Deadline: 25-May-22
The AIDS Foundation South Africa (AFSA) is inviting interested non-profit organisations, organisations, and government departments to implement Global Fund for Adolescent & Young People (AYP) Programme.
Objectives
The Global Fund AYP Program offers a comprehensive package of services that aims to improve the health, psychosocial and socio-economic wellbeing of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) and Adolescent Boyd and Young Men (ABYM) collectively known as Adolescents and Young People ( AYP). The program targets AYP, in and out of school, age 15-24 years, with the aim to effect risk reduction, behavior change and empowerment.
Objectives of the AYP program aim to;
- Decrease HIV incidence
- Decrease teenage pregnancy
- Increase retention in school
- Increase economic opportunities
- Reduce gender-based violence (GBV)
Details
The program is aimed at:
- Adolescents and young people aged 10 – 24 years, all sexes, but with an emphasis on supporting young women.
- Men, with an emphasis on age group: 25 – 34 years.
Key program implementation sites include:
- Quintile 1-4 primary/secondary/combined schools
- Safe spaces and satellite sites (with a focus on out-of-school youth, but also reaching in-school youth during weekends, holidays, and no-school days and after school).
- Communities: any community space accessed by community members for their needs – community halls, sports fields, social grant pay points, and others.
- Tertiary institutions, universities and TVETs: This intervention will be led by NACOSA and implemented by Higher Health in close collaboration with other AYP SRs.
- Workplaces: to reach men. Mainly informal workplaces/under-insured workforce.
Funding Information
AYP program budget envelope estimate: R43,000,000 per annum, per district.
Organizational Requirements
The minimum requirements to serve as an SR include:
- Sound governance frameworks, demonstrated by, inter alia, by a diversified board and management team, and at least one year audited financial statements.
- Appropriate staffing in key areas (programme and financial management, human resources, program implementation and management, monitoring and evaluation and procurement management).
- Experience of managing grants and SSRs, where applicable.
- A track record of effective and efficient implementation of similar activities, preferably in the target district.
- A sound system of management and financial controls.
- A sound monitoring ring and evaluation system, tools and procedures amongst other requirements.
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