Position Title:Results Based Management (RBM) Specialist
Organizational Unit:GRM International – Project Support Unit
Date of entry on duty: As soon as possible
Duration of assignment: Approx. 80-100 days per year; one year renewable contract
1 CONTEXT
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is bound by the principal objectives of the Government of Canada’s international policy. CIDA is the main agency responsible for providing Official Development Assistance (ODA) to various countries and regions, to support poverty reduction and sustainable development initiatives. Within the framework of its aid effectiveness agenda and to sharpen the focus of Canada’s international assistance, the Government of Canada has established three priority themes to guide CIDA’s work: i) increasing food security; ii) securing the future of children and youth; and iii) stimulating sustainable economic growth. In addition to these priority themes, CIDA continues to integrate three crosscutting themes in all of its programs and policies: i) increasing environmental sustainability; ii) promoting equality between wormen and men; and iii) helping to strengthen governance institutions and practices. CIDA programs are executed through a number of Canadian, multilateral, and recipient-country partners. Canada’s ODA approaches range from providing technical assistance and training services, to new forms of assistance, such as program-based approaches, sector-wide approaches, pooled funding, budget support, in support of country-led poverty reduction strategy papers. CIDA programs are designed to achieve meaningful and sustainable results. CIDA thus uses tools and approaches that support results-based management.
The focus of CIDA's cooperation program in South Africa is strengthening service delivery in HIV/AIDS, including for children and youth, and helping to build accountable public institutions. Gender equality and environment are both crosscutting themes. The South Africa development cooperation program is responsive to South African needs and priorities and seeks to promote institutional and human capacity development in South Africa. CIDA’s implementation strategy is based on the principles of local ownership and alignment with South African policies. As such, a significant proportion of CIDA projects are managed directly in the field and are implemented by South African agencies. An enhanced field presence ensures the development of appropriate programming and the delivery of sustainable programming results.
GRM, a leading international development management company, is the Local Executing Agency (LEA) for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Programme Support Unit (PSU) for South Africa. The purpose of the PSU is to provide timely and cost-effective professional/technical and administrative support in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the South Africa-Canada Development Cooperation Programme.The PSU consists of a PSU Management Team (Director, Financial & Accounting Officer, and Contracts & Logistics Officer), Specialist Advisors and four support staff.
To facilitate their work in South Africa, CIDA’s programme and project managers occasionally require short- or medium-term international development programme and project management consulting services. These services will be provided through the services of a consultant contracted through the PSU. The consulting services would focus on Results Based Management (RBM) and would mainly relate, but not be limited to:
·South Africa’s program framework and strategy;
·Feasibility studies and program/project planning and design;
·Program/project implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation;
·Policy analysis and development;
·Support to local partners in understanding and using RBM approaches;
·Capacity development (e.g. training, coaching, support etc.) in RBM and M&E;
·RBM and M&E best practice knowledge gathering, management and sharing.
Equality between women and men and environmental sustainability are two crosscutting themes in CIDA programs. Given their importance, the consultants should be familiar with:
·CIDA’s Policy on Gender Equality, tools for mainstreaming and evaluating equality between women and men, the importance of gender-sensitive analysis, results and indicators relating to equality between women and men, and collecting sex-disaggregated data for programs and projects;
·Environmental sustainability issues and stakeholders, CIDA’s Policy for Environmental Sustainability, and tools for mainstreaming environmental and sustainable development concerns, including the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) and the Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan and Program Proposals.
2 OBJECTIVES OF SERVICES
The objective of the services is to provide development programme and project management consulting services – especially RBM and M&E – as required, to South Africa programme managers, project officers, technical specialists, PSU staff and CIDA’s South African partners.
3 SCOPE OF WORK
The international development program and project management consultant will provide the consulting services requested by CIDA and the PSU staff for their own use and for the needs of CIDA’s programming partners. The Consultant may be required to attend meetings at CIDA/Pretoria or elsewhere in South Africa. The assigned duties may also require the Consultant to travel outside South Africa to the Program’s partner-countries and/or regions.
The nature of each specific assignment to be carried out under the contract will be defined by a requisition – specifying context, objectives, scope of work, deliverables, schedule, and budget – and be agreed to by CIDA and the Consultant prior to commencing work on the assignment. The duties to be performed under this contract may include, but are not limited to, the following:
A) Program frameworks and strategies
·Advise on planning and reviews of country strategies and country development programming frameworks, ensuring broad participation by stakeholders and considering the issues of environmental sustainability and equality between women and men.
·Conduct research and prepare documents required for programming frameworks, performance management frameworks, strategies, studies, and/or field missions.
·Advise on programme objectives alignment with CIDA and South Africa objectives.
·Analyse program and project results in relation to the results expected by CIDA, South Africa, program partner countries, and regional and international bodies, and/or advise in this regard.
·Coordinate consultations with stakeholders and write minutes and/or summary reports.
B) Feasibility studies and program/project planning and design
·Provide advice, analysis, and technical services related to development program/project planning and design, and participate in missions as required.
·Assist in planning and carrying out pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, and participate in missions as required.
·Analyze and comment on various documents produced by other stakeholders, such as programme and project budgets, mission reports, local project reports, frameworks, etc.
·Provide advice and technical services related to preparing concept papers, program and project approval documents, logical framework analysis, results and risk management and accountability frameworks, management strategies, implementation plans, memoranda and reports for CIDA’s Headquarters, etc.
·Coordinate and/or direct consultations with stakeholders, and advise on participatory approaches to the planning process.
·Research South African technical resources available for programme/project planning or implementation.
