CHF International Leads New Program that Champions Sustainable HIV/AIDS Services in Rwanda
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has selected a consortium led by CHF International to implement the Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Program (CHAMP) in Rwanda. This four-year, U.S. $40 million cooperative agreement will work to provide Rwandan communities with equitable access to high-quality and sustainable HIV/AIDS services.
CHF Addresses the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Kenya
Recognizing the impact
HIV/AIDS pandemic is having throughout sub-Saharan Africa, CHF
International/Kenya is now working through
a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
(CDC) to implement the Local Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS-Grants
Management (LPATH-GM) program.
The LPATH-GM program will work to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS
in Kenya by strengthening the capacity of local nongovernmental
organization (NGO) partners. Moreover, LPATH-GM applies a customized
blend of intensive participatory learning, on-site assistance,
and practical application and monitoring that ensures
NGOs are using the new skills in they way programs are implemented, on a daily basis. The goal of LPATH-GM is to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS in Kenya by strengthening the capacity of local, community and faith-based organizations (NGO partners) to provide and sustain high quality, expanded HIV/AIDS services. We will achieve this goal by:
- Improving the technical capacity of NGO partners in providing prevention, care and treatment activities to those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
- Improving the organizational capacity of NGO partners - that is, their capacity in managing grants and resources, financial management, strategic planning and sustainability.
- Ensuring HIV/AIDS interventions are having an optimal impact, by improving program capacity mechanisms for reaching targets and increasing collaboration among NGO partners.
Among its key program features,
LPATH-GM provides a comprehensive assessment of NGO partners
that will help them to develop
strategic plans for improved and sustained HIV/AIDS services.
CHF International
will then provide a customized training and technical assistance
package that meets NGOs' specific technical, organizational
and program management needs. A tailored sub-grant awards
process will
help NGOs build an incentive mechanism for improving their
performance, by providing carefully defined indicators, and
allowing them to
put into practice their newly gained skills and resources.
The LPATH-GM capacity-building component will apply a customized
blend
of intensive participatory learning, on-site assistance,
and practical application and monitoring that ensures NGOs
are using
these new
skills in their efforts to combat HIV/AIDS. The initial
core training topics will help ensure that all NGO partners are
operating from
a relatively equal knowledge base. In addition, HIV/AIDS-specific
intervention training will address technical weaknesses
identified
through the organizational assessment, and monitored regularly.
Other important features of the LPATH-GM program are CHF's
commitment to developing information sharing and referral
systems among our
NGO partners, as well as promoting sustainability. Sustainability
is manifest in an organization's long-term ability to operate
quality services, maintain accountability to stakeholders,
and access various
sources of revenue that increase its financial independence.
The LPATH-GM training package will enable Kenyan organizations
to access
a variety of revenue sources that support their activities.
LPATH-GM will provide the training and on-site assistance
to initiate these
options, so that each
NGO can - over three years - aspire to sustain its HIV/AIDS
services, and continue to provide expanded HIV services independently.
Learn more about CHF's HIV/AIDS Initiatives
CHF International's mission is to be a catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping them to improve their social, economic and environmental conditions. CHF works to:
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Creates jobs that generate income and build the local economy
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Strengthens businesses through loans, job training and the development of business associations
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Improves living conditions through housing loans and the repair or construction of schools, roads, clinics, sanitation systems, wells, and other public infrastructure
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Increases access to education and medical services
