70,438
Monitoring and evaluation efforts will be conducted and represent approximately five percent of costs associated to activities.
SBCC for children:
Carried out by a team of 8 ChildLine Facilitators assisted a team of 4 Peer Educators (83% of their time).
The programme reaches 50 children per school over a period of 8 weeks during a school term.
Each region will work in 4 schools per term for the first 2 terms and 2 in the final term, thus a total of 10 schools per region, per year, reaching a total 500 children per region per year, thus a national total of 1,500 children in the year.
The programme will operate in the same schools as the child protection programme described under OVC in order to maximize impact and to underscore the connection between HIV prevention and child protection.
The programme focuses on drivers of the epidemic relevant to the age groups - with MCP, alcohol and cross-generational sex discussed at high schools and abstinence and delaying sexual debut emphasized at primary level.
Gender training for children will be introduced in school holidays in May and August, reaching 20 children per training per region, giving a total of 120 children per year.
Promotional materials are distributed during these programmes.
Programmes are based on baseline survey outcomes, against which results can be measured.
Uitani Radio programmes focuses on child protection and HIV prevention issues covered under AB schools activities and OVC Child protection activities.
Costs of salary, equipment and production costs related to the making of 52 weekly hour-long radio programmes shared between AB and OVC programmes.
OVC specifically covers training for the child participants through 6 capacity building workshops.
Capacity Building:
Staff training costs for OVC programme built into the two activity areas.
ChildLine Facilitators and Peer Educators to be trained in gender for children and youth by the LL/CL male engagement team and provided with follow-up TA.
The LL/CL Training Team will offer SBCC refresher training, as well as personal growth, basic counseling and child counseling training.
Rigorous local and national supervision will be given.
In addition to the specific training required under this programme, inclusion of AB staff and peer educators in organization-wide Monitoring and Evaluation and HIV counseling training is provided for.
Implementing Social and Behaviour Change in Communities: A total of 50 volunteers in North Central, NE and Khomas offer evidence-based SBCC sessions in small groups, focusing on drivers of the epidemic. The same volunteers also offer complementary one-on-one counseling/SBCC sessions where needed.
Estimated Budget = $200,900
Telephone counseling: National crisis telephone, and sms callback counseling service for adults and children; sexual and reproductive health info service offered by sms to young people.
Estimated Budget = $159,961
Capacity building and supervision: pre-service and in-service training for new and existing staff, volunteers and students.
Estimated Budget = $130,937
Community SBCC Programme:
Volunteers work in pairs, seeing small community groups consistently, 2 sessions per week over a period of 4 weeks.
Sessions focus on MCP, alcohol, consistent condom use, cross and transactional sex, alcohol, male circumcision, couple communication, HIV testing and living with HIV
All have gender components, introduced by the male engagement team.
Volunteers are experienced counselors and able to link their small group and one-on-one sessions together to increase the likelihood of behavior change.
Programmes will be based on baseline survey outcomes, against which results can be measured.
Rigorous regional and national supervision offered.
National telephone and sms callback counseling for adults and children, sexual and reproductive health info offered by sms for young people:
All services operated 14 hours per day, 365 days per year by a team of 2 staff counselors and 5 volunteers, supplemented by polytechnic students and Peace Corps Volunteers.
Face to face counseling also offered by the Windhoek team during office hours on a drop in or by-appointment basis.
Costs include volunteer incentives and transport, call-back costs, meetings for volunteers, airtime for polytechnic students and Peace Corps volunteers and maintenance of the sms systems.
Capacity building and supervision:
Includes training offered across the organization (Male Engagement, Monitoring and Evaluation, HIV counseling) as well as 100% costs for specific OP training, such as SBCC refresher training courses x 2 (facilitation, Counseling for SBCC).
