Our Results

Empowering and Caring for Orphans and Vulnerable Children under the COPE Project

COPE

Stand Out Results:

Over the life of the project

  • Over 209,0001 OVCs have been served with services such as education, health care, nutritional support and protection (obtaining birth and poverty certificates). This is 52% more than the 137,500 targeted by the project.
  • Over 50,000 caregivers2 have received services or been trained in caring for and providing psychosocial support to OVCs
  • Collaborations (including block grants) with 54 primary and secondary schools have kept over 7000 OVC in school and provided over 75,000 with scholastic support such as uniforms, notebooks, etc.3
  • Income generating activities initiated under the project have supported more than 12,000 orphans4


Project Title: COPE – Community Based Orphan Care Protection and Empowerment Project

Funders: USAID/PEPFAR

Budget: 15.47 million

Countries/Time Frame: Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania/2005-2010

The Problem: One of the most acute challenges in the HIV/AIDS pandemic has been the number of children and youth orphaned by AIDS-related illnesses or made more vulnerable due to challenging socio-economic conditions created by the pandemic. When parents die of AIDS-related illnesses the children experience a variety of difficulties including loss of livelihood, lack of guidance, decreased access to education and stigmatization. Globally, there are over 15 million children orphaned due to AIDS. Over 80% of those children are in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Long Term Goal of Project: To reduce the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) targeted by the project.

Project Objectives:

  • Increase district & community capacity to coordinate care and support services for OVCs and care givers
  • Provide life skills training, peer education and psychosocial care and support to OVCs and caregivers
  • Increase access to education for OVCs
  • Increase access to healthcare and nutritional support for OVCs and caregivers
  • Increase access to income generating opportunities

Direct Beneficiaries: 209,000 OVCs and their caregivers in Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda

 

1 FY10 SAPR-COPE Comprehensive
2 Africare project summary
3 Africare project summary
4 Africare project summary