ASSOCIAÇÃO NKULUNKULU COMMUNITY – BASED SUPPORT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN MOAMBA DISTRICT – MOZAMBIQUE PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR MOAMBA DISTRICT MAPUTO PROVINCE DURATION: 2005-2007 Submitted to: World Bank MAP Project (September 2005) CONTACT PERSON: Hilário Sitoe (cell: 823138020) Deputy President Associação Nkulunkulu Rua D, 483, Bairro 25 de Junho Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258-1-472287 Fax: 258-1-472287 e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mozambique currently ranks 157 out of nearly 200 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI), life expectancy at birth is 39.8 years, adult literacy rate of only 43.2% and Gross Domestic Product per capita annual growth rate over the decade 1990-99 was 3.8%. The southern region of Mozambique comprising Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane provinces has an average rate of 16.5%; Maputo Province has the highest rate of 19.8%, among adults 15- 49 years. In 2002, over 101,400 children below five years and almost 1.4 million adults aged 15-49 years are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS nationally. In 2002, an estimated 16,950 new infections would occur among children under five years and another 96,330 new infections are expected among adults 15-49 years old. HIV/AIDS has started to take its toll on a country that does not yet have enough professionals for its need. The deaths due to AIDS have created an increase in the number of maternal orphans. From approximately 528,500 orphans in 2002, the number is estimated to increase to 955,000 in five years from now, an increase of 80%. The southern region of Mozambique, of which Moamba, District in Maputo province, bears the second heaviest burden of HIV/AIDS in Maputo province after Namaacha. The Moamba district is border with Republic of South Africa (RSA) and many people are miner worker based population and also border with Maputo City that are HIV/ AIDS high prevalence. The number of orphans and vulnerable children has been increased in last year, and is common to find families responsible by young, wisdom and grand parent in the district. The target population of the Project will be OVC. The beneficiaries of the project will be the OVC (Orphans and vulnerable children) directly and indirect, youth and those who have a potential for actively supporting initiatives. The project goal is to assist those orphans and other vulnerable children realize their full potential through strengthening the capacity of the local institutions and structures to be able to respond effectively to the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS. The objective of the project is: • Strengthen the capacity of the relevant community institutions and structures; Establish and or strengthen linkages between the community institutions and structures with the various public services such as education, health and training institutions; To enhance the opportunities for the OVC for appropriate vocational training and Income generating Activities (IGAs); To enhance the level of awareness on HIV/AIDS and promote positive behavior change; Facilitate advocacy and lobbying for recognition and support for the rights of AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children. The project design was based in community participation to identify the problem and the solutions, also will continue to involve the community in all implementation phases. The expected results of the project will be the increased institutional capacity to support and response to the OVC problems. 2 The monitor and evaluation will be participative, where the stakeholders will create the committee to coordinate, implement, plan and monitor the project activities, this will be quarterly based and the evaluation will be annual with involvement of all stakeholders. To full implementation of the Project, $298.323 will be needed over 3 years. For the first 8 months, $113.568 is needed. 1. PROBLEM ANALYSIS The Moamba district is border with RSA and many people are miner worker based population and also border with Maputo City that are HIV/ AIDS high prevalence. The number of orphans and vulnerable children has been increased in last year, and is common to find families responsible by young, wisdom and grand parent in the district. The HIV/AIDS and other diseases have left many children without parents or one of them. Many Families are headed by elderly grand parents and young people. It is also a common thing to find orphaned children living with HIV/AIDS, having acquired it from their parents during delivery. The project had done conducted a needs assessment in previously project. The survey discovered the following as the most pressing needs of orphans and vulnerable children; • Education specially for basic and vocational education. • Life skill and counseling for orphans. • Capacity to meet the basic needs of the orphans. • Capacity building for the caregivers like Faith Based Organizations (FBO) and Community Based Organizations (CBO). The primary aim of the project is to assist orphans and other vulnerable children realize their full potential through strengthening the capacity of the local institutions and structures to be able to respond effectively to the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS. This will be possible through: • Strengthening the capacity of the relevant community institutions and structures through training of OVC to meet the socio-economic needs of orphans and vulnerable children in a sustainable way • Establishing and or strengthening linkages between the community institutions and structures with the various public services such as education and health training institutions. • To enhance the opportunities for the AIDS orphans and vulnerable children for appropriate vocational training and IGAs. • To enhance the level of awareness on HIV/AIDS and promote positive behaviour change in order to reduce the rate of transmission and the prevailing social stigma associated with the pandemic. • Facilitating advocacy and lobbying for recognition and support for the rights of AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children. 3 2. PROJECT IDEA, METHODOLOGY, LOCATION AND TARGET POPULATION Project idea Objective 1: Building Awareness and Reducing Stigma Mobilization of Community and FBO, CBO for HIV/AIDS activities Objective 2: Extending the life of the Parent-Child Relationship Linkage between the Community institutions and structures with the various public services such as education, health and vocational training institutions Objective 3: Preparing the Family for Transition. Provide psychosocial counseling vocational training, IGAs and Micro-Credit Objective 4: Ensuring the Child's Future Provide life skill and vocational training IGAs and Micro-Credit • Increased capacity of communities and local structures to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on orphans and other vulnerable children and affected families • Increased access to essential services and programs specifically for education, psychosocial, health and livelihoods training, by orphans, other vulnerable children and affected families. • Improved environment that is supportive of the care and protection needs of children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. The objectives which cited above will meet the World Bank strategic objectives because will contribute to mitigate the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on OVC and in reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS, the strengthening the capacity of the community, FBO, CBO and the involvement in IGAs and Micro-Credit. Project Methodology The project will be as much as possible participatory, to ensure the community participation the project steering committee will be created, which role will be the planer, mobilizes, coordinators and follow up the activities, The main project strategic will be: • Baseline and post baseline studies of community coping strategies • Capacity building for orphans and their guardians to attain sustainability • Life Skills Education • Services Providers Project Location and Target Population The project will be implemented in Maputo Province, Moamba district (see Annex1) The target population is 43396 people. 4 Table 1: Population of the District and Administrative Posts DISTRICT, POPULATION ADMINISTRATIVE POST TOTAL AGED >= 16 LOCALITY, GENDER YEARS MOAMBA DISTRICT 43.396 25.053 Male 20.411 11.308 Female 22.985 13.745 %Female 53,0 P.A. MOAMBA 12.409 6.954 Male 5.870 3.183 Female 6.539 %Female 52,7 P.A. PESSENE 10.230 5.833 Male 4.606 2.394 Female 5.624 %Female 55,0 P.A. RESSANO GARCIA 8.782 5.392 Male 4.375 2.721 Female 4.407 %Female 50,2 P. A. SÁBIE 11.975 6.874 Male 5.560 3.010 Female 6.415 %Female 53,6 Source: Statistical National Institute , INE, CD-Rom, Maputo 2000 Beneficiaries The direct beneficiary will be • Orphans and vulnerable children, HIV AIDS positive family and Household that live with orphans The indirect beneficiary will be the local community, the district and the Informatics Centre of Eduardo Mondlane University (CIUEM). The community was involved in the project design through the study taken by the Associação Nkulunkulu, where the children problem was the merge problem. They also participated in designing the District Directorate of Woman and Social Welfare (DDMAS), District Directorate of Sport and Youth (DDJD), District Directorate of Health (DDS), District Directorate of Education (DDE), the District Administrator, Church leaders and community leaders. In the implementation a steering committee will be created in two levels, at district level will be integrated in District Nucleon of HIV/ AIDS, where will follow the activities, planning, coordinating