Mzee Kiziwi received this email and attached proposal.
I will reproduce the whole proposal so that Deaf Dears can learn how he works.
M.K.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Greetings from Kenya National Association of the Deaf. I hope this email finds you well. Enclosed is a proposal on HIV/Aids for your signature and forwarding to the United Nations National Fund for Disability in New York. I will send to you an official letter for forwarding later.
I hope you will do your best. In case of any problem, do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you.
Peter W. Opany
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PROJECT PROPOSAL
FUND: UNITED NATION DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
PROJECT NUMBER:
PROJECT TITLE: HIV/AIDS AWARENESS /PEER TRAINING FOR THE DEAF IN KENYA
EXECUTING AGENT: KENYA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF –
KNAD
PHYSICAL ADDRESS: SHANKARDASS HOUSE 1ST FLOOR RM. 104
P.O BOX 33445 00600 NAIROBI
PHONE:
EMAIL: knadasskenya@yahoo.com
PROJECT LOCATION: KENYA
IMPLEMENTING
AGENCY: KENYA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF
ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS PROJECT
PROPOSED STARTING
DATE: 2006-2007
OTHER INPUTS: TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND BACKING THROUGH
THE WORLD FEDERATION OF THE DEAF
USD 123,966
OTHER PARTIES COST
SHARING/COLLABORATION AND
MATERIAL SHARING FROM:
NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL COUNCIL - TEACHING MATERIALS
SWEDISH ORGANIZATION OF HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL AID FOUNDATION – SHIA USD 4500
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
The project is for HIV/AIDS awareness and peer training for deaf men and women in Kenya within the thirteen branch associations affiliated to Kenya national association of the deaf (KNAD) with a membership of 60,000 deaf men and women. KNAD also targets deaf youth in the eight institutions for the deaf that offer vocational and secondary education to eight hundred deaf youths. This project aims through workshops and training to sensitize and inform deaf youth, men and women in Kenya on HIV/AIDS and the consequences of the epidemic. It also aims at sensitizing and informing government and other NGOs working in the field of HIV/AIDS on the specific problems deaf people face in relation to HIV/AIDS with a view of combating the spread among this close knit Kenyan deaf community. After the workshops there shall be established peer trainers or training of trainers within the 13 affiliated branches of KNAD to disseminate information and training to the members in their associations as well as in the institutions. For the project to achieve these objectives, three steps will be taken namely:
1. Nationwide workshops
2. Training of peer trainers or TOT
3. Follow-up activities within the branches and institutions
1. NATIONWIDE HIV/AIDS WORKSHOPS
This workshop is a first step in bridging the information gap faced by deaf members. It will seek to empower 86 deaf members within institutions and branches with relevant HIV/AIDS information and sensitize them on their roles in the fight against the scourge within the deaf community. This workshop will act as a launching ground for HIV/AIDS advocacy work by the deaf in the branches and schools
2. TRAINING OF PEER TRAINERS
Following the workshop, there will be a three days in-depth training exclusively for 46 peer trainers from the 13 branches and schools for the deaf each sending two representatives. By training the 46 peer trainers, it is hoped that they will carry the awareness and sensitization efforts forward in their branches and schools.
3. FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
The last step in the project is to follow-up activities. Having left the workshop and training the participants will most probably go back to the branches and school to discuss the future and how they can improve the training within the field of HIV/AIDS awareness to the deaf in their regions. KNAD will make follow-ups every three months. An estimated 30,000 deaf men, women and youth will be targeted in the first year and pending further funding, another 30,000 persons will be reached in the second year effectively covering the entire membership.
SIGNED
ON BEHALF OF WORLD FEDERATION OF THE DEAF
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DATE…………………………………………………………………………………….
ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTING ORGANIZATION
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ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
The world health organization (WHO) as well as UNAIDS and other non-governmental organizations, as well as global fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria gives immediate priority to the global eradication of the killer disease AIDS and pursuant to this, the governments and non-governmental organizations have taken the crucial task of preventing the spread of AIDS epidemic through training and awareness seminars and conferences. The WHO statistics estimates that there are 36 million infected persons in the world and in Kenya, statistics show that 2.2million are already infected out of a population of 30million. It further shows that 1.5million have lost their lives since the HIV/AIDS virus was discovered in Kenya in 1984. However, no statistics are available on the number of deaf people infected. HIV/AIDS campaigners worldwide believe that if there is efficient awareness and training and information prior to becoming sexually active the youth could adopt an ABC method of safe sex for behaviour change.
