HELPAGE-Strengthening Social Protection 2011-2015
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In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), sustainable livelihoods and social protection have taken on a new urgency as HIV and AIDS interact with other drivers of poverty to simultaneously destabilize livelihoods systems, family and community safety mechanisms. The Regional HIV and AIDS Team for Africa (the Team) has for the last three years been supporting a regional inte...
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In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), sustainable livelihoods and social protection have taken on a new urgency as HIV and AIDS interact with other drivers of poverty to simultaneously destabilize livelihoods systems, family and community safety mechanisms. The Regional HIV and AIDS Team for Africa (the Team) has for the last three years been supporting a regional intervention that seeks to strengthen social protection (SP) to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS and poverty in the region. The project is implemented by four organisations through a nesting arrangement coordinated by Help Age International East, West and Central Africa Regional Development Centre (EWCARDC) based in Kenya. Other members of the consortium are the Africa Platform for Social Protection (APSP), a global advocacy organisation, the Coalition for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS (CCABA) based in Canada and the University College London (UCL). The project is anchored on the following strategic objectives (i) Reduced new HIV infections and increased number of people receiving Social Protection (ii) Regional and National level HIV and AIDS and SP policies plans and budgets increasingly address the needs of vulnerable groups (iii) Increased participation of civil society organisations in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of national and regional HIV and AIDS and SP policies and strategies and (iv) Evidence-based research and learning contributes to global, regional and national HIV and AIDS and SP policies and programmes. Geographically, the intervention targets SSA with Help Age EWCARDC focusing on Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique and Zambia. The APSP, on the other hand, has a continental reach through a strategic partnership with the African Union. The UCL's research is a cohort study of participants based in Malawi and South Africa while CCABA's advocacy efforts are at a global level but with a focus on vulnerable children and families affected by HIV and AIDS in Africa. The collective effort of the nested organisations has played a pivotal role in the incorporation of social protection mechanisms and the needs of vulnerable groups in regional and national strategic plans, legislation and policies. Furthermore, the research agenda pursued by UCL and CCABA, and to a lesser extent, the APSP, complement the lobbying and advocacy work at regional and national level; a manifestation of the existing synergies among the partners. Administratively, the nesting arrangement has enabled the Team to extend support to a range of strategic partners without substantially increasing the administrative costs.
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Result
General question: Results related to the intended outcome 2015Question: Summarise results related to the intended outcome (this information will be sent to Open Aid)Answer: Between May 2015 and April 2016, the various activities implemented in the project counties had resulted in a total of 67,782 vulnerable men, women and children accessing a range of HIV and social protection services such as cash transfers, grants to initiate small businesses and education support for orphans. In total, 6 training sessions for traditional health practitioners (THPs) aimed at facilitating HIV counselling and testing, initiation into ART and management of opportunistic infections were conducted in 14 communities. Additionally, HelpAge and its partners remained actively involved in advocacy efforts at various levels. For instance, HelpAge was part of the discussion of the WHO Healthy Ageing Policy regionally and internationally and made statements that raised sensitivity around the context within the region, including basic access to health services. The Coalition, one of the nested partners, produced an advocacy brief titled “The 2016 High Level Meeting (HLM) HLM on HIV’s Political Declaration: What we need to see on PMTCT, Paediatrics, Children and Adolescents” that was used to galvanize advocacy ahead of the HLM held in June 2016. A number of areas reflected in the advocacy brief were included in the Political Declaration. The final project evaluation conducted in November 2015 by PMDC consultants, an independent consulting firm, highlights a number of achievements including the following: - In terms of societal impact, the project generally created space for older people, children and families affected by HIV to address issues affecting them. The project applied an integrated approach for older people to play a critical role in social, political and economic spheres. Older persons and PLHIV, OVC and their families received livelihood support from local associations, NGOs and financial institutions. These beneficiaries experienced improved living standards as a result of their ability to manage social, economic and environmental challenges through their participation in project interventions. -At the sub-regional and respective national levels, the incorporation of social protection mechanisms and the needs of vulnerable groups into SADC regional and national HIV and AIDS and poverty reduction strategic plans, specifically in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia will ensure continuous mainstreaming of these issues beyond the project. At the continental level, the development of 10 national social protection policies, 6 regional policies and guidelines, the formation of national social protection platforms in over 26 countries should indeed drive sustainability of the project interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. -The University College of London (UCL) study contributed much to the learning process for child protection service providers through its community care study of children affected by HIV and AIDS in Malawi and South Africa. The study sought to find mechanisms of strengthening resilience of children in homes affected by HIV-related illness. The study has yielded important insights into the current situation of children and older care givers supported by community based organisations. The analysis of the impact of cash transfers plus care on preventing HIV infection among girls and adolescents has had a big influence on the way stakeholders such as UNICEF and USAID structure their interventions.
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