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Ongoing Projects

OUR ONGOING PROJECTS

1. IHP-Nutrition Project: May 26, 2023 - March 30, 2024 | Abuja-FCT, Nigeria | A sub-award from Palladium Nigeria under an award from USAID.

Goal:

To build the capacity of health care workers at primary health care centers, including those recognized as CMAM centers, to effectively treat and track the progress of children under 5 years of age identified as MAM and SAM and prevent relapse among recently recovered malnutrition cases.

 

Objectives of the nutrition project:

1.    Increase in service capacity of facilities to provide food-based counselling to caregivers of malnourished and/or food insecure children.

2.   Increase in knowledge and capacity of healthcare providers at the Primary. HealthCare Center (PHC) level to provide counselling in food-based approaches         to improve dietary diversity and infant and young child feeding practices.

3.   Improve nutrition and care practices among caregivers, pregnant and lactating women.

2. ASPIRE Project: 2022 - Date | Rivers State, Nigeria | A sub-award from Institute of Human Virology (IHVN) under an award from Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

WEWE received two letters of agreement (LOA) in 2019 of a total value of US $1,640,000 from the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) under an award from United States Centre for Disease Control (USCDC). This project is implemented in 17 LGAs out of the 23 LGAs in Rivers State in partnership with over 200 health facilities. The goal of this project is to improve the lives of 196,406 beneficiaries of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) households living with HIV/AIDs.

 

A total of 122,373 (77,614 females, 44,759 males) beneficiaries have received evidence based quality interventions as at September 30, 2019 and from these beneficiaries 84,821 are orphans and vulnerable children between 0-18, 37,552 are adult care givers and 18,905 are adolescent girls between 10 -18.  WEWE has successfully enrolled 1192 (622 females, 570 males) HIV positive children and 2695 HIV positive caregivers that are adults comprises are 90% women.

 

River State Surge activities are categorised into four domains  “healthy”, “schooled”, “stable” and “safe”, through direct service provision to the child, caregiver, community with emphasis on building household economic resilience: The type of activities listed under each domain are as follows:

Healthy:

HIV Counselling and Testing, Follow Up on HIV Positive OVC and Caregiver for Drug Initiation, Home Visit to Follow Up on Drug Adherence, Provision of Health And Nutrition Education, Use of Action Meal As Food Supplementation For Malnourished Children, Food And Nutrition Supplement Support, HIV Risk Assessment And Referral, Health Awareness Campaigns, Escort Services For Children And Their Caregivers That Test HIV Positive, Bi-Directional Referrals Between Health Facilities And Communities, Case Findings For HIV Positive Children, Finding HIV Positive Children of Key Population Such As Female Sex Workers, Providing Support For Adolescents At Risk Of HIV In High Burden Areas Across Rivers State, Providing Adherence Support And Linkage to Health Facilities and Treatment, and Following to Ensure Viral Load Suppression of OVC Beneficiaries to Align With USAID 95:95:95 Agenda.

Immunization Awareness/Sensitization, Personal Hygiene, Sexual And Reproductive Health, Environmental Sanitation, WASH, Malaria Prevention With Special Emphasis on Proper Use of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN), Handling of Minor Illnesses, Adherence to Drug Regime for Children Living With HIV. 

 

Schooled: 

Educational Performance Assessment and School Visits, Enrollment and Re-enrolment of school age children back to school, School Block Granting, Transitioning adolescent from Primary to Secondary Education, Vocational, Life Skill Training.

                         

Safe:

Facilitate the Issuance of Birth Certificate for Vulnerable Children, Gender base violence, Provision of Shelter and Care, and Child Protection (Prevention of Child Abuse).

 

Stable:

Home Visits, Psychosocial Support, Adolescent Girls and Young Women, Infant and Young  Children feeding (IYCF),  Caregivers’ Forum, Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) and Income Generating Activities.

1. Rivers State Surge Project: 2019 - 2022 | Rivers State, Nigeria | Total Value: US$1,640,000 million (NGN); A sub-award from Institute of Human Virology (IHVN) under an award from Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

WEWE received two letters of agreement (LOA) in 2019 of a total value of US $1,640,000 from the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) under an award from United States Centre for Disease Control (USCDC). This project is implemented in 17 LGAs out of the 23 LGAs in Rivers State in partnership with over 200 health facilities. The goal of this project is to improve the lives of 196,406 beneficiaries of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) households living with HIV/AIDs.

 

A total of 122,373 (77,614 females, 44,759 males) beneficiaries have received evidence based quality interventions as at September 30, 2019 and from these beneficiaries 84,821 are orphans and vulnerable children between 0-18, 37,552 are adult care givers and 18,905 are adolescent girls between 10 -18.  WEWE has successfully enrolled 1192 (622 females, 570 males) HIV positive children and 2695 HIV positive caregivers that are adults comprises are 90% women.

 

River State Surge activities are categorised into four domains  “healthy”, “schooled”, “stable” and “safe”, through direct service provision to the child, caregiver, community with emphasis on building household economic resilience: The type of activities listed under each domain are as follows:

Healthy:

HIV Counselling and Testing, Follow Up on HIV Positive OVC and Caregiver for Drug Initiation, Home Visit to Follow Up on Drug Adherence, Provision of Health And Nutrition Education, Use of Action Meal As Food Supplementation For Malnourished Children, Food And Nutrition Supplement Support, HIV Risk Assessment And Referral, Health Awareness Campaigns, Escort Services For Children And Their Caregivers That Test HIV Positive, Bi-Directional Referrals Between Health Facilities And Communities, Case Findings For HIV Positive Children, Finding HIV Positive Children of Key Population Such As Female Sex Workers, Providing Support For Adolescents At Risk Of HIV In High Burden Areas Across Rivers State, Providing Adherence Support And Linkage to Health Facilities and Treatment, and Following to Ensure Viral Load Suppression of OVC Beneficiaries to Align With USAID 95:95:95 Agenda.

Immunization Awareness/Sensitization, Personal Hygiene, Sexual And Reproductive Health, Environmental Sanitation, WASH, Malaria Prevention With Special Emphasis on Proper Use of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN), Handling of Minor Illnesses, Adherence to Drug Regime for Children Living With HIV. 

 

Schooled: 

Educational Performance Assessment and School Visits, Enrollment and Re-enrolment of school age children back to school, School Block Granting, Transitioning adolescent from Primary to Secondary Education, Vocational, Life Skill Training.

                         

Safe:

Facilitate the Issuance of Birth Certificate for Vulnerable Children, Gender base violence, Provision of Shelter and Care, and Child Protection (Prevention of Child Abuse).

 

Stable:

Home Visits, Psychosocial Support, Adolescent Girls and Young Women, Infant and Young  Children feeding (IYCF),  Caregivers’ Forum, Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) and Income Generating Activities.

2. Gender Based Violence Prevention: 2019 - 2020 | Rivers State, Nigeria | Total value: N7,160,000 million (NGN); 23 Local Government

WEWE received a letter of agreement (LOA) from the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) under an award from Centre for Disease Control (CDC). This project is implemented in 23 local Government Area (LGAs). Its objective is to Prevent and respond to gender-based violence, engage men and boys to address norms and behaviours around masculinity and sexuality, Increase gender-related policies and laws that increase legal protection and increase gender equitability access to income and productive resources, including education. Expected Results: Gender Based Violence Prevention for 2387 using the following strategies provision of minimum package of care for survivors of GBV, establishing a GBV response team make up of key stakeholder such as government, law enforcement, Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA) and Nigeria police.