The New Tomorrows Project (TNTP ) is comprehensive HIV prevention and care/support activity implemented by the Gembu Centre for HIV/AIDS Advocacy Nigeria (GECHAAN). The prevention component of this activity requires the provision of a minimum package of services relying on lessons learned from a pool of established best practices appropriate to the population being targeted. The prevention component will emphasize intensity and appropriate dosage of messages and services. Interventions include peer education, curriculum and non-curriculum based school interventions, community outreach interventions, interventions addressing vulnerability concerns, sexually transmitted infection management, condom services including education on the use of water based lubricants, training in skills relating to condom negotiation and use, and HCT interventions targeting youths, adult males and females in the general population. The OVC component of the proposed activity will support the OVC National Plan of Action, bolster technical and management capacity of community based organization (implementing agencies), and increase meaningful participation of children and youth. to prioritize household-centered approaches that link OVC services with HIV-affected families (linkages with PMTCT, care and support, treatment, etc.) and strengthen the capacity of the family unit (caregiver) to care for OVC.

Situation analysis and needs assessment using CSI conducted in four additional LGAs to determine number and priority needs of OVC. Provide comprehensive foster care and support services. Utilize sustainable community and family-based structures for OVC program. Build capacity of foster parents and care givers to engage in economic activities to enhance income and provide vocational skills training for OVC who head households. Educate communities on the rights of the child and legal implication of child abuse. Home Based Care visits to identify abused children with CDCs providing necessary oversight. Protection sub-committees integrated into Community Development Committees while birth registration is provided for OVC without birth registration.

Improve Community Justice System for child abuse, rape and other violence against children. Educate foster parents, care givers and general community on child protection and train them on identification of an abused child to improve ability to initiate protection measures. Establish partnership and linkages with legal aid group for asset claims and adjudication. Leverage and provide supplements to augment OVC nutrition. Caregivers provided skills to prepare basic, cheap and readily available nutritionally rich substances within communities. Plumpy nuts, nutritional formulas, multivitamins provided. In addition, the project will continue to build the economic stability of households so that parents and caregivers are able to provide for their children's long term needs; retaining children in school, and working with local governments to establish strong child welfare and protection systems. Psychosocial support training for foster parents and field officers and monthly foster parents meeting held. Financial support provided for education. Block grants for tuition fee, uniforms, books and other educational needs provided and advocacy visits for levies waivers with regular school progress monitoring. Direct school fees payment, purchase of uniforms and books only for children for re-integration back to school. Identified OVC and foster parents trained on rocket stove technology, bio-sand water filter, soap making and petroleum jelly cream (Vaseline) production as sustainability initiative. Supervised anti-helminthic treatment provided.

Collaborate with government agencies and other partners to improve OVC programs. Rigorous monitoring, supportive supervision and program evaluation done with Knowledge management and experience sharing forum established.

TNTP's overall approach to prevention will be achieved through addressing the population specific epidemic drivers using the Minimum Prevention Package of Interventions.TNTP will seek to prevent HIV transmission in the general population through select sub-populations of youths (in and out-of-school), married coupes, widows, seperated or divorcees, teachers, PLHIV, OVC and foster parents in its OVC programs as well as community and religious leaders. TNTP will continue to encourage the delay of sexual debut among unmarried youths, the conduct of other youth pprevention activities in the communities with community fora utilized for dialouges where identified drivers of the epidemic will be discussed and slolutions proferred at the community level.TNTP's prevention programming is comprehensive involving an appropriate mix of policy and programmatic interventions that have been proven effective, with emphasis on combination prevention to address vulnerability and risk factors at different levels.

GECHAAN mobilized resources and introduced "every village visitation campaign" where communities were mobilized, provided enlightenment on issues of HIV/AIDS including addressing issues of prevention, stigma and discrimination, correcting myths and misconceptions surrounding HIV/AIDS and the need to care for those infected while stressing the importance of HCT. The village visitation campaigns at the grassroots involved community members and thus influenced, challenged and motivated the people to support and become involved in HIV/AIDS prevention activities. As at 2010, a total of 26, 734 individuasl were counseled and tested out of which 9.3% (2,486 individuals) tested positive. An additional 3,012 individuals were counseled and referred for testing at other sites as test kits were not available. TNTP community-based GCT program will utilize both client initiated and provider initiated approaches through the implementation of the HCT Mobile/Outreach Model meant to provide services to populations living in remote areas, highly mobile populations including long distance truck drivers, fiishermen, nomads and other people whose work schedule makes it difficult for them to assess services. TNTP will utilize community-based HCT as a general approach in its effort with HCT schedule begining with planning sessions to determine geographical areas of critical need, ensuring availability of test kits to address demand for services and proper documentation of services provided. Services will be provided in accordance with the national HCT standards using the serial algorithm in accorddance with the National Guidelines for HCT.

GECHANN and GECHANN-supported CBOs will employ the MPPI prongs and strategies to reach targeted groups within the LGAs. The engaged CBOs will conduct community outreach interventions in target communities to increase understanding of HIV/AIDS problem, address negative norms, and engender community ownership and support of project activities. Small group discussions would be held quarterly in target communities and institutions to explore risk behaviors, increase HIV/AIDS knowledge, address myths and misconceptions, promote counseling and testing, safer sex including condom use and make referrals to STI and HIV services. The CBOs will partner with other USG IPs, organizations and Government agencies within project communities to distribute condoms at these sessions as well as provide mobile counseling and testing services.