Folks,
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa USA is a service provider for Africa/America partnership programs for sustainability and growth. We recently started organizing groups for Agricultural cooperative in Kenya, South Sudan and Congo through our Branch Office in Kenya. This means we have started planning to create, facilitate, assess and monitor Business competitiveness and job Opportunity for current unemployment situation in Africa and African Migrants in America (Diaspora) which has been aggravated by Global Economic Crisis. The Civil Society cooperative program for small peasant farmers, small and medium business entrepreneurs in and around Kisumu (Kenya) Lake Victoria, together with Southern Sudan and Congo to engage in active Global Trading for sustainable development, prosperity and growth. The village peasant farmers own ancestral family lands which as communal traditionally owned, are fertile and very conducive for Agricultural production with plenty of spring water within the surrounding. These areas we identified for pilot scheme, have a strong bond of community cultural heritage with unity of purpose.
Our immediate focus is to remove poverty and instill hope for survival to the village local community. The Agricultural Cooperative Entrepreneurship include Water and Sanitation, Environment protection, Micro Energy (Solar and Biogas) for domestic use and for community industrialization derived from waste recycling and improving on Solar supply. Our plan is broadly balanced in a shared principle of everyone learns and everyone gains is taken into account. We will establish Village Cooperative Sustainable Growth and improve in structure of Agriculture production by incorporating diverse stakeholder shareholding for expansion. This will also create added innovation and competition and will increase Revenues at low cost production from easy ready availability and affordable labor where through Collaborative Group Purchasing power (Demand Vs. Supply) will realize increase of Profit as well as ease of Cash Flow. This will eventually create an environment of mutual trust, respect and competition in sharing of knowledge and information and will influence larger scope of participation.
We take into account that there are many project programs that were started alongside Government partnership with other NGOs but stalled, collapsed or abandoned and cannot be left without matching them within the community development programs we now undertake, some of which are technical programs for Water and Sanitation, Primary Healthcare and other community initiative for primary or secondary education. These projects could have been initiated with support of other Agencies in partnership with the Government, but were abandoned and are still viable and doable if matched up within the Civil Society participation program agenda.
Small businesses have great potential in boosting business growth where Demand Vs. Supply grow according to job availability with more and more people having ability to spend in their purchasing power through jobs that have been created. This closes the gap of unemployment. Buying power will be motivated by employment income generated from jobs that are created which will provide higher demands for goods ranging from electronics, entertainments, TVs for information and technology, improved transportation, networking, fellowship and research for higher learning will motivate participation for solution to strive towards achieving goals for prosperity.
The following program will provide opportunity for transparency and accountability for business success and will also develop progress indicators for improvement, growth and expansion for more job opportunity every five years:
1) It is anticipated that after the first year, hanger will totally be removed and the Local Village Community will be ready to embark on active Cooperative production to meet the local demand and produce enough to supply to the outside world market for Trading and Export. We anticipate that within three years, the Community will be on their feet to sustainability with a margin grace period of five years accomplishment. This program will encourage and boost Africa/America Investment and Trading Opportunity into sustainability. Consumer demands will improve including turn-over for profit once people have established resource for income. This program will encourage Civil Society Entrepreneurship undertaking to share resources of innovation which will create New Business Opportunity and expansion for growth, not forgetting unpolluted Minerals and Natural Resource (which presently is under invasion from China, Libya, Egypt and Russia) and other potentials valuables of Tourism prospects.
2) Refugee Job-Creation program for sustainable resettlement in the USA will increase job creation in programs such as E-Learning Internet education program, Auto & Computer repair and maintenance, Nursing home, Cleaning and Maintenance with Food Restaurant.
Since Africa’s Economic situation has been worsened by the extension of Global financial crisis, we as Civil Society Agency dialogue with the International Policy body of the industrialized world to make adjustments conducive for regulating accommodative struggling developments in Africa and support Africa’s innovative planning solutions starting with the year 2010 onwards, in order to solve poverty situation and introduce Africa to competitiveness and challenges of Global business entrepreneurship.
