Since late 2006, Pact Malawi has fostered capacity building with partners, with a particular emphasis on organizational development, in order to support quality service delivery and promote sustainability beyond the life of our programming. Our distinctive approach combines efficient distribution of funds with comprehensive technical assistance and organizational development for civil society organizations that support a coordinated response to HIV and AIDS, which is led by the Government of Malawi under the Extended National Action Framework.

Pact Malawi also applies its unique Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) tool to track the progress of connections between partners and to strengthen referral networks and link HIV prevention activities to other health services. This ONA approcach provides civil society orgnaizations the information needed to foster linkages between communities and local governments.

 

As a member of the Government of Malawi’s HIV and AIDS Technical Working Groups convened by the Ministries of Health; Gender, Child and Community Development; and Youth Development and Sports, Pact Malawi offers technical support on key HIV and AIDS issues. We also collaborate with the Government of Malawi to support an independent secretariat for the Malawi Global Fund Coordinating Committee.

 

We offer financial and technical support to Malawian civil society partners that implement HIV and AIDS prevention, care, and support projects focusing on:

·         Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV,

·         Prevention through abstinence, being faithful, condom use, and medical injection safety,

·         Palliative and home based care,

·         Care for orphans and vulnerable children,

·         HIV testing and counseling, and

·         Policy and systems strengthening.

Partner organizations receive mentoring in financial management and compliance, service delivery, data quality management, and monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning (MERL). Through Pact’s organizational development methodology, partners participate in a hands-on, client-driven process to identify areas requiring institutional strengthening, and then design and implement capacity building plans to address their unique needs.

 

As of early 2012, Pact Malawi is implementing two HIV and AIDS programs- EBT Prev and BRIDGE II - which provide services to tens of thousands of beneficiaries across the country.

For further information please contact:

Kate Musimwa
Country Director, Pact Malawi
kmusimwa@pactworld.org

Susanna Shapiro
Program Officer, Washington, D.C.
sshapiro@pactworld.org