USAID Tujitegemee

USAID Tujitegemee is a five-year program funded by USAID and PEPFAR to support orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) & Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in Kilifi and Mombasa counties. The program is implemented by AMURT as the Prime partner, and its Consortium partners: The Partnership for HIV Free Generation (HFG), Women Fighting Aids in Kenya (WOFAK), the Council of Imams and Preachers in Kenya (CIPK), and KWETU Training Centre for Sustainable Development (KWETU). In line with USAID Kenya Health Partnership for Quality Services (KHPQS) framework, the program aims to increase access to and demand for quality HIV prevention services, as well as increasing access to quality health and social services for OVC and their families. The implementation is guided by evidence and seeks more collaboration with beneficiaries, other key stakeholders, and private partners. The project contributes to Kenya’s attainment of the joint UNAIDs 95-95-95. It focuses on providing need-based, age-appropriate OVC services through case plans and DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe) services.

Our DREAMS beneficiaries graduating from Hair Beauty and Makeup course in Mikindani Ward.

USAID Tujitegemee in collaboration with the County Government of Mombasa's various departments during the Day of The African Child commemoration walk.

Our Coaching Boys into Me (CBIM) celebrating their graduation from the program.

Kilifi County's Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) household graduation.

ACHIEVEMENTS
Since March 2021, USAID Tujitegemee has achieved the following results:

Co-creation and Co-implementation of work plans with the respective county governments.
Working jointly with the Ministry of Health, Department of Children Services, Internal security, Gender, Education, Civil registration and Vital statistics (CRVS) as well as Project Advisory Committies (PACs).
Alignment of community workforce with the county.
77% and 86% of Children living with HIV (CLHIV) in Mombasa and Kilifi enrolled in OVC program respectively.
Amongst the 40,882 OVC, 98% have been tested, 100% of 2,963 CLHIV enrolled in antiretroviral therapy (ART), 77 % (Kilifi) and 84% (Mombasa) are virally suppressed.
Served 17,650 AGYW in Mombasa, 23,248 OVC in Kilifi and 24,305 OVC in Mombasa.
1,830 OVC were successfully graduated from the project after achieving their case plans.
4,123 (Kilifi – 3,332; Mombasa 791) were served through the preventive program.

Committed to promoting county-owned, county-led, and county-managed OVC/DREAMS program.