Economical empowerment project in Namibia in order to eradicate the unemployment opportunities and sexual diseases from Namibia. I believe that this documents will show the clear life cycle of the Project Hope.

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2. Official name
Area
Location
Population
Capital city
Independence
Political system
Language
Literacy rate
Religion
Namibia
824.292 sq. km
South western coast of
Africa
2 million
Windhoek
1990
Multi party democracy
English, German,
Afrikaans, Bantu
80%
Freedom of religion,
about 85% Christian
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3. Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
Nelson Mandela
The growing
HIV/AIDS
Prevention
&
intervention
epidemic
Main aspects of a problem
Data
Population 2008
2.000,000
People living with HIV/AIDS, 2007
240,000
Women (aged 15+) with HIV/AIDS, 2007
140,000
Children with HIV/AIDS, 2007
45,000
Adult HIV prevalence (%) 2007
5.1
AIDS deaths, 2007
39,000
Orphans due to AIDS aged 0 to 17
90,000
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4. Economically Driven /
Economically
Rational Sex
Criminal
Sex (Rape)
Coerced
Sex
Reasons
Emotional,
security,
love,
pleasure,
social
status
Material
comfort,
security
(gifts)
Life
maintenance
(school fees,
shoes,
uniforms
Survival
needs
(food,
housing)
Insecurity,
fear of
physical or
other
harms
Economic Security
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5. Project Name: Economic empowerment
as a means to mitigate the effect of HIV/AIDS
Project Organisation: Project HOPE
Target: Young Girls & Women, age 15 - 25
Project Location: Namibia
Approved by
The Government of Namibia
Sponsored by
USAID USA,
HIVOS Netherlands &
Urgent Action Fund Africa
Project Duration: 47 months
Budget: 844.360 €
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6. Founded in 1958 in USA, Project HOPE
(Health
Opportunities
for
People
Everywhere)
is dedicated to providing solutions to health
problems with the mission of helping people
to help themselves.
Project HOPE now provides medical training and
health education, as well as conducts
humanitarian assistance programs in more than
35 countries.
http://www.projecthope.org/
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7. Strengthening of
knowledge in Health
education
(Health Education on
HIV/AIDS)
Economic Empowerment
as means to mitigate
HIV/AIDS and its impacts
(Cross Generational Sex
Project)
Health Education
to young girls to
Mitigating the incedence
of HIV/AIDS
Micro credit loan to young
girls to begin business
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8. These projects provide the enabling environment for the
success of commercial projects.
Why PH Project differs from commercial Project?
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No business case
Non profitable
No deep analysis of sponsors
Main stakeholders are participants.
Precondition: Sponsors already existed, fund granted
money without pre-selection.
Investment in AIDS will be repaid a thousand-fold in
lives saved and communities held together.
Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
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10. Never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill
HIV/AIDS
problem
Economical
problem
Behaviour
problem
Basic economical
education
Health
education
Loans
Assistance
Consultations
Purpose
Scope
Feasibility
Background, scope,
strategy, objectives,
options, solutions,
benefits, risks,
dependencies,
affordability,
analysis of costs,
stakeholders, success
factors, procurement
procedures, additional
information.
Purpose of the project,
structure and
Business
implementation.
Plan
Describes
the project vision,
objectives, scope and
deliverables, Stakeholders,
roles and responsibilities.
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11. Project
Team,
Project
Office
Communication with
governmental bodies of
Namibia, charity
organizations,
international funds
(USA, Netherlands),
private sponsors.
Sponsors
Job descriptions,
using of project tools.
Project office in
Windhoek, Namibia,
local offices in every
region.
Phase
review
The completion of the draft
documentation, as well as
guidelines, the approval of the
Business plan, the completion
of the Initiation project status
review, and the approval to
proceed to the next phase,
signify the end of the Initiation
Phase.