Sincerely,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
MS. Miriga;
I am very concerned about this organization “CCFA Mission for Africa/America”. Can you provide your readers with the information that this is not merely an organization with the intention of using using Kenyans abroad, like you, to encourage foreign control of the local poor Kenyans in an attempt to grab land from them?
Can you provide details about the kinds of people/characters behind the funding of this organization you are passionately promoting and what their intentions are?
I am sure you are aware that a number of Kenyans in USA who were used to galvanize support for the foreign acquisition of land in Yala Swamp by a foreign firm known as Dominion Farms. The Kenyan collaborators of the project have since fled the scene after hoodwinking the locals into giving up their land properties for peanuts! Dominion Farms in Yala Swamp is growing food for export abroad using cheap labourers which happen to be the land owners he displaced.
Are you sure what you are passionately promoting here is not just another clever method to shortchange other unsuspecting poor land owners around Lake Victoria to become cheap labourers after their land is acquired by foreigners using you as a front?
Ms Miriga
Hey,Nice idea looking forward to seeing constant progress in the region.
Kindly respond on some few issues
a) What are the chances of collaborating with some NGOs with presence in Nyanza and with the same goals and objectives as your organization.
b) If ur interested email me,am a member of an NGO that is seeking partners and collaborators to operate in Nyanza region.
WE WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY LERNT ABOUT YO MISSION WEWOULD LOVE TO PARTINNER WITH YOU
Operations Plan Outline
Cover Page
Name of the project
Community Response to HIV/AIDS pandemic in Homa Bay District, Nyanza Province
Target District(s) of Operation Homa Bay
Full name of the organisation Upendo Widows Women group
Mailing address of the organisation
P O Box 106, Homa Bay, Kenya
Legal address of the organisation if different from the mailing address above
Salama Road, next to Kavirondo Chemists Ltd
Phone number/
Mobile phone/alternative
0717 12 66 21, 059 22 44 66
Fax
N/A
e-mail/alternative email
website (if any) Samko2010@yahoo.com
Key contact person responsible for the project Samuel Okumu.
I. Context and Background
Nyanza province has the highest HIV prevalence in the in Kenya at 15.3%, against the national average of 7.4 %. This figure is therefore, twice the national average which stands at 7.4% (KAIS, 2007). The large majority of people living with HIV in the province (total of 302,000) are between 15-49 years. The prevalence rate among the fishing communities adjacent to Lake Victoria is as high as 30% in some areas (KMOT Study, 2009). Homa Bay is one of the districts with a high population of fisher folk and is by extension part of this grim statistics. The youth of Homa Bay are at increased risk of HIV infection due to behavioural and environmental vulnerabilities. Promising interventions in the district have not been scaled up to sufficient levels to return greater behavioural and attitudinal changes envisaged.
Key findings by KMOT study, 2009 revealed that programmes focussed on specific most at risk populations (MARPs) are few and far in between, highest proportion of new infections in Nyanza province-30% most likely due to lack of circumcision and that there is evidence of HIV transmission in regular partners of sex workers and regular partners of sex worker clients. Upendo shall adopt evidence informed interventions that shall be aimed at reversing this trend.
Through this proposal, Upendo Widows Women Group seeks to strengthen the capacity of the community members to provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment to vulnerable adolescents, youth and adults within the next one year through Counselling and Testing, Condoms and Other Preventions and Abstinence and Being Faithful programmes with a strong focus on behavioural and bio-medical components and provide avenues for advocacy on structural components. This shall be supported by a strong referral system. Demand for comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment by the target population shall be achieved through aggressive community mobilization in high HIV risk sites and targeted counselling, testing and education in focussed group meetings. Community Facilitators shall be recruited and trained to provide HIV/AIDS information and education to smaller groups using approved interventions that are evidence informed and referral for appropriate services in relevant health facilities.
