Transcript Plan International’s programming on Children and HIV and AIDS Dr Simon Heap Global Research Portfolio Coordinator IATT Steering Group meeting, Washington DC, 9-10 September 2009 ©

Plan International’s programming on
Children and HIV and AIDS
Dr Simon Heap
Global Research Portfolio Coordinator
IATT Steering Group meeting,
Washington DC, 9-10 September 2009
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Architecture of Plan’s programme documents
Plan’s Vision,
Mission, Values and
Identity Statement
Strategic Priorities and Business Plan
2009-2013
Programme Framework
Programme Effectiveness
Framework (PEF)
Programme Accountability and Learning System (PALS)
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Plan’s New ‘Programme Package’
• Programme Framework: defines what Plan’s
programme aspires to achieve, the focus of these
programmes and our rights-based Child Centred
Community Development (CCCD) approach
• Programme Effectiveness Framework: identifies
how and against what criteria we will assess our
programme effectiveness at the different levels of
the organisation
• Programme Accountability and Learning
System (PALS): supports the implementation of
these frameworks at the programme country level
and replaces our Corporate Planning, Monitoring
and Evaluation (CPME)
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The Goal: Children and youth will realise their rights
to sexual and reproductive health, including HIV
prevention, care and treatment.
• To pursue this goal, Plan will support quality reproductive
and sexual health education and services for children and
youth, as well as challenging beliefs and attitudes which
maintain unequal power relations between the sexes.
• Plan will advocate for more effective policies and actions
to respect protect and fulfil the rights of children and youth
living in a world with HIV by focusing on children rather
than on the virus or on the epidemic.
• This will be done by addressing the rights of children and
youth to protection from HIV; the rights of children and
youth to live with their family; the rights of families affected
by HIV to social protection; and the rights of children
affected by HIV to care and support.
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Framework
• Plan’s strategic approach for its work is set out in
the framework document Creating a Climate for
Innovation.
• Creating a Climate for Innovation presents a
useful and relevant conceptual framework. When
applied to all of Plan’s HIV programming, it
should significantly support activity and deliver
enhanced levels of change.
• This builds on the Circle of Hope framework,
which was originally developed by Plan in
Uganda.
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Framework
• The framework defines Plan’s relationship to duty
bearers, including:
• Plan’s status as a service provider of last resort
• its emphasis on building the capacity of local organisations to demand
resource allocations from duty bearers
• its focus on influencing and supporting governments to meet these
demands
• advocacy and lobbying of international organisations to provide more
equitable and more effective development assistance
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Regional strategies and national programming
• Regional HIV strategies have also been
developed in all four Plan regions. Currently, the
Asia strategy is complete and approved, while
the others are under development. They respond
to the UNAIDS mandate to ‘know your local
epidemic’.
• 8 countries have country programme outlines
(CPOs) that specifically target HIV. Another 39
country programmes address the issue through
health CPOs, albeit with different foci in different
regions.
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Change and rights holders (1)
• Several country programmes, particularly in West
Africa, are making use of the media and other
communications tools to generate and disseminate
messages about behaviour change.
• In Burkina Faso, Plan has used community debates, village theatre, musical
concerts and sports events to convey information on prevention and
treatment. A partnership with local radio stations has generated 65 shows
on HIV, as well as regular publicity spots covering 20 different HIV
messages.
• In Senegal, HIV themes are being integrated into child radio programming.
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Change and rights holders (2)
• Several country programmes note the need for
economic security programmes for people living
with HIV and AIDS and orphans and vulnerable
children as these groups often find themselves
excluded from such initiatives.
• In Kenya, Plan is planning to introduce a targeted Village Savings
and Loans strategy for PLWHA, as a way of mobilising community
resources to support OVCs.
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Psychosocial effects of parental loss and
orphanhood on children
• The findings of West Africa-led research on the
psychosocial effects of parental loss and
orphanhood on children. This five-nation
assessment of the mental health status and
psychological needs of children in high-risk contexts,
and of existing services in the West Africa region,
found no evidence to name HIV as the main
attributing factor in the psychological needs of
vulnerable children. They recommend a holistic and
integrated project approach to children in difficult
situations in general, rather than an HIV-specific
focus.
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Change and duty bearers: Americas
• In the Americas, Plan took a proactive and, in some
places, high-profile stance in working with duty
bearers in the struggle against HIV.
• In Guatemala, Plan was cited in a UN MDG Progress Report as a lead
organisation in HIV prevention. Also, the launch of a stigma and
discrimination baseline for institutions has enabled national partners to
take action to reduce such discrimination within their own organisations.
• In Honduras, work with key partners in one programme unit is
culminating in a five-year HIV strategic plan, in which adolescents will
have a central role.
• In El Salvador, Plan recently participated at the Central American
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Ministers Council to present its model for working with adolescents on
HIV prevention in the region.
Change and duty bearers: E and S. Africa
• In Eastern and Southern Africa, much activity is
focused on supporting the State in communitylevel service delivery, with the provision of
medication as well as education about
transmission prevention and the delivery of care
and support services.
• In Kenya, while there remains a focus on the provision of direct
services to orphans and vulnerable children through the Breaking
Barriers project, advocacy and empowerment activities such as radio
programmes and direct lobbying of government have been
introduced to eliminate the barriers that are hindering children from
accessing their right to education.
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Change and duty bearers: Asia
• In Asia, work with duty bearers is generally
aligned to capacity building.
• in India, Plan ran training programmes with government stakeholders
on the topic of trafficking and HIV prevention in Andhra Pradesh.
• in Thailand Plan mobilised government resources for enhancing
access to healthcare services for those living with HIV and AIDS.
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Summary
• Through the lens of the Creating a Climate for
Innovation framework and the Programme
Effectiveness Framework (PEF), Plan’s activity
in HIV is making good progress towards the
challenges set by the global pandemic, in some
areas.
• Although overall expenditure is not increasing,
Plan’s coverage is broadening out, and
programmes are adopting an increasingly
integrated approach. Activity is also being scaled
up to some extent.
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The Future
• 25 Country Strategic Plans for next 5 years
• Advocacy:
• Universal Birth Registration conference, London, 16 November
2009;
• Learn Without Fear advocacy campaign [USNO – Global AIDS
Alliance];
• Because I am a Girl campaign
• Staffing: new Director of Programme and
Campaigns, filling regional vacancies, and
Global HIV adviser
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