peace corps foia 08-122 hiv-aids factsheet, partner org list

8/11/2019 Peace Corps FOIA 08-122 HIV-AIDS Factsheet, Partner Org List

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PeaceCorps

Mission

To help the people of nterested countries in meeting theirneed for trained men and women.

To help promote a better understanding of Americans onthe part of the peoples served.

To help promote a better understanding of other peopleson the part of Americans.

History

Peace Corpsofficially established: March 1, 1961

Total number of Volunteersand trainees to date: 190,000

Total number of countriesserved to date: 139

Volunteer Assignment Areas

(36%) Education Health and HIV/AIDS (21 )

Businees Development (15 )

R Environment (14%)(6 ) Youth

Agriculture (5%)Other (4%)

The Peace Corps StrategicAdvantage in the Global Responseto HIV/AIDS

HIVIAIDS activities are integrated across all assignmentareas.

Volunteers work in areas with limited access to services,and live and work in their communities for two years.

Volunteers integrate culturally appropriate messages andcommunity participation into their work.

Volunteers have a rapport with youth, an important targetgroup.

Volunteers speak the local languages and are wellintegrated into the communities they serve.

HIV AIDSFact Sheet: 2008

Worldwide Programming Resultsin HIV AIDS*

Number of Volunteers conductingHIVIAIDSactivities: 3,145

Number of ndividuals assistedby Volunteers' HIVIAIDS activities: 870,921

Number of service providers assistedby Volunteers' HIVIAIDS activities: 52,451

Partnership with the President sEmergency Plan for AI DS Relief(PEPFAR)

The Peace Corps has been a partner agency in PEPFARsince 2004, and has used PEP FAR funds for programmingand training enhancements, including:

Supplemental technical training for Volunteers and theircounterparts

Additional Volunteers and support staff

Small grant programs for community-initiatedactivities

Technical resources

During the first phase of PEPFAR (2004-2008), 31 PeaceCorps posts and headquarters received approximately$52,000,000 of PEPFAR funds to expand and enhance theagency's HIVI AIDS interventions. While Volunteers do notprovide direct medical care, they are involved in capacitybuilding activities in prevention, care, and treatment.

* Volunteer statistics re based on data as of September 30. 2007.For more information on Peace Corps' response to HIV/AIDS.pleas e visit our website: www.peacecorps.goY


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Fact Sheet:PeaceIntegrating HIV/ AIDSCorpsAcross Sectors

Overv iewSince the 1980s, Peace Corps Volunteers around the world havecontributed to the global response to AIDS by helping people adopthealthy behaviors and assisting communities to mitigate its effects.Regardless of their primary assignment, Volunteers are involved inHIV/AIDS activities including prevention education; providingassistance to people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans and vulnerablechildren (OVe); and capacity building of HIV/AIDS-focusedorganiza tions. This cross sector approach , along with volunteers' locallanguage and cross-cultural training and two-year presence incommunities makes the Peace Corps an effective grassroots

component of any national HIV/AIDS strategy. Worldwide in 2007,volunteers' HIV/AIDS activities provided assistance to nearly 900,000individuals, over 52,000 HIV/AIDS service providers, and more than3,700organizations*.

To guide the agency's response to the pandemic, the Peace Corpsrecently developed a five-year global HIV/AIDS strategy to strengthenprevention and care activities through its core function of capacitybuilding.

Examples o f H o w Volun teers In tegra te HIV/AIDS Activi t ies

Agriculture Environment Conducting basic HIV/AIDStrainings with farmers, and Incorporating HIVIAIDSinformation and life skills into

training participants at agricultural conferences in activities with environmental youth groups and 4H clubs.HIVIAIDSeducation.

Training communities in low labor agricultural Healthtechniques to improve the nutrition of people living Conducting HIVIAIDSoutreach to community members towith HIVIAIDS ave and their caregivers. raise awareness about HIVIAIDSand available services.

Providing educational sessions for health workers andBusiness clinic patients in areas such as nutritional counseling, life Building the management capacity of employees and skills, palliative care PMTCT and HIVtesting.

members of community based faith based and non Providing training to care-givers and service providers in

governmental organizations, and local businesses. ways to improve care for people living with AIDSand ave.Training in income generation for HIVI AIDS-focused Strengthening linkages and referral networking of

organizations. HIVIAIDSservice providers.

Education Youth Developing life skills of in-school and out-of-school Teaching life skills and prevention to youth through clubs,

youth. boys' and girls' conferences, camps, and sports events. Integrating HIVIAIDSinformation into science and Establishing income-generating activities for ave.

