National Plan of Action for Vulnerable Children in Malawi

UNICEF-NPA-Letter.indd National Plan of Action for Vulnerable Children in Malawi MALAWI GOVERNMENT FOREWORD The child protection situation in the country remains dire. The situation analysis conducted in 2013 found that there are over 1.8 million vulnerable children in the country. This is a big number considering the fact that many vulnerable children are subjected to various forms of abuse, exploitation and lack of access to essential services. This group of people (vul- nerable children) requires all stakeholders to work together guided by a comprehensive planning framework. The Malawi Government has therefore developed the National Plan of Action (NPA) for Vulnerable Children 2015 – 2019. This NPA builds on the findings of the impact evaluation of the previous NPA for Orphans and Other Vulnerable children (OVC) (2005 – 2009 Extended to 2011) and the OVC Situation Analysis which was conducted in 2013. In addition it took into account the various inputs provided by stakeholders at national, district and community levels during the con- sultation process. The NPA for Vulnerable Children has six strategic objectives aiming at improving access to essential services by vulner- able children for their survival, protection and development to be able to realize their full rights and potentials; building the capacity of families and communities has been improved to facilitate vulnerable children in realizing their full rights and potentials; improving the technical, institutional and human resource capacity of government and its social protec- tion system to ensure that vulnerable children have access to essential quality services; improving policy and legislation, leadership and coordination at all levels to protect vulnerable children from the consequences of vulnerability; ensuring that vulnerable children live in a supportive environment as the result of advocacy, awareness raising and participation activities; and optimizing the response for vulnerable children through a well - functioning monitoring and evaluation system that is able to assess the situation, identify gaps, and guide adjustments. The NPA for vulnerable children has provided a clear guideline on how to identify the most vulnerable children. It has proposed a vulnerability framework to assist implementers to identify the most vulnerable children for various services. It is envisaged that 80 percent of vulnerable children will have been supported by the end of 2019. In order to implement the NPA effectively there will be need for all partners: NGOs, FBOs, Government Departments, Development Partners, Donors, the Private Sector, and all stakeholders to collaborate and work together to achieve the goal of the NPA. Dr. Mary Shawa SECRETARY FOR GENDER, CHILDREN, DISABILITY AND SOCIAL WELFARE NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI 2015 - 2019 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This National Plan of Action (NPA) has been developed with the support and involvement of many people in the in- ception, situation analysis and the development of the NPA phases. First of all, we would like to thank all vulnerable children and care givers who shared their perspectives during participatory activities and Focus Group Discussions in the inception and situation analysis phases. The team would furthermore like to thank the donors, the development partners, national and district level stakeholders for the information shared and their enthusiastic participation in several stakeholder meetings that served to review the methodology for the situation analysis on vulnerable children in Malawi, to validate the findings of the situation analysis and to input into the development of the NPA. Special gratitude goes to the Advisory Group, and specifically UNICEF Malawi and the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare for their ongoing support throughout the process. UNICEF New York should be recognized for their work on defining vulnerable children. Finally, we would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by “PEPFAR and USAID to the development of this NPA; and the Royal Tropical Institute of Netherlands for the technical assistance to the development of the NPA which started with a situation analysis for vulnerable children and defining the concept of vulnerable children in Malawi. 2 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI MALAWI GOVERNMENT Government of Malawi © May 2015 Disclaimer The views of this report are not those of UNICEF, USAID nor the Government of Malawi but from an independent institution that conducted the study. TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 1 Acknowledgements 2 Abbreviations 5 1. Background and purpose of the NPA 6 2. Process of developing the NPA 7 3. Defining vulnerable children 9 4. Vulnerable children in Malawi 11 4.1 The magnitude of the problem 11 4.2 Problems experienced by vulnerable children 13 5. The response in place 15 5.1 Existing policies and legislation 15 5.2 The social welfare system 15 5.3 Programs and interventions benefitting vulnerable children 16 5.4 The capacity of the system 17 6. Guiding principles 18 7. Goal and Strategic Objectives 20 8. Strategic objectives linked to activities 22 8.1 Vulnerable children’s access to essential quality services 22 Livelihood 22 Education 23 Clean water and improved sanitation 23 Health 23 Safe environment and reducing violence against children 24 Psychological and spiritual support 24 Birth registration 24 2015 - 2019 3 8.2 Improved capacity of families and communities 24 Livelihood 24 Social protection 25 8.3 Improved capacity of government and its social protection system 25 Human resource capacity 25 Quality of the social welfare workforce 25 Technical and institutional capacity 26 Capacity of the justice system 26 8.4 Improved policy and legislation, leadership and coordination 26 Legislation and policies 26 Leadership and coordination 27 8.5 Advocacy, awareness raising and participation 27 Awareness on vulnerable children 27 Reducing stigma and discrimination 27 Child participation 27 8.6 Monitoring and evaluation 28 Child Protection Information Management System 28 Review of the implementation of the NPA 28 Research 28 9. Coordination and implementation 29 10. Sources of funding, financing framework 31 11. Monitoring and evaluation 32 REFERENCES 34 ANNEX 1 Detailed Costed Implementation Plan 35 ANNEX 2 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework 52 4 ABBREVIATIONS ART Anti-retroviral Therapy CABA Children affected by HIV/AIDS CBCC Community-Based Childcare Centre CBO Community Based Organization CC Children’s Corner CCPJA Child Care, Protection and Justice Act CDA Community Development Assistant CJC Child Justice Court CPIMS Child Protection Information Management System CPW Child Protection Worker CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CVSU Community Victim Support Unit DSWO District Social Welfare Office(r) ECD Early Childhood Development FBO Faith Based Organization FISP Farm Input Subsidy Program GCY&S Gender, Children, Youth and Sports GEWE Girls Education & Women Empowerment GoM Government of Malawi HSA Health Surveillance Assistant IHS Integrated Household Survey JSSP Joint Sector Strategic Plan MDHS Malawi Demographic Health Survey M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MGDS Malawi Growth and Development Strategy MHRC Malawi Human Rights Commission MoGCDSW Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare NAC National AIDS Commission NCJF National Child Justice Forum NGO Non-Governmental Organization NPA National Plan of Action OSC One Stop Centre OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children SCT Social Cash Transfer SCTP Social Cash Transfer Program SWA Social Welfare Assistant SWG Sector Working Group SWO Social Welfare Officer TWG Technical Working Group UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund VACS Violence against Children Survey VSL Village Saving Loan VSU Victim Support Unit WMS Welfare Monitoring Survey 2015 - 2019 5 6 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI 1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE NPA The National Plan of Action (NPA) for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), which guided the efforts of the Malawi- an government, other stakeholders, communities and families to scale up the national response for the care, protection and support of OVC, expired end 2011. The evaluation findings of this NPA, covering the period 2005 – 2011, pointed towards the need to change the scope of the next NPA to allow for coverage of all vulnerable children in Malawi and not only those affected by HIV. The evaluation also pointed towards the need to better define the concept of vulnerable children in Malawi. As input for the new NPA for the time period 2015 – 2019, a situation analysis was undertaken in which the concept of vulnerable children was defined and the situation of vulnerable children in Malawi described. The situation analysis with its description of who the vulnerable children are, where they are, what their needs are, the legal framework, policies, pro- grams and capacities in place to assist and protect them and existing gaps in the response, functioned as the foundation for the new NPA, and for its monitoring and evaluation framework. The NPA is not meant as a stand-alone document, but feeds into the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy which is the overarching development strategy for the country and the Comprehensive Child Policy and Strategy that the Malawian Government is developing and that looks at children in Malawi in a holistic manner. This NPA also aims to complement existing sectoral plans and activities already on-going for children and their families. The NPA, through the situation analysis, builds on an extensive document and literature review, re-analysis of large scale national level data bases, interviews and focus groups discussions including with vulnerable children themselves, and various rounds of consultations at national and district level with key stakeholders consisting of the government and civil society representatives. While the NPA no longer focuses specifically on HIV related orphans and vulnerable children, it does recognize that HIV is still an important contextual influencing factor that contributes towards the vulnerability of all children in Malawi. As is the case with its predecessor, this costed NPA 2015 – 2019 is meant to guide the efforts of the Malawian govern- ment, development partners, but also communities and families, to prioritize and scale up the response for the pro- tection, care and development of vulnerable children in Malawi. This prioritization and scale-up is necessary because an estimated number of 1.8 million vulnerable children, of which 53% girls and 47% boys, are living in Malawi [1]. The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of the NPA should assist with tracking the response in place, making timely ad- justments, and measuring whether the response achieves the objectives of the NPA. 2015 - 2019 7 2. PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE NPA The NPA was developed through a consultative, participatory process during the inception, situation analysis and subse- quently the NPA development phase. The Advisory Group, facilitated by UNICEF, and consisting of the Ministry of Gen- der, Children, Disability and Social Welfare (MoGCDSW); NOVOC; Save the Children and UNICEF, provided guidance throughout the entire process. The inception phase consisted of consultations with children, care givers and stakeholders; document review; consul- tations with the advisory group and a validation workshop with stakeholders from national and district level to discuss and agree upon the methodology and a conceptual framework developed in this phase based on the work of Idele et al. (2006) [2]. The inception phase resulted in an inception report. The situation analysis consisted of an extensive review of the national documents, international literature, re-analysis of national representative data bases and qualitative research. Data sets re-analyzed include the Malawi Demographic Health Survey (MDHS 2010); the Violence against Children Survey (VACS 2013) and the census (2008). In addition, data from the Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS 2011), the Integrated Household Survey (IHS 2010/2011) and specific documents on persons with disabilities and street children were reviewed to complement the findings from the second- ary data analysis. To ensure the voices and perspectives of vulnerable children were an integral part of the situation analysis, participatory activities with in total 101 purposefully selected children between the ages of 6 – 18 years old were conducted in the Northern, Central and Southern regions. In addition, 119 care givers from the same regions were interviewed to comple- ment the insights of the children. Through the purposeful selection, involvement of younger and older children; in and out of school children; boys and girls; children living with and without HIV and children with different living arrangements (child headed; one parent; relatives; non-relatives) was ensured. The districts visited were also purposefully selected in terms of geography; poverty levels; adult education; orphan hood; and non-availability of specific programs. In-depth interviews with a range of stakeholders at the national and district level were also undertaken to collect additional information and validate the initial findings from the document and liter- ature review about the description of vulnerable children in Malawi, the interventions, policies and strategies in place and evidence around effective approaches. The situation analysis was validated through three stakeholder meetings in the Northern, Central and Southern regions in March 2014. Furthermore, the participants in these stakeholder meetings also 8 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI provided recommendations for interventions to be included in the new NPA. More details could be found in the report on the situation analysis [1]. The National Plan of Action for Vulnerable Children was subsequently developed based on the validated situation analy- sis, and the suggestions made by the stakeholders during the validation meetings. The outline of the NPA was comment- ed upon by the members of the Advisory Group. Further data review took place during this phase, especially of related national level (draft) policy documents. Representatives from different ministries and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) gave input to the NPA via smaller focused meetings and three regional validation meetings in June 2014. 2015 - 2019 9 3. DEFINING VULNERABLE CHILDREN The impact evaluation of the previous NPA (2005 – 2011) pointed to the need to better define the concept of vulnerable children in Malawi. In the situation analysis - the foundation for this new NPA - a comprehensive description has been provided on how and on what basis a new conceptual framework for vulnerable children in the Malawian context was developed. This vulnerability framework (see figure 1) is based on the work of Idele et al. (2012) [2] and only includes vulnerability determining factors that clearly lead to statistically significant lower health and development outcomes (such as school drop-out, child marriage and child abuse) for children between 0 – 18 years of age. The vulnerability framework distinguishes the following vulnerability determining factors: 1. Living in a household ranked in the bottom three wealth quintiles 2. Not living with either parent 3. Living in a household with adults with no education 4. Having lost one or both parents The framework presents sub-categories to each of the vulnerability determining factors, presenting the degree of vul- nerability (the areas highlighted in red represent higher levels of vulnerability). For example, in terms of orphan hood, children with only a father were found to be worse off than children with only a mother, in terms of access to school and other support. Likewise, in terms of a child’s living arrangements, the effects of living alone (child-headed households), living on the street and living in an institution are assumed to add a higher degree of vulnerability to children than living with non-relatives and relatives. In addition, the framework presents two additional vulnerability determining factors: 1. Living with HIV 2. Living with a disability Both HIV status and disability are combined with the four vulnerability determining factors, as those factors on their own were found not always to relate to vulnerability. 10 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI The framework shows also a first tier and a second tier of responses. The first tier of child protection is focused on the most vulnerable children that would need to be served with priority action. The second tier is focused on prevention, protection and development of all other children, which would have second priority. HOUSEHOLD WEALTH: CHILDREN LIVING WITHIN THE THREE LOWEST WEALTH QUINTILES Second tier of intervention: prevention / child protection First tier of intervention: care, treatment and impact mitigation Living with HIV or disability Living without parents Child headed households Street children Living in institution Living in a foster family Living with non-relatives Living with relatives Living with parents (1 or 2) Living with HIV or disability No education: none of the adults (18 years and older) living in the household has received any education Any education: at least one adult (18 years and older) in the household has received some (primary level) education Living with HIV or disability without parents with a father with a mother Child’s living arrangements Household adult education Orphan hood HIGH LOW Level of vulnerability 2015 - 2019 11 4. VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI 4.1 The magnitude of the problem Re-analysis of MDHS 2010 and census data (2008) for children aged between 0 and 18 years old against the vulnerabili- ty framework provides the following picture: 4.2 million children live within households (61.4% of all households) that fall within the lowest three wealth quintiles. Out of the total, 1.8 million (53% girls and 47% boys) either do not live with their biological parents, or live in households where no adult has had at least primary school, or are single or double orphans (see table 1). Children not living with their biological parents present the largest group, namely over 1 million children. Of this group of children, 55.5% are girls and 44.5% are boys and it is estimated that around 12,000 live in a child-headed households [4], and around 10,000 in institutional care (of which 46.5% girls and 53.5% boys) [5]. The majority of street children do not fall into this group, as the large majority (over 80%) of street children work on the street but sleep at home [6]. Double orphans, close to 188,000 in number (49% girls and 51% boys), automatically fall in the group of children not living with their biological parents [1]. Taking into account sex, residence of the child (urban or rural) and the region where the child is living, the largest number of vulnerable children are girls living in rural areas in the Southern region. The age group of 5-14 year olds contributes most to the number of vulnerable children, but this is explained because of the wide age range compared to the other two categories. In households with no adult education and households where children live with one parent, the age group of 0-4 is relatively more affected than other age groups. Boys are generally less affected than girls; however, more boys than girls are double orphaned [1]. 