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12. Purpose
Feasibility
Project
Team
Scope
Business
Plan
Sponsors
Phase review
Completion of the Initiation phase comprised:
• Establishment of project sponsorship
• Development of the Business Plan
• Identification of the Project Manager
• Formation of the Team
• Identification and initial analysis of the budget
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13. Parents
Ministry
of Health
Governors
of all the
4 regions
Minister
of
Gender
Affairs
Young
girls members
Heads of
local and
internatio
nal NGOs
Chiefs
(commun
ity
heads)
Young
girls-non
members
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14. №
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Expense items
Micro loans for the
whole programme
Euro
100.000 €
Sponsors
USAID (USA)
HIVOS (Netherlands)
Urgent Action Fund (Africa)
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Training
3
Equipment's/Materials
158.000 €
4
Salaries
479.000 €
5
Administrative cost
25.000 €
6
Other Materials
33.360 €
Total cost for
the project
844.360 €
49.000 €
12%
35%
53%
10 N$= 1 EURO
“It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of
numbers in it.”
George W. Bush
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16. Meetings , training of officers
Coordinates with donor organization &working with
young women groups
Recruitment of staff
Establish offices ,get equipment for office work
Translate learning materials into local language
Conduct meetings with communities to explain
scope & activities of project
AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about
AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap.
Calvin Klein
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17. • Developed by Project Managers and Regional Supervisors
Activities
Starting & Personnel
Target Partners
completing needed
Expected
outcome
Material
needed
Person
resp.
Evidence
Examples of possible data represented in the plan
Provide
training,
disbursement
of loans,
coaching,
meetings,
collection of
data
Exact dates
Names,
positions
Young
girls,
women
Catholic
Aid
Action
Expectations to
reach exact
amount of
participants,
identify activists,
train people,
make a report,
organize meetings
Money,
statistical
material,
vehicles,
training
material,
condoms,
etc.
Names
Field reports,
simple report,
training report,
activity report,
health activists
report
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18. Duration of the Project – 47 months
Start date – 01.01.2007
End date – 03.12.2010
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the
time that others waste.
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Henry Ford

19. Sponsors
Legal
advisor
Country
Director
Program
manager
Project manager
of Microfinance
Regional
Supervisor
(North West)
Health officer
(4 In the Region)
Community
Health Activist
(10 in Region)
Loan officer
(4 in the Region)
Regional
Supervisor
(North East)
Health officer
(4 in the Region)
Community
Health Activist
(12 in Region)
Project
Management office
Project manager
of Health
education
Regional
Supervisor
(North Center)
Loan officer
(4 In the Region)
Health officer
(4 in the Region)
Community
Health Activist
(15 in Region)
Loan officer
(4 In the Region)
Regional
Supervisor
( Far North)
Health officer
(4 in the Region)
Loan officer
(4 in the Region)
Community
Health Activist
(13 in Region)
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20. Trainings provided to the recruited staff in
Windhoek office for a period of 2 weeks.
Trainings will be provided by the Country Director
and Project Manager.
At the end of the training, recruited
staff will show their competency by
doing what they learned during a
supervised visit of the Country
Director and Programme Manager and
Project Manager.
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21. Main risks
Possibility
medium
high
%
Participant will not pay the
interest
-
+
5%
Participants disappear with loans
given out
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+
4%
Participants continue antisocial
behavior
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+
3%
Participants do not take part in
trainings and meetings
+
-
The extension of social
risk assessment and
management
procedures to financial
part of the project by
means of the Project
Charter.
2%
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23. Execution
phase
Micro-finance
and
education
Step 1.
Micro credit
(VHH)
Step 2.
Education
session 1
Health
education
Step 4. Loanpayment
session
Preventive
methods
Everyday
management
Step 3.
Education
session 2
Implementation
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24. No
1
Topic
Organisational
Management
Results
Stage 1. Election of management Committee. List of
Village Health Fund (VHF) members and copy of ID’s
or Birth certificates
Stage 2. Finalisation of basic internal regulation
document (membership profile and loan application)
and signing of internal rules of Project.
2
Record Keeping
Basic income and expenditure recording capabilities
for businesses and for loan repayment. Individual loan
amount requests for consideration of the committee.