C) Program/project implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation
·Provide advice, analysis, and technical services related to development program and project implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
·Provide advice and technical services related to preparing program/project briefing documents, program/project memoranda, briefing books for official visits, performance review frameworks, and other documents related to program/project implementation, monitoring, reporting, evaluation and performance review related work.
·Advise on managing programs and projects related to current CIDA-funded initiatives, including monitoring, review of financial and narrative reports, and liaison with partners responsible for execution.
·Review and analyze briefing documents and reports on programs and projects.
·Review program and project documents, such as mission reports, High Commission and PSU personnel project reports and frameworks, and provide technical feedback on these documents.
·Provide technical advice on program/project performance indicators (including gender-sensitive indicators), logical framework analyses, results and risk management and accountability frameworks, databases, monitoring and reporting mechanisms, in line with CIDA’s Results-based Management Policy Statement, guidelines and tools.
·Advise on participatory approaches to adopt in project monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
·Participate in the planning of monitoring and performance review missions, and conduct such missions to resolve problems related to development programs and projects.
·Participate in CIDA project team meetings to advise on the implementation of programs, projects, or activities.
·Provide logistical services for official visits, fact-finding tours, workshops, etc.
·Advise on carrying out results-focused research work on program and project operations.
·Attend program and project meetings; write minutes and summary reports as required.
·Provide advice and support for knowledge gathering, management and sharing for lessons learned and best practices in international program and project management, especially in the South African and country-partners/regions contexts.
D) Policy analysis and development
·Provide technical services related to policy analysis and/or development, based on lessons learned, to ensure a broad perspective in development programs.
·Identify and assess mechanisms and institutions that are effective in implementing strategic measures in South Africa and country-partners/regions or partner organizations.
·Define resource needs for policy implementation.
·Coordinate internal and external consultations related to policy development and implementation, and draft minutes and/or summary reports.
·Advise on draft policy statements to include program and project management viewpoints.
·Define appropriate analytical frameworks to evaluate the effectiveness of policies, strategies, and mechanisms.
·Define frameworks to measure policy implementation results and impacts on specific target groups in South Africa and program-partner countries/regions or partner organizations.
E) Capacity and institution building
·Develop and/or give program/project management information sessions, including RBM training, coaching and support, knowledge management and sharing.
·Coordinate and provide logistical services for seminars, workshops, and knowledge sharing events, and write minutes or summary reports.
4 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Master’s Degree or equivalent in development, management, rural development, public policy or related fields; five years of post Master’s relevant experience in RBM and project management at the national or international level, hands on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
5 Functional Competencies
·Demonstrates high integrity and ethical standards, sound judgment, diplomacy, and discretion
·Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality sensitivity and adaptability
·Ability to establish good working relationships with partners
·Good organizational and management skills.
·Excellent communication skills and good command in spoken and written English.
·Ability to travel within the country whenever required
·Excellent computer literacy
·Promotes a knowledge sharing and learning culture
·Leadership and motivation skills, initiative and sound judgment, problem solving skills;
·Strong analytical, writing presentation and communication skills is required
6 SUPERVISION AND PLANNING
The RBM Specialist will report to and be supervised by a designated CIDA Development Officer for all matters of content, quality, scheduling and level of effort. The consultant will work with the PSU team for all administrative processes. Tasking will be linked to an agreed annual workplan (updated quarterly) and will be provided by the CIDA team as outlined clearly in Task Assignment Documents.
7 REPORTING
The RBM Specialist will submit a quarterly report on Results Based Management in the field. This report will be rolled up into the quarterly PSU report to be shared with the Post and CIDA Headquarters - South Africa Desk. The report should highlight:
·Activities performed and results achieved during the quarter;
·Action to be taken in the following quarter;
·Issues and challenges to be addressed.
The consultant will prepare monthly financial statements on hours worked, tasks accomplished and expenses incurred, as the basis of payment from the PSU.
Additional reports related to subject matter of the assignment may be required, as agreed with the CIDA team and directed by the designated CIDA Officer.
8COMPENSATION
Fees will be fixed at an all inclusive daily rate of R 4,000.00.
Compensation will paid be on the basis of deliverables completed and approved per the Task Assignment Document.
Results Based Management (RBM) Specialist
TERMS OF REFERENCE
RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT (RBM) SPECIALIST
PROGRAMME SUPPORT UNIT – PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
Position Title:Results Based Management (RBM) Specialist
Organizational Unit:GRM International – Project Support Unit
Date of entry on duty: As soon as possible
Duration of assignment: Approx. 80-100 days per year; one year renewable contract
1 CONTEXT
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is bound by the principal objectives of the Government of Canada’s international policy. CIDA is the main agency responsible for providing Official Development Assistance (ODA) to various countries and regions, to support poverty reduction and sustainable development initiatives. Within the framework of its aid effectiveness agenda and to sharpen the focus of Canada’s international assistance, the Government of Canada has established three priority themes to guide CIDA’s work: i) increasing food security; ii) securing the future of children and youth; and iii) stimulating sustainable economic growth. In addition to these priority themes, CIDA continues to integrate three crosscutting themes in all of its programs and policies: i) increasing environmental sustainability; ii) promoting equality between wormen and men; and iii) helping to strengthen governance institutions and practices. CIDA programs are executed through a number of Canadian, multilateral, and recipient-country partners. Canada’s ODA approaches range from providing technical assistance and training services, to new forms of assistance, such as program-based approaches, sector-wide approaches, pooled funding, budget support, in support of country-led poverty reduction strategy papers. CIDA programs are designed to achieve meaningful and sustainable results. CIDA thus uses tools and approaches that support results-based management.