12 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI Table 1. Estimated numbers and proportions of vulnerable children aged between 0 and 18 years old in households from the poorest, 2nd and 3rd wealth quintiles by age group, sex, residence and region [1] Single orphan Double orphan Total Orphans Children living in household with no adult education * Children living with one parent Children not living with a parent All vulnerable children Age 0-4 131,986 (22.6%) 35,666 (19.0%) 167,653 (21.7%) 83,797 (32.4%) 77,774 (31.6%) 86,838 (8.1%) 413,918 (22.5%) 5-14 363,255 (62.2%) 116,385 (62.0%) 479,640 (62.2%) 147,938 (57.2%) 123,059 (50.0%) 797,626 (74.4%) 1.144,253 (62.2%) 15-17 88,770 (15.2%) 35,666 (19.0%) 124,436 (16.1%) 26,898 (10.4%) 45,286 (18.4%) 187,614 (17.5%) 281,464 (15.3%) Sex Male 281,493 (48.2%) 95,736 (51.0%) 377,229 (48.9%) 125,954 (48.7%) 112,722 (45.8%) 477,074 (44.5%) 864,628 (47.0%) Female 302,518 (51.8%) 91,982 (49.0%) 394,499 (51.1%) 132,679 (51.3%) 133,396 (54.2%) 595,003 (55.5%) 975,006 (53.0%) Residence Urban 21,608 (3.7%) 7,696 (4.1%) 29,305 (3.8%) 6,983 (2.7%) 13,290 (5.4%) 51,460 (4.8%) 82,784 (4.5%) Rural 562,403 (96.3%) 180,021 (95.9%) 742,424 (96.2%) 251,650 (97.3%) 232,829 (94.6%) 1.020,618 (95.2%) 1.756,851 (95.5%) Region Northern 58,985 (10.1%) 15,581 (8.3%) 74,566 (9.6%) 10,863 (4.2%) 19,443 (7.9%) 101,847 (9.5%) 169,246 (9.2%) Central 227,180 (38.9%) 61,947 (33.0%) 289,127 (37.5%) 104,747 (40.5%) 100,417 (40.8%) 491,011 (45.8%) 787,364 (42.8%) Southern 297,846 (51.0%) 110,190 (58.7%) 408,036 (52.9%) 143,024 (55.3%) 126,259 (51.3%) 479,219 (44.7%) 883,025 (48.0%) Total 584,011 (14%**) 187,718 (4.5%**) 771,729 (18.5%**) 258,633 (6.2%**) 246,119 (5.9%**) 1.072,077 (25.7%**) 1.839,635 (44.1%**) * Including households with no adults ** Percentage of the total of 4.2 million children living in the lowest three wealth quintiles An estimated 44.1% of the households falling in the lowest three wealth quintiles have children aged between 0 and 18 years old who are affected by one or more other vulnerability determining factors besides wealth. About 32.4% of households are effected by one additional vulnerability determining factor, 11.5% by two and 0.2% by three additional vulnerability determining factors. This means that 73.4% (approximately 1,321,200) of the 1.8 million vulnerable children are living in a household with one vulnerability determining factor, 26.1% (approximately 469,800 children) are living in a household with two vulnerability determining factors and 0.5% (approximately 9,000 children) are living in a house- hold with three vulnerability determining factors [1]. Children living in child headed households are part of the last group of vulnerable children. Due to data limitations it is not possible to calculate how many of these 1.8 million children are living with HIV or have disabilities. The current estimate is that there are 120,000 children aged between 0 and 14 years old living with HIV, and unpublished estimates of UNAIDS predict an increase to 155,000 children living with HIV by 2015 [4, 7]. According to the latest data available, there are nearly 160,000 children with disabilities [8]. 2015 - 2019 13 4.2 Problems experienced by vulnerable children Figure 2 presents statistical significant associations between the vulnerability determining factors and higher levels of vi- olence, child labour, early marriage, early sexual debut and teenage pregnancy and lower levels of education attendance and health outcomes. These statistical significant associations come from nationwide, representative household sur- veys. Due to data gaps or the numbers in surveys being too small, not all associations could be tested, so if no connection is presented in this figure, this does not automatically mean that there is no association [1]. Figure 2. Overview associations between vulnerability determining factors and effects of vulnerability Vulnerability determining factors E�ects of vulnerability Low wealth Violence Child labour Early marriage Early sexual intercourse Teenage pregnancy Conflict with law Low education attendance Low health outcomes Living with 1 or no parents Low household education Single or double orphan HIV infected Disabled ”We are the ones facing the biggest problems here because we have no parents and suffer more than others. Day after day, we go house by house to ask for piece-work.” (Vulnerable children 6 -12 years old in Chiradzulu) “When the children go to school very dirty because we cannot af- ford washing powder to wash their ragged uniforms, they are being laughed at by the better off children. This discourages them so much that some of them quit school.” (Care givers in Chiradzulu) “The teacher sends children without uniforms away.” (Vulnerable children 13 – 18 years old in Mangochi) “We need to work very hard to achieve what we want in life, we need to get better education and good jobs in the future.” (Children affected by HIV/AIDS (CABA) 6 – 12 years old in Lilongwe) In the qualitative research that was conducted during the situation analysis, vulnerable children and care givers re-af- firmed the framework regarding the vulnerability determining factors, emphasizing on orphans, HIV infected or affected children and children with disability as being the most vulnerable. Children and care givers both reported that children living with foster parents had a disadvantage when compared to biological children in the same household with regard to household chores and access to school materials. Vulnerable children and care givers also re-affirmed many of the consequences of vulnerability in terms of not having access to basic commodities such as food, clothes, shoes, school materials or proper shelter. For example, not having clean school uniforms results in not being able to go to school. Vulnerable children also reported to have limited access to health services due to lack of transport money. Lack of food can cause malnutrition but can also lead to child marriage (so that parents or care givers have one mouth less to feed). 14 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI Not all interviewed vulnerable children and care givers knew about available preventive and support structures in their community, such as Community-Based Childcare Centres (CBCCs), Children’s Corners (CCs), bursary Programs and the role that Child Protection Workers (CPWs) can play in addressing problems of vulnerable children. Vulnerable children and care givers gave many recommendations to addressing their problems. The majority of these recommendations were related to access to education, which is clearly a very high priority for them, as they see it as a way to improve their situation in the future. The second group of recommendations was related to access to basic services, such as economic support through cash transfers and income generation activities. The last group of recommendations related to enhanc- ing monitoring to ensure that the support available reaches them and is effective. 2015 - 2019 15 5. THE RESPONSE IN PLACE 5.1 Existing policies and legislation The government of Malawi has adopted most international and regional treaties and conventions on child rights. At the national level, the Constitution of Malawi (1994, chapter IV, Section 23) provides the basis for the protection of all chil- dren in Malawi. There are several other pieces of legislation that protect children in Malawi. In 2010, an important act related to this NPA came into force: the Child Care, Protection and Justice Act (CCPJA) 2010 [9]. With regard to policies, the Government of Malawi (GoM) launched a National Policy on Orphans and other Vulnerable Children in 2003 [10]. This NPA is based on the principles set out in this policy document. Furthermore, the NPA is a sectional plan operationalizing the second Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) (2011-16) [11]. Finally, this NPA is aligned with the recently launched Joint Sector Strategic Plan (JSSP) 2013-2017 [12]. 5.2 The social welfare system The Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare (MoGCDSW) is responsible for children and provides policy development, direction, guidance, coordination and leadership on child matters. The Ministry of Economic Plan- ning and Development coordinates all social support Programs in Malawi, of which Social Cash Transfers (SCTs), school meals programs and bursary programs (see section 5.3) are most significant to vulnerable children. Its mandates are planning and coordination while implementation of these Programs is done by the MoGCDSW. Other relevant ministries are: the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Disability and Elderly Affairs [1]. Relevant national bodies are the National Child Justice Forum (NCJF), the National AIDS Commission (NAC) and two constitutional bodies: the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) and the Office of the Ombudsman. The MoGCD- SW manages two reformatory centres (in Mpemba and Chilwa) and the social rehabilitation centre in Lilongwe. Relevant training institutions are Magomero College for social work and Chancellor College for legal issues. At the district level, District Social Welfare Offices (DSWOs) are in charge for policy implementation regarding vulnerable children. The mapping and assessment of the National Child Protection System counted nearly 140 Social Welfare Officers (SWOs) (57% Social Welfare Officers, 21% Assistant Social Welfare Officers and 22% Social Welfare Assistants) at the district level [7]. 16 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI Furthermore, there are currently 800 Child Protection Workers (CPWs), of which 300 are on the government pay roll. The CPWs form the link between community and social welfare system, working together with Community Child Pro- tection Committees [1]. Another cadre at the district and community levels are the Community Development Assistants (CDAs), who have a role in mobilizing communities on development issues, including the construction and provision of Early Childhood Development (ECD) services. Although the extended family systems for caring for vulnerable children is the basis of the Malawian policy, there are 168 institutions for alternative care in Malawi [5]. Both at the national and district level, numerous development partners, NGOs, Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) are working in the field of protection of vulnerable children and child develop- ment in general. With regard to participation, there is a national youth parliament and there are youth parliaments at district level, sup- ported by NGOs. These youth parliaments warrant participation of children in policy development. The CCPJA introduced four Child Justice Courts (CJCs, in the major cities), Child panels and the Child Case Review Board, all having a role in protection of children. The police manages 183 Victim Support Units (VSUs) across the coun- try1. Three hospitals in the major cities of Malawi host One Stop Centres (OSCs) where health, social welfare and police services are integrated for victims of violence, including children. The Girls Education & Women Empowerment (GEWE) project has established OSCs in several district hospitals. At the community level, there are 300 Community Victim Support Units (CVSUs) [7]. 5.3 Programs and interventions benefitting vulnerable children Prevention programs and interventions In Malawi, in recognition of the importance of ECD, communities have been setting up Community Based Childcare Centres (CBCCs) to provide care and support to vulnerable children aged 3 to 8 years old. Children’s Corners (CCs) have been established in schools and communities across Malawi providing sporting activities, support and protection for children aged 6 to 18 years outside the school setting. CBCCs and CCs are mainly run by volunteer care givers and sometimes supported by NGOs, FBOs or CBOs. School feeding Programs, supported by the government and several NGOs, provide an incentive for children particularly for the vulnerable ones to stay in school. Some of these programs have been extended to CBCCs. Several civil society organizations, the NAC, UNICEF and some government departments support vulnerable children with bursaries for sec- ondary schools. In some districts like Lilongwe and Chiradzulu, vocational skills training for older vulnerable children who are not attending school anymore is available, mostly funded by NGOs. Other NGOs offer education and parenting support which targets care givers of vulnerable children [1]. Response programs and interventions There is one social rehabilitation centre in Lilongwe, managed by the MoGCDSW. Several NGOs offer hosting and care for street children in Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu. Several NGOs conduct programs for supporting child head- ed households regarding shelter. Children who are the victims of violence access services through the OSCs, VSU and a National Child Help Line [1]. 1 Data from UNICEF Malawi, March 2015. 2015 - 2019 17 Improving coordination at the child level: case management In 2010, the MoGCDSW with support from UNICEF and other partners introduced the case management approach. In 2012, the MoGCDSW developed the Child Protection Case Management Framework [13]. In 2012, CPWs in five districts were trained in case management and there is a general sense at district level that this has improved vulnerable children’s access to multiple services through better referrals [14]. Other social welfare programs benefitting vulnerable children Poor households in several districts receive unconditional cash support from the government’s Social Cash Transfer Pro- gram (SCTP). Another program addressing livelihood of households is the Village Saving Loans (VSLs), often initiated by civil society partners. These VSLs are seen as particularly successful at delivering support to vulnerable children in a non-discriminatory manner, and are seen as able to empower families. Livelihoods support in the form of agricultural subsidies (especially the Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) and livestock pass-on schemes) have also made substantial positive effects in some communities in Malawi [15]. 5.4 The capacity of the system for supporting vulnerable children The situation analysis conducted in 2013-14 found two major legal issues to be addressed in order to improve the sit- uation of vulnerable children in Malawi: the age limit of 16 in the definition of a child in the Malawian constitution and the enforcement of compulsory education, both recommended by several stakeholders during the validation meetings. The financial, human resource and infrastructural capacity of the system should be strengthened at all levels. Resource mobilization has stagnated over the past few years, possibly partly due to an expired NPA, which made capacity strength- ening a challenge. Prevention services and interventions like CBCCs, school feeling Programs, CCs, bursaries, vocation- al skills training and education and parenting support still lack coverage or are not available for all eligible vulnerable children. School-related programs for targeting vulnerable children generally have a positive impact on development outcomes. Response services and interventions are also not optimally established in Malawi. The capacity regarding social rehabilitation is small and only available in the big cities. The establishment of VSUs has been evaluated as a good measure, but it needs further strengthening both at the level of the police and the community. Other social welfare Programs of which vulnerable children could benefit and which are internationally proven to be ef- fective, like SCTs and VSL schemes, are not available in all districts in Malawi [1]. Furthermore, an evaluation of the SCTP has indicated several areas for improvement of the Program [16]. Systems like case management and the use of the Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS) should be rolled out over the whole country. Several stakeholders also pointed to the need of a standard on fostering and implementation of the recently adopted minimum service stan- dards for quality improvement [17]. In all sectors and at all levels of child protection, the number and training of staff is still inadequate. There is a lack of well-trained SWOs and CPWs. Many (300 out of 800) CPWs are currently not paid. This results in low staff motivation levels and services that are not optimal in coverage and quality. Measures are needed to ensure that all CPWs are fully part of the social welfare system, including having a salary, clear job descriptions, supervision, and performance appraisal and having catchment areas of reasonable size. This is especially important, as international evidence shows that home visits conducted by these kinds of community workers have a great positive impact on child development outcomes. A large part of the child protection system at the community level is depending upon volunteer workers. Volunteers should be motivated with provision of training, mechanisms of recognition and improving links with the DSWO. Lastly, infra- structure of, for example, CBCCs and CCs is inadequate and improvement regarding this could contribute to volunteers’ motivation [1]. 18 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI 6. GUIDING PRINCIPLES The guiding principles for this national plan of action are the following: Putting vulnerable children first. The priority focus of the NPA as well as the resources available should go to the most vulnerable children, as defined through the vulnerability framework. Therefore, the vulnerability framework needs to be incorporated into current guidelines and instruments for identification of vulnerable children, with involvement of community volunteers and vulnerable children themselves. This relates to all activities, for example to instruments for targeting within the SCTP. Following child rights principles. All children, including vulnerable children, boys and girls, have equal rights to develop to their full potential, to be protected and be free from discrimination. This means that additional efforts need to be made to ensure that all children have access to basic commodities such as food and shelter, are able to go to and stay in school, and are protected from child marriage, child labour, teenage pregnancy, and violence amongst others. It is also important to ensure meaningful involvement of vulnerable children in key decision making and the design, implementation and monitoring of programs that affect them. Community participation, ownership and social mobilization. The extended family system shall remain the primary support structure for the care, protection and development of vulnerable children. Preference shall be given to the devel- opment and implementation of community-based approaches to support the extended families in the care for vulnerable children, with the involvement of the community in all stages. Alignment with existing legislation. The activities and programs in the NPA shall be guided by the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi, other relevant national legislation, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other inter- national human rights instruments. 