II. Overview of Project Goals, Objectives and Strategy (s)
Goal:
• The goal of the proposed intervention is sustained prevention of new HIV infections among general population of Homa Bay district by September 2012
Objectives:
1. To promote HIV prevention, care and treatment for the infected and affected general population of Homa bay District
2. Promote uptake of HIV/AIDS comprehensive care package including STI care, VCT and HIV/TB collaborative services
3. Increase knowledge and skills for the target population in HIV/AIDS prevention strategies
4. To build the capacity of health care providers and target population in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment
5. To stimulate community dialogue and discussions on risk, risk behaviours and seeking local solutions
6. To reduce stigma and discrimination to persons living with HIV.
Strategies:
• Liaise with the Ministry Education, Social services and Children department to establish a school based programmes that encourage young boys and girls to abstain from sex until marriage
• Build the capacity of Faith Based organizations within the district to enable them reach out to their congregation with messages that promote dialogue on harmful fidelity in families
• Reach out to the general population with targeted evidence informed interventions that are responsive to their needs
III. Planned Activities and Outputs by program area
Programme Area: OP
Specific Objectives:
• To establish 100 targeted condom outlets in identified high HIV risk hot sports.
• To reach 5,000 members of the general population with individual and/0r small group level preventive interventions that are based on evidence and/or meet the minimum standards required
• To reach 3,500 MARPs with individual and/or small group level interventions that are based on evidence and/or meet minimum standards required
• To reach 150 PLHIV at community level with minimum package of PwP interventions
• To train 167 individuals of general population to promote HIV/AIDS prevention through other behaviour beyond abstinence and/or being faithful
• To train 175 MARPs to promote HIV/AIDS prevention through other behaviour change beyond abstinence and/or being faithful
Activity Output
Map target population based on risk behaviour Target population mapped
Conduct entry meetings and sensitization with gate keepers i.e BMUs, Bar owners, Boda Boda, Sex Workers and other hidden populations Entry meetings and sensitization conducted
Conduct sensitization meetings with DTC Sensitization meeting with DTC held
Identify and recruit support groups in Homa Bay to mobilize young adults for comprehensive HIV/AIDS services Sign MOUs with the selected support groups
Peers recruitment by Peer Educators Each Peer Educator to recruit 50 peers
Conduct weekly peer education sessions using Community Volunteers Health Manual Peer education sessions conducted using Community Volunteers Health manual
Establish condom dispensers and identify and orient some people as condom service outlets. Focus will be on high HIV/AIDS risk sites i.e fish landing beaches, markets, entertainment spots/centre, discos, lodges 100 targeted condom outlets established
Develop and print directory for HIV/AIDS services available in various health facilities in the district • Identify HIV/AIDS service providers and the range of services provided
• Develop and print referral directories and referral forms/cards
Conduct referral follow ups to confirm receipt of the needed HIV/AIDS services by clients • Develop client information tracking forms and follow up schedules
• 20 Peer Community Facilitators to conduct referral follow ups and where possible escort and train the clients
Monthly acquisition and distribution of condoms • Condoms acquired and distributed
Conduct field supportive supervision visits • Field supervision visits conducted
Conduct monthly meetings with Peer Educators and Community Facilitators • 12 Monthly meetings with PEs and CFs conducted
Programme Area: AB
Specific Objectives:
• To reach 1,250 youth out of school with individual and/or small group level preventive interventions that are primarily focussed on abstinence and/or being faithful and are based on evidence and/or meet minimum standards required
• To reach 3,750 youth in school with individual and/or small group level interventions that are primarily focussed on abstinence and /or being faithful, and are based on evidence or meet minimum standards required.