The focus of CIDA's cooperation program in South Africa is strengthening service delivery in HIV/AIDS, including for children and youth, and helping to build accountable public institutions. Gender equality and environment are both crosscutting themes. The South Africa development cooperation program is responsive to South African needs and priorities and seeks to promote institutional and human capacity development in South Africa. CIDA’s implementation strategy is based on the principles of local ownership and alignment with South African policies. As such, a significant proportion of CIDA projects are managed directly in the field and are implemented by South African agencies. An enhanced field presence ensures the development of appropriate programming and the delivery of sustainable programming results.
GRM, a leading international development management company, is the Local Executing Agency (LEA) for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Programme Support Unit (PSU) for South Africa. The purpose of the PSU is to provide timely and cost-effective professional/technical and administrative support in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the South Africa-Canada Development Cooperation Programme.The PSU consists of a PSU Management Team (Director, Financial & Accounting Officer, and Contracts & Logistics Officer), Specialist Advisors and four support staff.
To facilitate their work in South Africa, CIDA’s programme and project managers occasionally require short- or medium-term international development programme and project management consulting services. These services will be provided through the services of a consultant contracted through the PSU. The consulting services would focus on Results Based Management (RBM) and would mainly relate, but not be limited to:
·South Africa’s program framework and strategy;
·Feasibility studies and program/project planning and design;
·Program/project implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation;
·Policy analysis and development;
·Support to local partners in understanding and using RBM approaches;
·Capacity development (e.g. training, coaching, support etc.) in RBM and M&E;
·RBM and M&E best practice knowledge gathering, management and sharing.
Equality between women and men and environmental sustainability are two crosscutting themes in CIDA programs. Given their importance, the consultants should be familiar with:
·CIDA’s Policy on Gender Equality, tools for mainstreaming and evaluating equality between women and men, the importance of gender-sensitive analysis, results and indicators relating to equality between women and men, and collecting sex-disaggregated data for programs and projects;
·Environmental sustainability issues and stakeholders, CIDA’s Policy for Environmental Sustainability, and tools for mainstreaming environmental and sustainable development concerns, including the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) and the Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan and Program Proposals.
2 OBJECTIVES OF SERVICES
The objective of the services is to provide development programme and project management consulting services – especially RBM and M&E – as required, to South Africa programme managers, project officers, technical specialists, PSU staff and CIDA’s South African partners.
3 SCOPE OF WORK
The international development program and project management consultant will provide the consulting services requested by CIDA and the PSU staff for their own use and for the needs of CIDA’s programming partners. The Consultant may be required to attend meetings at CIDA/Pretoria or elsewhere in South Africa. The assigned duties may also require the Consultant to travel outside South Africa to the Program’s partner-countries and/or regions.
The nature of each specific assignment to be carried out under the contract will be defined by a requisition – specifying context, objectives, scope of work, deliverables, schedule, and budget – and be agreed to by CIDA and the Consultant prior to commencing work on the assignment. The duties to be performed under this contract may include, but are not limited to, the following:
A) Program frameworks and strategies
·Advise on planning and reviews of country strategies and country development programming frameworks, ensuring broad participation by stakeholders and considering the issues of environmental sustainability and equality between women and men.
·Conduct research and prepare documents required for programming frameworks, performance management frameworks, strategies, studies, and/or field missions.
·Advise on programme objectives alignment with CIDA and South Africa objectives.
·Analyse program and project results in relation to the results expected by CIDA, South Africa, program partner countries, and regional and international bodies, and/or advise in this regard.
·Coordinate consultations with stakeholders and write minutes and/or summary reports.
B) Feasibility studies and program/project planning and design
·Provide advice, analysis, and technical services related to development program/project planning and design, and participate in missions as required.
·Assist in planning and carrying out pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, and participate in missions as required.
·Analyze and comment on various documents produced by other stakeholders, such as programme and project budgets, mission reports, local project reports, frameworks, etc.
·Provide advice and technical services related to preparing concept papers, program and project approval documents, logical framework analysis, results and risk management and accountability frameworks, management strategies, implementation plans, memoranda and reports for CIDA’s Headquarters, etc.
·Coordinate and/or direct consultations with stakeholders, and advise on participatory approaches to the planning process.
·Research South African technical resources available for programme/project planning or implementation.
C) Program/project implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation
·Provide advice, analysis, and technical services related to development program and project implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
·Provide advice and technical services related to preparing program/project briefing documents, program/project memoranda, briefing books for official visits, performance review frameworks, and other documents related to program/project implementation, monitoring, reporting, evaluation and performance review related work.
·Advise on managing programs and projects related to current CIDA-funded initiatives, including monitoring, review of financial and narrative reports, and liaison with partners responsible for execution.
·Review and analyze briefing documents and reports on programs and projects.
·Review program and project documents, such as mission reports, High Commission and PSU personnel project reports and frameworks, and provide technical feedback on these documents.
·Provide technical advice on program/project performance indicators (including gender-sensitive indicators), logical framework analyses, results and risk management and accountability frameworks, databases, monitoring and reporting mechanisms, in line with CIDA’s Results-based Management Policy Statement, guidelines and tools.
·Advise on participatory approaches to adopt in project monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
·Participate in the planning of monitoring and performance review missions, and conduct such missions to resolve problems related to development programs and projects.
·Participate in CIDA project team meetings to advise on the implementation of programs, projects, or activities.
·Provide logistical services for official visits, fact-finding tours, workshops, etc.