2015 - 2019 19 Accountability and transparency. The children and their care givers consulted for this NPA strongly voiced the need for an accountable and transparent system. It should be ensured that the support reaches the most vulnerable children and their families. In addition, monitoring is necessary to ensure that the support provided is leading to the desired result. Evidence-informed. Partners involved in the implementation of the NPA should be committed to using evidence-informed approaches and contribute to the generation of evidence of what works, where and why. This can be done through ad- ditional operational research but also through commitment to contributing to the monitoring and evaluation framework that goes alongside this NPA. This will also enhance a result-oriented approach towards the implementation of the NPA. True partnership. To successfully implement this NPA, true partnership is required. There should be collaboration and coordination across government ministries and between the government and civil society, and between development partners, civil society and the MoGCDSW. This would optimize the implementation of the NPA by ensuring complemen- tarity between various activities, integration of activities with other interventions and services relating to the care and welfare of children and making sufficient resources available for scaling up of successful interventions. 20 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI 7. GOAL AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES The overarching goal of the National Policy on Orphans and Vulnerable children as developed in 2003 still forms the foundation for this NPA [10]: “To facilitate the care, protection and development of orphans and vulnerable children in a coordinated manner in order to provide them with an environment in which they realize their full rights and poten- tials” The main objective of this NPA, in support of the overarching goal of the national policy, is: By the end of 2019, the survival, protection and development of 1,440,000 million vulnerable children in Malawi has been improved through strengthened capacity of the families, communities and government and enhanced policy and legislation. The strategic objectives to achieve this main objective are: 1) By the end of 2019, 80% (1,144,000) of the 1.8 million vulnerable children have access to essential quality ser- vices for their survival, protection and development to be able to realize their full rights and potentials. 2) By the end of 2019, the capacity of families and communities has been improved to facilitate vulnerable children in realizing their full rights and potentials. 3) By the end of 2019, the technical, institutional and human resource capacity of government and its social pro- tection system has been improved to ensure that vulnerable children have access to essential quality services 4) By the end of 2019, policy and legislation, leadership and coordination at all levels have been improved to protect vulnerable children from the consequences of vulnerability. 5) By the end of 2019, vulnerable children live in a supportive environment as the result of advocacy, awareness raising and participation activities. 6) By the end of 2019, the response for vulnerable children is optimized through a well- functioning monitoring and evaluation system that is able to assess the situation, identify gaps, and guide adjustments. 2015 - 2019 21 FAMILYEXTENDED FAMILY VILLAGE TA DISTRICTMALAWI (NATIONAL) CHILD Figure 3. Vulnerable children at the centre Vulnerable children are at the core of these strategic objectives as illustrated in figure 3. The closest to these children are their families and the communities they live in. This is followed by government and civil society services, which in turn are influenced by policy and legislation. The strategic objectives also follow this logic, while the first strategic objective is directly focused on ensuring children have access to essential quality services, the other objectives are in support of this first strategic objective. Concepts as capacity and a supportive environment are hard to capture in percentages, this is the reason why a percentage has been included in the first specific objective only. 22 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI 8. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES LINKED TO ACTIVITIES Each strategic objective has activities and sub-activities linked to it. The main activities are described below. A more detailed description of activities, including the involvement of different stakeholders in the activities and costs, can be found in annex 1. 8.1 Vulnerable children’s access to essential quality services The vulnerable children and their care givers interviewed during the situation analysis strongly recommended that this NPA should focus on assisting vulnerable children and their families with improved access to essential basic services. The activities proposed here echo these recommendations, but also build on recommendations made by stake- holders during the situation analysis phase, as well as the international evidence reviewed. Livelihood As poverty is the overall underlying factor that increases vulnerability of children, improving access to livelihood is a key priority to reduce vulnerability. For this, three major activities have been included in the NPA: • Scaling up of the Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP) to 25% of the households with vulnerable children in 2016, and to 40 % of the households with vulnerable children in 2019. Sub-activities in relation to this scaling up are: adaptation of and training around the SCTP guidelines on how to identify and target vulnerable children on the basis of the vulnerability framework; and an assessment on a mechanism for including child headed households; • Scaling up of Village Saving Loan (VSL) schemes to 10% of households with vulnerable children in 2016 and 20% of the households with vulnerable children in 2019; and • Scaling up of the Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) to 40% of the households with vulnerable children in 2016 and 50% of households with vulnerable children in 2019. 2015 - 2019 23 Education Education is high on the priority list of vulnerable children as well as their care givers. The following activities to increase access of vulnerable children to education are included in the NPA: • Scaling-up nutrition programs in primary schools and Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres to 50% of all schools in the country. • Scaling-up of bursary programs from 4,200 vulnerable children to 165,789 in 2016 and 221,053 in 2018. • Scaling-up of vocational and entrepreneurship skills training for 2,800 vulnerable children. • Increasing vulnerable children’s access to Community BCCs to 70% by 2018. • Increasing vulnerable children’s access to children’s corners (500,000 children, 27% of the total number of vulnerable children). • Stimulating child participation in policy development and implementation. • Increasing the access to education of children with disability. Clean water and improved sanitation In order to reduce the time children have to spend on household chores related to fetching water, as well as to enhancing their access to the basic commodities of clean water and proper sanitation, the following activities are included in the NPA: • Increasing the number of water clean points in remote communities, schools and CBCCs through the installa- tion of 2,500 additional water points, and the distribution of water treatment chemicals to control outbreaks of water borne diseases; and • Promotion of improvement of sanitation facilities in communities, schools and CBCCs through awareness rais- ing activities. Health To increase the access of vulnerable children to health services, the following activities are included in the NPA: • Increasing vulnerable children’s access to HIV testing and when tested positive access to ART. This will be done through advocacy; • Increasing vulnerable children’s access to sexual and reproductive health information and services through the development and dissemination of IEC materials and messages for vulnerable children aged 13 - 17 on sexual and reproductive health matters • Linking community health care delivery (by Health Surveillance Assistants, HSAs) to CBCCs through formaliz- ing the linkage with the Ministry of Health for HSAs to provide health services in CBCCs, and through training of 10,500 HSAs and their supervisors on identification of child protection cases during outreach programs in line with the vulnerability framework. 24 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI Safe Environment and Reducing Violence against Children Activities aimed at providing a safe environment to vulnerable children include activities focused on reducing violence against vulnerable children, including those living with care givers who have faced violence themselves during their child- hood as this is a determining factor for future violence. Activities include increasing access to safe housing for vulnerable children, with the focus on child headed households. Besides housing being a basic service, it also helps to protect these children from physical and sexual violence. Access to safe housing should be realized through linking children in child headed households to foster parents; through identifying and supporting 12,000 child headed households and families caring for vulnerable children that have inappropriate shelter; and through coordination with institutional care and safe homes for vulnerable children in need of these services. To furthermore reduce violence against children, the life skills de- velopment will be enhanced through children corners at community level so that children are better equipped to protect themselves, and/or to seek assistance, but also to break the chain of the culture of violence. However, also under other sub-objectives special attention will be given to violence against children, through incorporating this in trainings such as in case management, parental skills, education, as well as in advocacy activities. Psychological and spiritual support Activities focused on providing psychological and spiritual support include: • Increasing coverage of psycho-social and spiritual support for vulnerable children in schools, including in rela- tion to violence against children. This should be realized through the development of guidelines for psycho-so- cial support in schools; through training of education workers, primary and secondary school teachers in the identification of vulnerable children according to the vulnerability framework; through the establishments of links between CCs and schools for the provision of psycho-social support; and through advocating for the inclu- sion of psycho-social support in the teacher trainings curriculum; and • Increasing psycho-social support for vulnerable children outside the school setting, also in relation to violence against children, through training of CBCC, CC, both government workers and volunteers attached to CBOs on psycho-social support for vulnerable children; through adapting the “Journey of Life” on how to identify vulner- able children on the basis of the vulnerability framework and providing training around this adapted “Journey of Life”; and training of desk officers of the Child Help Line on counseling and reporting mechanisms. Birth registration Activities around birth registration include increasing the number of families that register their children through an awareness campaign on the importance of birth registration of all children in Malawi; and training of referral skills of 1,100 extension workers including Child Protection Workers (CPWs), HSAs, and extension workers, regarding birth reg- istration, in collaboration with the National Registration Bureau. 8.2 Improved capacity of families and communities In order to support the capacity of families and communities who are closest to vulnera- ble children the following activities are included in the NPA. Livelihood These activities are focused on increasing the capacity of families and communities to improve vulnerable children’s access to livelihood. This is to be done through: 2015 - 2019 25 • Strengthening the capacity of household heads around economic activities. • Increasing the capacity of CBOs in Income Generating Activities and Village Saving Loans schemes. Social protection To increase the capacities of families and communities to improve vulnerable children’s access to social protection, the following activities are included in the NPA: • Increasing parenting skills of parents/care givers through training in parenting skills, including in relation to the prevention of violence against children; • Capacity building of CBOs in social protection through training of NGOs, Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) and CBOs in social and child protection, and through the development and dissemination of information, education and communication materials on protection and care of vulnerable children, including in relation to violence against children; • Enhancing community-based care for vulnerable children including in relation to violence against children through training of government workers and NGO/CBO volunteers in case management, and training of Local Authorities on monitoring child protection in their communities, and training of religious leaders on child pro- tection to mainstream child protection in religious institutions; and • Scaling up of community-based activities to address norms regarding violence against children, child marriage, child labour, stigma and discrimination through training of government workers and NGO/CBO volunteers in barriers to social protection. 8.3 Improved capacity of government and its social protection system The activities under this strategic objective are focused on increasing both the quality as well as the quantity of the social welfare workforce. The following activities are proposed to achieve this: Human resource capacity Human resource capacity is to be strengthened through the following activities: • Increasing the number of CPWs through putting the existing 500 CPWs on the government pay roll, and recruit- ing an additional 300 CPWs; and • Increasing the number of Social Workers through the recruitment of additional Assistant Social Welfare Officers (ASWOs) by 63 and Social Welfare Officers (SWOs) by 95. Quality of the social welfare workforce In order to enhance the quality of the social welfare work force, the NPA includes the following activities: • Increasing the capacity of social welfare staff in case management through the training of all CPWs, SWAs and SWOs; linking community health care delivery by HSAs to CBCCs by formalizing this linkage between the ministry of Health and the MoGCDSW, and increasing the capacity of SWAs and SWOs through the provision of 30 scholarships for upgrading. 26 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI Technical and institutional capacity The technical and institutional capacity will be enhanced through the following activities in the NPA: • Scaling up of the case management system through coordinating the roll-out of the case management system to new districts; providing a cell phone, airtime and radio for each coordinating CPW; providing a motorbike for each coordinating CPW; providing CPWs with bicycles, and DSWOs with motor cycles, including fuel and maintenance; and through organizing and holding district monthly meetings to discuss each child presented in the case management system to monitor and follow up child protection cases; • Increasing vulnerable children’s access to foster homes through establishing and operationalizing 4 public foster homes and 28 safety homes; rehabilitating 2 reformatory centres and 1 social rehabilitation centre; training staff in management of safety homes; • Enhancing the quality of care provided in institutions and other organizations working with vulnerable children through supporting child placements and reintegration; supporting the MoGCDSW to disseminate rules, reg- ulations and standards of quality for institutions and safety homes and implement the reintegration model for Malawi. Capacity of the justice system The capacity of the justice system is to be strengthened through the following activities: • Sustaining 310 existing Community Victim Support Units (CVSUs) by maintaining and furnishing 310 existing ones; establishing 29 new One Stop Centres (OSC) within the district hospitals and strengthening of 100 Police Victim Support Units. • Increasing the capacity of staff in VSU and OSCs through training of 1,860 staff in CVSUs and 400 officers at police VSUs. Additionally, training of 500 health, social welfare and justice stakeholders of OSCs in providing medical examination and treatment to child survivors of violence and linking the social welfare with the medical processes; and • Increasing vulnerable children’s access to legal assistance through training child justice magistrates on their functions for children in need of care and protection; and training child magistrates, prosecutors, police, proba- tions officers and legal aid department staff on general principles and handing cases of child victims, including in relation to violence against children. 8.4 Improved policy and legislation, leadership and coordination Under this strategic objective, advocacy activities around the review, enactments and enforcement of national legislation and policies related to vulnerable children have been clustered, as well as activities that focus on strengthening coordination to facilitate imple- mentation of legal frameworks and policies related to vulnerable children. Legislation and policies Activities include: • Strengthening the legal frameworks related to vulnerable children: amendment of the current legislation around the definition of a child to make it compliant with international standards; finalizing and passing of the Traf- ficking Act, the Adoption Act and the Marriage Act; and development of an action plan to enforce compulsory education and print and disseminate these documents; 2015 - 2019 27 • Strengthening the legal frameworks related to vulnerable children: finish the development of guidelines for fos- ter placements decision making based on the best interest principle and print and disseminate this guideline; develop rules and regulations on standards of quality for foster homes and safety homes in line with UN guide- lines on alternative care, and print and disseminate these; and • Develop comprehensive policy for all children. Leadership and coordination Activities include: • Dissemination of legal frameworks and policies related to vulnerable children to all 28 districts, such as the min- imum service standards for quality improvement for orphan and vulnerable children, the Joint Sector Strategic Plan (JSSP), the new NPA for vulnerable children, and the policy on street children; • Orientation for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security on the vulnerability framework in collaboration with the National Aids Commission through a national meeting; • Enhancing the capacity of the Government of Malawi and stakeholders to provide leadership and coordination at all levels through bi-annual Sectoral Working Group (SWG) meetings and quarterly Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings as stipulated in the JSSP; quarterly TWGs and annual meetings organized by Local Authorities with all DSWO staff and community leaders; and • Establishing an inventory of agencies dealing with vulnerable children at national and district level, and to print and disseminate this inventory. 8.5 Advocacy, awareness raising and participation The activities to achieve this strategic objective are focused on increasing and sustaining people’s awareness on vulnerable children, campaigns to reduce stigma and discrimina- tion, and child participation. Awareness on vulnerable children Activity includes: • Increasing awareness on legislation and policies regarding vulnerable children through the orientation of district staff. Reducing stigma and discrimination Local and national level campaigns should be conducted to contribute to reducing stigma and discrimination around HIV and vulnerable children. Child participation To realize meaningful child participation, the following activities are included: the linkage of youth forums for child par- ticipation to children’s corners; developing youth forum guidelines and print and disseminate these; and the stimulation of the formation of youth clubs, school clubs and children’s corners (amongst others by sports competitions). 