Stronger health systems. Greater health impact.
Strengthening Community Responses through the Building Local Capacity
Project’s Small Grants
Program
in Lesotho
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Kathryn Reichert, Joe Kumadzulo, Naume Kupe
HIV Capacity Building Partners’ Summit
March 2013
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BLC in Lesotho
• BLC: August 2010 - August 2015
• In Lesotho goal by 2015:
o reach 25% (46,585) of the
estimated 182,000 OVC
o reach 15,972 caregivers
o deliver services in 5 districts
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• To date BLC has given small grants
to 12 CSOs: reached 53,000 OVC
and caregivers
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Community-based organizations have low
capacity & reach
• Majority of OVC are in hard to reach rural
communities
• BLC worked with local CSOs to improve
capacity and increase reach:
o Organizational & management capacity
o M&E & reporting capacity
o resource mobilization
& funding
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BLC Grants & Capacity Building
Approach
• Flexible and adaptable
• Performance-based focus on results and
beneficiaries
• Capacity building at all levels
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workshops
data verification
on-site support
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Capacity Building Support
Proposal writing
• BLC provides formal proposal-writing training to
potential sub-grantees
Grants management
• Pre-award assessment
• Tailored award and support based on ability
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Organizational capacity building
• Conduct organizational capacity assessment
• on-going needs-based capacity building through
trainings, mentoring, and coaching
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Evidence of Success and Achievements
Cumulative OVC and Caregivers Reached
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53194
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OVC and Caregivers Reached
• 2011-2012: 53,194 OVC
and caregivers reached vs.
a target of 51,700
• 23% (42,719) of OVC
reached with a minimum
of one care service
• 10,475 caregivers reached
• after grant ended CSOs
still provided services
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38578
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Lessons Learned
• Flexibility is important
• tools in local languages
• manageable awards
• Programmatic, M&E, registration support
required
• Mentored grants leads to stronger
organizations
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REGIONAL FOCUS:
HIV Prevention &
Capacity Building
HIV Prevention &
Support to GF PR
1
Grant
1
Contract
1 Closed
award
1 IQC
2 Awards
in
progress
Quality
improvement in
hospitals
1
Grant
1 MOU
2 Subagreements
PMTCT and M&E for
HMIS
Quality
improvement in
hospitals
1
Grant
HIV Prevention
Curriculum
1
Grant
OVC service delivery
and M&E for HMIS
14 Grants
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6 Closed/in
process grants
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Conclusion
CSOs need capacity building support
together with performance-based grants to
more effectively reach communities in need
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Questions & Comments
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