USAID Tumikia Mtoto Project
About:
The USAID Tumikia Mtoto project is a PEPFAR/USAID-funded five-year project working towards promoting access to county-led quality health and social services for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), and their families as a continuum of care, protection, and capacity building for self-reliance.The project is led by World Vision Kenya (the prime) in partnership with seven local implementing partners (LIPs) - Centre for the Study of Adolescence (CSA), Redeemed Integrated Development Agency (RIDA), The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), AVSI Foundation, Beacon of Hope, St. John’s Community Centre (SJCC) and Cheer Up Program. The project is jointly implemented with the county governments of Nairobi and Kiambu. The USAID Tumikia Mtoto enjoys complementary support from strong partnerships with clinical partners, the private sector, and other stakeholders in the delivery of quality age-appropriate HIV and violence prevention health and social services to AGYW, OVC, and their families in Nairobi and Kiambu counties.
Donor: PEPFAR/USAID
Target Audience: Adolescents and young women (9 to 24 years old) with an elevated risk of HIV infection.
Duration: 2021-2026
Amount allocated: USD 50,866,018
Location: Nairobi and Kiambu Counties
Purpose:
The project’s purpose is to increase the use of quality county–led health and social services in Kiambu and Nairobi counties, through the following outputs:
- Increased access to targeted HIV prevention services among AGYWies.
- Increased targeted services for HIV exposed, infected, and affected OVC
- Increased economic stability of households to care and protect OVC
- Strengthened capacity of communities, systems, and structures to support OVC services
Project Implementation:
The project implements the DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe) programme. This is an ambitious public-private partnership aimed at reducing rates of HIV among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in the highest HIV burden countries.The implementation is done through quality age-appropriate defined core packages of intervention covering the four DREAMS thematic areas that include the following:
- Empower girls and young women and reduce risk of HIV infection;
- Mobilise communities for change;
- Strengthen families; and
- Reduce the risk of HIV by sex partners.
The OVC programme applies family-centred approaches in its work with boys and girls (0 to 17 years) with a known risk factor of HIV and violence against children (VAC). This component is implemented through a case management approach in addition to multiple supportive interventions aligned to OVC programming benchmarks in Kenya. This two-pronged approach helps to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS among OVCs, ensuring that children and adolescents remain AIDS-free, healthy, safe, stable, and in school.