Sensitization of Min of Education officials and other relevant gate keepers Ministry of Education officials and relevant gate keepers sensitised
Identification of schools for AB programmes 15 schools identified for AB programmes
Identification of youth groups Youth groups identified
Training of Community Facilitators 8 Community Facilitators trained on HCI & II
4 Community Facilitators trained on FMP
15 Community Facilitators trained on Stepping Stones
Conduct weekly sessions for YIS Weekly youth in school sessions conducted
Establishment of suggestion boxes in schools Suggestion boxes established in schools
Referral for STI screening and CT Pupils referred for STI and CT services
Conduct FMP sessions 15 FMP waves conducted
Programme Area: CT
Specific Objectives:
• To counsel and test 10,000 individuals receiving results by September 2012
• To train 12 VCT Community Facilitators on HTC by September 2012
• To train 15 Community Mobilizers on Household community mobilization for home based testing by September 2012
Conduct community mobilization Community Mobilizations conducted
Counsel and test individuals receiving results, both at site and community outreaches 10,000 individuals counselled, tested and received results
Conduct client exit interview sessions 10% of clients exiting facility interviewed
Submit Dry Blood Sample to CDC-KEMRI(PGH) Kisumu 500 DBS sent to Regional Laboratory for validation
Training of VCT Counsellors in Home Testing and counselling 6 Community Facilitators trained on HTC
Training of Counsellor Supervisor 2 Counsellor Supervisor trained
Train Community Mobilizers on household mobilization approach 35 Community Mobilizers trained on household community mobilization
Conduct monthly counsellor supervision sessions 12 monthly counsellor supervisions sessions conducted
Conduct quarterly laboratory supportive supervision 4 Quarterly lab supportive supervision conducted
Conduct field support supervision visits Field support supervision visits conducted
Referral of clients for specialised services 10,000 clients referred for specialised services
IV. Implementation Methods
Upendo shall consolidate the gains made in year 3 of our partnership with TUNAWEZA project to realise the objectives as set out in this proposal. We shall use community response and tailor our interventions in alignment with the community needs and the government’s strategic plans (KNASPIII)
Programme Area: AB
School Based Approach:
We shall train Facilitators to provide HIV/AIDS programmes that promote Abstinence and/or being faithful. We intend to engage 10 primary and 5 secondary schools for this programme. Efforts shall be made to identify schools that have not benefited from similar programmes. To identify potential institutions for this programme, we shall liaise with Ministry of Education officials. We shall train 3 pairs of Community Facilitators who will conduct pupils/students weekly sessions. This will give teachers time to concentrate on their core business of teaching.
Upon completion and certification as Healthy Choices Facilitators, the Community Facilitators shall recruit average class sizes of 14 pupils/students and conduct 2-21/2 hours weekly sessions using Healthy Choices I Manual. The trainings shall be conducted in 10 waves with one wave lasting 4 weeks. This program shall target youth in the age ranges of 9-13 years.
The total number of pupils/students reached at the end of 10 waves shall be 2,688
Out of School Approach:
In order to reach youth out of school with messages that focus on abstinence and/or being faithful. This program shall target youth out of school in the age ranges of 13-17 years. Community Facilitators shall be trained on Healthy Choices II and shall deliver the content to the target group. An individual shall only be counted as having been reached after attending 4 sessions.
In order to deliver this target, a total of 6 waves with class sizes of 14 participants shall be carried out. At the end of the life of this proposal, a total of 1,120 shall be reached.
In this regard, Upendo shall request EGPAF to train one pair of Facilitators to deliver this program.
Families Matter! Programme Approach:
We shall use FMP facilitation skills to reach out to parents with children aged 9-12 years. This programme aims at improving child-parent communication on matters of sexuality and HIV/AIDS. This strategy shall equip the adolescents with information and skills to say NO to sex at early age.
Parents for this programme shall be screened by the FMP facilitators to determine eligibility for recruitment into the program. The program shall be expanded to other areas of the district with a focus in Rangwe division which has not benefited since the program started. In this regard, EGPAF shall support Upendo to train 2 pairs of FMP Facilitators to provide this service.
The FMP Facilitators will conduct the sessions with the identified parents. During the life of this proposal, we seek to conduct 8 waves with one wave lasting 5 weeks. Each FMP Facilitator shall recruit 16 parents and conduct sessions using FMP manual. After successful completion of one wave, the parents shall graduate and another wave recruited. We shall use 2 pairs of FMP Facilitators to reach 1,500 parents.
