Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 11041
Country/Region: Nigeria
Year: 2009
Main Partner: To Be Determined
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Implementing Agency
Funding Agency: enumerations.State/African Affairs
Total Funding: $0

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

This is a new activity in COP09 and will adhere to the same model as the Ambassador's Special Self Help

Fund, and serves a unique niche, providing support where there would otherwise be none. The Orphans

and Vulnerable Children (OVC) this project will serve are those who are geographically located beyond the

reach of PEPFAR prime partner activities.

The Ambassador's PEPFAR Small Grants Fund is designed to assist communities and local organizations

with projects that promote HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support for OVC at a grassroots level. The Small

Grants scheme will help to build local capacity by encouraging new

partners in underserved areas to submit applications for review. Programs are designed to continue to

promote stigma reduction associated with HIV orphanhood, strengthen OVC care and treatment service

linkages on the community level, and benefit OVC caregiver families and child-headed households with

increased support. Applicants will be encouraged to work closely with current USG partners to establish

sound referral systems and to ensure continuity.

As this is the first year of this program, we anticipate funding 2-3 innovative, grassroots organizations to

conduct HIV/AIDS programs for OVC activities. Community-based groups, women's groups, youth groups,

faith-based organizations (FBOs), groups focusing on gender

issues, and groups of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) from all 36 states in Nigeria will be

encouraged to apply.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA:

Activities in the program area are focused on ensuring that HIV/AIDS affected OVC get quality educational

and psychosocial support and that referral systems are in place to address their health needs.

LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES: We will have more information on links to other activities once the grants

have been awarded.

POPULATION BEING TARGETED:

OVC, OVC caregivers, and vulnerable children and youth in the general population are the direct project

targets, while CBOs, FBOs, school-based organizations, and religious and community leaders are indirect

beneficiaries.

EMPHASIS AREAS:

This activity will have a major focus on wrap-arounds that we anticipate will be in the areas of basic

education, local organization capacity development, and gender vulnerabilities of the female OVC.

New/Continuing Activity: New Activity

Continuing Activity:

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