28 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI 8.6 Monitoring and evaluation This strategic objective is to be achieved through activities around the establishment of a functional Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS); review of the implementation of the NPA for vulnerable children; and strengthening research on vul- nerable children. Child Protection Information Management System The CPIMS should be established and made operational in 28 districts through training of social welfare staff members at district level; facilitating the installation of the CPIMS at district level; and providing each DSWO with the equipment needed for the functioning of the CPMIS. Review of the implementation of the NPA Activities to monitor the implementation of the NPA are: • Planning and reviewing of the NPA for vulnerable children through the development of yearly work plans, and quarterly review at district and national level, and annual review meetings in line with JSSP; • Monitoring of relevant data of Community Victim Support Units, CCs, CBCCs, children in foster care and institu- tions data and link this with CPIMS; establishing of a registry for children with disabilities, child birth and death, and children affected by HIV and AIDS at local government level and link this to the CPIMS; and • Evaluation of the impact of the NPA through lobbying to incorporate vulnerable children indicators into periodic national surveys and initiating an impact evaluation of the NPA in 2020. Research Research related activities of this NPA include: • Identifying research priorities that will inform policy and programming through annual meetings; • Using research information for policy and programming through annual review of research conducted in Malawi around vulnerable children and feeding this back to the TWGs operating under the JSSP; and • Initiating selected research related to programs for vulnerable children through conducting two studies per year on issues related to vulnerable children including the functioning of the social welfare system. Specific studies that have been identified already are: a research on the impact of CBCCs on children’s primary and secondary school outcomes and documenting promising practices regarding the SCTP, village saving loans and other pro- grams. 2015 - 2019 29 9. COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Coordination and implementation of the NPA will fall under the JSSP. Therefore, the JSSP coordination structure will be applicable to the NPA. With the new JSSP, a new coordination structure with clear responsibilities, organized in Technical Working Groups (TWGs) both at national and district level, has been established. The TWGs have to report to the Gen- der, Children, Youth and Sports (GCY&S) Sector Working Group (SWG) which is co-chaired by the MoGCDSW and the Ministry of Youth and Sports and supported by a secretariat, both at national and district level. At the national level, the following TWGs will be established [12]: • Gender • Integrated Community Development • Child Development • Social Welfare • Youth Development • Sports All TWGs cover key functional areas that are applicable to this NPA, especially the TWG on Child Development and Social Welfare. Within the different TWGs, many donor agencies, NGOs and ministries are represented. Therefore, they represent a unique platform to strengthen inter-sectoral coordination, to ensure that results for children are achieved across sectors of social welfare, health, education, agriculture, justice and constitutional affairs, irrigation and water development, home affairs, labour, disability and elderly, local government and rural development and birth registration. At the district level, there will be three TWGs: • Gender and Integrated Community development • Child Development and Social Welfare • Youth development and Sports 30 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI The secretariat is provided by the Director of Planning and Research of the MoGCDSW. This secretariat is crucial for the successful implementation of the NPA, as it would have to assure that the different TWGs have timely access to up to date information, and are able to take appropriate decisions. The responsibilities of the secretariat are: 1) facilitating dialogue between the ministries, development partners, civil society, and the private sector; 2) facilitating linkages be- tween relevant government ministries; 3) facilitating the establishment of task forces, if and when needed; 4) making arrangements for joint sector reviews and monitoring meetings; 5) coordinating production of annual NPA reviews as part of sector review reports. The coordination structure (see figure 4) is new and therefore, some of the activities in this NPA are focused on strength- ening coordination (see annex 1). Figure 4. Coordination arrangements at the national and district level GCY & SWG Secretariat District Council DECDGCY & S SWG District Secretariat CDSW TWG CDSW TWG Y&S TWG TWG1 TWG2 TWG3 TWG4 TWG5 TWG6 Executive Managemet Committee Technical Working Groups (TWGs) at district level will collaborate with Task Forces which will be set up under them as and when it is necessary to deal with specific issues indentified under each functional area. GCY&S SWG Secretariat TWG 1 2015 - 2019 31 10. SOURCES OF FUNDING, FINANCING FRAMEWORK The detailed costed implementation plan of this NPA can be found in annex 1. The funding structure for this NPA for the first two years draws upon funding already committed by the Government of Malawi, development partners, NGOs and private sector, but also aims to capitalize on the resource mobilization strategy for the JSSP 2013 – 2017. In this resource mobilization strategy, four different approaches are used [18]: 1) To further intensify collaboration with existing donors as these provide core funding for the plan. 2) To bring on board new donors to diversify funding sources. 3) To enhance the capacity for resource mobilization, transparency, accountability and reporting to ensure that new donors can be brought on board, as well as current funders continue to provide support. 4) To ensure the NPA is implemented in an effective, transparent and accountable fashion as this will also contrib- ute to continued and expanded support. The SWG, mentioned in Chapter 9, will have the responsibility to coordinate the resource mobilization for the NPA, in- cluding the capacity building as well as the monitoring tasks. The secretariat that supports the SWG has an important task to assist the SWG in bringing together development partners, the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, Treasury and central government decision makers, including representatives of vulnerable children and youth represen- tatives, to review the implementation of the NPA and the effect of the resource mobilization on an annual basis. As mentioned in the JSSP resource mobilization strategy, the line ministries, District Assemblies and semi-government organizations are the channels for public funding. However, as these public funds are limited, the majority of the funding will need to come from development partners, NGOs and private sector [18]. The secretariat is provided by the Director of Planning and Research of the MoGCDSW. This secretariat is crucial for the successful implementation of the NPA, as it would have to assure that the different TWGs have timely access to up to date information, and are able to take appropriate decisions. The responsibilities of the secretariat are: 1) facilitating dialogue between the ministries, development partners, civil society, and the private sector; 2) facilitating linkages be- tween relevant government ministries; 3) facilitating the establishment of task forces, if and when needed; 4) making arrangements for joint sector reviews and monitoring meetings; 5) coordinating production of annual NPA reviews as part of sector review reports. The coordination structure (see figure 4) is new and therefore, some of the activities in this NPA are focused on strength- ening coordination (see annex 1). Figure 4. Coordination arrangements at the national and district level GCY & SWG Secretariat District Council DECDGCY & S SWG District Secretariat CDSW TWG CDSW TWG Y&S TWG TWG1 TWG2 TWG3 TWG4 TWG5 TWG6 Executive Managemet Committee Technical Working Groups (TWGs) at district level will collaborate with Task Forces which will be set up under them as and when it is necessary to deal with specific issues indentified under each functional area. GCY&S SWG Secretariat TWG 1 32 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI 11. MONITORING AND EVALUATION The Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS) will be used for the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of this NPA. The CPIMS is still under development, therefore, it is recommended that the system incorporates indicators related to the vulnerability framework presented in this NPA. The CPIMS will be instrumental for tracking the progress on many indicators as presented in the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (annex 2). The indicators have been divided in output, outcome/impact indicators. The output indicators measure whether an activity has taken place. The outcome indicators measure whether the activity has led to increased service delivery for children. The impact indicators measure whether the activities have resulted in a reduction of the consequences of vulnerability such as reduced child marriag- es, reduced teenage pregnancies, reduced child mortality, reduced malnutrition, reduced child labour, reduced violence against children, etc. Only the first strategic objective has a “measurable” indicator, namely that 80% of the vulnerable children will receive a combination of essential services related to education, health, livelihood, psycho-social support, safe and clean environ- ment, and birth registration. This “measurable” indicator is however challenging to measure as it is difficult to track how many of the 1,8 million vulnerable children will indeed be reached by what services, and feasible coverage rates differ per activity. Instead, outcome indicators for the different areas have been included in the monitoring and evaluation frame- work of which the ones with the highest coverage rates have been included below: Table 2. Essential services with highest coverage targets Area Sub area Coverage Target 2019 Livelihood Social cash transfer 40% households with vulnerable children Village saving loans 20% households with vulnerable children Education Home grown school feeding 60% of vulnerable children Access to education Primary school completion 80% of vulnerable children able to complete a full course of primary schooling Safe environment Violence against children 80% of vulnerable children having had life skills education with specific focus on prevention of violence Health SRHR info 80 % of vulnerable children (12-18 years) receiving SRH information Birth registration Registration 20% of vulnerable children being registered 2015 - 2019 33 Table 3. DHS 2010 external support overview Type of external support % of OVC having received this support Medical (over last 12 months) 8.9% Emotional (over last 3 months) 3.3% Social/material (over last 3 months) 2.6% School related (last 12 months) 7.6% At least one of the above 17.3% As mentioned in chapter 9, the coordination of the M&E process- es is the responsibility of the JSSP SWG secretariat. Reporting will be multi-layered. The districts will prepare, consolidate and submit reports to the secretariat. Quarterly reports will focus on progress regarding output indicators, while annual reports will fo- cus on progress regarding outcome indicators. In 2020, an impact evaluation needs to take place to measure the impact of the NPA (against the impact indicators). The annual JSSP review meetings, which are involving all stake- holders in the sector, will also serve to review progress made on implementation of the NPA for vulnerable children. These annu- al review meetings will serve to identify research questions that need to be addressed and to discuss and decide on how to best address identified challenges. It is proposed that through tracking these outcome indicators, in combina- tion with the MDHS indi- cator on external support received (see table 3 for the MDHS 2010 figures) consensus could be built around progress made re- garding the 80% target. 34 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI REFERENCES 1. Malawi Government, Report on the Situation Analysis for Vulnerable Children in Malawi, 2014, Malawi Govern- ment. 2. Idele, P.A., et al., Redefining “Vulnerable Child” in the Context of HIV/AIDS. 2012. 4. UNICEF, Malawi Child Protection Strategy 2012-2016. 2011, UNICEF. 5. Report on Mapping of Child Care Institutions in Malawi. 2015, Malawi Human Rights Commission. 6. Violence against Children Living and/or Working on the Streets in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda & Zimbabwe. Ma- lawi Country Report. 2012, Malawi Human Rights Commission. 7. GoM, Protecting Children in Malawi. A report on the major findings of the mapping and assessment of the National Child Protection System. 2012, GoM and UNICEF. 8. Munthali, A., et al., From exclusion to inclusion. Promoting the rights of children with disabilities in Malawi. 2013, Centre for Social Research, Malawi. 9. GoM, Child Care, Protection and Justice Act 2010. 2010, Government of Malawi. 10. GoM, National Policy on Orphans and other Vulnerable Children. 2003, Ministry of Gender and Community Ser- vices. 11. GoM, Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II 2012-2016. 2011, Government of Malawi. 12. GoM, Joint Sector Strategic Plan 2013-2017. 2012, The Gender, Children, Youth and Sports Sector Working Group. 13. GoM, Child Protection Case Management Framework. 2012, Government of Malawi, Ministry of Gender, Children and Community Development. 14. Impact Evaluation of cash transfer report: External Evaluation of the Mchinji Social Cash Transfer Pilot. 2008, Center for International Health and Development (CIHD), USAID and UNICEF Malawi 15. MoGCDSW, Impact Evaluation of the National Plan of Action for Orphans and other Vulnerable Children (2005- 2009/ 2010-2011). 2013, Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare and UNICEF. 16. Chirwa, E.W. and P.M. Mvula, External Evaluation of the Performance and Impact of the Social Cash Transfer Scheme in Malawi. 2013, National AIDS Commission. 17. GoM, Minimum Service Standards for Quality Improvement Orphan and Vulnerable Children Programs Malawi. 2013, Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare. 18. GoM, The Resource Mobilization Strategy for the Joint Sector Strategic Plan for the Gender, Children, Youth and Sports Sector Working Group 2013-2017. 2013. 2015 - 2019 35 ANNEX 1 36 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI Budget Summary Strategic Objectives Cost 2015 Cost 2016 Cost 2017 Cost 2018 Cost 2019 Total Cost (MK Strategic Objective 1: By the end of 2018, 80% of the 1,8 million vulnerable children have access to essential quality services for their survival, protection and development to be able to realize their full rights and potentials 11,940,647,848 22,078,664,646 31,940,050,646 32,460,904,396 31,545,743,396 129,966,010,932 Strategic Objective 2: By the end of 2018, the capacity of families and com- munities has been improved to facilitate vulnerable children in realizing their full rights and potentials 950,337,000 940,154,500 883,222,500 867,780,000 3,641,494,000 Strategic Objective 3: By the end of 2018, the technical, institutional and human resource capacity of the govern- ment its social protection system has been improved to ensure that vulnerable children have access to essential quality services 48,906,000 1,258,010,583 1,302,842,500 516,450,250 197,011,250 3,323,220,583 Strategic Objective 4: By the end of 2018, policy and legislation, leadership and coordination at all levels have been improved to protect vulnerable children from the consequences of vulnerability 138,370,200 570,758,150 210,280,550 191,675,550 191,675,550 1,302,760,000 Strategic Objective 5: By the end of 2018, vulnerable children live in a supportive environment as the result of advocacy, awareness raising and participation activities 30,818,200 182,044,300 164,762,500 377,625,000 Strategic Objective 6: By the end of 2018, the response for vulnerable chil- dren is optimized through a well- func- tioning monitoring and evaluation sys- tem that is able to assess the situation, identify gaps, and guide adjustments 32,191,450 1,260,201,400 796,152,050 787,527,050 809,163,300 3,685,235,250 Total (MK) 12,190,933,698.00 26,300,016,079.00 35,189,480,246.00 35,004,542,246.00 33,611,373,496.00 142,296,345,765.00 Total (US$) 23,810,417.38 51,367,218.90 68,729,453.61 68,368,246.57 65,647,213.86 277,922,550.32 Total (US$) plus 10% annual increase 26,191,459.12 56,503,940.79 75,602,398.97 75,205,071.23 72,211,935.25 305,714,805.35 2015 - 2019 37 D et ai le d C os te d Im pl em en ta tio n P la n A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 ST R A T EG IC O B JE C T IV E 1: B Y T H E EN D O F 20 18 , 8 0 % O F T H E 1, 8 M IL LI O N V U LN ER A B LE C H IL D R EN H A V E A CC ES S TO E SS EN T IA L Q U A LI T Y S ER V IC ES F O R T H EI R S U R V IV A L, P R O T EC T IO N A N D D EV EL O PM EN T T O B E A B LE T O R EA LI Z E T H EI R F U LL R IG H T S A N D P O T EN T IA LS St ra te gy 1 : In cr ea se a cc es s of v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n to li ve lih oo d A ct iv it y 1: S ca lin g- up o f t he S oc ia l C as h Tr an sf er P ro gr am ( SC T P) to 1 2. 