USAID’s Bokamoso Grant: HIV Mitigation and OVC Services for Children and Youth in Lesotho

This USAID grant, the Bokamoso Activity, aims to support the Government of Lesotho’s strategies for HIV mitigation and prevention among children and youth. It provides comprehensive Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) services across all ten districts and DREAMS interventions in four specific districts. The activity targets vulnerable OVC, Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), and Adolescent Boys and Young Men (ABYM), enhancing their access to accurate HIV knowledge, sexual and reproductive health services, social protection, violence prevention, and economic and educational opportunities. Programming emphasizes integrated delivery of DREAMS and OVC services, adhering to PEPFAR guidance, and fostering an enabling environment for all youth. Sustainability is a core principle, ensuring continuity with existing government structures.

Opportunity ID: 352304

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General Information

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	72067424RFA00005
Funding Opportunity Title:	Bokamoso Activity
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:	–
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:	Health
Category Explanation:	–
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Assistance Listings:	98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No
Version:	Synopsis 1
Posted Date:	Feb 12, 2024
Last Updated Date:	Feb 12, 2024
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Mar 12, 2024
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Mar 12, 2024
Archive Date:	Apr 11, 2024
Estimated Total Program Funding:	–
Award Ceiling:	$60,000,000
Award Floor:	$60,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:	Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:	Eligibility for this NOFO is restricted to local entities in the Southern Africa region (see related footnote under Section C.) in accordance with PEPFAR FY 2020 Country Operational Plan Guidance and applies to the principal/prime applicant only. Only local organizations as defined in Section C.1 are eligible to apply. (See Section C.1 Eligible Applicants)

Additional Information

Agency Name:	South Africa USAID-Pretoria
Description:	The Bokamoso activity will support GOL’s multi-sector strategies and priorities for HIV mitigation and prevention for children and youth through provision of comprehensive OVC services in all ten (10) districts and DREAMS interventions in four (4) districts (Berea, Maseru, Mafeteng, Mohale’s Hoek). The Activity will also support programming to foster an enabling environment for AGYW and ABYM that will benefit all youth in Lesotho. Bokamoso will implement innovative strategies targeting the most vulnerable OVC and AGYW to improve their access to accurate HIV knowledge, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, social protection, violence prevention, and economic and educational opportunities. Sustainability must be mainstreamed in all activity areas to ensure the continuity of key priorities in line with the GOL’s existing and planned structures, systems and processes. USAID’s expectations for technical approaches are laid out below. Programming must be framed within PEPFAR guidance for OVC1 and for HIV prevention and DREAMS2 in the target districts. DREAMS and OVC programming must be delivered in a seamless integrated manner for synergy and efficiency in these target districts. Broader structural interventions to create an enabling environment for AGYW and may also target ABYM must adhere to the DREAMS guidance.
Link to Additional Information:	–
Grantor Contact Information:	If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Galina N Ponkratova Grantor Email:gponkratova@usaid.gov

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