Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 12524
Country/Region: South Africa
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

SUMMARY: In collaboration with the South African Department of Social Development (DOSD), PEPFAR funds will be used to co-fund activities that support the protection and care of OVC. This activity will focus on co- funding and supporting programs that the DOSD would like to scale up as well as activities that encourage and entrench collaboration between partners across the entire spectrum of services areas.

A service provider to implement this activity will be selected in March 2010. USAID will expand its collaboration and partnering with the South Africa Department of Social Development in areas that promote the well-being of OVC and will seek to co-fund activities that support the protection and care of OVC. This new activity will reach more children in need of care, support and improve their access to essential services.

ACTIVITIES AND EXPECTED RESULTS: PEPFAR support will include:

• Exploring opportunities for co-funding programs and technical activities. • Continuation of efforts to develop an OVC Quality Improvement Program for OVC service in South Africa. This support may include monitoring stakeholders implementation of National Quality Standards for the protection, care and support of orphans and vulnerable children. • Partnerships with local level faith based organizations and community based organizations and provision of technical support to build the capacity of local organizations will be a major focus. • The program will be implemented in all nine provinces, with a major emphasis on the provinces with the highest OVC burden, (Eastern Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng). • Activities will focus on a variety of Child Protection interventions; • Making general health care accessible; including reproductive health, counseling and testing, monitoring of immunization status and general health of children. • Psychosocial care: Psycho-social support will be provided through short-term holiday camps, kids' clubs, after-school programs, counseling programs, succession planning, family conferencing, memory work and

life skills training. In addition workshops to equip caregivers with the skills and knowledge to organize structured after school care programs that respond to the physical, emotional and social needs of children and implement them according to national guidelines for early childhood and after school care programs will be supported. • General education: These activities will promote school registration, homework support, reading lessons, monitoring school attendance and performance. HIV prevention education will be major component covering topics such as reproductive health, HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, communication skills, substance abuse, responsible adulthood, dealing with peer pressure and behavior change and strengtherning decision making skills. • Vocational training: Activities included in this type of support include youth career guidance workshops and links to employment, tertiary education opportunities, skills development and small business training. • Economic opportunity/strengthening: These activities promote economic self-sufficiency at OVC household and community level.

This support will be aligned to achieve the objective of several South African policy frameworks, including the HIV&AIDS and STI National Strategic Plan 2007-2011, the National Action Plan for OVC and Other Children Made Vulnerable by HIV and AIDS ((NAPOVC), the National Guidelines for Social Services to Children Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS and is rooted in conducting all activities in line with the new Children's Act (CA).

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