Programme Area: Condoms and Other Preventions:
This programme shall be implemented through strategic partnership with the MOH management structures at the district level. Special focus will be on developing strategic partnership with CT programmes in a bid to extend the comprehensive prevention, care and treatment through a strengthened referral system. We shall ensure that the referral system provides strong linkages with VMMC services for HIV negative males, PMTCT services for HIV positive young adult mothers and their unborn and born children, family planning services with special focus on emergency contraceptives for rape victims, OIs for HIV positive individuals, including contraceptives for HIV positive adult females who may wish to postpone pregnancy, treatment of STIs, counselling and testing and referrals for TB and ART services. It is hoped that through this strategic partnership with the government and community health systems, it will be possible to provide linked and integrated continuum of care for the targeted beneficiaries.
As an entry point into the community, we shall map our target population based on risk behaviour. Entry meetings and sensitization with gate keepers shall be held as a buy in strategy. The first entry meeting shall target the District Technical Committee (DTC) who will be sensitised. We shall then involve representatives from the other gate keepers’ i.e BMUs, bar owners, Sex Workers, Discordant Couples, Widows and Widowers, Boda Boda operators, PLHIV support groups and other organized social groups.
This program aims at:
• Strengthening the protective behaviours of at-risk populations, MARPs and their sexual partners to prevent HIV transmission.
• Strengthening community and facility linkages to enable at-risk populations’ and MARPs’ access to high quality medical and non-medical support and services including HTC and VMMC services.
Upendo has identified the following groups in Homa Bay and evidence based behavioural interventions for adaptation and delivery to the population groups/individuals.
Target group/individuals Interventions
1. Fisher folks/mongers,
2. Discordant Couples,
3. Boda boda/matatu/taxi operators,
4. Widows/widowers,
5. PLHIV,
6. Commercial sex workers and their partners
• Stepping Stones.
• Stepping Stones.
• Stepping Stones.
• Community PWP.
• Community PWP.
• Sister to Sister.
Peer Education:
We shall use 15 Peer Educators trained in year 3 of our partnership with EGPAF to reach out to 1,500 individuals of the general population using Community Health Workers Volunteer Manual. Each Peer Educator shall reach out to approximately 150 peers in 3 months from Oct-Dec 2011. The balance of the general population numbering approximately 3,500 individuals shall be reached using Healthy Choices III
Prevention with Positives:
This is an intervention that uses people who are HIV positive to drive the prevention agenda. It takes cognizance of the fact that in order to prevent new HIV infections, there is need to stop the spread from its source that is primarily unprotected sex. It is evident that testimonials and health discussions conducted by HIV positive people themselves has greater impact on community members compared to health professional. We shall use 15 existing PwP Peer Educators to reach to 150 HIV positive individuals in small groups or as individuals using Community PwP flip charts and manuals. The Peer Educators will reach the individuals with the minimum intervention and shall lay great emphasis on condom use and partner disclosure. It is envisaged that when HIV positive protect themselves adequately, we shall almost stop new HIV infections.
Monthly review meetings with PwP Peer Educators will be conducted to address challenges and review reports.
Stepping Stones:
This is an approach that enables women and men of all ages explore their social, sexual and psychological needs, to analyse the communication blocks they face and to practice different ways of addressing their relationships. It therefore enables the individual, their peers and the community to change behaviour-individually and together.
We shall use Stepping Stones to reach out to MARPs with a focus on the Fisher folk along Lake Victoria, Homa Bay District. The participants shall be screened and recruited to participate with an emphasis on working with smaller groups for a more effective delivery of the intervention. We shall target the males who shall invite their sexual partners to participate in the sessions.
The participants shall be divided into 4 groups with each group comprising of young males, old males, young females and old females. Each class shall have an average of 14 participants who shall undergo 12 sessions lasting 12 weeks. In the 6th and 10th weeks, a joint community workshop that brings together participants from all groups shall be conducted. In the joint workshops, participants will share their experiences and cross cutting issues. Upon successful completion of all the sessions, the participants shall graduate and a new wave recruited.
