Deadline: 29-Aug-22
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Zambia (PEPFAR) announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a Community Led Monitoring (CLM) program.
PEPFAR Zambia uses this information to strengthen, address gaps and improve the outcomes of HIV services. PEPFAR Zambia seeks not-for-profit organizations with the capacity to collaborate with PEPFAR, key stakeholders, as well as community level recipients of care of PEPFAR supported services.
Potential grantees should build on past work, be able to implement a monitoring program to promote cooperation in addressing HIV, encourage all PLHIV constituencies, including but not limited to key populations, adolescent girls and young women and pregnant and breastfeeding women, to share their experience and facilitate discussion and insight that makes a difference in the HIV response.
Program Objectives
- PEPFAR Zambia recognizes the importance of engaging with communities in the development and implementation of its HIV programming.
- Beginning on January 2023, PEPFAR will continue supporting a CLM program in each province to strengthen previous CLM activities and address client feedback.
- In partnership with the National HIV/AIDS, STI, and TB Council (NAC), quarterly review meetings of patient and client feedback will be held to identify persistent and common problems, challenges, and barriers to service uptake at the site and facility level.
- To facilitate and ensure all provinces and PLHIV constituencies are represented, PEPFAR Zambia seeks applicants from community organizations from each province in Zambia.
- The feedback will be collected and reported using a harmonized reporting tool created by stakeholders.
- The role of the grantees will focus solely on feedback collection while PEPFAR Zambia will provide oversight of CLM implementation and share the collected feedback with all key stakeholders.
- Applicants should not plan for dissemination of CLM findings to stakeholders at any point during the lifecycle of the grant unless otherwise directed by PEPFAR Zambia.
- The deliverables are:
- Include low and high-volume health facilities offering PEPFAR supported HIV related services across the province, as part of data collection.
- Collect feedback from all PLHIV constituencies services, including but not limited to key populations, adolescent girls and young women, persons with disability, pregnant and breastfeeding women. Applications which do not include plans for the inclusion of all constituencies will not be considered.
- Submit monthly programmatic and financial reporting.
- Participate in quarterly meetings with government, community, USG and implementing partners.
- Make actionable recommendations to improve client care based on feedback from recipients of care.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: January 1, 2023 to November 30 2023 (11 months)
- Number of awards anticipated: 10 awards (one award per province)
- Award amounts: Awards may range up to the maximum of the Kwacha equivalent of $120,000 USD
- Total Available Funding: Up to $1,200,000 USD for all awards
- Type of Funding: FY2023/COP22 Allocated Funds
- Anticipated program start date: January 1, 2023
- Funding Instrument Type: Grant
- Program Performance Period: Proposed programs should be completed no later than November 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit organizations, including civil society, non-governmental organizations, and public and private educational institutions.
- Organizations registered with the Government of the Republic of Zambia will be considered eligible.
- Must have experience of successfully implementing programs with funding of a minimum of $25,000.
- Must have established offices, at least 12 months prior to application submission, in the province for which they are applying to implement the CLM program.
- An organization may apply for consideration for more than one province but is only eligible to be one prime CLM Grantee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=341620