English lesson plans. Training peer educators. Training teachers in life skills and HIVIAIDSeducation.

* Volunteer statistics are based on data as of September 30. 2007.For more information on Peace Corps' response to HIV/AIDS, please visit our website: www.peacecorps.gov


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Partnerships with the Peace Corps

WHO WE ARE

The Peace Corps is an independent agency within the executive branch of the United States Government.Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Peace Corps currently has field programs in 72 countries.Throughout its 45- year history, the Peace Corps' mission has been centered on three goals:

To help the people of interested countries in meeting their needs for trained men and women; To help promote a better understanding o f Americans on the part of the peoples served; To help promote a better understanding o f other peoples on the part o f Americans.

Since its inception, the Peace Corps has enabled more than 182,000 American Volunteers to contribute toworld peace and development by working to achieve these goals on the grassroots level. With the eventsof recent years, the goals of the Peace Corps have never been more important. Currently, more than 7,800Volunteers are working directly with farmers, teachers, health care providers, members of communitybased organizations and others to build their capacity to improve their own lives.

WHAT WE DOPeace orps Volunteers y ProjectPeace Corps programs are designed in conjunction

with host country governments, including therelevant government ministries. Other stakeholders Otherparticipating in the design and implementation of 7 griculturethese programs include national and international 6 BusinessNGOs, local foundations, and representatives o f Health and 16community organizations. Project implementation is HIVI AIDS

centered around the Peace Corps Volunteers, who 20

work to increase the capacity o f communities andlocal organizations to meet their needs in the areas ofhealth, education, business, agriculture, environmentand youth development. Within these sector areas,Volunteers also contribute to larger agencyinitiatives, such as HIV/AIDS prevention and care,girls' education, and information communication technology (lCT).

STR TEGIC P RTNERINGWhile Peace Corps' annual budget is determined each year through the federal appropriations process,restrictions on the use of funds can sometimes limit the Agency's ability to implement a full range o fcapacity building activities. To enhance its ability to fulfill its three goals, the Peace Corps enters intoagreements with U.S. Government agencies and other international and private organizations.

Over the years, strategic partnerships have enabled the Peace Corps to maximize its grass-rootsdevelopment impact by: providing targeted skills and technical training to Volunteers, host countrycounterparts and community organizations; strengthening capacity-building at the local level; andincreasing Volunteer and host country counterpart effectiveness as community development agents.Partners are linked with grassroots communities around the world, and are offered an opportunity todemonstrate a measurable impact on the people served.

The Peace Corps will explore partnership opportunities with organizations whose target beneficiaries,development philosophy, and technical assistance priorities correspond with the Peace Corps' missionand fall within the objectives o f host country projects and programs. Strategic partnering with other U.S.


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Government agencies, international and local NGOs, foundations and other private organizations canadvance both partners' goals by:

targeting resources to specific (sector or initiative) programming areas of mutual interest; providing technical training to Volunteers, host country counterparts, and members of local

community organizations;

sharing relevant technical materials; and, assisting grassroots capacity-building activities with technical or community grant support.

Examples o recent Peace Corps partnerships include

United States Agency forInternational Development (USAID)

Financial support for host country counterpart capacity-building activities in foodsecurity, economic growth, the environment, health, HIV/AIDS, NGO strengthening,and project planning and management. Includes a community grant component.

The Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO) of the UnitedNations

Technical cooperation and training support, particularly in the areas of crop productionand diversification, agro forestry, and nutrition and food security generally, and tocombat the effect ofHIV/AIDS.

Habitat for Humanity International Technical cooperation which may include community development and mobilization,business support family health, and housing and infrastructure development.

The Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation

Financial support for technical materials development; small community grants; and

host country national, Volunteer and staf fcapacity-building activities directly relatedto HIV/AIDS, primarily in Africa.

The Center for Disease Control Technical cooperation in the areas of maternal, child and reproductive health,infectious and chronic disease prevention, and environmental health.

Many other international and private organizations operate in countries where the Peace Corps fieldsVolunteers. Catholic Relief Services, UNICEF, Oxfam, CARE, PACT, World Vision, PARO andnational chapters of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are just a few of the organizations that haveprovided assistance to the Peace Corps with training, technical expertise, or support of specificcommunity-level projects.