This use of information, training and awareness is through access to radio, TV, seminars, workshops and dramas. However, this mode of transmission and accessibility benefit only the hearing leaving the deaf community unaware of the pencils of the killer diseases “AIDS”. This is because the available information in the electronic media and the mass media does not make provision for sign language interpretation to ensure full and effective participation of deaf persons. Worse still the deaf are not specifically targeted effectively for HIV/AIDS awareness seminars, conference and workshops. Recognizing these short comings Kenya National Association of the Deaf has identifies the urgent necessity of organizing HIV/AIDS awareness training to the 60,000 members as an important core constituency in the fight against ‘AIDS’.
2. OPERATIONS OF THE PROJECT
The project will be managed from the existing KNAD administration headquarters at Shankardaas House n Nairobi with assistance from the three existing regional coordinating offices of KNAD in West Kenya, Central Kenya and Coast region respectively. KNAD will engage 3 regional coordinators to coordinate and implement the activities of the branch-affiliated associations in their regions by way of supervising the progress of the on-going training in the branches. The project coordinator 3 regional coordinators, 4 HIV/AIDS specialists /consultants and 2 sign language translators and secretary will manage the operations of the project. The project will use fresh and creative approaches including video shows, focus group discussions questions/ answers session, lectures and demonstrations. Serious effort will be employed in the development of appropriate and sustainable training materials for the deaf to teach HIV/AIDS.
3. EXECUTING AGENTS BACKGROUND
Kenya National Association of the Deaf (KNAD) is a registered National Association of the Deaf whose mission is to promote the welfare pf the deaf citizens of Kenya in all speeches affecting their fundamental rights and strives towards their full participation and equalization of opportunities. The organization since its inceptions in 1987 has been engaged in numerous activities in relation to promoting an equal society for the deaf by raising awareness on the problems facing the deaf in the society, liaising with government and non-governmental organizations on policy formulations on matters pertaining to education, health, employment and social aspects facing the deaf, networking with local aspects and international organizations and Disabled People Organizations, capacity building and entrepreneurship training to members of the branch affiliated associations, job placement to skilled deaf clients and HIV/AIDS awareness training to deaf men and women in the branch affiliated associations. KNAD is also a member of the Disability Human Rights Kenya Chapter and Africa Decade for Persons with Disabilities and the Draft Constitution of Kenya Review Commission.
4. PROBLEM STATEMENT AND RATIONALE
According to the world Federation of the Deaf statistics, there are at least 85 million deaf people in the world. The World Health Organization estimates that 10% of the population in a country is disabled persons. Therefore out of the 10%, deaf people constitute 1% of the population of Kenya’s 32 million people. This comes to at least 1,280,000 deaf and hard of hearing people in Kenya. Furthermore under the current statistics, only 0.1% of the Kenyan deaf population gets access to quality education and medical care and services while the remaining 9.9% have no access to better health conditions, education, jobs and general awareness.
The population of the deaf as whole has been ignored when it comes to campaigns and awareness against HIV/AIDS. The mode of information on HIV/AIDS is mainly conducted through traditional media, music and drama, which mainly targets the hearing community due to the fact that many deaf people have no access to the media since they are not deaf friendly. This has resulted to the deaf being a one of the most vulnerable group and therefore highly at risk of being infected and transmitting the virus among this close knit community.
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
The deaf are unable to make individual and collective decisions on good conduct or behaviour. They do not know the best behaviour to adopt or maintain to avoid the epidemic. No survey has been conducted to find out the spread of HIV/AIDS among the deaf in Kenya but whatever the proportion, they do not deserve to be neglected because they are part and parcel of the population targeted for HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns in order to effect the behaviour change among the deaf in the community. There is an urgent need to vigorously disseminate the information already existing and those developed by HIV/AIDS campaigners in the fight against HIV/AIDS through the use of sign language interpretation in seminars, workshops, role plays, video shows and drama. This will narrow the information gap between the hearing and the deaf audience and greatly supplement the key roles of the HIV/AIDS campaigners.
5. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
The fact that the deaf have not been part of the mainstream awareness campaigns mean that much of what has so far been gained in the fight against HIV/AIDS is rendered null and void as a section of the community is left out. The primary reason for the ignorance about HIV/AIDS among the deaf stems from the fact that the information has not been made accessible and where is has, it is not disseminated properly in a language easily understood by the deaf.
The proposal seeks to conduct HIV/AIDS awareness workshops for the deaf men and women in the KNAD’s 13 affiliated branch associations and institutions of learning where most of the deaf live and study. Workshops will be organized for deaf men and women in their clubs and students in their institutions with facilitators drawn from HIV/AIDS awareness campaign organizations and the ministry of health officials, video shows on HIV/AIDS ailments, dramas and puppet shows will be shown to highlight the symptoms caused by the HIV/AIDS related illnesses so that the deaf can recognize some of the symptoms of HIV/AIDS thus creating awareness and reducing its spread among the deaf.
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE
• Organize nationwide seminars on HIV/AIDS specifically targeting the deaf audience.