·Advise on carrying out results-focused research work on program and project operations.
·Attend program and project meetings; write minutes and summary reports as required.
·Provide advice and support for knowledge gathering, management and sharing for lessons learned and best practices in international program and project management, especially in the South African and country-partners/regions contexts.
D) Policy analysis and development
·Provide technical services related to policy analysis and/or development, based on lessons learned, to ensure a broad perspective in development programs.
·Identify and assess mechanisms and institutions that are effective in implementing strategic measures in South Africa and country-partners/regions or partner organizations.
·Define resource needs for policy implementation.
·Coordinate internal and external consultations related to policy development and implementation, and draft minutes and/or summary reports.
·Advise on draft policy statements to include program and project management viewpoints.
·Define appropriate analytical frameworks to evaluate the effectiveness of policies, strategies, and mechanisms.
·Define frameworks to measure policy implementation results and impacts on specific target groups in South Africa and program-partner countries/regions or partner organizations.
E) Capacity and institution building
·Develop and/or give program/project management information sessions, including RBM training, coaching and support, knowledge management and sharing.
·Coordinate and provide logistical services for seminars, workshops, and knowledge sharing events, and write minutes or summary reports.
4 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Master’s Degree or equivalent in development, management, rural development, public policy or related fields; five years of post Master’s relevant experience in RBM and project management at the national or international level, hands on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
5 Functional Competencies
·Demonstrates high integrity and ethical standards, sound judgment, diplomacy, and discretion
·Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality sensitivity and adaptability
·Ability to establish good working relationships with partners
·Good organizational and management skills.
·Excellent communication skills and good command in spoken and written English.
·Ability to travel within the country whenever required
·Excellent computer literacy
·Promotes a knowledge sharing and learning culture
·Leadership and motivation skills, initiative and sound judgment, problem solving skills;
·Strong analytical, writing presentation and communication skills is required
6 SUPERVISION AND PLANNING
The RBM Specialist will report to and be supervised by a designated CIDA Development Officer for all matters of content, quality, scheduling and level of effort. The consultant will work with the PSU team for all administrative processes. Tasking will be linked to an agreed annual workplan (updated quarterly) and will be provided by the CIDA team as outlined clearly in Task Assignment Documents.
7 REPORTING
The RBM Specialist will submit a quarterly report on Results Based Management in the field. This report will be rolled up into the quarterly PSU report to be shared with the Post and CIDA Headquarters - South Africa Desk. The report should highlight:
·Activities performed and results achieved during the quarter;
·Action to be taken in the following quarter;
·Issues and challenges to be addressed.
The consultant will prepare monthly financial statements on hours worked, tasks accomplished and expenses incurred, as the basis of payment from the PSU.
Additional reports related to subject matter of the assignment may be required, as agreed with the CIDA team and directed by the designated CIDA Officer.
8COMPENSATION
Fees will be fixed at an all inclusive daily rate of R 4,000.00.
Compensation will paid be on the basis of deliverables completed and approved per the Task Assignment Document.
The Northern eThekwini Youth Friendly Clinic
MCDI
Project Title
The Northern eThekwini Youth Friendly Clinic Project (NEYFCP)
Verulam, Osindisweni and Tongaat, EThekwini sub-district
Project Description
Medical Care Development International- South Africa (MCDI-SA) is a division of Medical Care Development, Inc. (MCD). The international division, based in Washington, D.C., was created in 1977 and the organization was registered as private, non-profit organization by USAID in 1978. Since 1996 MCDI-SA has been involved in implementing health projects in Kwa Zulu Natal (KZN) in the areas of HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, children’s health and maternal and women’s health.
MCDI research and operations focused on youth in the Northern Sub district of eThekwini in KZN has found an exceptionally high level of HIV and, conversely, an exceptionally low level of youth friendly HIV care and support services. In partnership with the eThekwini Department of Health, MCDI-SA has developed an integrated, comprehensive package of HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support for youth. The services are informed by the fact that an effective response to HIV and AIDS among young people must address their multidimensional social, health, psychosocial, welfare and educational needs within a supportive community setting. The project’s aim is to target and educate youth on HIV and gender issues and to impart life skills in order to reduce HIV infections, encourage voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) and access to treatment. The following activities will be conducted to achieve this aim: facilities will be targeted to deliver improved youth-friendly and gender responsive services; young women, men, boys and girls will be taught life skills to improve their decision making ability on sexual and social behaviour and to disseminate messages on prevention and care; and, communities and parents will be targeted to increase their awareness and acceptance of the SRHR of young women, men, boys and girls.
Amagugu
Africa Centre
Project Title
Amagugu: a family-based disclosure support programme for HIV-infected mothers, their children and families
The Africa Centre is part of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal (KZN) that conducts research and delivers health services in cooperation with the Department of Health. The Centre is based in the Umkhanyakude district, a rural region of northern KZN where the burden of disease from HIV is immense. Its HIV treatment and care programme is one of the largest in the province.
As preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and HIV treatment programmes are strengthened, more women remain alive and fewer children are infected with HIV. While extremely encouraging, this also raises fundamental questions about the psycho-social development of HIV-exposed but uninfected children who enter adulthood facing a myriad of risk factors including parental ill health and hospitalization, stigma, discrimination and a lack of adequate familial and social support networks. Research by the Centre suggests that HIV-infected mothers report significant distress around disclosure of their own HIV status to their children. Mothers often report the expectation that somebody else will have to deal with disclosure because they don't feel enabled or empowered to approach the topic of HIV in an age-appropriate and gender-sensitive manner. While it is known that disclosure practices tend to increase social support and care networks for children living with a parent infected with HIV, rates of disclosure within families and particularly among children are low. Without this support, children and particularly girls, often become caregivers to their parents with serious psychological and social consequences.