PARTNERING WITH THE PEACE CORPSThe first step is to prepare a short concept paper describing the proposed partnership (see the attachedtemplate), which will be reviewed at Peace Corps headquarters. n making a determination whether toproceed, the Peace Corps will consider:

the alignment of the proposed partnership with Peace Corps priorities; the effects of the proposed partnership on existing country programs; the effect on relationships with host country partners and other relevant stakeholders; the development issues that the proposed partnership addresses; whether the benefits achieved during the partnership can e sustained y host country partners or

y local communities after the completion of the partnership; the expectations of each party regarding the implementation of the proposed partnership.

On the positive recommendation of the review panel, the appropriate form of agreement will be draftedfor the consideration of the parties involved. n some cases, it may be more effective to negotiate anAgency-level agreement, which provides a general framework for operations while leaving specificcountry-level implementing agreements to e negotiated at individual posts.

For further information on initiating a partnership with the Peace Corps, contact:

Cynthia Ferrin, Partnership Coordinator Center for Field Assistance and Applied Research, Partnership Development Unit

phone: 202.692.2622, email: [email protected].


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oncept Paper for Developing a Partnershipwith the Peace orpsThe Center for Field Assistance and Applied Research / Partnership Development UnitContact information: Cynthia Ferrin; e-mail to [email protected]; phone: 202-692-2622

Please keep preliminary submissions to five pages or less in length, expand the boxes as needed

Name of Your Organization:

- - - - -

Contact Information:

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Proposed Area(s) of Collaboration:DHealth o Environment DAgriculture DBusinessDYouth D H N AIDS o Girls Education DInformation Communications

Technology (lCT)

Executive Summary of partnership, n l u i n ~ key activities:

Your Or2anization's back2round information:

Purpose of this par tnership:


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How does this partnership benefit your ore:anization, the host country or ree:ion, and Peace Corps?

Who are the target henetieiarios?

Whats

expected of the Peace Corps and its Volunteers?

What can Peace Corps expect from the prospective partner

What s the proposed timeline of the partnership?

Please provide any other information that will assist Peace Corps consideration of the partnership:


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The Partnership Development Unit maintains a Partnership Database to track form l nd informalcollaboration at the country/post level, as reported by the ann ual Project Status Repor t (PSR) process.

(hold down Ctrl nd click on the hyperlinks below to access the organization s website)

International Partner Organizations in the Partnership Database

1 ABA American Bar Association) International Liason Office2. ABT Associates Inc.3. ActionAid4. Action Contre La Faim5. ACTR-ACCELS American Councils for International Education)6. ADCVVOCA7 ADF African Development Foundation) USG)8 DR Adventist Development and Relief Agency)9 ED Academy for Educational Development)

10. AFD Agence Francaise de Developpement)11. African Library Project12. Africare13. AFS American Field Service)14. Aide et Action15. Aid to Artisans16. AIESEC17. Airline Ambassadors International18. Alcoa Foundation19. Alterra Coffee20. Amigos de las Americas21. MREF African Medical and Research Foundation)22. Anamed23. Aguadev24. ARC American Refugee Committee)25. RD Inc.26. SDE Alternatives for Sustainable Development)27. SHOK28. Asia Foundation29. Autre Terre30. AVFP Association Francaise des Volontaires du Progres)31. AusAid Australian Agency for International Development)32. Australian Department o f Foreign Affairs and Trade33. Australian Volunteers International34. Ayuda en Accion35. Baseball Tomorrow Fund36. Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative37. BBBS Big Brother Big Sister) National Organizations)38. BCS International39. Birdlife International


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40. Book Aid International41. BP (British Petroleum)42. British Council43. Buiten1andse Zaken (The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs)44. Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

45. CARE46. Caritas47. Carter Center48. CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center)49. CCC (Caribbean Conservation Corporation)50. CCF (Christian Children s Fund)51. CDC (Centers for Disease Control)52. CEE Trust (Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe)53. CETT (Centers of Excellence for Teacher Training)54. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints55. CI (Conservation International)

56. CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency)57. CISS (Cooperazione Internaziona1e Sud Sud)58. Clinton Foundation59. CMMI (Christian Medical Mission Inc.)60. Colgate-Palmolive61. Creative Associates International Inc.62. CREPA (Centre Regional pour l Eau Potable et l Assainissement a faib1e COllt63. CRS (Catholic Relief Services)64. Chemonics65. CHF International66. CIEFFA (International Center for Girls and Women s Education in Africa)