• Increase awareness on HIV/AIDS through sign language and the appropriate visual media
• Reduce the impact on HIV/AIDS infected persons and families through counseling and personal care
• Reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in the deaf community and instill behaviour changes
• Unify and mobilize national and international efforts and resources in the fight against AIDS through mediums appropriate and accessible to deaf persons
• Develop IEC materials and translate existing videotapes on HIV/AIDS into sign language
• Lobby for establishment of a friendly deaf VCT service.
IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES
• Campaign for increased mainstream participation in ongoing programmes and NGOs providing AIDS awareness training and life enhancing opportunities for deaf persons
• Establish a refined mechanism and resource base for implementing AIDS awareness programmes to the deaf community
• Increase the awareness to NGOs, governments and other international bodies on the seriousness of HIV/AIDS epidemic among the deaf community in Kenya
• Reduce the proportion of deaf persons with high-risk behaviour and the means of prevention/protection against HIV/AIDS transmission by referring them to VCTs for counseling services
• Increase the number of trained HIV/AIDS peer counselors who are deaf
• Disseminate IEC materials videotapes on HIV/AIDS to schools for the deaf and deaf clubs in the country
PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND WORK PLAN
ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY SEQUENCE/AIM PERIOD
1. Conducting HIV/AIDS awareness workshop within the 13 branch affiliated associations in Kenya -HIV/AIDS coordinator
-Ministry of health
-Women fighting Aids in Kenya
-Organizing Committee
-Peer trainers To sensitize the deaf men and women on the perils of HIV/AIDS so as to use ABC method for behaviour change
6 months
2.Conducting HIV/AIDS awareness in the 8 institutions /secondary schools for the deaf in Kenya -HIV/AIDS coordinator
-Ministry of Health
- Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya
-Peer trainers Sensitize the deaf students in the institutions on the perils of HIV/AIDS so as to adopt the ABC method of behaviour change
3 months
3. Printing and providing IEC materials to deaf clubs, schools for the deaf and deaf churches -HIV/AIDS coordinator
-Organizing committee Provide the deaf members with deaf friendly educative materials and videos for easy access to acquisition of knowledge
6 months
4. Linking the deaf to VCT services for screening and counseling -HIV/AIDS coordinator
-Organizing Committee
-VCT counselors
-Peer trainers To discover, realize and understand ones status to cope better and come up with a solution
Throughout
5. Visiting NGOs, district coordinators, national and provincial HIV/AIDS coordinators to promote HIV/AIDS training to the deaf in Kenya -Sensitization and networking to promote provision of training to the vulnerable group in the region Sensitization and networking to promote provision of training to the vulnerable group in the region
Throughout
6. Facilitating dramas, puppet shows, video shows and role plays for promotion of behaviour change -HIV/AIDS coordinators
-Peer trainers
-Theatre group Effective understanding of the methods of HIV/AIDS by sensing as a way of knowing
Throughout
7. Workshops on behaviour change for deaf youths in schools and clubs of the deaf -HIV/AIDS coordinator
-Peer trainers
-Women fighting AIDS in Kenya
-VCT counselors To hange ones status from the past to a position that can help one cope for the better part of her/his life
Throughout
8. Conducting peer training for 46 deaf participants in Kenya to carry on the training -HIV/AIDS coordinator
-VCT counselors
-Ministry of health To train more deaf peer trainers to carry out peer training in deaf clubs, churches and institutions
3 months
PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
The project beneficiaries are deaf people and their families allover Kenya. All the members of KNAD in the branch-affiliated associations will participate in the training workshops organized in their branches for three days. It is therefore expected that each branch will send 40 participants drawn from their regions. All together 520 participants will be trained in the branches and clubs while in the 8 schools for the deaf, an estimated 1600 deaf students, 200 from each school/institution will also benefit.
The selected branch associations are:
1) Nyanza Deaf Association -NDA
2) South Nyanza deaf Association- SNDA
3) Kisii Deaf Association- KDA
4) Kakamega Deaf Association -KAD
5) North Rift Valley Deaf Association - NRVDA
6) South Rift Valley Deaf Association- SRVDA
7) Central Kenya Deaf Association - CKDA
8) Mount Kenya Deaf Association - MKDA
9) Vihiga Deaf Association - VDA
10) South Eastern Deaf Association SEDA
11) Nairobi Deaf Association- NAD
12) Meru Deaf Association – MAD
13) North Eastern Deaf Association –NEDA
The secondary schools and vocational institutions are:
1) Nyangoma Technical Institute for the Deaf
2) Mumias Vocational Sec. School for the Deaf
3) Kuja Special Sec. School for the Deaf
4) Rev. Muhoro Sec. School for the Deaf
5) Karen Technical Institute for the Deaf
6) Sikri Agriculture Sec. School for the Deaf and Blind
7) Machakos Teachers Training College Deaf Unit
8) Kambui Vocational Institute for the Deaf
There will also be representatives from NGOs and governments and HIV/AIDS campaigners in the regions. These officials will act as key persons in influencing and encouraging other colleagues and governments to support HIV/AIDS advocacy strategies by deaf people themselves.