The purpose of this project is to develop, implement and evaluate a family-based disclosure support programme that empowers and enables women, that is cost effective and which can be delivered at scale.
Technology and HIV/AIDS: an integrated platform
Cell-life
Project Title
Technology and HIV/AIDS: an integrated platform for anti-retro viral treatment clinics in poor settings
1st Floor Cape Peninsula University of Technology
BARC Building,
80 Oreland Street,
Cape Town
Project Site
Various sites in Durban to be determined following technical development phase
Project Description
Cell-Life’s sole purpose is to provide innovative ICT technological solutions for HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment programmes, and its primary clients are community based organizations and research institutions working with government. Cell-Life develops open source software solutions, offered on a free open access license, and provides the associated implementation, integration with existing systems, further customisation, maintenance, back-up and data warehousing services, along with training and off-site support.
Cell-Life has created three separate ICT tools to assist in this sector and this project incorporates two of these: iDART a standalone desktop application that assists pharmacy staff in managing their ART patients, and Mobilise, a mobile communication platform that allows organisations to communicate with patients using cell phone technologies. To date, iDART is working in 40 clinics, supporting more than 100,000 patients and operating in eight of South Africa’s nine provinces. The iDART system is uniquely able to identify patients who have low adherence rates as well as patients who default and miss appointments.
The underlying goal of this project is to integrate the Mobilise communication platform with the comprehensive ART patient database in iDART to improve communications between patients and their clinics. It is hoped that this communication will aide in reducing the number of patients who are lost to follow up as well as improve ARV adherence, thereby working towards the ultimate outcome of improved health outcomes of highly active antiretroviral treatment for patients receiving treatment at the selected sites in Kwa Zulu Natal.
Strengthening the capacity of organizations
Starfish Greathearts Foundation
Project Title
Strengthening the capacity of community based organizations to care for orphaned and vulnerable children
Project sites in Mpumalanga to be confirmed following discussions with the provincial Dept. of Health
Project Description
Starfish was created in 2001 to work with orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) and now provides essential care and support services to approximately 36,000 children across South Africa. This level of coverage has been achieved through the provision of funding and capacity building to 116 community based organisations (CBO) who work directly with vulnerable children.
Under this project work Starfish will collaborate with the Department of Social Development (DSD) and CBOs in Mpumalanga to improve the quality of life of an estimated 3,750 OVCs. This goal will be achieved by strengthening the capacity of 15 home based care organizations (HBCO) to provide enhanced care and support. At the same time, a three year HBCO services and management capacity building programme will be provided to district and provincial level DSD officials. Parallel to this capacity building programme, the Starfish OVC Care and Support Grant Making Programme will provide core funding for the care and support of OVC. These programmes will collectively improve the quality of care, services and management of HBCO services for vulnerable girls and boys in selected communities in Mpumalanga.
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV
mothers2mothers
Project Title
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV: expanding m2m's services in Limpopo
mothers2mothers (m2m) is an international NGO based in Cape Town that offers an effective, sustainable model of care, peer education and support to pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV. m2m currently provides PMTCT education and support services in 634 health facilities across 7 countries in Africa.
Under this project, and in consultation with the Provincial Department of Health in Limpopo, m2m will expand its programme in the province by launching preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) education and support services at 6 new sites. PMTCT education and psychosocial support services will be provided by mothers living with HIV (Mentor Mothers and Site Coordinators) recruited from local communities surrounding the sites. Using its unique tailored curriculum, m2m will train these mothers to provide critical education and support services at new project sites. The project will focus on the following activities: the identification of 6 health facilities in Limpopo in which m2m will integrate its PMTCT education and psychosocial support services; the recruitment and training of Mentor Mothers and Site Coordinators; and, the provision of group pre-test education, one-on-one interactions and structured support group sessions to pregnant women and new mothers to improve their uptake of PMTCT services and practices.
Through the provision of PMTCT education and support services in 6 sites in Limpopo, m2m will contribute to reducing the risk of HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers transmitting the virus to their infants during pregnancy, labour and delivery, or during breastfeeding. In addition, and equally important, by training mothers living with HIV to provide peer support, m2m works to empower and enable mothers to live positively with HIV, keeping them alive and healthy by increasing their access to health-sustaining medical care.
Vukani Community Radio, Arthur Tengiwe College of Education, Public Works Building, Cala
Unitra Community Radio, Unitra Community Radio, Old Library Building, Nelson Mandela Drive, Unitra, Umtata
Project Description
The Sonke Gender Justice Network seeks to strengthen the capacity of government, civil society and citizens to enable men and boys to work towards gender equality, the prevention of domestic violence, and the reduction of HIV and the impact of AIDS. In this way the organization contributes to the development of societies in which men, women, youth and children can enjoy equitable, healthy relationships.
Gender inequality in South Africa continues to impede youth development in dramatic ways and to exacerbate the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS. Gender roles and expectations frequently condone male violence against women and girls. They also grant young and adult men the power to initiate and dictate the terms of sex and make it extremely difficult for women and girls to protect themselves from either HIV or violence. The repercussions of rigid gender roles and relations include the disproportionate effects of HIV and AIDS on women and girls both in terms of rates of infection and the burden of care and support for those with AIDS-related illnesses. The health and well-being of young men is also jeopardized; several studies report that contemporary gender roles encourage young men and boys to equate risky behaviour with manliness and, conversely, to regard health seeking behaviour as “unmanly”.