67. Cisco Systems68. CNFA (Citizen s Network for Foreign Affairs)69. Compassion International70. Concern Universal71. Concern Worldwide72. Cooperaci6n Espanola (Agenda Espafio1a de Cooperaci6n Internacional)73. Counterpart International74. DANIDA (Danish International Development Agency)75. DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)76. Darien Book Aid77. Darwin Initiative

78. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation79. De Beers Group80. DFID (Department for International Development) U.K.)81. DED (Deutscher Entwick1ungsdienst) (German Development Service)82. DAI (Development Alternatives Inc.)83. Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership84. DSAP (Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific)85. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust


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86. EcoCostas Foundation87. EDC Education Development Center Inc.)88. EIP World Association for the School as an Instrument o f Peace)89. Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation90. Engender Health

91. Engineers Without Borders92. Enterprise Works/ VITA Volunteers in Technical Assistance)93. EPYD European Platform for Youth Development)94. ESU The English Speaking Union onhe United States)95. EU European Union)96. Eurasia Foundation97. EVS European Voluntary Service)98. FAO Food and Agriculture Organization onhe United Nations)99. FAWE Forum for African Women Educationalists)100. FAVA/CA Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the

Americas)

101. FHI Family Health International)102. Film Aid International103. Food for the Poor104. FSPI Foundation o f the Peoples o f the South Pacific International)105. 4-H National/Local)106. Freeplay Foundation107. Gates Foundation108. Gatsby Charitable Foundation109. Georgetown University110. Geosistec111. Global Dialogues

112. Global Humanitaria1] 3 Global Mission114. Global Trading Hub115. GLOBE Program116. GMF German Marshall Fund onIle United States)117. GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit) German

Technical Cooperation)118. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria119. Global 2000 Sasakawa Africa Association and the Carter Center)120. Global Works121. Habitat for Humanity International and NationallLocal Affiliates)

122. H l Health Alliance International)123. Harvard School o f Public Health AIDS Initiative124. Handicap International125. Health Communication Resources126. HealthNet International127. Health Unlimited128. Heifer Project International129. HelpAge International


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130. Helvetas (Swiss Association for International Cooperation)131. Hesperian Foundation132. HKI (Helen Keller International)133. Holt International134. Hopes and Homes for Children

135. IATEFL (International Association of Teachers o f English as a ForeignLanguage)

136. ICRAF (World Agroforestry Center)137. ICRISAT (International Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics)138. DB (Inter-American Development Bank)139. lESC (International Executive Service Corps) Geekcorps140. IFDC (International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development)141. IFES (International Foundation for Election Systems)142. IlCA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture)143. lITA (International Institute o f Tropical Agriculture)144. ILO (International Labor Organization)

145. INADES (African Institute for Economical and Social Development)146. Inforpress Centroamericana147. INIAP (Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agniria e das Pescas)148. Institute for Sustainable Communities149. INTRAC (International NGO Training and Research Centre)150. 1 M (International Organization o f Migration)151. IRD (International Relief and Development)152. REX (International Research and Exchanges Board)153. IRG (International Resources Group)154. IRI (International Republican Institute)155. ITDG (Practical Action)

156. IUCN (World Conservation Union)157. JHPlEGO (Intern'ational NGO affiliated with Johns Hopkins University)158. Johns Hopkins University - CCP (Center for Communications Programs)159. Junior Achievement160. JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and JOCV (Japan Overseas

Cooperation Volunteers)161. JSI (John Snow Inc.)162. Kellogg Foundation163. Kiwanis International (and national/local clubs)164. KfW Entwicklungsbank (German KfW Development Bank)165. KNH (Kinder Not Hilfe)

166. KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency)167. Land 0 Lakes Inc. International Development168. Lions Clubs International (and National Local clubs)169. Living Earth170. Living Waters of the World171. Longman172. LWF (The Lutheran World Federation)173. Malaria Consortium


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174. Malteser International175. Marie StoRes International176. Marist Brothers177. Maryknoll178. MCC (Mennonite Central Committee)

179. MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation)180. MCDI (Medical Care Development International)181. McGill University182. Medicos del Mundo183. Medicus Mundi International184. Microsoft185. Ministere des Affaires etrangeres (French Ministry o Foreign Affairs)186 Missouri Botanical Garden187. MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres - Doctors Without Borders)188. Mercy Corps189. Ministry o Foreign Affairs o Japan

190. Mondo Challenge Volunteers191. The Moriah Fund192. Mountain Institute193. MSH (Management Sciences for Health)194. MSU (Michigan State University)195. Muhlenberg College196. NASTAD (National Alliance o State and Territorial AIDS

