Outreach and Home Based Care for PLWHA, chronically sick and vulnerable children

Access to primary care/HIV/AIDS testing and treatment providers

Training of homed care volunteers

Total

Purchase of 4 home based care kits at $200/ per kit for use by home based care volunteers

Bus fare for Paradiso workers to take clients to health care providers

Stipend for Paradiso two staff members to train and supervise 16 homes based care volunteers.

Purchase of two bicycles for staff

Improve health of chronically sick and PLWHA

Increase health of 15 children less than 13 years who are HIV +

Increase number of individuals who go for VCT, ARV treatment and primary care

Increase skills and knowledge of HBC volunteers and community members

Number of sick who are visited by PHBC volunteers

Number of people who get tested and treated (referred/ taken by PHBC)

Number of volunteers who receive training

Number of children who are chronically sick

Number of children who are malnourished

Level of knowledge- (testing/assessment after training)

Number of people who get VCT

Number of people on ARVs

Number of annual health care visits by PHBC clients and staff

Number of HBC PHBC volunteers trained

Level of knowledge by PHBC staff after attending training

Number of different sites where workshops held in catchment area

Number of people who attend workshops

$800

$200

$300

 $160

 $1460

Counseling/support group for PLWHA

Total

Establishment of one weekly peer support /counseling group for 32 weeks for 21 PLWHA at Paradiso community center: two trained counselors

Nutritional meal prepared and demonstrated in support group class provided for 21 group members for 32 weeks (includes purchase of food and cooking supplies: charcoal and wood)

Increase emotional health and physical wellbeing of 21 PLWHA

Increase health and wellbeing of clients in support group

Number of clients (out of 21) reporting better mental health (will be given mental health assessment each month to check for change)

Number of clients reporting better physical health, weight gain

Number of clients on ARVs who have positive change in CD4 count

$400

$760

$1160

Community outreach workshops on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, child care practices and human rights issues

Total

24 Workshops conducted over 52 weeks in district catchment area of Ngwenya; Stipend for 42 Paradiso community health workers and 4 volunteers who are PLWHA and two older youths

Increase knowledge about HIV/AIDS

Goal is to reach a total of 480 people in the community with workshops and increase theirknowledge.

Goal is to get 50% of these 480 to go for VCT

 $600

One day a week Drop in day care for orphans and vulnerable children (ages 2-6 years) at Paradiso community center in Ngwenya

Total

Stipend for one teacher

Provision of one meal for 70 orphans and vulnerable children

Increase care and educational support/learning activities for these 70 children

Increase health and wellbeing of these children

Number of children who are reading and writing at age appropriate level (progress reports based upon observations and quizzes of children by teacher)

Percentage of children with weight gain of

(Community nurse from SOS village will weigh children every three months- establish a baseline)

$280

$780

 $1060