This project aims to increase the number and capacity of men and boys in communities in six target provinces to play an active role in reducing the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS and preventing domestic and sexual violence. It will pursue this goal through an integrated set of activities designed to increase the amount and quality of broadcast and print information available, to increase the capacity of local radio stations to make effective use of new materials, and to promote effective co-operation between local radio stations and other local community structures in responding productively to increased awareness, dialogue and activity around these issues.
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research
Project Title
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV: strengthening PMTC monitoring in the Free State
UCT Faculty of Health Sciences,
Anzio Road,
Observatory
Project Site
32 different clinics in the Motheo District of the Free State
Project Description
CIDER is one of four units in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town. It works to improve knowledge and practice in the area of infectious diseases in order to strengthen the performance of health systems in infectious disease control by informing health policy and enhancing technical and programme capacity. One of CIDER’s key programmes is to conduct public health research integrating laboratory, clinical, epidemiological, social science and health systems research into high priority infectious diseases such as HIV.
Most paediatric HIV infections are due to mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) that occur during pregnancy, labour or breast feeding. Research has found that effective interventions including antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis in pregnancy, appropriate obstetric management and feeding options postpartum can prevent transmission. These interventions have reduced the risk of MTCT to less than 2% in many countries, but a recent CIDER study in South Africa found that PMTCT coverage is low, opportunities are lost at all stages of the PMTCT cascade and that standards of care are generally low. Improved monitoring systems are required to accurately measure PMTCT programme effectiveness at each stage in the programme.
The purpose of this project is to strengthen PMTCT programme service delivery in the Free State. Through this strengthening of the health system, an improved PMTCT service is expected to contribute to decreased vertical transmission of HIV in pregnancy and increased HIV-free survival among children born to HIV-infected women. The project seeks to enhance decision-making by PMTCT service managers through an increased commitment to using the monthly monitoring reports generated by the intervention. PMTCT service managers will be in a better position to make evidence-based decisions regarding PMTCT service improvement as a result of increased knowledge and understanding of the monthly monitoring. Ultimately, the intervention is expected to reduce MTCT in targeted sites.
Youth to Youth: using peer education to reduce HIV
Gold Peer Education Development Agency
Project Title
Youth to Youth: using peer education to reduce HIV and AIDS among young people
Project Positive Ray: 26 Robinson Street, Port Shepstone
Hope2Educate: 402 Moore Road, Glenwood
ISAAC: 160 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg
Crossroads: 2 Hill head Drive, Lazar Building, Mount Edgecombe
Childline: 123 Percy Osborne Road, Morningside
Olive Leaf: 85 Field Street, Suite 2704
Project Description
GOLD was established to respond to the increasing incidence of HIV infection among youth through a peer education model that trains young leaders to use the power of positive peer pressure to influence life choices and encourage positive behaviour. The model has been pioneered and refined over the last six years, drawing on a collation of global best practice and the learning of several pioneering NGOs who have been implementing peer education programmes in Southern Africa. GOLD’s vision is to witness a generation of young African leaders confronting the HIV and AIDS pandemic by empowering them to become positive role models and agents of change in their schools and communities.
GOLD’s peer education work focuses on the key drivers of HIV among young people. Although much research has found that there has been a reduction in HIV prevalence among teenagers aged 15 - 19 years nationally, this is not been the case in Kwa Zulu Natal. For example, practices such as intergenerational sex and multiple and concurrent partners are on the rise among youth, increasing risk among girls and young women, in particular, due to exposure to older males with a higher HIV prevalence.
Under this project, GOLD will work with youth in targeted schools and districts in KZN. Activities will include capacity building and training in the use of cutting edge HIV programme resources and tools to 7 established local partner organizations. It will target young adults and selected CBOs who will in turn target school- going leaders in grades 10 - 12 to train and support as agents of change in terms of positive behaviour change among peers, younger children and communities. Government officials, educators, health care workers and community leaders will also be targeted to create an enabling environment for the implementation of effective peer education programmes.
Breaking down barriers: improving equity
Marie Stopes
Project Title
Breaking down barriers: improving equity in HIV and AIDS services for young people
Marie Stopes South Africa (MSSA) is part of the Marie Stopes International (MSI) global partnership that works in 43 countries. MSI partners are locally managed and staffed non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work with governments, NGOs, health professionals and local communities to deliver innovative, high quality Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) programmes that are culturally appropriate and respond to local needs. MSSA was established in 1991 and now operates 40 SRH clinics across all 9 provinces in South Africa, behavioural change communication (BCC) programmes in 5 provinces and a national call centre offering confidential Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) counselling and clinic services.
The severity of the HIV and AIDS epidemic is closely linked to poverty, race and gender, and its impact is significantly related to gender inequity, lack of infrastructure and poor service delivery. In order to reduce the impact of HIV and AIDS among young men and women, boys and girls, it is necessary to increase access to HIV and AIDS and SRH information and services and, in particular, to address gender inequity barriers to these services. The project will employ an integrated, rights based approach to SRH and HIV and AIDS, capitalising on MSSA’s extensive experience in SRH service delivery and its existing clinic network. It will strengthen organisational capacities for promoting gender equality and delivering youth-focused services and information while strengthening linkages with local service providers. It will connect these services with those most in need through the development of an active Community-based Educators (CBE) network which will be strengthened to provide HIV and AIDS Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) Workshops and Information and Education Campaigns (IEC) aimed at youth in the target communities. Through these activities MSSA will increase knowledge of, and access to, HIV and AIDS and SRH services and information. It will also promote key gender equality messages and strengthen referral networks within communities to ensure sustainable service delivery.
