Workshop Economic Strengthening in Comprehensive Services for Orphans and Vulnerable Children

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WorkshopEconomic Strengthening in
Comprehensive Services for Orphans and Vulnerable
Children
Project HOPE Millwood, VA February 28, 2008

• Renslow Sherer, M.D.
• The University of Chicago
• Project HOPE

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Economic Strengthening

• The portfolio of strategies and interventions
  that supply, protect and/or grow physical,
  natural, financial, human, and social assets.
• Economic Strengthening for Children Affected
  by HIV/AIDS Principles of Program Design and
  Technical Recommendations for Effective Field
  Interventions. USAID, Save The Children, Agency
  for Educational Development. January, 2008, p9

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Meeting Objectives

• At the end of the meeting, participants will be
  able to
• 1)    Review innovative strategies for the
  implementation of economic strengthening in
  vulnerable youth and OVC services
• 2)    Discuss program alternatives for economic
  strengthening activities and linkages with other
  essential critical OVC services as part of a
  comprehensive OVC service network

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Target Audience
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Addressing Six Components of Care for OVC
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Micro-Credit Can Strengthen OVC Safety Nets
Less Vulnerable
Safety Net Continuum
Generalized Micro-enterprise services -
strengthen household resources for caregivers
community
Somewhat Vulnerable
Vulnerable but Stable
Targeted Micro-enterprise interjection of
financial skills building resources (elderly or
less productive caregivers youth)
Very Vulnerable
Most Vulnerable
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Impact of HIV/AIDS on VHB Clients in Malawi,
2003 (266 women surveyed)
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Project HOPE Namibia One year follow up outcomes
in 86 OVC in ES/VC project
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Agenda Morning Economic Strengthening in
Comprehensive OVC Services

• 1000 am Welcome and Agenda Overview
  Renslow Sherer 
• 1015 am Project HOPE
  John Bronson
• 1030 am Family Health International
  Gretchen Bachman
• 1045 am COPE Project Africare/EMG
  Jacquelyn S. Gayle/
• Thomas Ingvoldstad
• 1100 am STRIVE Project
  Margie Brand
• 1115 am Discussion
  Facilitated by Ruth Madison

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Discussion QuestionsMorning Session

• A1. How has Economic Strengthening (ES) been
  implemented in various OVC support programs?
  What are the varieties of organizational
  structures in which ES is provided directly, and
  by linkage? What are the objectives and targets
  for such programs?
• A2. What are our join expectations for OVC/ES
  programs? What outcomes do we envision (changes
  we want to see, for whom, and by when)? How can
  we realistically and cost-effectively measure
  these outcomes? How do we define success in an
  OVC ES program?
• A3. What is the evidence that ES can be an
  effective component of comprehensive services for
  OVC? What is the evidence that it can contribute
  to the sustainability of OVC programs?
• A4. What lessons have been learned regarding
  potential obstacles to ES/VC programs and errors
  in program structure, design, implementation, and
  evaluation?

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Agenda Lunch Guest Speaker

• 1230-110 pm Buffet Lunch
• 110130 pm Invited Guest Speaker Beverly
  Nyberg, OGAC
• Evolving Issues in
  Economic Strengthening
• as Part of Comprehensive OVC Services

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Agenda AfternoonStrategies for Economic
Strengthening (EC) and Support for Vulnerable
Children (VC) Families w/ HIV

• 130 pm            World Vision
  Dan Norell
• 145 pm             Save The Children Ronnie
  Lovitch
• 200 pm             New Tools for Monitoring ES
  Programs Allyn Moushey
• 215 pm             Information Exchange and
• Collaboration for ES/VC John Williamson
• 230 pm Discussion facilitated
  by Ruth Madison
• 430 pm             Adjourn   

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Discussion QuestionsAfternoon Session

• B1. What range of ES programs can serve
  vulnerable youth and their families? What are
  the programmatic differences between asset
  transfers, methods of asset growth and
  protection, and strategies for income growth such
  as micro credit, village savings and loans,
  vocational training, and simple business loans?
  For what target population or sub-population are
  each most appropriate?
• B2. What ES strategies have been tested in the
  context of the health of vulnerable children and
  their families? What worked well, and what did
  not? Are there examples in our respective fields
  that could be adapted by our partners?
• B3. What new tools have been developed and tested
  for the monitoring ES/VC programs?
• B4. What resources exist for communication and
  linkages between providers of ES/VC programs?
  What resources exist in the literature for the
  documentation of best practices in ES/VC?
• B5. What elements of these programs are truly
  sustainable for continued post-grant impact?

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Workshop Materials

• Handout
• Agenda
• Workshop objectives and discussion questions
• Presentations
• Workshop participants
• Evaluation (please complete before adjournment)
• Compact disc
• Power point presentations
• Workshop participants with contact information
• Selected ES/VC references and resources

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A family in Zambezia, Mozambique developed a
vegetable farm for food income. The farm grew
successfully to provide food and income for the
entire VHB. Now 3 communities and 10 VHBs are
participating in the farm.
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Orphan Care and Support in Namibia

• Josephine Nuuyoma is 65 years old.
• She has lived in Omusati for 51 years. Of her 9
  children, 6 died from HIV/AIDS. The remaining
  three are married and live far from her.
• Josephine is self employed she sells bread and
  Amarula Oil with loans from the Village Health
  Fund Project from Project HOPE. With a 300 loan
  she buys flour to bake bread for local school
  children, and supplies weddings and funerals.
• She makes a profit of N90 per week, which she
  uses to support 6 orphans from her late sons. She
  is able to pay school fees, buy books and
  clothes, cover hospital expenses, and save for
  future needs.
• Because of Project HOPEs nutrition education,
  her family eats 3 times a day mahangu (staple
  food), beans and traditional spinach, and she is
  able once a week to give her grandchildren meat.
• She has also become an HIV educator and advocate
  against discrimination.

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The inaugural meeting of The World Orphan
Initiative The Hague, The Netherlands May 22
24, 2007
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Successful clinical outcome in a child on ART
Puthanakit, WESY0102
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WorkshopEconomic Strengthening in
Comprehensive Services for Orphans and Vulnerable
Children
Project HOPE Millwood, VA February 28, 2008

• Renslow Sherer, M.D.
• www.projecthope.org
• rsherer_at_projecthope.org