5% h ou se ho ld s w it h vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n in 2 0 17 ( 8 37 50 h h) a nd 2 0 % h ou se ho ld s in 2 0 19 ( 26 8 ,0 0 0 h h) Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oE PD , M oG C D SW , p ar tn er s an d do no rs to c oo rd in at e th e ro ll- ou t o f t he S C T p ro gr am to 2 0 d is tr ic ts in 2 0 17 a nd 2 8 di st ri ct s in 2 0 19 4 n at io na l m ee tin gs p er ye ar o f 3 0 p eo pl e ea ch co st in g M K 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 4 4 4 4 - 9, 54 2, 4 0 0 9, 54 2, 4 0 0 9 ,5 4 2, 4 0 0 9, 54 2, 4 0 0 38 ,16 9, 60 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW to ad ap t an d di ss em in at e SC T P gu id el in es o n ho w to id en tif y an d ta rg et v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n ar ou nd th e vu ln er ab ili ty fr am ew or k O ne d ay n at io na l m ee tin g of 5 0 c os tin g M K 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 1 1 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 0 - - 10 ,8 72 ,5 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : P ro vi si on o f so ci al c as h tr an sf er s Es tim at ed to ta l c as h tr an sf er p er b en efi ci ar y ho us eh ol d pe r ye ar : M K 67 ,0 8 0 67 ,0 8 0 30 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 60 ,0 0 0 8 0 ,0 0 0 13 4 ,0 0 0 2, 0 12 ,4 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 68 3, 20 0 ,0 0 0 4 ,0 24 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0 5 ,3 66 ,4 0 0 ,0 0 0 8 ,9 8 8 ,7 20 ,0 0 0 23 ,0 75 ,5 20 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 2: S ca lin g- up o f V ill ag e Sa vi ng L oa ns s ch em es to 1 0 % o f h ou se ho ld s w it h vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n in 2 0 16 ( 67 ,0 0 0 H H ) an d 20 % o f h ou se ho ld s in 2 0 18 ( 13 4 ,0 0 0 H H ) Su b A ct iv ity 1 : Su pp or t sc al in g- up o f V ill ag e sa vi ng s an d Lo an s to h ou se ho ld s w ith vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n Tr ai ni ng 6 7, 0 0 0 be ne fic ia ri es in 2 0 16 a nd 13 4 ,0 0 0 b en efi ci ar ie s in 2 0 18 . C os t o f t ra in in g on e be ne fic ia ry : M K 55 , 0 0 0 p lu s M k2 0 ,0 0 0 se ed m on ey 75 ,0 0 0 50 ,0 0 0 50 ,0 0 0 51 ,0 0 0 50 ,0 0 0 0 3, 75 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3, 75 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3, 82 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 ,7 50 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 - 15 ,0 75 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 2: S ca lin g- up o f t he F ar m In pu t S ub si dy P ro gr am ( FI SP ) to 4 0 % o f h ou se ho ld s w it h vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n in 2 0 16 ( 26 8 ,0 0 0 H H ) an d 50 % o f h ou se ho ld s in 2 0 18 ( 33 5, 0 0 0 H H ) Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW an d M oA FS to a da pt F IS P gu id el in es o n ho w to id en tif y vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n ar ou nd th e vu ln er ab ili ty fr am ew or k 30 p eo pl e to a tt en d a on e da y na tio na l w or ks ho p fo r ad ap tin g th e gu id el in es 2, 38 5, 60 0 1 0 0 0 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 - 0 - - 2, 38 5, 60 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW an d M oA FS to tr ai n 30 0 ex te ns io n w or ke rs o n id en ti- fic at io n of v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n (a cc or di ng to fr am ew or k) Tr ai ni ng s es si on s in vo lv in g 35 e xt en si on w or ke rs p er s es si on a t di st ri ct le ve l 3, 10 6, 75 0 2 2 2 - 6, 21 3, 50 0 6, 21 3, 50 0 6 ,2 13 ,5 0 0 - 18 ,6 4 0 ,5 0 0 38 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 S tr at eg y 2: In cr ea se a cc es s of v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n to e du ca ti on A ct iv it y 3: S ca lin g- up n ut ri ti on p ro gr am s in p ri m ar y sc ho ol s an d EC D c en tr es to 5 0 % o f a ll th e sc ho ol s in th e co un tr y - Su b- A ct iv ity 1 : S ca le -u p ho m e gr ow n sc ho ol fe ed in g pr og ra m s in 1 92 4 g ov er nm en t pr im ar y sc ho ol s in 2 0 16 (5 0 % ) re ac hi ng 1 .9 m ill io n ch ild re n an d 23 0 9 sc ho ol s in 2 0 18 ( 60 % ) re ac hi ng 2 .3 m ill io n ch ild re n Tr ai ni ng o ne re pr es en - ta tiv e of th e 1,9 24 a nd 2, 30 9 pr im ar y sc ho ol s in p ro du ct io n an d fo od pr oc es si ng 60 ,0 0 0 55 66 3, 30 0 ,0 0 0 3, 96 0 ,0 0 0 7, 26 0 ,0 0 0 Su b- A ct iv ity 2 : P ro vi de fa rm in pu ts to p ri m ar y sc ho ol & EC D c en tr es 2 ba gs o f f er til iz er , m ai ze se ed , a nd s oy a se ed th at ca n fe ed 6 0 c hi ld re n in a ye ar . T hi s co st s ab ou t K 4 0 ,0 0 0 . A ve ra ge c os t pe r pu pi l i s K 61 6 61 6 1,9 0 0 ,0 0 0 1,9 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 30 0 ,0 0 0 2, 30 0 ,0 0 0 1,1 70 ,4 0 0 ,0 0 0 1,1 70 ,4 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 ,4 16 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0 1,4 16 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0 5, 17 4 ,4 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b- A ct iv ity 3 : S ca le -u p sc ho ol fe ed in g pr og ra m to 50 % o f EC D c en tr es in th e co un tr y Fe ed in g 10 0 c hi ld re n pe r EC D c en tr e in 4 ,5 0 0 E C D C en tr es a t M K 15 5, 4 0 0 p er c en tr e 15 5, 4 0 0 2, 0 0 0 2, 50 0 31 0 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 8 8 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 69 9, 30 0 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 4 : S ca lin g- up o f b ur sa ry p ro gr am s fr om 4 0 0 0 0 v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n to 1 65 ,7 8 9 in 2 0 17 a nd 2 21 ,0 53 in 2 0 19 Su b A ct iv ity 1 : P ro vi de s ec - on da ry s ch oo l b ur sa ri es Se co nd ar y sc ho ol b ur sa - ri es to c os t M K 6 4 ,5 0 0 pe r be ne fic ia ry 6 4 ,5 0 0 4 0 ,0 0 0 8 0 ,0 0 0 16 5, 78 9 20 0 ,0 0 0 22 1,0 53 2, 58 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 5, 16 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 ,6 93 ,3 90 ,5 0 0 12 ,9 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 4 ,2 57 ,9 18 ,5 0 0 4 5, 59 1, 30 9, 0 0 0 A ct iv it y 5: S ca lin g- up o f v oc at io na l a nd e nt re pr en eu rs hi p sk ill s tr ai ni ng fo r 10 ,0 0 0 v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW , M oE , M in is tr y of Y ou th , M in - is tr y of la bo ur to tr ai n 20 ,0 0 0 ol de r vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n in vo ca tio na l s ki lls 10 ,0 0 0 c hi ld re n pe r ye ar in 2 0 17 a nd 2 0 18 20 0 ,0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 ,0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW an d M oE to p ro vi de v ul ne r- ab le c hi ld re n w ho fo llo w ed vo ca tio na l t ra in in g w ith st ar t- up k its 50 0 c hi ld re n to b e pr ov id ed w ith s ew in g m ac hi ne s, 5 0 0 c hi ld re n pr ov id ed w ith c ar pe nt ry eq ui pm en t, an d 50 0 ch ild re n w ill b e pr ov id ed w ith w el di ng m ac hi ne s pe r ye ar in 2 0 17 a nd 20 18 w hi ch h av e an a v- er ag e co st o f M K 11 5, 0 0 0 11 5, 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 17 2, 50 0 ,0 0 0 17 2, 50 0 ,0 0 0 34 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 8 : I nc re as in g vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n’ s ac ce ss to C B CC s to 7 0 % b y 20 18 . Su b A ct iv ity 1 : D SW O s an d pa rt ne rs to c on st ru ct 5 25 n ew C BC C s (p re se nt in g a 5% in - cr ea se o f t he c ur re nt n um be r: 10 ,5 0 0 ) (Y r 2: 1 0 0 , Y r3 : 1 50 , Yr 4 : 1 50 , Y r5 : 1 25 ) C on st ru ct io n of a C BC C es tim at ed a t M K 6, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 p lu s fu rn is hi ng c os te d at M K 75 0 ,0 0 0 p lu s re cr e- at io na l m at er ia ls , t ot al M K 6, 75 0 ,0 0 0 6, 75 0 ,0 0 0 75 10 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 50 6, 25 0 ,0 0 0 6 75 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1,0 12 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 67 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 67 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3, 54 3, 75 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : E st ab lis h 50 0 0 ne w C BC C s (y ea r 1: 1 0 0 0 , ye ar 2 : 1 ,5 0 0 , y ea r 3: 1 50 0 , 10 0 0 in y ea r 4 ) Tr ai ni ng o f 3 v ol un te er s pe r C BC C s, 3 0 p ar tic i- pa nt s pe r se ss io n, e ac h to c os t M K 4 0 2, 75 0 4 0 2, 75 0 35 50 50 35 0 1 4 ,0 96 ,2 50 2 0 ,13 7, 50 0 20 ,13 7, 50 0 1 4 ,0 96 ,2 50 68 ,4 67 ,5 0 0 2015 - 2019 39 A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : R en ov at e 5, 25 0 e xi st in g C BC C s (y ea r 1: 1 0 0 0 , y ea r 2: 1, 25 0 , y ea r 3: 1, 50 0 y ea r 4 , 1 50 0 ) M ai nt en an ce c os t p er C BC C e st im at ed a t M K 22 5, 0 0 0 22 5, 0 0 0 10 0 0 1, 25 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 22 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2 8 1, 25 0 ,0 0 0 33 75 0 0 0 0 0 33 7, 50 0 ,0 0 0 1,1 8 1, 25 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 4 : D SW O s an d pa rt ne rs to p ro vi de p la y an d le ar ni ng m at er ia ls a nd c oo k- in g ut en si ls to 5 ,2 50 e xi st in g C BC C s. ( ye ar 1 : 1 0 0 0 , y ea r 2: 1, 25 0 , y ea r 3: 1, 50 0 y ea r 4 Es tim at ed c os t o f re fu rb is hi ng o ne C BC C is M K 75 0 ,0 0 0 75 0 ,0 0 0 10 0 0 1, 25 0 1, 50 0 1, 50 0 0 75 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 9 37 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 ,12 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3, 93 7, 50 0 ,0 0 0 Su b- A ct iv ity 5 : M oG C D SW & M oE to d ev el op a n in cl us iv e ed uc at io n st ra te gy ( in y ea r 1) 30 d ay c on su lta nc y at M K 22 5, 0 0 0 p er d ay , ad ve rt s an d re cr ui tm en t of c on su lta nt th at w ill co st M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 an d a st ak eh ol de rs m ee tin g th at w ill c os t M K 5, 51 1, 25 0 13 ,3 11 ,2 50 1 1 3, 31 1, 25 0 13 ,3 11 ,2 50 Su b A ct iv ity 6 : P ro vi de ho no ra ri a to 3 1,0 0 0 C BC C ca re gi ve rs 20 % o f a ll 11 ,0 25 C BC C s in 2 0 15 , 5 0 % in 2 0 16 an d 30 % in 2 0 17 18 0 ,0 0 0 2, 20 5 5, 51 3 3, 30 8 3 96 ,9 0 0 ,0 0 0 99 2, 34 0 ,0 0 0 59 5, 4 4 0 ,0 0 0 1,9 8 4 ,6 8 0 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 9: In cr ea si ng v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n’ s ac ce ss to c hi ld re n’ s co rn er s (5 0 0 ,0 0 0 c hi ld re n, 2 7% o f t he to ta l n um be r of v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n) Su b A ct iv ity 1 : D SW O s an d pa rt ne rs to p ro vi de s up pl ie s (p la y, e du ca tio n, & c oo ki ng ut en si ls ) to 5 ,0 0 0 c hi ld re n co rn er s Pr oc ur em en t o f p la yi ng m at er ia ls a t M K 50 0 ,0 0 0 pe r ch ild re n’ s co rn er 50 0 ,0 0 0 20 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 50 0 10 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 20 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 25 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 75 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW an d C SO s to c on du ct tr ai ni ng of tr ai ne rs fo r 2, 0 0 0 c hi ld re n co rn er s ca re gi ve rs o n ch ild pr ot ec tio n, a nd c ou ns el lin g 5 da y tr ai ni ng s es si on s of 3 0 c ar e gi ve rs p er se ss io n ea ch c os tin g M K 1, 54 4 ,2 50 1, 54 4 ,2 50 4 6, 17 7, 0 0 0 6, 17 7, 0 0 0 12 ,3 54 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : M oG C D SW an d C SO s to tr ai n 12 , 0 0 0 ch ild re n co rn er c ar eg iv er s on C hi ld re n’ s C or ne r Fa ci lit at or s G ui de , p sy ch os oc ia l s up po rt an d ch ild p ro te ct io n. ( 1,0 0 0 yr 1, 3 0 0 0 y r 2, 3 0 0 0 y r3 , 30 0 0 y r 4 a nd 2 ,0 0 0 y ea r 5) 3 da y tr ai ni ng s es si on s of 3 0 c ar e gi ve rs p er se ss io n ea ch c os tin g M K 1, 54 4 ,2 50 1, 54 4 ,2 50 33 10 0 10 0 67 5 0 ,9 60 ,2 50 1 54 ,4 25 ,0 0 0 15 4 ,4 25 ,0 0 0 10 3, 4 6 4 ,7 50 4 63 ,2 75 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 10 : S ti m ul at in g ch ild p ar ti ci pa ti on in p ol ic y de ve lo pm en t a nd im pl em en ta ti on Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW to d ev el op y ou th p ar lia m en t gu id el in es w hi ch li nk y ou th pa rl ia m en ts to C C s, p ri nt a nd di ss em in at e A o ne -d ay n at io na l st ak eh ol de rs m ee tin g of 50 p ar tic ip an ts p lu s 10 da ys fo r a co ns ul ta nt a t K 22 5, 0 0 0 p er d ay p lu s pr oc ur em en t c os t a t M K 1 ,12 5 ,0 0 0 8 ,8 11 ,2 50 3 1 2 6, 4 33 ,7 50 8 ,8 11 ,2 50 35 ,2 4 5, 0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : D W SO s to st im ul at e th e fo rm at io n of sc ho ol c lu bs , y ou th c lu bs a nd C C s (a m on gs t o th er s by s po rt co m pe tit io ns ) C om m un ic at io n, tr an s- po rt , a nd lu nc h co st s es tim at ed a t M K 50 ,0 0 0 pe r di st ri ct p er m on th in y ea r 2 16 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 6, 8 0 0 ,0 0 0 16 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0 40 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 A ct iv it y 11 : I nc re as in g th e ac ce ss to e du ca ti on o f c hi ld re n w it h di sa bi lit y Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oE a nd M oG C D SW to in tr od uc e in cl us iv e ed uc at io n to 1 0 0 pr im ar y sc ho ol s. ( 50 % y ea r 3, 10 0 % y ea r 5) O ne d ay n at io na l m ee tin g of 5 0 c os tin g M K 5, 51 1, 25 0 a nd ro ll ou t o f t he in cl us iv e ed uc at io n gu id el in es a t M K 15 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 15 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 6 10 15 15 10 9 0 ,5 11 ,2 50 1 50 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 22 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 22 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 15 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 8 4 0 ,5 11 ,2 50 St ra te gy 3 : I nc re as e ac ce ss o f v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n to c le an w at er a nd im pr ov ed s an it at io n A ct iv it y 12 : I nc re as in g th e nu m be r of c le an w at er p oi nt s in r em ot e co m m un it ie s, s ch oo ls a nd C B CC s Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oI W D a nd C SO s to s up po rt th e in st al la - tio n of 2 ,5 0 0 a dd iti on al w at er po in ts Es tim at ed c os t o f o ne bo re ho le is M K 3, 75 0 ,0 0 0 3, 75 0 ,0 0 0 20 0 60 0 60 0 60 0 50 0 75 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 25 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 25 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 25 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1, 87 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 9, 37 5, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oH a nd pa rt ne rs , t hr ou gh H SA s, to di st ri bu te w at er tr ea tm en t ch em ic al s to c on tr ol o ut - br ea ks o f w at er bo rn e di se as es Pr oc ur em en t a nd di st ri bu tio n of w at er tr ea tm en t c he m ic al to co st M K 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 p er di st ri ct p er m on th 36 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 28 28 28 28 28 1,0 0 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1,0 0 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1,0 0 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 8 4 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1,0 0 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 ,11 6, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 13 : P ro m ot in g th e im pr ov em en t o f s an it at io n fa ci lit ie s in c om m un it ie s, s ch oo ls a nd C B CC s Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oH a nd M oG C D SW to c on du ct aw ar en es s ra is in g ac tiv iti es on s an ita tio n at c om m un ity le ve l, in s ch oo ls a nd C BC C s M ee tin gs w ith c om m un i- ty a nd C BC C le ad er s. 5 0 pa rt ic ip an ts p er m ee tin g, 30 0 m ee tin gs /a ct iv iti es pe r ye ar 10 0 ,0 0 0 10 0 30 0 30 0 30 0 30 0 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 30 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 13 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oH , M oE & M oG C D SW to p ro vi de to ile ts in 1 ,5 0 0 p ri m ar y sc ho ol s an d C BC C s (3 0 0 p er y ea r) C on st ru ct io n of e ac h to ile t t o co st M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 10 0 30 0 30 0 30 0 30 0 11 2, 50 0 ,0 0 0 3 37 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 33 7, 50 0 ,0 0 0 33 7, 50 0 ,0 0 0 33 7, 50 0 ,0 0 0 1,4 62 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 St ra te gy 4 : I nc re as e ac ce ss o f v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n to th e es se nt ia l h ea lt h pa ck ag e A ct iv it y 14 : I nc re as in g vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n’ s ac ce ss to H IV te st in g an d w he n po si ti ve a cc es s to A R T ( N o co st ) A ct iv it y 15 : I nc re as in g vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n’ s ac ce ss to s ex ua l a nd r ep ro du ct iv e he al th in fo rm at io n an d se rv ic es Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oH a nd M oG C D SW to d ev el op IE C m at er ia ls a nd m es sa ge s fo r vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n ag ed 1 3 - 17 o n se xu al a nd re pr od uc tiv e he al th m at te rs Es tim at ed c os t o f de ve lo pm en t a nd pr od uc tio n of m at er ia ls is M K 10 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oH a nd M oG C D SW to d is se m in at e IE C a nd m es sa ge s fo r vu l- ne ra bl e ch ild re n ag ed 1 3 - 17 on s ex ua l a nd re pr od uc tiv e he al th m at te rs D is se m in at io n ac tiv iti es es tim at ed a t M K 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 p er y ea r 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 12 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2015 - 2019 41 A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 A ct iv it y 16 : L in ki ng c om m un it y he al th c ar e de liv er y (b y H SA s) to C B CC s Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW an d M oH to tr ai n 10 ,5 0 0 he al th w or ke rs ( H SA s an d th ei r su pe rv is or s) o n id en tifi - ca tio n on c hi ld p ro te ct io n ca s- es d ur in g ou tr ea ch p ro gr am s in c om m un iti es a nd C BC C s (a cc or di ng to th e vu ln er ab ili ty fr am ew or k) 3 da y tr ai ni ng s es si on s of 3 0 p ar tic ip an ts a t co m m un ity le ve l. C os t pe r tr ai ni ng s es si on : M K 1, 54 4 ,2 50 1, 54 4 ,2 50 8 0 14 0 13 0 1 23 ,5 4 0 ,0 0 0 21 6, 19 5, 0 0 0 20 0 ,7 52 ,5 0 0 54 0 ,4 87 ,5 0 0 St ra te gy 5 : I nc re as e ac ce ss o f v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n to a s af e en vi ro nm en t A ct iv it y 17 : I nc re as in g ac ce ss to s af e ho us in g fo r vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n, w it h th e fo cu s on c hi ld h ea de d ho us eh ol ds Su b A ct iv ity 1 : P ro vi de ap pr op ri at e sh el te r to 1 , 0 0 0 ch ild re n 10 0 s he lte rs e ac h w ill co st M K 4 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 50 4 0 4 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 20 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 16 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW to co or di na te w ith in st itu tio na l ca re a nd s af e ho m es o n vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n in n ee d of th es e se rv ic e s an d co nd uc t m on ito ri ng a ct iv iti es V is its a nd c al ls b y M oG - C D SW ( fu el , a llo w an ce s, ai rt im e) . U ni t c os t p er m on th : M K 1,7 14 ,5 8 3 1,7 14 ,5 8 3 6 12 12 12 12 1 0 ,2 87 ,4 98 2 0 ,5 74 ,9 96 20 ,5 74 ,9 96 2 0 ,5 74 ,9 96 2 0 ,5 74 ,9 96 92 ,5 87 ,4 82 St ra te gy 6 : I nc re as e ac ce ss o f v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n to p sy ch ol og ic al a nd s pi ri tu al s up po rt A ct iv it y 18 : I nc re as in g co ve ra ge o f ps yc ho -s oc ia l a nd s pi ri tu al s up po rt fo r vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n in s ch oo l Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oE a nd M oG C D SW to tr ai n 60 ed uc at io n w or ke rs , 8 ,0 0 0 pr im ar y sc ho ol a nd 1 ,0 0 0 se co nd ar y sc ho ol te ac he rs on p sy ch o- so ci al s up po rt fo r vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n (i nc lu di ng id en tifi ca tio n of v ul ne ra - bl e ch ild re n ac co rd in g to fr am ew or k Th re e- da y tr ai ni ng s es - si on s of 3 0 p ar tic ip an ts ea ch a t d is tr ic t l ev el . A to ta l o f 3 0 0 tr ai ni ng se ss io ns e ac h co st in g: M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 15 0 15 0 20 0 4 66 ,0 12 ,5 0 0 4 66 ,0 12 ,5 0 0 62 1, 35 0 ,0 0 0 1, 55 3, 37 5, 0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW an d pa rt ne rs to a dv oc at e fo r in cl us io n of p sy ch o- so - ci al s up po rt fo r vu ln er ab le ch ild re n in te ac he r tr ai ni ng cu rr ic ul um O ne -d ay n at io na l s ta ke - ho ld er s m ee tin g of 5 0 pa rt ic ip an ts : u ni t c os t: M K 4 ,4 61 ,2 50 4 ,4 61 ,2 50 1 1 1 4 ,4 61 ,2 50 4 ,4 61 ,2 50 4 ,4 61 ,2 50 13 ,3 8 3, 75 0 A ct iv it y 19 : I nc re as in g co ve ra ge o f ps yc ho -s oc ia l a nd s pi ri tu al s up po rt fo r vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n ou ts id e th e sc ho ol s et ti ng Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW to tr ai n 3, 0 0 0 c ar e gi ve rs ( C B- C C s an d ch ild