Sample Worksheet to Rank OVC Interventions |
. |
(Example – Orphans in a MAP) |
3 = Likely; 2= Possible; 1=Unlikely |
OVC Intervention Ideas |
Technically Feasible Within the Scope of the OVC Strategy |
Politically acceptable to the Government |
Seen as necessary and positive by stakeholders |
Justifiable when comparing incremental costs with benefits |
Sustainable |
Total
Points
(0 – 100) |
Rank |
MEASURES TO PREVENT MORE ORPHANS/WEIGHTS |
30% |
15% |
15% |
20% |
20% |
100% |
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Psycho-social peer counseling program for all vulnerable families and children, including caretakers of people with AIDS, orphans from all causes, and street children. |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
Develop neighborhood-based child protection networks that target and support households with vulnerable children and/or are at-risk of abandoning their children |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
HIV/AIDS prevention education and counseling program targeting parents, street children, and adolescent orphans. Include basic information on reproductive health. |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2.85 |
2 |
Ensure access to primary health care services to all vulnerable households, with emphasis on preventive care, including pre-natal care for pregnant women and trained birth attendant support for deliveries. |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
. |
Ensure girls and women have access to family planning services and that all in-school adolescent girls receive basic information on reproduction and options for dealing with unwanted pregnancies, including adoption. |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2.4 |
7 |
Conditional cash transfers for households at-risk of abandoning their children, for those who have taken in orphans, for households where parents are critically ill, and for those households with children in harmful forms of labor. Transfers would be conditioned on school attendance and regular preventive health care visits. |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2.8 |
3 |
Provide training and investment capital to households at-risk of abandoning their children, and other vulnerable households to stimulate the development of income generating activities. Focus upon women, but not exclusively. |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
. |
Expand support for family tracing and reunification efforts for street children and orphans; include modest package of incentives for foster-family and basic package of belongings for returning street child. |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2.65 |
4 |
Educational campaigns and training to: improve parents understanding of child and adolescent behavior and to build awareness of non-abusive forms of discipline; promote equal treatment for step children and biological children; discourage polygamy unless financially feasible; build awareness of legal penalties for adults who sexually abuse of minors. |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2.3 |
8 |
Educational catch-up programs for street children, orphans and any other child who has temporarily dropped out of school. |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1.8 |
. |
Transitional Safe houses for children who are victims of physical abuse, including sexual abuse, where psycho-social counseling and other supports are available. |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1.8 |
. |
Develop and enforce law that criminalizes sexual abuse of minors. |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1.9 |
. |
Develop and enforce national law making it illegal to accuse anyone, particularly a child, of sorcery. |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2.3 |
8 |
Develop up-to-date law that facilitates fostering and adoption of orphans and other vulnerable children. |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
. |
Support Youth programs, targeting street children and other at-risk youth in urban neighborhoods, involving recreation, conflict prevention and management skills, and entrepreneurship and investment capital. |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2.1 |
. |
Make new regulation requiring medical doctors graduating from state schools to provide one year of service in underserved area of the country |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2.55 |
6 |
Provide home-based care services to HIV/AIDS affected households, including basic preventive health education for caretakers and children as well as psycho-social support |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2.6 |
5 |
Strengthen public health system to prevent common diseases responsible for most deaths (HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Gastro-intestinal, Typhoid, TB, etc.) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1.7 |
. |
Develop traditional birth attendant training program that ensure that graduates are fully competent to safely attend normal deliveries, include training in hygiene and sanitation, prenatal care, and in how to minimize chances of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2.3 |
8 |