Provide seed grant and technical support to TKCP Program in PNG Provide seed grant and technical support to VEDCO in Uganda

48 protection against pregnancy every time they have sex .The survey also looked into the composting behaviors of farmers . Results from Activity 3.3 • None Field based results INDICATOR Jan to June 30, 2013 Cumulative Results Years 1 to 4 General Number of individuals trained disaggregated by population P, health H, and environment E topic- specific training, integrated trainings, and gender 570 350 adult peer educators and 220 youth peer educators of which 353 M:217F Family Planning and Reproductive Health Number of USG-assisted service delivery points providing FP counseling or services 350 adult peer educators Average household distancetime to access family planning commodities 500 meters to 5 km Distance reduced. The PEs are available within 500 m

3.4 Provide seed grant and technical support to TKCP Program in PNG

BALANCED provided seed grant funding and technical assistance to the WPZ TKCP program in PNG to implement the “Healthy Village, Healthy Forest: Integrating Healthy Family Planning and Conservation in Papua New Guinea” project. It builds TKCP’s capacity to integrate and implement a CBFP initiative into their conservation efforts. During this reporting period, the trained volunteers continued to deliver integrated messages and refer potential FP clients to the health center for counseling and method. 49 Results from Activity 3.4 • None Field based results INDICATOR Jan to June 30, 2013 Cumulative Results Years 1 to 4 General Number of individuals trained disaggregated by population P, health H, and environment E topic- specific training, integrated trainings, and gender 43 adult PEs 37M:6 F 18 youth PEs 9M:9F Family Planning and Reproductive Health Number of USG-assisted service delivery points providing FP counseling or services 43 adult PEs 37M:6 F Average household distancetime to access family planning commodities Few minutes to 12 hrs to health post Few minutes to less than 12 hours from a PECBD

3.5 Provide seed grant and technical support to VEDCO in Uganda

Since November 2011, BALANCED has been providing Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns VEDCO with seed grant funding and TA support to implement the Improving livelihoods through increased access to Reproductive Health services among farmers project. The goal of the 18-month seed grant support is to improve access to and use of family planning in the agriculture-dependent districts of Nakaseke, Moyo and Yumbe. To date, VEDCO established its Peer education and CBD system with a cadre 65 adult peer educators, 60 youth peer educators and 60 CBDs trained in three districts. The CBDs were either clinicdrug shop owners andor the MOH-trained Village Health Teams VHTs. Those currently linked to the health stations i.e. VHT get FP supplies form the health stations. VEDCO continues to seek ways to deliver FP commodities to its project sites. The VHTs are the MOH’s “community-based distribution” agents who provide FP information and services for free at the community level. However, the MOH health centers very often have shortages of stock and lack enough FP commodities for themselves or to distribute to the VHTs. Therefore, VEDCO had planned to train private CBDs that would obtain their supplies from social marketing suppliers, such as the Uganda Health Marketing Group UHMG. However, UHMG does not service VEDCO project sites. UHMG partners with the Good Life clinic. If VEDCO 50 would like to link with Good life to obtain FP methods, they will need funds procure the FP commodities for the CBDs One challenge will remain—i.e., the CBDs may not have the initial capital to purchase their first consignment of supplies. We will address this issue in the quarter. During this reporting period, VEDCO accomplished the following: • A total number of 60 50 F;10M were trained as CBDs • Joan Castro visited VEDCO to assess project activities and help them to develop a sustainability plan. During that visit, VEDCO received assurance from the District Health Office in Yumbe that they can give FP products to the project trained CBDs. • PHE Adult Peer educators reached a total of 1908 females aged 15-49 through education events. • 280 interpersonal communication and counseling sessions were conducted by APEs and YPEs • 895 family planning users have been counseled and 990 females are currently using pills and injectables Results from Activity 3.7 • 60 CBDs were trained Indicator 1.1 • Technical assistance provided by Joan Castro to VEDCO Indicator 1.4 • VEDCO incorporating CBD system into their operations SO-1 and 3.1 Field based results INDICATOR Jan to June 30 2013 Cumulative Results Years 1 to 4 General Number of individuals trained disaggregated by population P, health H, and environment E topic-specific training, integrated trainings, and gender 60 50 F;10M 65 36 M;29F adult PEs; 60 35 M;25F YPEs Family Planning and Reproductive Health Number of USG-assisted service delivery points providing FP counseling or services - 60 CBDs 50 F;10M Average household distancetime to access family planning commodities Average distance from village to the health post is 2.5 k Average distance from HH to PE is 1.5 km 51

3.6 Provide seed grant and technical support to BMCT in Uganda