re n’ s co rn er s, co m m un ity le ad er s, g ov er n- m en t a nd N G O /C BO re la te d) re ga rd in g ps yc ho -s oc ia l su pp or t ( th is re pr es en ts 5 % of th e cu rr en t c ar e gi ve rs in C BC C s an d ch ild re n’ s co rn er s) Th re e da y tr ai ni ng s es - si on s of 3 0 p ar tic ip an ts ea ch a t d is tr ic t l ev el . A to ta l o f 1 0 0 tr ai ni ng se ss io ns e ac h co st in g: M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 20 4 0 4 0 6 2, 13 5, 0 0 0 12 4 ,2 70 ,0 0 0 12 4 ,2 70 ,0 0 0 31 0 ,6 75 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M ob ili ze co m m un iti es to s up po rt vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n (u si ng th e Jo L A pp ro ac h) co nd uc t J ou rn ey o f L ife se ss io ns in 3 0 0 c om - m un iti es e ac h se ss io n co st in g M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 50 50 10 0 50 50 15 5, 33 7, 50 0 1 55 ,3 37 ,5 0 0 31 0 67 50 0 0 15 5, 33 7, 50 0 15 5, 33 7, 50 0 93 2, 0 25 ,0 0 0 42 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : M oG C D SW to tr ai n 29 8 S W O s an d 1,1 0 0 C PW s on th e ad ap te d “J ou rn ey o f L ife ” A o ne d ay tr ai ni ng se ss io ns a t d is tr ic t l ev el in vo lv in g 30 S W O s pe r se ss io n. C os t p er s es - si on : M K 1, 58 2, 25 0 1, 58 2, 25 0 23 36 ,3 91 ,7 50 36 ,3 91 ,7 50 Su b A ct iv ity 4 : M oG C D SW to tr ai n 28 d es k of fic er s of th e C hi ld H el p Li ne o n co un se lli ng an d re po rt in g m ec ha ni sm s Th re e da y tr ai ni ng se ss io n at d is tr ic t le ve l. C os t p er s es si on : M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 1 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 St ra te gy 7 : I nc re as e th e nu m be r of v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n ob ta in in g bi rt h re gi st ra ti on A ct iv it y 20 : I nc re as in g th e nu m be r of fa m ili es th at r eg is te r th ei r ch ild re n Su b A ct iv ity 1 : T he N at io na l Re gi st ra tio n Bu re au , w ith su pp or t f ro m M oG C D SW a nd C SO s, to r un a n aw ar en es s ca m pa ig n on th e im po rt an ce of b ir th re gi st ra tio n fo r al l ch ild re n in M al aw i, in cl ud in g vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n IE C m at er ia ls , P A sy st em , d is se m in a- tio n: C os t p er y ea r: M K 20 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 20 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 20 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 8 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ST R A T EG IC O B JE C T IV E 2: B Y T H E EN D O F 20 18 , T H E C A PA C IT Y O F FA M IL IE S A N D C O M M U N IT IE S H A S B EE N IM PR O V ED T O F A C IL IT A T E V U LN ER A B LE C H IL D R EN IN R EA LI Z IN G T H EI R F U LL R IG H T S A N D P O T EN T IA LS S tr at eg y 1: In cr ea se th e ca pa ci ty o f f am ili es a nd c om m un it ie s to im pr ov e vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n’ s ac ce ss to li ve lih oo d A ct iv it y 21 : I nc re as in g tr ai ni ng s up po rt to h ou se ho ld h ea ds a ro un d ec on om ic a ct iv it ie s Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW to tr ai n 33 ,5 0 0 h ou se ho ld h ea ds w ith v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n in m ic ro fin an ce / lo an s an d bu si ne ss m an ag em en t s ki lls re pr es en tin g 5% o f t he nu m be r of H H w ith v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n (6 70 ,0 0 0 ) Th re e da y tr ai ni ng s es - si on a t c om m un ity le ve l in vo lv in g 30 h ou se ho ld he ad s pe r se ss io n. C os t p er s es si on : M K 1, 54 4 ,2 50 1, 54 4 ,2 50 28 0 28 0 28 0 28 0 4 32 ,3 90 ,0 0 0 4 32 ,3 90 ,0 0 0 4 32 ,3 90 ,0 0 0 4 32 ,3 90 ,0 0 0 1,7 29 ,5 60 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y2 2: In cr ea si ng c ap ac it y of C B O s in In co m e G en er at in g A ct iv it ie s an d V ill ag e Sa vi ng L oa ns s ch em es Su b A ct iv ity 1 : D SW O s, C BO s an d pa rt ne rs to s up po rt In co m e G en er at in g A ct iv iti es an d V ill ag e Sa vi ng L oa ns a nd lin k th em to m ar ke ts Tw o on e- da y tr ai ni ng se ss io ns o f 3 0 pa rt ic ip an ts e ac h pe r di st ri ct . C os t p er s es si on : M K 93 0 ,2 50 93 0 ,2 50 28 28 2 6, 0 4 7, 0 0 0 26 ,0 4 7, 0 0 0 52 ,0 94 ,0 0 0 St ra te gy 2 : I nc re as e th e ca pa ci ty o f f am ili es a nd c om m un it ie s to im pr ov e vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n’ s ac ce ss to s oc ia l p ro te ct io n A ct iv it y 23 : I nc re as in g pa re nt in g sk ill s of p ar en ts /c ar e gi ve rs Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW , D SW O s to ge th er w ith C SO s to tr ai n 33 ,5 0 0 p ar en ts / ca re gi ve rs in p ar en tin g sk ill s re pr es en tin g 5% o f t he nu m be r of H H w ith v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n (6 70 ,0 0 0 ) Th re e da y tr ai ni ng s es - si on a t c om m un ity le ve l in vo lv in g 30 p ar en ts / ca re gi ve rs p er s es si on . C os t p er s es si on : M K 1, 54 4 ,2 50 1, 54 4 ,2 50 28 0 28 0 28 0 28 0 4 32 ,3 90 ,0 0 0 4 32 ,3 90 ,0 0 0 4 32 ,3 90 ,0 0 0 4 32 ,3 90 ,0 0 0 1,7 29 ,5 60 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 24 : C ap ac it y bu ild in g of C B O s in s oc ia l p ro te ct io n Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW , D SW O s an d pa rt ne rs to tr ai n 30 0 N G O s, F BO s an d C BO s in s oc ia l a nd c hi ld p ro te ct io n 10 th re e da y tr ai ni ng se ss io ns a t d is tr ic t l ev el ea ch in vo lv in g 30 p ar tic - ip an ts . c os t p er s es si on : M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 10 3 1,0 67 ,5 0 0 31 ,0 67 ,5 0 0 2015 - 2019 43 A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW an d pa rt ne rs to d ev el op I EC m at er ia ls o n pr ot ec tio n an d ca re o f v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n Es tim at ed c os t o f de ve lo pm en t a nd pr od uc tio n of m at er ia ls M K 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : M oG C D SW an d pa rt ne rs to d is se m in at e IE C m at er ia ls o n pr ot ec tio n an d ca re o f v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n D is se m in at io n ac tiv iti es e st im at ed a t M K 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 p er y ea r 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 12 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 25 : E nh an ci ng c om m un it y ba se d ca re fo r vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW an d pa rt ne rs to tr ai n 1, 50 0 ca re g iv er s/ c om m un ity fa ci lit at or s (g ov er nm en t a nd N G O /C BO re la te d) in c as e m an ag em en t Th re e da y tr ai ni ng s es - si on a t c om m un ity le ve l in vo lv in g 30 p ar en ts / ca re gi ve rs p er s es si on . C os t p er s es si on : M K 1, 54 4 ,2 50 1, 54 4 ,2 50 10 30 10 1 5, 4 4 2, 50 0 4 6, 32 7, 50 0 1 5, 4 4 2, 50 0 77 ,2 12 ,5 0 0 ST R A T EG IC O B JE C T IV E 3: B Y T H E EN D O F 20 18 , T H E T EC H N IC A L, IN ST IT U T IO N A L A N D H U M A N R ES O U R C E C A PA C IT Y O F T H E G O V ER N M EN T IT S SO C IA L PR O T EC T IO N S Y ST EM H A S B EE N IM PR O V ED T O E N SU R E T H A T V U LN ER A B LE C H IL D R EN H A V E A CC ES S TO E SS EN - T IA L Q U A LI T Y S ER V IC ES St ra te gy 1 : I nc re as e th e so ci al w el fa re h um an r es ou rc e ca pa ci ty ( qu an ti ty ) A ct iv it y 26 : I nc re as in g th e nu m be r of C hi ld P ro te ct io n W or ke rs ( C PW s) ( on g ov er nm en t p ay r ol l) Su b A ct iv ity 1 : H on or ar ia fo r 50 0 C PW s fo r 3 ye ar s 50 0 C PW s to re ce iv e M K 27 ,0 0 0 p er m on th fo r th re e ye ar s 27 ,0 0 0 6, 0 0 0 6, 0 0 0 6, 0 0 0 1 62 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 16 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 16 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 8 6, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : I nc or po ra tio n of 5 0 0 C PW o n pa yr ol l L um p su m in th e th ird ye ar : M K 10 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 27 : I nc re as in g th e nu m be r of S oc ia l W or ke rs Su b A ct iv ity 1 : G ov er nm en t t o re cr ui t 6 3 A SW O s C os t o f p ro cu re m en t pr oc es s in y ea r tw o 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 1 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : G ov er nm en t t o re cr ui t 9 5 SW O s C os t o f p ro cu re m en t pr oc es s in y ea r tw o 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 1 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 St ra te gy 2 : I nc re as e th e qu al it y of th e so ci al w el fa re w or kf or ce A ct iv it y 28 : I nc re as in g th e ca pa ci ty o f s oc ia l w el fa re s ta ff in c as e m an ag em en t Su b A ct iv ity 1 : G ov er nm en t to tr ai n 99 8 s oc ia l w el fa re st af f ( 70 0 C PW s, 1 23 S W A s an d 17 5 SW O s) in th e ca se m an ag em en t Th re e da y tr ai ni ng se ss io ns a t d is tr ic t l ev el ea ch in vo lv in g 30 p ar tic - ip an ts . c os t p er s es si on : M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 15 17 4 6, 60 1, 25 0 52 ,8 14 ,7 50 99 ,4 16 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 29 : I nc re as in g th e ca pa ci ty o f S W A s an d SW O s by p ro vi si on o f u pg ra di ng / tr ai ni ng p os si bi lit ie s in c ol le ge Su b A ct iv ity 1 : G ov er nm en t to p ro vi de 3 0 s ch ol ar sh ip s fo r SW A s an d SW O s fo r up - gr ad in g at M ag om er o C ol le ge (r ep re se nt in g 10 % o f t he to ta l nu m be r of o ffi ce rs ) U ni t c os t o f s ch ol ar sh ip : M K 1, 20 0 ,0 0 0 p er y ea r 1, 20 0 ,0 0 0 30 30 30 30 3 6, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 36 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 6, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 6, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 14 4 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 44 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 St ra te gy 3 : I nc re as e th e te ch ni ca l a nd in st it ut io na l c ap ac it y of th e so ci al w el fa re s ys te m A ct iv it y 30 : S ca lin g- up o f t he c as e m an ag em en t s ys te m Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW , t o co or di na te th e ro ll- ou t o f t he ca se m an ag em en t s ys te m to 14 d is tr ic ts in 2 0 16 a nd th e re - m ai ni ng 1 4 d is tr ic ts in 2 0 18 Tr ai ni ng w or ks ho ps ( yr 1 10 d is tr ic ts , y r2 1 4 , y r3 21 , y r4 2 8 ). C os t p er w or ks ho p: M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 10 14 21 28 3 1,0 67 ,5 0 0 4 3, 4 94 ,5 0 0 65 ,2 4 1,7 50 8 6, 98 9, 0 0 0 22 6, 79 2, 75 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW to p ro vi de 1 c el l p ho ne a nd 1 po ck et ra di o fo r ea ch co or di na tin g C PW ( 30 0 ) at TA le ve l. C os t o f h an ds et : M K 22 ,5 0 0 p lu s C os t o f ra di o M K 15 ,0 0 0 37 ,5 0 0 31 0 1 1,6 25 ,0 0 0 1 1,6 25 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : M oG C D SW to p ro vi de a ir tim e fo r ea ch co or di na tin g C PW ( 30 0 ) at TA le ve l. M K 30 ,0 0 0 a ir ti m e pe r C PW p er m on th 30 ,0 0 0 3, 60 0 3, 60 0 3, 60 0 3, 60 0 1 0 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 32 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 4 : M oG C D SW to p ro vi de m ot or bi ke fo r ea ch co or di na tin g C PW ( 30 0 ) at TA le ve l Pr oc ur em en t p ro ce ss an d al l m ot or cy cl es to co st M K 33 8 ,0 62 ,5 0 0 33 8 ,0 62 ,5 0 0 1 33 8 ,0 62 ,5 0 0 33 8 ,0 62 ,5 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 5 : M oG C D SW to p ro vi de 8 0 0 C PW s w ith bi cy cl es Pr oc ur em en t p ro ce ss an d al l b ic yc le s to c os t M K 36 ,5 62 ,5 0 0 36 ,5 62 ,5 0 0 1 3 6, 56 2, 50 0 36 ,5 62 ,5 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 6 : M oG C D SW to p ro vi de 2 8 D SW O s w ith m ot or c yc le s, in cl ud in g fu el an d m ai nt en an ce Pr oc ur em en t p ro ce ss an d al l m ot or cy cl es to co st M K 35 ,7 95 ,8 33 35 ,7 95 ,8 33 1 3 5, 79 5, 8 33 35 ,7 95 ,8 33 A ct iv it y 31 : I nc re as in g vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n’ s ac ce ss to fo st er h om es Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW to e st ab lis h 4 p ub lic fo st er ho m es Th e fo ur fo st er h om es to be c on st ru ct ed in y ea r 3 ea ch c os tin g M K 15 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 15 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 60 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 60 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW to re ha bi lit at e 2 re fo rm at or y ce nt re s an d 1 so ci al re ha b ce nt re s Th e th re e ce nt re s to b e re ha bi lit at ed in y ea r 2 ea ch c os tin g M K 7, 50 0 ,0 0 0 7, 50 0 ,0 0 0 3 2 2, 50 0 ,0 0 0 22 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : M oG C D SW to es ta bl is h 28 s af et y ho m es Th is w ill in vo lv e co ns tr uc tio n of th e 28 ho m es in y ea r 2. U ni t co st : M K 15 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 15 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 28 4 20 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 20 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 4 : M oG C D SW to tr ai n 56 s ta ff fo r sa fe ty h om es Tw o th re e- da y tr ai ni ng w or ks ho ps a t d is tr ic t le ve l i n ye ar 3 . C os t p er w or ks ho p: M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 2 6, 21 3, 50 0 6, 21 3, 50 0 Su b A ct iv ity 5 : M oG C D SW to pr ov id e ve hi cl es fo r 4 fo st er ho m es P ro cu re m en t c os ts a t M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 a nd c os t of fo ur v eh ic le s ea ch co st in g M K 22 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 in y ea r 3 23 ,0 62 ,5 0 0 4 92 ,2 50 ,0 0 0 92 ,2 50 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 6 : M oG C D SW to pr ov id e op er at io na l c os ts fo r 4 fo st er h om es a nd 2 8 p la ce s of s af et y U ni t c os t p er fo st er h om e pe r ye ar : M K 4 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 4 4 18 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 54 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2015 - 2019 45 A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 A ct iv it y 32 : E nh an ci ng th e qu al it y of c ar e pr ov id ed in in st it ut io ns a nd o th er o rg an iz at io ns w or ki ng w it h vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n S ub A ct iv ity 1 : S up po rt c hi ld pl ac em en ts a nd re in te gr at io n M on th ly lu m p su m p er di st ri ct ( co st in cl ud e re m ov in g ch ild fr om in - st itu tio n, d ire ct s up po rt to c hi ld a nd fa m ily a nd m on ito ri ng fo r 60 0 c hi l- dr en p er y ea r) . U ni t c os t pe r di st ri ct p er m on th : K 1,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 28 28 28 28 2 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 28 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 28 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 28 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 11 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW to di ss em in at e ru le s, re gu la tio ns an d st an da rd s of q ua lit y fo r in st itu tio ns a nd s af et y ho m es P ri nt a nd d is tr ib ut e 10 ,0 0 0 m at er ia ls , 50 p ag ed e ac h in ye ar 2 . P ri nt in g co st : M K 7, 50 0 ,0 0 0 . D is tr ib u- tio n co st : K 10 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 17 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 17 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 17 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : D ev el op re in - te gr at io n m od el fo r M al aw i A n at io na l s ta ke ho ld er s m ee tin g w ith 5 0 pa rt ic ip an ts a nd 2 0 da ys fo r a co ns ul ta nt in ye ar 2 . C os t o f m ee tin g: M K 4 ,4 61 ,2 50 ; C os t o f co ns ul ta nt : M K 22 ,5 0 0 pe r da y; C os t o f h ir in g co ns ul ta nt M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 7, 0 11 ,2 50 2 2 1 1 14 ,0 22 ,5 0 0 .0 0 14 ,0 22 ,5 0 0 7, 0 11 ,2 50 .0 0 7, 0 11 ,2 50 .0 0 4 2, 0 67 ,5 0 0 St ra te gy 4 : I nc re as e th e ca pa ci ty o f t he ju st ic e sy st em A ct iv it y 33 : E ns ur in g th e co nt in ua ti on a nd e xp an si on o f V ic ti m S up po rt U ni ts ( V SU s) a nd O ne S to p C en tr es ( O SC s) Su b A ct iv ity 1 : L oc al a ut ho r- iti es to m ai nt ai n an d fu rn is h 31 0 ( ex is tin g) C V SU s M ai nt en an ce c os t p er C V SU : M K 22 5, 0 0 0 ; C os t o f f ur ni tu re p er C V SU : M K 75 0 ,0 0 0 97 5, 0 0 0 12 4 12 4 62 12 0 ,9 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 12 0 ,9 0 0 ,0 0 0 60 ,4 50 ,0 0 0 .0 0 30 2, 25 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : P ol ic e to st re ng th en 1 0 0 V SU s in p ol ic e fo rm at io ns T hr ee -d ay tr ai ni ng w or ks op s at d is tr ic t l ev el w ith 3 0 p ar tic ip an ts p er se ss io n. U ni t c os t p er se ss io n: M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 4 12 ,4 27 ,0 0 0 .0 0 12 ,4 27 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : M oH to es ta bl is h 20 n ew O SC s (p ar t of d is tr ic t h os pi ta ls ) C on st ru ct io n co st p er O SC : M K 4 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0 20 96 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 96 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 34 : I nc re as in g th e ca pa ci ty o f s ta ff in V SU s an d O SC s Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW t o tr ai n 18 60 s ta ff o f c om m un ity V SU s 6 2 th re e- da y tr ai ni ng se ss io ns a t c om m un ity le ve l e ac h in vo lv in g 30 pa rt ic ip an ts . c os t p er se ss io n: M K 1, 54 4 ,2 50 1, 54 4 ,2 50 30 32 4 6, 32 7, 50 0 .0 0 4 9, 4 16 ,0 0 0 95 ,7 4 3, 50 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : P ol ic e to tr ai n 4 0 0 s ta ff o f p ol ic e V SU s 1 4 T hr ee -d ay tr ai ni ng w or ks ho ps a t d is tr ic t l ev - el w ith 3 0 p ar tic ip an ts pe r se ss io n. U ni t co st p er s es si on : M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 14 4 3, 4 94 ,5 0 0 .0 0 4 3, 4 94 ,5 0 0 46 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : M oG C D SW an d M oH to tr ai n 50 0 h ea lth , so ci al w el fa re a nd ju st ic e st ak eh ol de rs o f O SC s on p ro - vi di ng m ed ic al e xa m in at io n an d tr ea tm en t t o ch ild v ic tim s of v io le nc e an d th e so ci al w el fa re p ro ce ss a lo ng w ith th e m ed ic al p ro ce ss 1 7 th re e- da y tr ai ni ng w or ks ho ps a t d is tr ic t le ve l w ith 3 0 p ar tic i- pa nt s pe r se ss io n. U ni t co st p er s es si on : M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 7 10 21 ,7 4 7, 25 0 .0 0 31 ,0 67 ,5 0 0 52 ,8 14 ,7 50 A ct iv it y 35 : I nc re as in g vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n’ s ac ce ss to le ga l a ss is ta nc e Su b A ct iv ity 1 : J ud ic ia ry to tr ai n 8 4 c hi ld ju st ic e m ag is - tr at es o n th ei r fu nc tio ns fo r ch ild re n in n ee d of c ar e an d pr ot ec tio n 3 th re e- da y tr ai ni ng w or ks ho ps a t d is tr ic t l ev - el w ith 3 0 p ar tic ip an ts pe r se ss io n. U ni t co st p er s es si on : M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 3 9, 32 0 ,2 50 .0 0 9, 32 0 ,2 50 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : J ud ic ia ry to tr ai n 36 0 m ag is tr at es , 4 0 Ju dg es 8 4 p ro se cu to rs a nd in ve st ig at or s, 9 0 p ro ba tio n of fic er s an d le ga l a id de pa rt m en t s ta ff o n ge ne ra l pr in ci pl es a nd h an dl in g ca se s of c hi ld v ic tim s 2 0 th re e- da y tr ai ni ng w or ks ho ps a t d is tr ic t le ve l w ith 3 0 p ar tic i- pa nt s pe r se ss io n. U ni t co st p er s es si on : M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 