Rural Women and Home-based Care
CATHCA
Project Title
“When I was sick you visited me” Rural Women and Home-based Care
Mr. Mlindi Mnyandu and Sr. Colette: Duduza Care Centre, Maria Ratshitz Mission, Boschloof Farm, Wasbank
Project Description
CATHCA is a faith-based organization founded in 1988 to support the provision of high quality affordable health care to poor and marginalized people in Southern Africa. It directly funds activities such as training in home-based care, capacity building and advocacy. Under this project
CATHCA will train rural women as accredited community health workers to increase the availability and quality of home-based care in targeted poor rural communities in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal. The aim of the project is to provide women in poor rural communities with accredited training in home-based care. This will have the two-fold effect of increasing the availability and quality of home-based community care in these communities and providing rural women with a formal work qualification, many for the first time. Seventy caregivers from twelve small NGOs will be enrolled in a six-month training course that includes both theoretical and practical training in HIV/AIDS management, palliative care and home-based care. They will also receive training on gender issues and in leadership skills.
Bhambayi: informal settlement in the Inanda/Phoenix area
Cato Crest: part of Cato Manor/Mayville
Burlington: informal settlement south of Durban under the Queensburgh area
Redcliff: north of Durban in the Verulam area.
Project Description
Project Empower is an HIV-focused CBO founded in 2001 to promote behaviour change. It works with individuals, groups and organizations to develop, implement and support programmes for people affected by HIV and AIDS that confront unequal power relations; balance relations between women and men; and build individual and organizational capacity through training, information, increasing access to resources and building and supporting networks. Through these activities Project Empower works towards building positive relationships that enable people to make their own choices about their lives, and live with these choices.
This project will implement a rights-based HIV prevention programme for young women aged 18 -26 living in informal settlements in the Durban area. The project will work towards the following results:
The increased uptake of sexual and reproductive health services by young women and their partners in targeted communities;
the increased awareness of HIV risk, current status and adoption of strategies to reduce risk of primary or secondary infection by young women and their sexual partners in target communities;
increased awareness of sexual and reproductive rights by young women and their sexual partners in target communities and strategies for embracing these rights in personal relationships, communities and in society more broadly; and,
SCAT was established in 1984 to address community-level human rights violations, marginalization and underdevelopment. In 1992, concern that rural communities would continue to be excluded from the economic and social benefits of democracy led SCAT to shift its strategic focus to rural development, and since this time it has established itself as an award winning organization and a key partner in rural development. SCAT introduced an HIV/AIDS Programme in mid-2000, and since this time its network of partners has increased from 6 to 36.
Much of rural South Africa remains characterized by poverty, poor delivery of basic services and demographic profiles skewed towards youth as adults migrate to urban areas in search of employment. All of these factors contribute to increased vulnerability to HIV and AIDS in the very areas where the delivery of effective care and other services are chronically poor. The delivery of HIV and AIDS programmes and services in these communities remains, for the most part, the responsibility of community based organizations whose efforts are hampered by weak capacity, limited resources and overwhelming demands. The purpose of this project is to support the development of community based safety nets in the Eastern Cape and Northwest provinces to reduce the transmission of HIV and AIDS, and to mitigate its impact through improved service delivery to people living with HIV and AIDS. The project was developed in consultation with SCAT’S existing local partners, and is based on a partnership in which SCAT’s institutional strengths and experience will be used to increase the skills and capacity of these local partners to develop and deliver effective, community-driven HIV and AIDS programmes.
Ngqeleni district (7 wards), Eastern Cape Province
GPS coordinates
31° 40′ 0 ″S and 29° 2′ 0 ″E
Project Description
The Small Projects Foundation is an Eastern-Cape based CBO established in 1988 to broadly promote social and economic development. In 2000, it started the HIV and AIDS Action Programme to develop the capacity of CBOs to combat HIV and AIDS and TB. To date SPF has worked on this programme in 27 different areas to strengthen paediatric and antenatal HIV and AIDS services within targeted communities. In 2004 SPF introduced a mother and child ART support programme to strengthen the continuum of care from community to clinic to ART centre in hospitals.
Under this project SPF aims to strengthen district level community based HIV and AIDS services focused on prevention, care, treatment, support and rights with a view to decreasing the transmission of HIV, increasing the number of patients on treatment, and improving the capacity of CBOs. Activities to support these results include training and mentoring programmes for government officials, CBOs and volunteers in areas such as the promotion of safer sex practices, voluntary testing and counseling, sexual and reproductive health and the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV.
Hivos-South Africa was established in 2006 to strengthen civil society, improve community level capacity to advance a rights-based approach to development, and to network and learn from other Hivos activities in the region.
The purpose of this project is to establish a joint funding mechanism that will improve coordination and the effectiveness of donor agencies in addressing gender based violence, including how it relates to HIV and AIDS and socio-economic empowerment.
The Joint Gender Fund is a joint funding mechanism set up in 2008 by the Ford Foundation, Irish Aid, Hivos and, more recently, the Canadian International Development Agency, to provide grants to community based and non-governmental organisations for projects that integrate gender based violence and HIV and AIDS and/or socio-economic development in South Africa. The Fund is a response to the need for donors to collaborate more effectively and collectively in order to maximize impact in the area of gender based violence, HIV and AIDS and socio-economic development. The outcomes of the Fund include the following: an effective funding mechanism; greater collaboration between government and civil society in their responses to gender based violence interlinked to HIV and AIDS and socio-economic development; collaboration between civil society organizations (NGOs and CBOs) for innovative responses to the three key areas; and strategic and effective partner responses to gender based violence within the context of HIV and AIDS and socio-economic development.