Counselling & Testing:
Our team of dedicated team of Community mobilizers shall reach out to the community with prevention messages and fix dates for mobile VCT services. We shall integrate deaf counselling and testing using the services of one VCT counsellor trained on sign language to reach to the deaf community in the district.
Deliberate efforts shall be made to encourage couple counselling to access VCT services.
All the CT data shall be analysed by population and occupations. This shall help us in resources allocation and provision of targeted interventions. Strong linkages will be developed with OP program area that shall make internal referrals for VCT services.
Our target population shall be reached through strengthened linkages and networking with local churches, youth groups, women groups and provincial administration.
In a bid to effectively reach our target population, we shall receive clients at the fixed site and also conduct community outreaches in various sites in the district. All the clients attended to shall be referred to relevant health facilities for appropriate assistance. To gauge level of service delivery, client exit interviews shall be conducted by a volunteer. The data will be analysed by M & E team who will provide feedback to the counsellors and management. Dry blood samples shall be collected from every 20th client for submission to regional data centre for validation.
Our VCT Counsellors shall be orientated on new HTC tools, monthly counselling supervision sessions and quarterly laboratory supportive supervision to keep in tandem with professional changes that may arise and maintain congruency to national protocols, guidelines and strategy.
Strategies:
In order to effectively reach the clients with VCT services, Upendo shall use Home Based Testing and Counselling approach. This approach aims at reaching new testers that will remain key in our interventions. We shall endeavour to reach 50% of our targeted clients in year 4 with this approach. Sensitization of the community leaders will be done thereafter identification and recruitment of Community Mobilizers shall follow. We shall target one sub location with approximately 700 households to pilot this approach. Each Community Mobilizer shall be in charge of a village with an average of 20 homes that will be mapped for HBTC services. Upendo shall therefore recruit 35 Community Mobilizers who shall be trained on house hold mobilization techniques. Once a critical mass has been achieved, the service shall be taken to the next village.
The balance of the target will be reached through mobile VCT services and at static site.
V. Monitoring Plan
Upendo shall develop a strong M & E plan with technical support from EGPAF. WE shall adhere to EGPAF, MOH and PEPFAR reporting requirements and will ensure that the monthly/quarterly reports are of the highest standards. To ensure compliance, Upendo shall recruit a Programmes Officer in charge of M & E, who will set up a functional M & E system. To ensure effectiveness and efficiency of monitoring, evaluation and reporting, Upendo shall also develop a BDI Logic model. The BDI will also inform AB programming and also guide the programme staff in collecting relevant data. The collected data will be used for informing and improving the project interventions. Data will be collected and tracked using the PEPFAR programme level indicators, and the data collected, where feasible, will be disaggregated by age and sex.
The Condom and other Prevention programme level indicators will include:
• Number of targeted condom outlets in high HIV risk sites
• Number of members of the general population reached with individual and/or small group level preventive interventions that are based on evidence and/or meet the minimum standards required
• Number of MARPs reached with individual and/or small group level interventions that are based on evidence and/or meet minimum standards required
• Number of PLHIV at community level reached with minimum package of PwP interventions
• Number of individuals of general population trained to promote HIV/AIDS prevention through other behaviour beyond abstinence and/or being faithful
• Number of MARPs trained to promote HIV/AIDS prevention through other behaviour change beyond abstinence and/or being faithful
AB Programme level indicators will include:
• Number of youth out of school reached with individual and/or small group level preventive interventions that are primarily focussed on abstinence and/or being faithful and are based on evidence and/or meet minimum standards required
• Number of youth in school reached with individual and/or small group level interventions that are primarily focussed on abstinence and /or being faithful, and are based on evidence or meet minimum standards required.
CT Programme level indicators will include:
• Number of service outlets providing counselling and testing for HIV according to national and international standards
• Number of individuals who received counselling and testing for HIV and received their test results
• Number of individuals trained in counselling and testing according to national and/or international standards
Upendo will put strategies to ensure that no individual reached with interventions is double counted. Community sped back forms shall be signed by those attending sessions on OP and AB programs. Through this approach, we shall ensure that the risk of double counting is minimised. Overall each curriculum based outreaches will take a total of 4 days/week; with each session taking 2-3 hours. Upendo shall heavily rely on technical advice from EGPAF to develop systems that shall reduce the risk of double counting.
