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Annual Workplan Format Service Delivery and Support for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Quarterly Report January 01, 2017- March 31, 2017 Revision Submitted June 9, 2017 Award No. 656-15-00010 FHI 360 Reference No. 102248.001.001.001 Contents I. PROJECT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................ 1 II. HIGHLIGHTS ........................................................................................................................................ 2 III. Summary of the Reporting Period ...................................................................................................... 2 A. START UP .................................................................................................................... 2 B. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................................................ 5 IR 1: Increased Utilization of Quality Social, Health and Nutritional Services .......................... 5 IR 2: Reduced Economic Vulnerability of OVC Households ...................................................... 8 IR 3: Improved Capacity to Provide ECD Services for Vulnerable Children under Age Five ..... 9 IR 4: Capacity of district government and communities to provide essential preventative and protective services to vulnerable families and children ..................................................10 IV. EXIT STRATEGY ..................................................................................................................................11 V. PROJECT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS .............................................................................................12 A. IR 1: Increased Utilization of Quality Social, Health and Nutritional Services ................ 12 B. IR 2: Reduced Economic Vulnerability of OVC Households .......................................... 16 C. IR 3: Improved Capacity to Provide ECD Services for Vulnerable Children under Age 5 . 17 D. IR 4: Capacity of district government and communities to provide essential preventative and protective services to vulnerable families and children ............................................ 17 VI. PROJECT MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................18 VII. MAJOR IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES ...................................................................................................19 VIII. COLLABORATION WITH GOVERNMENT, OTHER DONORS AND STAKEHOLDERS .............................20 IX. UPCOMING PLANS ............................................................................................................................23 X. EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT UPDATE ................................................................................................24 XI. SUCCESS STORIES AND PHOTOS .......................................................................................................25 XII. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................27 ANNEXES 1. Gantt Chart (updated with column indicating status) 2. Status of APS Selection Process 3. CBOs Selected by District 4. Consumption Needs Approval Approach 5. Capacity Building for HES 6. Savings Group Strategy for COVida 7. CBO Post Award Conference Agenda 8. Summary of CBO Training and TA 9. COVida and Passos Geographic Overlap Award AID-656-A-16-00010 FHI 360 ii | P a g e Quarterly Report for period January 01 – March 31, 2017, Revision Submitted June 9, 2017 ACRONYMS ACPE Associações Comunitárias de Poupança e Empréstimo ADE Apoio Directo a Escola AOR Agreement Officer Representative APE Agente Polivalent Elementar (Community Health Worker) APS Annual Program Statement ART Antiretroviral Therapy AWP Annual Work Plan BCI Banco Comercial de Investimeto BCM Basic Case Management BOM Banco Oportunidade Mocambique CAP Capable Partners Program CBO Community-Based Organization CC Community Committees CCS Centro de Colaboração em Saude (Center for Collaboration in Health) CD Community Dialogue CHASS Clinical and Community HIV/AIDS Services Strengthening COP Chief of Party CPC Comite de Proteçao de Criança (Child Protection Committee) CP Consortium Partners CSI Child Status Index ECD Early Childhood Development EGPAF Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation EMMP Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan ENSSB National Strategy for Basic Social Security FDC Fundaçao para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade FFBS Farmers Field Business Schools FGH Friends in Global Health GAO Government Accountability Office GBV Gender-based Violence GLM Governance, Leadership and Management GTCOV Grupo Tecnico de COV (COV Technical Working Group) HF Health Facility HFs Health Facilities HES Household Economic Strengthening HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus HTC HIV Testing and Counseling ICAP Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ICBP Integrated Capacity Building Plan ICS Internal Control Systems IEC Information, Education, and Communication IGA Income-generating Activities IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illness INAS Instituto Nacional de Acção Social INGO International Non-Governmental Organization LOA Letter of Authorization M and E Monitoring and Evaluation MCH Maternal and Child Health Award AID-656-A-16-00010 FHI 360 iii | P a g e Quarterly Report for period January 01 – March 31, 2017, Revision Submitted June 9, 2017 MCSP Maternal and Child Survival Program MER Monitoring, Evaluating, and Reporting MGCAS Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Action MINEDH Ministry of Education and Human Development MISAU Ministério de Saúde MOH Ministry of Health MOU Memorandum of Understanding MNEC Ministerio de Negocios Estrangeiros e Comercio (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) MUAC Mid-Upper Arm Circumference NUMCOV Nucleo Multisectoral para Crianças Orfas e Vulneraveis (Multi- sectoral Steering Committee for Orphans and Vulnerable Children) OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children OFDA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance PACO Associação De Ajuda a Criança Orfa e Vulneravel PCC Community Care Program PEPFAR President’s Emergency Plan for AID’s Relief PESOD District Social Economic Plan PESS Health Sector Strategic Plan PLHIV People Living with HIV PMSD Participatory Market Systems Development PMTCT Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission PMP Performance Monitoring Plan PNAC National Action Plan for Children II PPF Programa Para o Futuro PPP Public Private Partnership PSS Psycho-Social Support RENAMO Resistência Nacional Moçambicana RFA Request for Applications SAAJ Adolescent and Youth Friendly Services SAVIX Savings Groups Information Exchange SBCC Social Behavior Change Communication SCIP Strengthening Communities through Integrated Programming SDS-OVC Service Delivery and Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children SDEJT Serviços Distritais de Educaçao, Juventude e Tecnologia (District Services for Education, Youth and Technology) SDSMAS Serviços Distritais de Saude, Mulher e Acçao Social (District Services for Health, Gender, Children and Social Action) SRH Sexual and Reproductive Health STO Senior Technical Officers TA Technical Assistance TOT Training of Trainers UNICEF United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government WASH Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene WHO World Health Organization WV World Vision YP Youth Power Award AID-656-A-16-00010 FHI 360 iv | P a g e Quarterly Report for period January 01 – March 31, 2017, Revision Submitted June 9, 2017 I. PROJECT OVERVIEW Project name: COVida – Juntos Pelas Crianças (formerly Service Delivery and Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (SDS-OVC)) Project duration: Five years Starting date: June 23, 2016 Life of project funding: $71,580,486 USD Geographic focus: COVida implements activities in 56 districts in Maputo City, Maputo Province, Inhambane, Gaza, Sofala, Manica, Tete, Zambezia, Nampula, Cabo Delgado, and Tete. Project objectives: The overall objective of COVida is to improve the health, nutritional status and well-being of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) living in the President’s Emergency Plan for AID’s Relief (PEPFAR) defined priority districts for epidemic control. The project’s specific objectives are: 1. To increase utilization of quality social, health and nutritional services. 2. To reduce economic vulnerability of OVC households. 3. To improve early childhood development (ECD) services. 4. To strengthen capacity of district government and communities to provide support to OVC and their families. Consortium partners: The COVida consortium comprises of six partners with either geographic or technical responsibilities, or both. The responsibilities are assigned as follows: Partner Responsibility Area/Topic FHI 360 Project Lead Geographic partner Maputo, Sofala, Manica, Tete, Niassa, Nampula, and Cabo Delgado Technical lead Case Management, HIV, Organizational Development CARE Geographic partner Inhambane Technical lead Household Economic Strengthening World Vision (WV) Geographic partner Gaza and Zambezia PATH Technical lead Early Childhood Development N’weti Technical lead Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Palladium Technical lead Research Monitoring, Evaluating, and Reporting (MER) Award AID-656-A-16-00010 FHI 360 1 | P a g e Quarterly Report for period January 01 – March 31, 2017, Revision Submitted June 9, 2017 II. HIGHLIGHTS COVida has made significant progress in its second quarter:
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