2 10 8 6, 21 3, 50 0 .0 0 31 ,0 67 ,5 0 0 .0 0 24 ,8 54 ,0 0 0 62 ,13 5, 0 0 0 ST R A T EG IC O B JE C T IV E 4 : B Y T H E EN D O F 20 18 , P O LI C Y A N D L EG IS LA T IO N , L EA D ER SH IP A N D C O O R D IN A T IO N A T A LL L EV EL S IM PR O V ED T O P R O T EC T V U LN ER A B LE C H IL D R EN F R O M T H E CO N SE Q U EN C ES O F V U LN ER A B IL IT Y St ra te gy 4 .1 : A dv oc at in g fo r re vi ew , e na ct m en t a nd e nf or ce m en t o f n at io na l l eg is la ti on a nd p ol ic ie s re la te d to v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n A ct iv it y 36 : S tr en gt he ni ng th e le ga l f ra m ew or ks r el at ed to v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n S ub A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D - SW to d ev el op a p os iti on pa pe r pr op os in g a re vi ew a nd am en dm en t o f t he d efi ni tio n of a c hi ld to m ak e it co m pl ia nt w ith in te rn at io na l s ta nd ar ds A th re e da y st ak e- ho ld er s m ee tin g of 3 0 pa rt ic ip an ts a t d is tr ic t le ve l. C os t o f m ee tin g: M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 1 3, 10 6, 75 0 .0 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D - SW to c on du ct 3 re gi on al co ns ul ta tio ns m ee tin gs on th e de ve lo pe d po si tio n pa pe r pr op os in g a re vi ew a nd am en dm en t o f t he d efi ni tio n of a c hi ld to m ak e it co m pl ia nt w ith in te rn at io na l s ta nd ar ds Ea ch re gi on al m ee tin g of 30 s ta ke ho ld er s w ill c os t M K 93 0 ,2 50 93 0 ,2 50 3 2, 79 0 ,7 50 2, 79 0 ,7 50 S ub A ct iv ity 3 : A dv oc ac y w ith L eg al , s oc ia l a nd c om - m un ity a ff ai rs p ar lia m en ta ry co m m itt ee s to lo bb y fo r th e en ac tm en t o f t he tr af fic ki ng o f pe rs on s ac t, ad op tio n bi ll, th e m ar ri ag e ac t a nd a m en dm en t on th e de fin iti on o f a c hi ld O ne -d ay n at io na l m ee t- in g pe r ye ar fo r ye ar s 2 to 4 . U ni t c os t p er m ee tin g: M K 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 1 1 1 1 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5 ,4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 21 ,7 4 5, 0 0 0 2015 - 2019 47 A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 Su b A ct iv ity 4 : M oG C D SW to p ri nt c hi ld re la te d la w s( tr af fic ki ng o f p er so ns a ct , ad op tio n ac t, th e m ar ri ag e ac t a nd a m en dm en t o n th e de fin iti on o f a c hi ld , C C PJ A ) Tr af fic ki ng o f p er so ns a ct ( M K 5, 0 0 0 ), a do pt io n ac t ( M K 5, 0 0 0 ), th e m ar ri ag e ac t ( M K 5 0 0 0 ) an d am en dm en t o n th e de fin iti on o f a c hi ld (M K 5, 0 0 0 ) C C PJ A ( M K 5 ,0 0 0 ). T o be di st ri bu te d to 1 20 0 o ffi - ce rs th at w ill a tt en d 34 di ss em in at io n m ee tin gs of 3 5 pe op le a t d is tr ic t le ve l. A to ta l o f 2 ,0 0 0 co pi es o f e ac h to b e pr in te d at M K 37 ,5 0 0 37 ,5 0 0 2, 0 0 0 - 75 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 0 - - 75 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 S ub A ct iv ity 5 : M oG C D - SW to d is se m in at e ch ild re la te d la w s( tr af fic ki ng o f pe rs on s ac t, ad op tio n ac t, th e m ar ri ag e ac t a nd a m en dm en t on th e de fin iti on o f a c hi ld , C C PJ A ) 3 4 o ne -d ay d is se m i- na tio n m ee tin gs o f 3 5 pe op le a t d is tr ic t l ev el . U ni t c os t: M K 93 0 ,2 50 93 0 ,2 50 34 - 31 ,6 28 ,5 0 0 .0 0 0 - - 31 ,6 28 ,5 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 5 a: A c on su lta nt to d ev el op s ub si di ar y le gi s- la tio n fo r ch ild re la te d la w s (T ra ffi ck in g, m ar ri ag e, a do p- tio n, w ill s an d in he ri ta nc e, Re vi se d ed uc at io n ac t e tc .) 3 0 d ay s at M K 22 5, 0 0 0 pe r da y pl us c os t o f hi ri ng a t M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 7, 87 5, 0 0 0 1 - 7, 87 5, 0 0 0 .0 0 0 - - 7, 87 5, 0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 5 b: D ev el op su bs id ia ry le gi sl at io n fo r ch ild re la te d la w s (T ra ffi ck in g, m ar ri ag e, a do pt io n, w ill s an d in he ri ta nc e, re vi se d ed uc at io n ac t e tc .) 3 re gi on al le ve l m ee tin gs of 3 5 pa rt ic ip an ts fo r 1 da y pe r m ee tin g. C os t o f m ee tin g: M K 93 0 ,2 50 93 0 ,2 50 3 - 2, 79 0 ,7 50 .0 0 0 - - 2, 79 0 ,7 50 Su b A ct iv ity 6 : M oG C D SW to p ri nt a nd d is se m in at e su bs id ia ry le gi sl at io ns fo r th e tr af fic ki ng o f p er so ns a ct , ad op tio n ac t, th e m ar ri ag e ac t a nd a m en dm en t o n th e de fin iti on o f a c hi ld , C C PJ A 3 4 o ne -d ay d is se m i- na tio n m ee tin gs o f 3 5 pe op le a t d is tr ic t l ev el . U ni t c os t: M K 93 0 ,2 50 93 0 ,2 50 17 17 - 15 ,8 14 ,2 50 .0 0 15 ,8 14 ,2 50 - - 31 ,6 28 ,5 0 0 A ct iv it y 37 : D ev el op c om pr eh en si ve c hi ld p ol ic y re la te d to v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW to en ga ge c on su lta nt to fa ci lit at e th e de ve lo pm en t o f t he c om - pr eh en si ve c hi ld p ol ic y C on su lta nc y fo r 20 da ys a t M K 22 5, 0 0 0 p er da y pl us M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 hi ri ng c os t 5, 62 5, 0 0 0 1 5, 62 5, 0 0 0 .0 0 - 0 - - 5, 62 5, 0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : C on du ct s ta ke - ho ld er s m ee tin g to v al id at e th e dr af t c hi ld p ol ic y 3 re gi on al v al id at io n m ee tin gs ta rg et in g 3 0 pe op le p er m ee tin g co st in g M K 93 0 ,2 50 pe r m ee tin g; 1 va lid at io n m ee tin g fo r 50 p eo pl e at n at io na l l ev el c os tin g M K 5, 51 5, 25 0 8 ,2 27 ,0 0 0 1 8 ,2 27 ,0 0 0 .0 0 - 0 - - 8 ,2 27 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : C on du ct m ee tin g w ith p ri nc ip al se cr et ar ie s to re vi ew th e dr af t ch ild p ol ic y 1 m ee tin g ta rg et in g 30 p eo pl e fo r 1 da y at na tio na l l ev el . C os t o f m ee tin g: M K 3, 70 0 ,0 0 0 3, 70 0 ,0 0 0 1 3, 70 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 - 0 - - 3, 70 0 ,0 0 0 48 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 Su b A ct iv ity 4 : P ri nt 5 0 0 0 co m pr eh en si ve c hi ld p ol ic y do cu m en ts 5 ,0 0 0 c op ie s of 6 0 pa ge d do cu m en t c os tin g M K 30 0 p er p ag e 90 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 9 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 90 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 5 : D is se m in at e co m pr eh en si ve c hi ld p ol ic y at di st ri ct le ve l 3 4 d is se m in at io n m ee tin gs o f 3 5 pe op le at d is tr ic t l ev el c os tin g M K 93 0 ,2 50 93 0 ,2 50 34 3 1,6 28 ,5 0 0 31 ,6 28 ,5 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 6 : D is se m in at e co m pr eh en si ve c hi ld p ol ic y at na tio na l l ev el 1 d is se m in at io n m ee tin g of 5 0 p eo pl e at n at io na l l ev el c os tin g M K 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 1 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 St ra te gy 4 .2 .: St re ng th en in g co or di na ti on a t a ll le ve ls to fa ci lit at e im pl em en ta ti on o f l eg al fr am ew or ks a nd p ol ic ie s re la te d to v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n A ct iv it y 38 : D is se m in at e le ga l f ra m ew or ks a nd p ol ic ie s re la te d to v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n. Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW to p ri nt n ew N PA , C hi ld po lic y an d th e m in im um se rv ic e st an da rd s fo r qu al ity im pr ov em en t f or o rp ha n an d vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n pr og ra m s fo r di ss em in at io n Pr in t N PA ( 5, 0 0 0 c op - ie s) c os tin g M K 18 ,0 0 0 pe r co py ; M in im um se rv ic e st an da rd s (1 0 ,0 0 0 c op ie s) c os tin g M K 3, 0 0 0 p er c op y. 12 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 20 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 12 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW to di ss em in at e n ew N PA , C hi ld po lic y an d th e m in im um se rv ic e st an da rd s fo r qu al ity im pr ov em en t f or o rp ha n an d vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n pr og ra m s to 2 8 d is tr ic ts 4 d is se m in at io n w or ks ho ps o f 3 5 pe op le . C os t: M K 5, 51 1, 25 0 p er m ee tin g 5, 4 36 ,2 50 4 2 1,7 4 5, 0 0 0 21 ,7 4 5, 0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : M oG C D SW an d M oY S to d is se m in at e th e JS SP to 2 8 d is tr ic ts 2 8 d is tr ic t m ee tin gs ta rg et in g 30 p eo pl e pe r m ee tin g. C os t p er m ee tin g: M K 93 0 ,2 50 93 0 ,2 50 28 2 6, 0 4 7, 0 0 0 26 ,0 4 7, 0 0 0 A ct iv it y 39 : E nh an ci ng th e ca pa ci ty o f t he G oM to p ro vi de le ad er sh ip a nd c oo rd in at io n at a ll le ve ls Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG D C SW to co nd uc t h ig h le ve l c oo rd in a- tio n m ee tin gs ta rg et in g pr in ci - pa l s ec re ta ri es fo r th e M oY S, M oH , M oE , M oA FS , H om e af fa irs , W at er , J ud ic ia ry , M oJ to im pr ov e co or di na tio n an d re po rt in g on is su es re la te d to vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n 1 na tio na l l ev el m ee tin g fo r 1 da y ta rg et in g 30 o f- fic ia ls . C os t o f m ee tin g: M K 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 1 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW an d M oY S to h ol d bi -a nn ua l SW G a nd q ua rt er ly T W G s (T ar ge tin g 6 T W G s) a s st ip ul at ed in th e JS SP 2 S W G m ee tin g an d 6 T W G m ee tin gs p er y ea r. Ea ch m ee tin g to ta rg et 30 p eo pl e. U ni t c os t: M K 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 2 8 8 8 8 4 ,7 71 ,2 0 0 1 9, 0 8 4 ,8 0 0 19 ,0 8 4 ,8 0 0 1 9, 0 8 4 ,8 0 0 1 9, 0 8 4 ,8 0 0 8 1,1 10 ,4 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : L oc al au th or iti es to h ol d qu ar te rl y T W G s (t ar ge tin g 3 T W G s) a s st ip ul at ed in th e JS SP 2 8 m ee tin gs p er q ua rt er of 3 0 p eo pl e. C os t p er m ee tin g: M K 93 0 ,2 50 93 0 ,2 50 28 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 2 6, 0 4 7, 0 0 0 1 0 4 ,18 8 ,0 0 0 10 4 ,18 8 ,0 0 0 10 4 ,18 8 ,0 0 0 10 4 ,18 8 ,0 0 0 4 4 2, 79 9, 0 0 0 2015 - 2019 49 A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 Su b A ct iv ity 4 : L oc al au th or iti es to h ol d an nu al co nf er en ce s w ith a ll D SW O st af f a nd c om m un ity le ad er s to s ha re g oo d pr ac tic es o n vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n an d ch ild pr ot ec tio n 28 d is tr ic t l ev el c on fe r- en ce p er y ea r ta rg et in g 70 p ar tic ip an ts . C os t pe r co nf er en ce : M K 1, 8 60 ,5 0 0 1, 8 60 ,5 0 0 28 28 28 28 52 ,0 94 ,0 0 0 .0 0 52 ,0 94 ,0 0 0 52 ,0 94 ,0 0 0 .0 0 52 ,0 94 ,0 0 0 .0 0 20 8 ,3 76 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 5 : M oG D C SW to h ol d na tio na l l ev el a nn ua l co nf er en ce s w ith re le va nt m in is tr ie s an d st ak eh ol de rs to s ha re g oo d pr ac tic es o n vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n an d ch ild pr ot ec tio n 1 na tio na l c on fe re nc e pe r ye ar ta rg et in g 10 0 pa rt ic ip an ts . E ac h co nf er en ce to c os t M K 10 ,8 72 ,5 0 0 10 ,8 72 ,5 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 ,8 72 ,5 0 0 .0 0 10 ,8 72 ,5 0 0 10 ,8 72 ,5 0 0 .0 0 10 ,8 72 ,5 0 0 .0 0 4 3, 4 90 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 6 : M oG C D SW to d ev el op a d ire ct or y of se rv ic e pr ov id er s de al in g w ith vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n, p ri nt a nd di ss em in at e it C on su lta nt to w or k fo r 20 d ay s at M K 22 ,5 0 0 pe r da y; M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 co st o f h ir in g; a nd pr in t 5 ,0 0 0 c op ie s of 10 p ag ed d ire ct or y at M K 6, 0 0 0 p er c op y 35 ,6 25 ,0 0 0 1 35 ,6 25 ,0 0 0 .0 0 35 ,6 25 ,0 0 0 St ra te gi c O bj ec ti ve 5 : B y th e en d of 2 0 18 , v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n liv e in a s up po rt iv e en vi ro nm en t a s th e re su lt o f a dv oc ac y, a w ar en es s ra is in g an d pa rt ic ip at io n ac ti vi ti es St ra te gy 1 : I nc re as e an d su st ai n pe op le s’ a w ar en es s on is su es r el at in g to v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n A ct iv it y 4 0 : I nc re as in g aw ar en es s on le gi sl at io n an d po lic ie s re ga rd in g vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n Su b A ct iv ity 1 : D ev el op co m pr eh en si ve c am pa ig n gu id el in es th at in co rp or at es is su es fr om th e SI TA N H ire o f c on su lta nt fo r 10 da ys a t M K 22 5, 0 0 0 p er da y; c os t o f h ir in g co n- su lta nt : M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 ; 3 co ns ul ta tio n m ee tin gs fo r 30 p eo pl e at M K 2, 4 30 ,6 0 0 5, 76 0 ,6 0 0 3 17 ,2 8 1, 8 0 0 .0 0 17 ,2 8 1, 8 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : D ev el op IE C m at er ia ls to a dd re ss ke y is su es id en tifi ed in th e SI TA N a nd d oc um en ta ri es o n vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n 2 na tio na l l ev el m ee tin gs of 3 0 p eo pl e. C os t o f m ee tin g: M K 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 2 4 ,7 71 ,2 0 0 .0 0 4 ,7 71 ,2 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : O ri en t D C PC on c am pa ig n gu id el in es 28 d is tr ic t l ev el m ee tin gs of 3 5 pe op le . C os t p er m ee tin g: M K 93 0 ,2 50 93 0 ,2 50 28 2 6, 0 4 7, 0 0 0 .0 0 26 ,0 4 7, 0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 4 : C on du ct aw ar en es s ca m pa ig ns u si ng th e aw ar en es s gu id el in es ta rg et in g 28 d is tr ic ts 35 0 m ee tin gs a t A D C le ve l i n ye ar 2 a nd y ea r 4 . C os t o f e ac h m ee tin g: M K 4 70 ,7 50 4 70 ,7 50 35 0 35 0 16 4 ,7 62 ,5 0 0 .0 0 16 4 ,7 62 ,5 0 0 .0 0 32 9, 52 5, 0 0 0 S tr at eg ic O bj ec ti ve 6 : B y th e en d of 2 0 18 , t he r es po ns e fo r vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n is o pt im iz ed th ro ug h a w el l- fu nc ti on in g m on it or in g an d ev al ua ti on s ys te m th at is a bl e to a ss es s th e si tu at io n, id en ti fy g ap s, a nd g ui de a dj us tm en ts St ra te gy 1 : E st ab lis h an d op er at e a fu nc ti on al C hi ld P ro te ct io n In fo rm at io n M an ag em en t S ys te m ( C PI M S) A ct iv it y 4 1: E st ab lis hi ng a nd o pe ra ti on al iz e th e C PI M S in 2 8 d is tr ic ts Su b ac tiv ity 1 : M oG C D SW an d pa rt ne rs to tr ai n 5 so ci al w el fa re s ta ff m em be rs p er di st ri ct o n th e C PI M S 14 0 s ta ff tr ai ne d in 5 tr ai ni ng s es si on s fo r th re e da ys p er s es si on at d is tr ic t l ev el in y ea r 2. C os t p er tr ai ni ng s es si on : M K 3, 10 6, 75 0 3, 10 6, 75 0 5 1 5, 53 3, 75 0 15 ,5 33 ,7 50 50 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 Su b ac tiv ity 2 : M oG C D SW to fa ci lit at e in st al la tio n of th e C PI M S in 2 8 d is tr ic ts C os t o f i ns ta lla tio n at d is tr ic t l ev el : M K 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 28 5 6, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 56 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Su b ac tiv ity 3 : M oG C D SW to pr ov id e ea ch D SW O , P ol ic e St at io n, C hi ld C ou rt w ith 1 de sk to p co m pu te r, pr in te r, ph ot oc op ie r, in te rn et a nd st at io ne ry 28 ti m es 4 s et s of de sk to p co m pu t- er (M K 54 0 ,0 0 0 ), p ri nt er (M K 4 50 ,0 0 0 ), p ho to - co pi er ( M K 2, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ) an d in te rn et s er vi ce s (M K 50 0 ,0 0 0 ) to b e pr oc ur ed in y ea r 2 3, 4 90 ,0 0 0 11 2 3 90 ,8 8 0 ,0 0 0 39 0 ,8 8 0 ,0 0 0 Su b ac tiv ity 4 : M on th ly c os ts of C PI M S pe r di st ri ct St at io ne ry ( to ne r, pr in tin g pa pe r, pe ns ) el ec tr ic ity , i nt er ne t 1,9 0 8 ,0 0 0 33 6 33 6 33 6 33 6 6 4 1,0 8 8 ,0 0 0 6 4 1,0 8 8 ,0 0 0 6 4 1,0 8 8 ,0 0 0 6 4 1,0 8 8 ,0 0 0 2, 56 4 ,3 52 ,0 0 0 S tr at eg y 2: R ev ie w o f t he im pl em en ta ti on o f t he N PA fo r vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n A ct iv it y 4 2: P la nn in g an d re vi ew in g Su b A ct iv ity 1 : L oc al a ut ho r- iti es to d ev el op ( ye ar ly ) an d re vi ew ( bi -a nn ua lly ) w or k pl an s re ga rd in g vu ln er ab le ch ild re n at d is tr ic t l ev el 11 2 di st ri ct le ve l m ee t- in gs p er y ea r co st in g M K 93 0 ,2 50 p er m ee tin g 93 0 ,2 50 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 1 0 4 ,18 8 ,0 0 0 10 4 ,18 8 ,0 0 0 10 4 ,18 8 ,0 0 0 .0 0 10 4 ,18 8 ,0 0 0 4 16 ,7 52 ,0 0 0 Su b ac tiv ity 2 : M oG C D SW an d M oY S to d ev el op a nd re vi ew w or k pl an s re ga rd in g vu ln er ab le c hi ld re n at n at io na l le ve l 1 na tio na l m ee tin g pe r ye ar c os tin g M K 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 1 1 1 1 1 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 .0 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 11 ,9 28 ,0 0 0 A ct iv it y 4 3: M on it or in g of r el ev an t d at a Su b A ct iv ity 1 : P ri nt in g re gi st er s 72 re gi st er s ea ch c os tin g K 10 ,0 0 0 to p ri nt 10 ,0 0 0 72 72 72 72 72 0 ,0 0 0 72 0 ,0 0 0 72 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 72 0 ,0 0 0 2, 8 8 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : D SW O s to u nd er ta ke p er io di c re gi st ra - tio n of v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n (i n th e C PI M S) ( 28 d is tr ic ts , qu ar te rl y m ee tin gs ) Fu el c os t p er d is tr ic t p er qu ar te r: M K 60 ,0 0 0 60 ,0 0 0 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 6, 72 0 ,0 0 0 6, 72 0 ,0 0 0 6, 72 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 6, 72 0 ,0 0 0 26 ,8 8 0 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 3 : M oG C D SW to co m pi le a ll da ta fr om th e pe ri - od ic re gi st ra tio n of v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n (i n th e C PI M S) a nd co m pa re c on si st en cy w ith in - fo rm at io n fr om o th er s ou rc es (b i- an nu al m ee tin g) Bi -a nn ua l m ee tin gs 3 0 pa rt ic ip an ts to c he ck da ta c on si st en cy . C os t p er m ee tin g: M K 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 1 2 2 2 2 2, 38 5, 60 0 4 ,7 71 ,2 0 0 4 ,7 71 ,2 0 0 4 ,7 71 ,2 0 0 .0 0 4 ,7 71 ,2 0 0 21 ,4 70 ,4 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 4 : M oG C D SW an d pa rt ne rs to fa ci lit at e th e de ve lo pm en t o f d at a co lle ct io n sy st em s fo r C V SU s, C BC C s, c hi ld re n in fo st er c ar e an d in st itu tio ns a nd li nk th is to th e C PI M S 30 d ay s of c on su lta nc y at M K 22 5, 0 0 0 p er d ay ; hi ri ng c os t: M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 7, 87 5, 0 0 0 1 7, 87 5, 0 0 0 7, 87 5, 0 0 0 2015 - 2019 51 A C T IV IT IE S A N D S U B A C T IV IT IE S A C T IV IT Y D ES C R IP T IO N U N IT C O ST T A R G ET S CO ST S T O TA L CO ST (M K ) 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 19 C os t 2 0 15 C os t 2 0 16 C os t 2 0 17 C os t 2 0 18 C os t 2 0 19 Su b A ct iv ity 5 : M oG C D SW , w ith M oH to a dj us t t he LA H A RF ( lo ca l a ut ho ri ty H IV / A ID S re po rt in g fr am ew or k) to in cl ud e al l v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n an d lin k th is to th e C PI M S 1 d ay m ee tin g of 3 0 pa rt ic ip an ts a t n at io na l le ve l. C os t o f m ee tin g: M K 2, 38 5, 60 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 1 2, 38 5, 60 0 0 2, 38 5, 60 0 A ct iv it y 4 4 : E va lu at io n of im pa ct Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW to in co rp or at e vu ln er ab le c hi l- dr en in di ca to rs in to p er io di c na tio na l s ur ve ys 2 m ee tin gs w ith N SO p er m on th . F ue l co st : M K 8 0 ,0 0 0 ; Be d an d br ea kf as t fo r 4 : M K 14 0 ,0 0 0 ; D in ne r al lo w an ce fo r 4 ; M K 14 ,0 0 0 23 4 ,0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 23 4 ,0 0 0 .0 0 4 68 ,0 0 0 4 68 ,0 0 0 4 68 ,0 0 0 4 68 ,0 0 0 2, 10 6, 0 0 0 S ub A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW to co nd uc t a n im pa ct e va lu at io n of th e N PA in 2 0 18 C on su lta nc y co st a t M K 22 5, 0 0 0 p er d ay fo r 4 0 d ay s; h ir in g co st a t M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 ; C os t o f c ol le ct in g da ta : M K 6, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ; o ne st ak eh ol de rs m ee tin g at n at io na l l ev el c os tin g M K 5, 51 1, 25 0 . 