To ensure that the clients that are referred for specific health services are effectively linked with the respective providers, Upendo will review referral forms and systems to track the success of this important activity. We shall put increased emphasis on documenting and reporting best practices and human interest stories. In this respect, documentation will be given higher priority in the programmes.
VI. Management Plan
For OP interventions, we shall use a phased-in approach. Project pilot activities will be conducted within Homa Bay town and the lessons learnt in the first three months will be used to expand the project to other areas of the district. For effective service delivery, staff realignments shall be done to match competencies required.
The start up activities will include:
i. Recruitment of key staff. Key staff shall include: Finance Officer and M&E Officer. They will be joined by the Field Officer. These key staff will develop and put systems in place for effective roll out of the expanded comprehensive intervention
ii. Development of detailed implementation and roll out plans: The key staff will be charged with the responsibility of developing detailed implementation plan for the expanded and scaled up response.
iii. Review of M & E Plans: The M & E Officer, Programmes Coordinator and the Programmes Director, in consultation with EGPAF M & E team will develop a robust M & E plan that is responsive to the PEPFAR and MOH monitoring, evaluation and reporting requirements
iv. Review of referral system/ plan: The key staff will work with counsellors to review existing comprehensive referral system that provides linkages with health facilities in the district
v. Conduct start up mobilization and risk reduction outreaches in Homa Bay town: As the start up activities are being implemented, target risk reduction outreaches will be conducted in Homa Bay town
vi. Refer beneficiaries to health facilities and other HIV/AIDS service providers for comprehensive health services.
Gannt Chart (Time Lines)
Activity Targeted Performance Venue Time Lines (Months) Responsibility
O N D J F M A M J J A S
Recruitment of key staff 2 Individuals Upendo
Prog Director
Development of Detailed work plans Upendo
Prog Coordinator
Revision of M & E Plans Upendo
Director/Coordinator & M& E Officer
Training of HC I & II, FMP Facilitators 8 Community Facilitators TBA
Prog Officers, CT,AB,OP
Identification of schools for AB 10 Pri schools & 5 Sec schools Rangwe/Asego
Prog Officer, AB
FMP Sessions 1,500 parents with Children of age 9-12 yrs TBA
Prog Director/Prog Officer,AB, Coord
Healthy Choices I & II sessions HC I- 3,750
HC II-1,250 TBA
Prog Officer, AB
Sensitization of Min of Education officials All the relevant officials sensitised Homa Bay
Prog Coord/Director, Prog Officer, AB
Counselling and Testing 10,000 individuals counselled & received results Various
Prog Officer, CT, Field Officer
Community Mobilization for CT 18,000 community members Various
Prog Officer, CT, Field Officer
Training of VCT Counsellors 6 Community Facilitators TBA
Prog Coord/Director, Prog Officer, CT
Counsellor Supervision 12 Supervision sessions Upendo VCT statistic site
Prog Officer, CT
Laboratory Supervision 4 Supervisions conducted Upendo VCT static site
Prog officer, CT
Field supportive visit 24 support supervision visits conducted Various
Prog Officers/Coordinator
Installation of Condom Dispensers 100 targeted condom outlets Various
Program Officers/Coordinator
Weekly peer education sessions for general population 1,250 individuals Various
Field Officer/Prog Coordinator/Director
Weekly Sessions using HC III intervention 3,750 TBA
Field Officer/Program Coordinator/Director
Peer Educators monthly review meetings 12 review meetings for all program areas Upendo Offices
Program Officers/Coordinator
Training on PwP 25 PLHIV Homa Bay
Field Officer/Prog Coordinator
Weekly sessions on Stepping Stones 3,000 individuals Community
Field Officer/Prog Coordinator
Weekly peer education sessions for sex workers 500 individuals TBA
Field Officer/Program Coordinator