INSTITUTIONAL SETTING
As mentioned above the headquarters will be based in Nairobi with three coordinating offices in Kisumu, Nyeri and Mombasa where we have regional coordinators who coordinate the activities of the branch affiliated associations in their respective regions with overall supervision from the project coordinator based in the headquarters in Nairobi. The operations of the project will also have a steering committee composed of members from each of the branch-affiliated associations. This committee will be meeting quarterly. The project will also have a sub-committee composed of experts who will draw up the plan of action and forward to the project coordinator for implementation. At the end of the project the above committees with the coordinating officials will stay in office to facilitate the operations by soliciting funds to run the project or to lobby for its recognition and support by the government of Kenya as per the Disability act which states that government support the appreciation and activities of persons with disabilities Kenya.
VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT
A network with NGOs, governmental and HIV/AIDS campaigners will have been developed.
Approximately ¾ of the deaf persons in the branches and all the students in the institutions will have been reached through seminars, workshops, dramas, role plays and meetings.
46 peer trainers will undergo intensive HIV/AIDS training and train more deaf members.
¾ quarter of the deaf may have access to VCT counseling services and get support where available
Deaf persons will be represented in the HIV/AIDS forum from the grass roots to the National Level
IEC materials and video tapes of HIV/AIDS awareness will be available to deaf clubs and institution in Kenya
Behaviour change among the deaf youths will increase
Members of the branches will be able to form forum to discuss HIV/AIDS in churches and clubs to prevent its spread among the deaf.
Branches will form HIV/AIDS projects and solicit for funds to meet their projects with coordination from head office.
PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION
A knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) survey will be conducted at the onset of the project and to give a baseline and quantitative data to be used to prepare the implementation of the project and to give a baseline against which to measure the project progress. The project progress will be monitored through regular meetings with the deaf in churches, associations, institutions and clubs and routine field visits. Monthly progress reports will be compiled by the project coordinator and presented to the coordinating committee composed of selected officials and steering committee members. An efficient reporting system will be developed with the donors at all levels. This will be vital for efficiency monitoring progress and informed decision-making.
An internal project evaluation will be carried out and this will include collaborative meetings with the committee and donors to discuss and share project experiences, strengths and weaknesses and t plan any necessary re-alignments and an impact evaluation will be undertaken at the end of the project to measure the outcome against the initial “KAP” survey and project indicators to determine the impact and intervention activities. The findings will be used to advocate and raise awareness on human rights and disabled peoples sexuality issues at community and national levels. Documentation of lessons learned will be widely disseminated among other organizations to maximize the global fight against HIV/AIDS among the deaf in Kenya
RATE: 1 USD IS EQUIVALENT TO 72.00 KSH.
BUDGET PARTICULARS NOTES UNITS MNTH YR 1 USD
YR 2 USD
10: PROJECT PERSONNEL:
17:00
PROJECT COORDINATOR
1
1
6
2500
2500
17:00
REGIONAL COORDINATORS 2
3
6
5000
5000
17:00
SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS
3
3
6
5000
5000
11.50
HIV/AIDS CONSULTANTS
4
4
6
6666
6666
15:00
OFFICIAL TRAVEL EXPENSES
5
2
2
5555
5555
19:00 COMPONENT TOTAL
24,721
24,721
30 TRAINING
31.00
TOT-TRAINING/ WORKSHOP
6
6
6
10,000
10,000
32.00
GROUP-TRAINING/ WORKSHOP
7
6
6
10,000
10,000
33.00
INSERVICE TRAINING/ STUDENTS
8
6
6
10,000
10,000
39.00
COMPONENT TOTAL
30,000
30,000
40. EQUIPMENT
41.00
EXPENDABLE
EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS
9
1
1
2777
42.00
COMPUTER & PRINTER
10
1
1
1944
42.00
VIDEO CAMERA 11
1
1
694
42.00
COLOUR T.V. 21” 12
1
1
625
42.00
VIDEO-CASSETTE RECORDER 13
1
1
277
42.00
35.MM CAMERA 14 1 1
208
49.00
COMPONENT TOTAL
6525
50. MISCELLANEOUS
52.00
PUBLICATION OF IEC MATERIALS
15
1
3472
52.00
TRANSLATION OF HIV/AIDS TAPES
16
1
2083
53.00
SUNDRY/ COMMUNICATION
17
1
3472
59.00
COMPONENT TOTAL
9027
3472
SUB TOTALS
70,273
58,193
GRAND TOTAL USD 128,466