21 ,6 36 ,2 50 1 2 1,6 36 ,2 50 21 ,6 36 ,2 50 S T R A T EG Y 3 : S T R EN G T H EN R ES EA R C H O N V U LN ER A B LE C H IL D R EN A ct iv it y 4 5: Id en ti fy in g re se ar ch p ri or it ie s Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW an d pa rt ne rs to h ol d an nu al re vi ew o f t he N PA N at io na l m ee tin g of 5 0 co st in g M K 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 1 1 1 1 1 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 5 ,4 36 ,2 50 5, 4 36 ,2 50 27 ,18 1, 25 0 A ct iv it y 4 6: U si ng o f r es ea rc h in fo rm at io n fo r po lic y an d pr og ra m m in g (N o co st ) A ct iv it y 4 7: I ni ti at in g se le ct ed r es ea rc h re la te d to p ro gr am s fo r v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n Su b A ct iv ity 1 : M oG C D SW to fa ci lit at e th e ca rr yi ng o ut o f tw o st ud ie s pe r ye ar o n is su es re la te d to v ul ne ra bl e ch ild re n, in cl ud in g th e fu nc tio ni ng o f th e so ci al w el fa re a nd c as h tr an sf er s ys te m 3 0 d ay c on su lta nc y co st in g M K 22 5, 0 0 0 pe r da y; h ir in g co st : M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 ; c os t of c ol le ct in g da ta : M K 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 10 ,8 75 ,0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1,7 50 ,0 0 0 2 1,7 50 ,0 0 0 21 ,7 50 ,0 0 0 2 1,7 50 ,0 0 0 2 1,7 50 ,0 0 0 10 8 ,7 50 ,0 0 0 Su b A ct iv ity 2 : M oG C D SW to in iti at e a re se ar ch o n th e im pa ct o f C BC C s on c hi ld re n’ s pr im ar y an d se co nd ar y sc ho ol ou tc om es C on su lta nc y co st a t M K 22 5, 0 0 0 p er d ay fo r 20 d ay s; h ir in g co st a t M K 1,1 25 ,0 0 0 ; C os t o f c ol le ct in g da ta : M K 3, 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 8 ,6 25 ,0 0 0 1 8 ,6 25 ,0 0 0 8 ,6 25 ,0 0 0 52 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI ANNEX 2 MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN Priority area Outcome Outcome indicators (baseline, Target) Means of verification Outputs Output indicators Current situation Target 2016 Target 2018 Means of verification Strategic objective 1: By the end of 2018, 80% of the 1,8 million vulnerable children have access to essential quality services for their survival, protection and development to be able to realize their full rights and potentials Livelihood Increased access of households with vulnera- ble children to livelihood % of vulner- able children possessing three basic needs (shoes, 2 sets of clothes, blanket) (2010: 41.1%; 2018: 80%) DHS Increased access of vulnerable children to SCTP % vulnerable children who receive SCT 6.4% (27,925 HH) (in 2011) 25% (167,500 HH) 40% (268,000 HH) DHS, MICS, MoGCDSW reports Increased access of vulnerable children to VSL schemes % of house- holds with vulnerable children accessing income gener- ating support < 2,6 % (DHS) 10% (67,000 HH) 20% (134,000 HH) MoGCDSW reports Education Increased access of vulnerable children to education Primary school com- pletion rate of girls (baseline 2014: 35%, target: 80%) Primary school enrollment rate among children with disabilities (baseline: 19%, target: 30%) (Secondary) school atten- dance ratio of vulnerable children to non-vulner- able children (0,97 % MICS) 10 commit- ments for children 2019 - report Increased access of vulnerable children to school feeding programs % of school-going children ben- efitting from a school feeding program 42% (WMS 2011) 50% 60% WMS, EMIS 10 commit- ments for children 2019 - report DHS, MICS Increased access of vulnerable children to bursaries % of vulner- able children at second- ary school accessing bursaries < 7,6 % (DHS) 30% 40% DHS, MoGCDSW reports Increased access of vulnerable children with dis- abilities to school % of children with disabil- ities enrolled in primary school 19% 25% 30% 10 commit- ments for children 2019 -report 2015 - 2019 53 Priority area Outcome Outcome indicators (baseline, Target) Means of verification Outputs Output indicators Current situation Target 2016 Target 2018 Means of verification Education Increased access of vulnerable children to CBCCs Number of children enrolled in CBCCs 402,915 chil- dren (of which 30% orphans) (mapping report) 800,000 children 1.2 million children DSWO reports % of trained care givers in CBCCs 25% (11,693 care givers) (2012, map- ping report) 40% (18,709 care givers) 50% (23,386 care givers) DSWO reports Increased access of vulnerable children to vocational training % of vulner- able children (15-18 years old) accessing vocational training <1% 5% 10% MoGCDSW reports % of trained care givers in children’s’ corners 13% (1,534 care givers) (mapping report) 23% (2,714 care givers) 30% (3,539 care givers) DSWO reports Clean water and improved sanitation Increased access of vulnerable children to clean water and improved sanitation “Improved source” of drinking water rate. DHS Increased number of clean water points in remote schools, CBOs, and CBCCs Number of water points established No data 1,250 water points 2,500 water points MoIWD reports Health Increased access of vulnerable children to health care % of vulner- able children on ART (baseline: 36%) DHS Increased access of vulnerable children to HIV testing and ART Number of children on ART with a case plan (linking up health and welfare sector response) No data 2000 4000 CPMIS, District Child Protection Report, UNICEF Child Protection Strategy % of children aged 0 - 59 months accessing under-five health care (baseline: 81%) Improved link between community health care delivery (by HSAs) and CBCCs % of CBCCs having monthly HSA facilitated health ses- sions No data 5% 10% DSWO reports, CBCC surveys % of teenage pregnancies UNAIDS Global report Increased access of children aged 10 - 18 years to sexual and reproductive health infor- mation and services. % of vulner- able children (10 -18 years) receiving SRH information No data 50% 80% MoH, HMIS, MoE Safe environment Increased access of vulnerable children to a safe environ- ment % cases of violence (physical, sex- ual) against children (Baseline VACs) DHS Increased access of vulnerable children to safe home and housing Number of children living in child head- ed households 12000 10000 8000 CPMIS, MoGCDSW reports 54 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI Priority area Outcome Outcome indicators (baseline, Target) Means of verification Outputs Output indicators Current situation Target 2016 Target 2018 Means of verification Psychological and spiritual support % of child headed households receiving sup- port on safe housing <1% 10% 20% DSWO reports Number of vulnerable children living in institutions (base- line:10,136 ) 10136 9000 8000 Malawi Human Rights Commission Number of street children (average per year) 3000 2000 1000 CPMIS, MoGCDSW reports Increased access of children to children’s corners Number of children enrolled in children’s corners 110,659 chil- dren (2010, mapping report) 250,000 children 500,000 children DSWO reports Child mar- riage Rate (baseline: 28%; Target: 23%) Sexual abuse reduced VACs Survey (2014) Increased access to life skills activ- ities related to violence against children % of children who received information on VAC 0 50% 80% MoE reports. MoGCDSW reports Increased access of vulnerable children to psychological and spiritual support % of vulner- able children receiving psycho-so- cial support (baseline: 3.3%) DHS, MICS Increased coverage of psy- cho-social and spiritual support for vulnerable children in school % of vulner- able children receiving psychosocial support in schools 0 10% 20% MoE reports Increased coverage of psy- cho-social and spiritual support for vulnerable children outside the school setting % of vulner- able children in CBCCs and Children’s Corners receiving psychosocial support and care 6.1% 25% 60% DSWO reports % of com- pleted cases through case management 0 25 60 MoGCDSW reports Number of child helpline completed calls 19,261 50,000 70,000 MoGCDSW reports Birth registration Increased number of children with birth certifi- cates % of children with birth certificates (baseline: <1%, target 20%) CPMIS, Natio- nal Registra- tion Bureau, Census Increased number of children registered % of children with birth certificate <2% 8% 20% CPIMS 2015 - 2019 55 Priority area Outcome Outcome indicators (baseline, Target) Means of verification Outputs Output indicators Current situation Target 2016 Target 2018 Means of verification Strategic objective 2: By the end of 2018, the capacity of 60% of households and communities has been improved to facilitate vulnerable children in realizing their full rights and potentials Livelihood Increased capacity of households to improve vulnerable children’s access to livelihood % of vulner- able children possessing three basic needs (shoes, 2 sets of clothes, blan- ket) (baseline 2010: 41.1%) DHS Increased knowledge of house- hold heads on economic activities Number of households trained in eco- nomic activ- ities such as VSL, livestock production and IGAs 0 150,000 216,000 MoGCDSW reports Social protection Increased capacity of house- holds and communities to improve vulnerable children’s’ ac- cess to social protection Child mar- riage Rate (baseline: 28%; Target: 23%) 10 commit- ments for children 2019 - report Increased parenting skills of parents/care givers Number of households reached with parenting support 15,000 150,000 216,000 MoGCDSW reports % cases of violence (physical, sex- ual) against children (Baseline VACs) VACS Increased capacity of com- munities (GVH level) in social pro- tection Number of communities trained in so- cial protection 600 1500 3000 MoGCDSW reports Enhanced community based care for vulnera- ble children Number of care givers/ community facilitators trained in case management 441 1500 3000 MoGCDSW reports Increased number of com- munities addressing norms re- garding child marriage, child labour, violence, stigma and discrimina- tion Number of communities mobilized to address harm- ful practices that fuel child marriages, child labour, violence, stigma and discrimination <100 1,500 3,000 MoGCDSW reports Strategic Objective 3: By the end of 2018, the technical, institutional and human resource capacity of the government its social protection system has been improved to ensure that vulnerable children have access to essential quality services Human resource capacity Increased social welfare human resource capacity (quantity) % of estab- lished posi- tions filled (Baseline and Target) HR Department MoGCDSW reports Increased number of CPWs % CPWs that are on the government pay roll 37.5% 100% 100% MoGCDSW reports Number of newly recruit- ed CPWs 0 150 300 MoGCDSW reports Increased number of ASWOs Number of newly recruit- ed ASWOs 0 30 63 MoGCDSW reports 56 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI Priority area Outcome Outcome indicators (baseline, Target) Means of verification Outputs Output indicators Current situation Target 2016 Target 2018 Means of verification Human resource capacity Increased number of SWOs Number of newly recruit- ed SWOs 0 50 95 MoGCDSW reports Quality of the social welfare workforce Increased quality of the social welfare workforce % of vulner- able children with a case plan DSWO reports Increased capacity of CPWs in conducting home visits and linking with schools Number of CPWs trained in case man- agement 441 750 1500 MoGCDSW reports Increased number of upgraded and trained SWAs and SWOs % of SWAs and SWOs that grad- uated from Magomero Training College 0% 5% 10% MoGCDSW reports % of children in institutions whose place- ment has been assessed during the last 6 months CPMIS % of safety homes meet- ing minimum standards of operation No data 75% 100% MoGCDSW reports Enhanced quality of care provid- ed in child care institutions and other organi- zations fostering children % of organi- zations using the minimum service standards for quality improvement 11% 50% 70% DSWO reports Capacity of the justice system Increased capacity of the justice system % of vulner- able children provided with protection and justice services MoGCDSW reports Increased access of vulnerable children to protection and justice services % of TAs with well-equipped CVSUs 183 300 472 MoGCDSW reports % of districts with equipped child friendly courts 21% 50% 100% Judiciary Reports Number of police for- mations with well-equipped VSU 300 410 520 MoGCDSW reports Number of districts with well-equipped OSC 4 14 28 MoGCDSW reports 2015 - 2019 57 Priority area Outcome Outcome indicators (baseline, Target) Means of verification Outputs Output indicators Current situation Target 2016 Target 2018 Means of verification Capacity of the justice system % of VSU and One Stop Centre staff that received refresher trainings 0 50 100 MoGCDSW reports Number of police VSU staff trained 0 250 472 MoGCDSW reports Number of OSC staff trained 0 750 1,500 MoGCDSW reports Number of justice magistrates trained on their functions for children in need of care and protec- tion 0 42 84 MoJ reports Number of child magistrates, prosecutors, police, proba- tion officers and legal aid department staff trained on general principles and handling cases of child victims 0 180 360 MoJ reports Strategic Objective 4: By the end of 2018, policy and legislation, leadership and coordination at all levels improved to protect vulnerable children from the consequences of vulnerability Legislation and policies Enhanced advocacy for review, en- actment and enforcement of national legislation and policies related to vulnerable children % of legisla- tion and pol- icies enacted (2015: 0%; 2019: 100%) Government Gazette Improved legislation and legal frameworks for vulnera- ble children Age definition of a child revised in the constitution Age of a child is below 16 Age of a child below 18 Legislation Trafficking Act passed Bill in place Enacted Legislation Marriage Act passed Bill in place Passed and endorsed Enacted Legislation Standard on fostering and adoption enforced Draft stan- dards on fostering and adoption in place Passed and endorsed Legislation 58 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI Priority area Outcome Outcome indicators (baseline, Target) Means of verification Outputs Output indicators Current situation Target 2016 Target 2018 Means of verification Legislation and policies Rules and regulations on standards of quality for foster homes and safety homes enforced Draft Rules and Regula- tions Passed and endorsed Legislation Improved policies on vulnerable children Comprehen- sive Child Pol- icy developed Draft Child Policy Passed and endorsed Policy docu- ment Leadership and coordination Strengthened coordination at all levels to facilitate implementa- tion of legal frameworks and policies related to vulnerable children Proportional of function- al referral system, case management MoGCDSW reports CDSW TWG estab- lished in all districts % of districts with func- tional CDSW TWG 0 100% 100% MoGCDSW reports Coordination structure as developed in JSSP in place and function- ing MoGCDSW reports Enhanced capacity of the GoM and stakeholders to provide leadership and coordi- nation at all levels % of TWG meetings con- ducted (both at national and district level) 0 90% 100% MoGCDSW reports Number of children reached by NGOs with child protection interventions disaggregated by type of program CPMIS Established inventory of agencies dealing with vulnerable children at national and district level Inventory of agencies dealing with vulnerable children available at national and district level developed (2015) Inventory in place Inventory in place MoGCDSW reports Strategic Objective 5: By the end of 2018, vulnerable children live in a supportive environment as the result of advocacy, awareness raising and participation activities Awareness on vulnerable children Increased awareness on identification of vulnerable children Vulnerability framework adopted by partners Assessment Tool for identifying vulnerable children revised Number of districts that have adopted the Assess- ment Tool for vulnerable children Tool for as- sessing chil- dren in need of education support Comprehen- sive Tool for identifying vulnerable children Assessment tool adopted by all stake- holders MoGCDSW reports Reducing stigma and discrimination Reduced stigma and discrimination % of 15 - 19 yrs. old expressing accepting attitudes to- wards PLHIV (including children living with HIV) (baseline 16.8%) DHS Increased number of awareness campaigns on stigma and discrim- ination Number of awareness campaigns on stigma and discrimination 0 14 district and 1 national campaign 28 districts MoGCDSW reports 2015 - 2019 59 Priority area Outcome Outcome indicators (baseline, Target) Means of verification Outputs Output indicators Current situation Target 2016 Target 2018 Means of verification Child participation Increased child par- ticipation in policy devel- opment and implementa- tion % of districts with func- tioning child forums (i.e. Children Cor- ners, Youth Parliament) DSWO reports District Children’s parliaments established % of districts with function- ing District Children’s parliaments No Data 50% 100% MoGCDSW reports Strategic Objective 6: By the end of 2018, the response for vulnerable children is optimized through a well- functioning monitoring and evaluation system that is able to assess the situation, identify gaps, and guide adjustments Child Protection Information Management System Operation- al Child Protection Information Manage- ment System (CPIMS) % of districts with a func- tional CPIMS DSWO reports CPIMS established at National and district levels % of districts producing reports using the CPIMS 0 100% 100% MoGCDSW reports Review of the NPA Review of the imple- mentation of the NPA for vulnerable children NPA Review report MoGCDSW Annual Re- view Reports and Mid Term Evaluation Reports Planning and reviewing conducted Number of review reports 0 1 1 MoGCDSW /DSWO reports % of districts that incorpo- rate activities of the NPA in their District Implementa- tion Plans 0 100% 100% District Im- plementation Plans Priority areas for the next NPA identified Impact eval- uation NPA (2019) Impact evalu- ation Report Impact evaluation conducted Impact eval- uation NPA (2019) NA 1 1 Impact Evalu- ation Report Research Evidence on what works for vulnera- ble children generated Number of studies con- ducted Study reports Research areas iden- tified Number of research areas identified 0 4 8 MoGCDSW reports Number of (impact) evaluations on programs targeting vulnerable children con- ducted Evaluation reports Research information used for policy and program- ming Number of policies and programs reviewed or affected by research 0 5 (Transi- tion in ECD; Education Support; Children’s Corners; Evaluation of &JOL) Reintegration of street children Evaluation of Reintegration Model MoGCDSW reports Promising practices and other programs documented NA SCT VSL MoGCDSW reports 60 NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR VUNERABLE CHILDREN IN MALAWI MALAWI GOVERNMENT Published by The Government of Malawi with assistance from USAID, PEPFAR and UNICEF. May 2015 © Government of Malawi