The activities undertaken by the Fund includes grant making to organizations that meet the criteria of the Fund, capacity building of supported organizations and support for research, advocacy and integrated models that address the intersections of HIV, gender based violence and socio-economic development. The target groups include women and girls; men and boys in relation to attitudes, beliefs and behaviour change; the rural poor, people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS and other vulnerable populations.
Applications to the Joint Gender Fund are invited via Requests for Proposals which are advertised on the website and local newspapers. The grant sizes range from a minimum of R100,000 to a maximum of R1,000,000 over a two year period.
AFSA was founded in 1988 to mobilize funding to equip CBOs with the financial resources and skills to implement and manage primary health care and development programs to limit the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS in vulnerable communities. This is achieved by providing financial grants to selected organizations for programme implementation and core expenses and for organizational capacity building.
Under this project AFSA seeks to develop and enhance the support it is currently providing to 10 CBO partners in the Eastern Cape through the following activities: providing accredited training in auxiliary health work and gender awareness; facilitating the development of partnerships between CBOs, government and other stakeholders; and, strengthening the capacity of CBO partners. These activities are expected to lead to a significant reduction in the vulnerability of women, girls, men and boys to HIV infections and the impact of AIDS in targeted rural communities in Alfred Nzo and O.R. Tambo districts, with consequent improvements in health status and quality of life.
The Ubuntu Education Fund was founded in 1999 with the goal of transforming the lives of the children living in the townships of Port Elizabeth. Ubuntu’s mission is to assist orphaned and vulnerable children to access higher education and employment through an integrated system of educational, psychosocial, social and health interventions. The organisation has spent the last 10 years building a context-driven community institution that conceptualises impact as sustained support through access to resources and opportunities. This approach prioritises deepening programme intervention within a given community to create genuine and lasting change.
Mpilo-Lwazi is a comprehensive project addressing the prevention, treatment, care and support needs of families coping with HIV and AIDS. Building on previous CIDA support, Ubuntu intends to deepen its public/CBO partnership with the South African government to improve service delivery in order to prevent new HIV infection and address the comprehensive needs of HIV-affected households. Ubuntu’s interventions enable caregivers to effectively care for the children in their households. Many of the services that Ubuntu provides to children are closely intertwined with similar or complementary services that are provided to the rest of their family.
Using an integrated approach to programming, Ubuntu intends to stabilise the households of children, reduce violence and neglect, and treat disease and poverty. The outcomes of the Mpilo-Lwazi project are as follows:
improved circumstances for Ubuntu children and their family members through better access to basic social services and empowering trainings;
improved emotional stability for Ubuntu children and their families through psychological support;
improved health status of Ubuntu children and their family members by providing accessible quality health services; and,
improved academic performance, self-confidence and life skills for Ubuntu children through out-of-school programming.
Various sites in the Thulamela Municipality:
4 rural villages,
districts served by 3 hospitals,
the University of Venda,
and the audience of 1 national and 2 community radio stations.
Project Description
The Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme was started in 1997 by the Thohoyandou Community Policing Forum and the South African Police Services with a focus on the eradication of gender-based violence and child abuse. In response to community requests, TVEP created a Positive Support Services Cluster to increase its HIV and AIDS programmes and services.
The purpose of the project is to reduce the infection rate and ameliorate the impact of the HIV pandemic in Thulamela through interventions consistent with South Africa’s HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan (2007-2011). Emphasis is placed on enhancing the capacity of TVEP and local stakeholders to work towards the following outcomes:
increased knowledge and utilization of PMTCT services;
increased knowledge of PEP, and improved uptake and compliance;
improved access to, and acceptance of, femidoms;
increased knowledge of ART, particularly for and among children;
increased acceptance of PLHIV and AIDS and reduced stigma and discrimination;strenghthened provision of services to OVCs and child headed households; and,
increased knowledge of human rights of women and children, and increased commitment to addressing gender-based violence.
TVEP’s objective is to strengthen and consolidate service delivery to people infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS. The project aims to increase the capacity of TVEP and partners to reduce new infections and to ensure that people already infected or affected by HIV and AIDS are fully integrated into the community and provided with the holistic care and support they need to remain mentally and physically healthy for as long as possible.
Madibeng local municipality, Bojanala district, North West province
Project Description
The primary goal of the work of the Seboka Training and Support Network is the reduction of new HIV infections and the mitigation of the impact of HIV and AIDS on individuals, families and communities through training, support and networking. It seeks to improve access to health services by the poor, especially those affected by or infected with HIV and AIDS, and to advocate for an integrated, coordinated, multi-sectoral approach to the pandemic supported by strong alliances and networks.
Under the “Ngata” (Tswana for “bundle of wood) Project, Seboka seeks to facilitate community participation in and ownership of HIV and AIDS programmes and services, while enhancing, strengthening and linking the services offered by different organizations and groups in the districts. The project is expected toproduce the following results:
Increased knowledge and understanding of HIV and AIDS;
Mobilized communities to become actively involved in services;
Increased knowledge and understanding of gender equality issues in targeted communities, and to actively involve communities in addressing gender inequality;
Improved quality of HIV and AIDS services in targeted communities; and,
Improved capacity of CBOs to integrate gender equalilty in HIV and AIDS programmes
The expected impact of the project is to improve health and quality of lives of communities infected and affected by HIV and AIDS in the Madibeng sub-district.