Payment of membership fee and a 2% interest
3
Book keeping and
loan request
Record keeping concepts (how to fill loan passbook,
repayment register and request)
Group sign loan request
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25. •
Amont of first loan is N$ 500
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Future loan amounts may be larger
once the member has shown ability
to repay on the first loan
•
The second loan will have a sealing
of N$1,000
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The annual interest rate is 2.0%
•
End of first year, we met out target
of 300 participants
Loan repayment
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26. Section
Method
Abstinence/Be faithful
1
2
3
Outcome
ABC
Condoms and other Prevention
Other/Policy Analysis and System Strengthening
Community Health Workers staff of PH will compliment PH activities
during the monthly sessions on which young women
will have the opportunity to share their experiences,
concerns and challenges.
Ensure that health fairs are held and organised for both women and men
to listen to positive/motivational speakers, as well as guest speakers,
such as doctors, representative of government/donor
or partner organisation
PH = Project Hope
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27. •
Provide comprehensive ABC method & prevention training
sessions to young women & their families utilizing learning
materials
•
Health officers at the regions trained 50 village health workers
participants in the three component above
•
Trained Village Health Workers trained, conduct by weekly health
meetings in their communities
"If candidates do not support testing for HIV or Aids, don't
vote for them. If candidates don't support the use of condoms,
don't vote for them." — Zackie Achmat
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28. •
Develop an study design by means of questionnaires, protocols
& others tools to measure statistically significant difference
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Training interviewers for quantitative & qualitative research
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Conduct rolling baseline with people participating in the two
different groups (loan and health)
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Individual interviews with young women/girls participating in
the studying process
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29. • Mobility of young girls and drop out.
• Dropping out because of membership fee
(50 N$).
• Inability to repay loan.
• Authorities force members of the Project to
pay taxes to begin a small business.
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31. Tasks
Responsible Person
Rolling baseline documentation of Regional Supervisors, Loan Officers and
socio-economic status and Health Health Officers
education
Regular Performance monitoring
Country Director, Program Manager, Project
Manager and Regional Supervisors
Follow-up documentation of socio- Regional Supervisors (of all regions)
economical behavioral change
Project reporting
Director, Program Manager, Project
Manager and Regional Supervisors
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32. • Membership profile for each participants.
• Promotion and monitoring of self governance and
problem solving.
• Leverage service at community level, including how
and where to access counseling, support against
women and child violence services, etc.
• Follow up documentation on socioeconomic status.
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34. Data to be collected three times:
Baseline, middle term (24 months) and final
term (47 months).
Young women who received micro-credit
loans and health education are more likely
to report practicing safer sex.
Participants divided in two study sections:
• Full intervention (Micro-Credit +
Health Education)
• Health Education only
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35. •
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16 Health and Loan Officers
trained
50 Health Activist trained
300 Participants received loan
150,000 N$ disbursed as micro
credit loan
Women more interested in
micro credit activity than
health education
Modules for health training
developed
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36. Small Loan from
Project Hope
After 1 year, she
paid back her loan
+interest. Option to
renew a loan
Village Health
Fund
The pig produced
10 piglets in a year.
She sold few and
kept the rest
She learned to
manage Basic Bookkeeping of family
finance
Woman bought
the small pig
With the help
from Social
Workers, she
learned to raise
husbandry
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37. Health Education
Enrolled No. – 300 women
Median Age – 21, Less than half completed secondary education
70% never married, 24% married and 5% cohabiting
94.5% had sex, 6% reported having sex with 15 years older
46% knew their partner less than one week before having sex, 85%
reported having gifts or money received from their partners
70% expect gifts or money to be in relationship
Results:
2010- 60% reported usage of condoms ( in 2007 - 20%)
2010 -5% reported having more than one partner (2007- 60%)
Micro- Finance
70% of participants contributes to the household expenses are increased
from our baseline (20%)
75% participants has realized change in the personal income and other
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38. This project was targeted to the woman of age
group 15-25 to mitigate the HIV/AIDS. Some extent this
project really helped the girls of the Namibia to enhance
the knowledge of HIV/AIDS and manage one’s life that is
being affected from HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Since 2007 increased the number of condom users.
There was a huge reduction in the having multiple
relations. Economical growth in 4 Regions. The findings
suggest that properly administered, microcredit coupled
with health education has the potential to reduce risk
behavior among vulnerable young girls.
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39. Contact
ujjwaljoshi1990@gmail.com
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