Directors)197. The Nature Conservancy198. NCBA (National Cooperative Business Association - Cooperative League o the

USA program)

199. NDI (National Democratic Institute for International Affairs)200. NEF (Near East Foundation)201. New Zealand Ministry o Foreign Affairs and Trade202. New York Botanical Garden203. NIH (National Institutes o Health)204. NSF (US National Science Foundation)205. NOAA (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)206. Norwegian Lutheran Mission207. NZAID (New Zealand International Aid and Development Agency)208. OFID (OPEC Fund for International Development)209. OIC International

210. OISCA International211. Operation Smile212. Orphaids UK213. OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)214. OSI (Open Society Institute - Soros Foundation)215. OSS (Sahara and Sahel Observatory)216. Oxfam217. Oxford University Press


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218. PACT219. PADCO Planning and Development Collaborative International)220. PADF Pan-American Development Foundation)221. P Ra Pan-American Health Organization)222. Pathfinder International

223. Partners o f the Americas224. Partners for Democratic Change225. Pastoral da Crianca226. PDA Presbyterian Disaster Assistance)227. Plan International228. Planned Parenthood National Associations)229. PSI Population Services International)230. PCI Project Concern International)231. Project Harmony232. Project Hope233. Pro Mujer

234. Pure Water for the World235. QSI Quality Schools International)236. Queens University o f Charlotte237. Rainforest Alliance238. Raleigh International239. Red Cross/ Red Crescent National Societies)240. Reef Check241. Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus242. Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe243. Relief International244. Remote Area Medical

245. Republic o f China Taiwan) Ministry o f Foreign Affairs246. Riecken Foundation247. Rotary International and National/ Local clubs)248. RTI International249. Sasol Limited250. Salem International251. Salvation Army252. Save the Children i.e. International Save the Children Alliance)253. Scholastic Inc.254. SCOla Foundation255. Scouts National Organizations)

256. Seacology257. Seed Programs Inc.258. Self Help International259. SHE Solar Household Energy)260. SIM Serving in Mission)261. SIFE Students in Free Enterprise)262. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute263. SODIS Solar Water Disinfection)


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264. Solidaridad Internacional265. Special Olympics266. SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)267. SIDA (Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation)268. Snow Leopard Trust

269. SNV (Netherlands Development Organization)270. SOS Kinderdorflnternational (SOS Children s Villages)271. SOS Sahel International U272. SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad)273. SPC (The Secratariat of the Pacific Community)274. SPREP (SecretariatHome - Pacific Regional Environment Programme)275. Stromme Foundation276. Sustainable Harvest International277. SwissContact278. TechnoServe279. Terre des Hommes

280. TOSTAN Women s Health and Human Rights281. Transparency International282. TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)283. Trees for the Future284. Trees Water and People285. UK FCO (United Kingdom Foreign and.Commonwealth Office)286. UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief)287. UN Secretariat288. UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS)289. UNICEF (United Nations Children s Fund)290. UNDP (United Nations Development Program)

291. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)292. UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)293. UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees)294. United Way International295. University of Hawaii296. University of the South Pacific297. UNV (United Nations Volunteers)298. Urban Institute299. URC (University Research Corporation)300. USAID (United States Agency for International Development)301. US Chamber of Commerce (American Chambers of Commerce abroad)

302. USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)303. US DOl (United States Department of the Interior)304. US DOS (United States Department of State)305. US ED (United States Department of Education)306. US EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency)307. USDA S (United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service)308. US FWS (United States Fish and Wildlife Service)309. US HHS (United States Department of Health and Human Services)


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310. US SBA United States Small Business Administration)311. Village AiD312. VSO Voluntary Service Overseas)313. WaterAid314. WHO World Health Organization)

315. WILDAF Women in Law and Development Africa)316. Waterlines317. Water for People318. Wilder Institute319. Wings o Hope320. Winrock International321. Woodside322. World Bank323. World Computer Exchange324. World Concern325. World Council o Churches

326. WFP World Food Program)327. WFUNA World Federation o United Nations Organizations)328. World Education329. World Learning330. World Links331. World Relief332. World Vision333. Worldview International Foundation334. WSPA World Society for the Protection o Animals)335. VSF VeU:rinaires Sans FronW:res- Veterinarians Without Borders)336. WCS Wildlife Conservation Society)

337. WWF World Wildlife Fund)338. YMCA339. YWCA

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