Deadline: 06-Aug-21
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Tanzania is seeking applications for a Cooperative Agreement from qualified Tanzania local organizations, herein referred to as the “Applicants”, to implement an activity titled “Tanzania Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Next Generation”.
The OVC Next Generation in the North Eastern Zone and Southern Zone Activities’ goal is to improve the health, well-being, and protection of OVC and youth in high HIV burden communities.
The development hypothesis is that:
- If OVC platforms are maximized for pediatric case finding, linkage to treatment and viral suppression, and
- If OVC and youth have increased access to HIV prevention and violence prevention interventions and response services, and
- If at-risk AGYW and OVC caregivers have improved socio-economic capacity,
- Then OVC and youth in high HIV burden communities will have greater access to and use of health/HIV prevention, care and treatment, protection, education, and socio-economic services which will lead to improved health, well-being, and protection among OVC and youth.
Objectives
The Activities’ key objectives are to:
- Increase use of OVC platforms for pediatric HIV case finding, linkage to treatment, and viral suppression
- Increase access to HIV prevention, violence prevention, and response services for OVC and youth
- Improve socio-economic capacity of at-risk adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) and OVC caregivers
Funding Information
- Subject to funding availability of funds, USAID intends to award two Cooperative Agreements pursuant to this notice of funding opportunity. USAID intends to provide $28,500,000 in total for the Southern Zone and $27,500,000 in total for the North Eastern Zone, both funding for a five (5) year period.
- The anticipated period of performance is five (5) years. The estimated start date will be upon the signature of the award, or about January 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to submit a concept paper, applicants must meet all of the following initial eligibility requirements when submitting its concept paper. Applicants that do not meet every single requirement must not submit a concept paper. If an applicant is found not to meet one or more of the requirements, the concept paper will not be reviewed by USAID.
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