Tanzania
Four WORTH programs are currently underway in Tanzania. WORTH continues to support The Salvation Army in its implementation of WORTH within a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) framework, while WORTH has been integrated into activities of Pact’s PEPFAR-funded programs, Jali Watoto and Global Fund, to increase the protection and care of vulnerable children through economic empowerment of their caregivers. The Oak Foundation is funding program in Tanzania and Ethiopia that will emphasize the protection of vulnerable children from abuse in WORTH groups. Name: Sustainable Community Support for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Uganda and Tanzania With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Pact has joined with Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO), in an integrated program of community counseling, psycho-social support and income generation and empowerment for female caregivers of orphans and other vulnerable children through WORTH. The project goal is to increase the income and entrepreneurial skills of 12,500 women caring for orphans or vulnerable children in Tanzania and Uganda. Emerging Results:
Duration: January 2006 - September 2009 Donor: USAID Name: Filling critical gaps for Mainland Tanzania in the national response to HIV/AIDS in impact mitigation for Orphans & Vulnerable Children Project WORTH has been integrated into activities of Pact’s USAID President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-funded program for Most Vulnerable Children (MVC), Jali Watoto and the Global Fund Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) program with the aim of increasing protection and care of vulnerable children through economic empowerment of their caregivers in selected regions of Tanzania. Results:
Duration: November 2008 – October 2010 Countries: Ethiopia and Tanzania Donor(s): Oak Foundation The project seeks to increase the protection and care of vulnerable children from abuse in general, and sexual abuse in particular, through the provision of information and training on child protection for women participating in WORTH groups and other community members.
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