Youth Visioning For Island Living 2008

YOUTH VISIONING FOR ISLAND LIVING 2008 CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS on HIV and AIDS (Deadline for applications: 16 November 2008)

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are highly vulnerable to the devastating economic and social impacts of HIV and AIDS due to the limited resources they have available to combat the pandemic. Youth, and young girls in particular, are among the most affected. 50% of new HIV infections are among persons between the ages of 15 and 25. The behaviour of this key age group greatly influences the future course of the epidemic, and for this reason, efforts are largely focused on this important demographic/group. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) plays a leading role in the UN system in HIV and AIDS awareness and prevention through education. Building a strong community of young champions and leaders is critical for an effective response to HIV and AIDS. Consequently, in light of the theme of ´Leadership: Keep the Promise´ for World AIDS Day on 1 December 2008, UNESCO´s Youth Visioning for Island Living initiative is encouraging young people from SIDS to take action! Youth Visioning for Island Living is a capacity building initiative, which aims to empower young people in small islands to make a difference. Enthusiastic and dedicated young people can receive support (up to US$ 8,000) to implement their own HIV and AIDS project in their community. What is expected of you? - Create and promote awareness about HIV and AIDS through working with your youth organisation; - Be a team leader and share your skills and experiences with others in the community; - Create networks and partnerships so that your project can be sustainable after funding has ended; - Provide regular progress updates, deliver financial statements, a final report, photos, videos etc. of your project; - Review and provide support for the other project leaders who are also implementing HIV and AIDS projects. If you believe that you have the qualities to make a positive impact and want to apply for funding, then please follow the steps below. The deadline for sending in your project proposals is 16 November 2008. STEP 1 – Find out if you are eligible a) Are you a member or leader of a youth organisation? b) Are you from a Small Island Developing State (SIDS)?

c) Will you be able to finish your project by 31 December 2009? If you answered ‘YES’ to all these questions, please continue to the next step. If you answered ‘NO’ for any of these questions, you will not be eligible for Youth Visioning funding. STEP 2 – Getting started a) Download UNESCO’s ‘HIV and AIDS and Human Rights, Young People in Action Kit’ from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001264/126403e.pdf The 68 page kit presents ideas for youth action on human rights and HIV and AIDS. The kit will be the starting point for you to make a project submission. b) Read pages 5-9 to learn about the connection between HIV and AIDS and Human Rights. c) Read pages 10-12 and discuss your priorities and plans for your project with members of your youth organisation. Read the tips explaining which type of activities create successful projects. d) Read pages 13-14 on the Frequently Asked Questions about HIV and AIDS. Discuss these questions with your youth group. e) See pages 15-17 for a list of additional resources in case you need more information. f) Additionally, you might find it useful to download the publication UNESCO Guidelines on Language and Content in HIV- and AIDS - Related Materials from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001447/144725e.pdf It provides guidelines aiming to harmonise the use of language and content in HIV- and AIDS- related materials. This reflects an approach to the epidemic which is comprehensive and inclusive, sensitive to the needs and issues of the whole population, but with focused attention on especially vulnerable groups. STEP 3 – Write up your HIV and AIDS project proposal We have attached a blank project proposal template for you to fill out. Provide as much detail as possible so that your review process can be done quickly. At the end of this document, we have also provided guidelines and a sample proposal to help you in writing your project proposal. We are particularly interested in active projects that use exciting and innovative ideas and methods. This may include radio, television, visual arts (eg. dance, puppetry, theatre, painting and drawings, sculpture/modelling, poetry, textile design and fashion), workshops, online multimedia, sports and publicity campaigns. Surprise us! STEP 4 – Send in your project proposal

There are 3 different ways to send in your completed project proposal and any additional documents that you think will assist you in the review process: 1. Email it to: [email protected] 2. Send it to: Youth Visioning for Island Living, UNESCO SC/PSD/SCS, 1 rue Miollis, Paris 75015, FRANCE 3. Fax it to: (33) 145685808 THAT´S IT! If Youth Visioning is interested in funding your project, we will contact you shortly with further information. If you have any questions or need assistance in completing your project proposal, please contact Michael Tran by email [email protected] or telephone (33) 145684064.

YOUTH VISIONING FOR ISLAND LIVING 2008 APPLICATION FOR HIV and AIDS PROJECT How to fill in the project proposal template PROJECT TITLE: (Put the title of your project) SUBMITTED BY: (Put your name(s) and the name of the organization that is submitting this project proposal) PROJECT LEADER(S): (Name of the project leader(s) who will be implementing the project) (Age of project leader(s)) (Experience of project leader(s)) (Include a CV of project leader(s) separately if you can) BACKGROUND: (Explain why it is important that you implement your HIV and AIDS project. Summarise the other projects and experiences that you have taken part in, which will contribute to the success of your project) SUSTAINABILITY: (Is your project based on previous or ongoing activities? Explain how your project can continue after funding has ended) BENEFICIARIES: (Name the groups or people who will benefit from your project. Explain how they will benefit) PARTNERS: - Lead youth organization: (State the youth organisation(s) who will lead the project. Describe the resources that they will contribute) - Other organizations: (List any other organization(s) who will be involved in the project. Describe the resources that they will contribute. Examples include networks of people living with HIV and AIDS, networks of HIV+ teachers, organizations working with key vulnerable groups (e.g. Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs), Injection Drug Use (IDUs), etc.), schools, other community leaders, national authority on HIV and AIDS etc. DURATION:

(Put the expected start and end date of the project. Remember, your project must finish by 31 December 2009) PROJECT TOOLS: (State the themes by which your project will fight HIV and AIDS. If you refer back to the toolkit, there are 3 ways: Education and communication and/or Advocacy and/or Care and support) GOAL: (Refer back to the HIV and AIDS toolkit. Indicate the wider, overall goal that the project contributes to; this could be that the project may not fully solve the problem, but will contribute positively and significantly to its solution). For example: - To use public awareness campaigns to fight discrimination in the community - To use Peer Education to Create New Spaces for Youth Dialogue on HIV and AIDS and Human Rights - To openly talk about HIV and AIDS and respecting freedom of thought and religion - To call the Government into action against HIV/AIDS - Legal Action : Protecting Human Rights in the Context of HIV and AIDS - To improve the quality of life of people living with HIV and AIDS - To working with Injecting Drug Users in the Context of HIV and AIDS - Violence against girls and women - Sexual abuse in the context of HIV and AIDS and human rights Or any other goals that you may have. OBJECTIVE(S): (List the immediate objectives that will be achieved at the end of the project. Your objectives may already be listed on page 2 of the toolkit) BENCHMARKS: (For each objective, list ways in which it can be measured so that you know that the project has contributed positively and significantly to the goal. For example, a survey of 50 people) ACTIVITIES: - Awareness raising and promotional: (List the activities that you will do to create awareness about your project and get people interested) 1. Promoting Youth Visioning in your community (this is mandatory); 2. - Tackling the issues: (For each objective list the activities that you will undertake to achieve them) 1. 2.

ACTION NEEDED: (Indicate the types of activities that would need to be carried out if this project is to be implemented as planned. These activities may need to be carried out before or during project implementation) ITEMISED BUDGET: (Provide a breakdown of costs for all your activities including in-kind contributions such as labour, time etc even though there is no cost. - Youth Visioning will not provide funding for the purchase of expensive electronic equipment such as televisions, computers, video cameras. Please borrow or rent them; - The total budget of your project MUST be indicated in US DOLLARS )

ITEMISED BUDGET:

YOUTH VISIONING FOR ISLAND LIVING 2008 APPLICATION FOR HIV and AIDS PROJECT This is a sample project proposal PROJECT TITLE: HIV and AIDS Awareness Through Drama SUBMITTED BY: Joe Blogg and Amy Brown of the Papua New Guinea Youth Association. It is registered in PNG as a Non-Profit Organisation (NGO). Our organisation focuses on all youth issues. PROJECT LEADER(S): Joe Blogg (23 years old) and Amy Brown (25 years old) We have worked actively in our youth group for the last 5 years. Some activities that we have done include fundraising and organising a community day to clean up the beach. BACKGROUND: We attended a youth meeting in our country and discovered how big a problem HIV and AIDS is in PNG. Papua New Guinea has the highest reported rate of HIV infection in the Pacific, with an estimated HIV prevalence of over 1 per cent among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in three urban sites around mining areas in Port Moresby. For this reason, our youth organisation has decided to implement an HIV and AIDS project to create awareness of this problem. Our youth organisation has been very active in the past in our community. It has organised many recycling activities and clean-up days. Although we have not done an HIV and AIDS project yet, we are very enthusiastic and have already had contact with the National AIDS office in our country. SUSTAINABILITY: We will seek sponsorship from local businesses. We will discuss the possibility of doing this project every year with the aid of the National AIDS office and the local drama group. BENEFICIARIES: The project will target the 14,000-18,000 students in the Province. It will also involve and target the 1200-5000 staff members in the 30 Tertiary, Secondary, and Primary educational institutions. The information received could be further disseminated to the 400,000 population

in the Province through word of mouth. PARTNERS: - Lead organization: Papua New Guinea Youth Association (They will plan and organise the project) - Other organizations: - Papua New Guinea Youth Association (Same as above) - Western Highlands Youth Club (They will help distribute brochures and pamphlets) - Southern Highlands Youth Association (They will help distribute brochures and pamphlets) - Papua New Guinea Youth Drama Club (Provide free use of their theatre and drama lessons) - PNG National AIDS Office (They will give us free brochures, condoms, training on using the materials) - Ministry of Education (They will support our project and give us advice) - Living with HIV and AIDS Association (They will provide presenters who will speak to the youth) - Western Highlands newspaper (They will write a story about our project) - Channel 3 (They will video one of our activities and put it on television) DURATION: 1 January – 30 November 2009 PROJECT TOOLS: Education and communication and Advocacy GOAL: 1. To use drama shows about HIV and AIDS to create public awareness to fight discrimination in the community 2. To openly talk about HIV and AIDS and respecting freedom of thought and religion OBJECTIVE(S): 1. To reject myths and misconceptions, and fight unnecessary HIV/AIDS related discrimination. 2. To empower young people, to promote their rights and to inform them about how HIV can and cannot be transmitted, and how they can protect themselves. 3. To discuss more openly sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases, as well as injecting drug use. 4. To draw the attention of people in general and those in positions of authority in particular to accept the reality of HIV in our communities, and to recognise the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS.

5. To involve more and more people living with HIV/AIDS in campaigns and education activities. BENCHMARKS: For objectives 1-3 we will do a survey of at least 50 participants before our shows to see how much they know about HIV and AIDS issues. After our shows we will survey the same participants again with the same survey. This will show us how much they learnt from participating in our project and whether our project was informative and a success. For objective 4 we hope to attract over 100 people from the community to participate in our activities. For objective 5 we hope to involve at least 2 people living with HIV and AIDS to make presentations during our activities. ACTIVITIES: - Awareness raising and promotional: 1. We will first set up a meeting with all our youth to explain our project and talk about the Youth Visioning initiative and their partners; 2. We will write to or call newspapers and television to tell them about our project; 3. We will create posters and pamphlets about our project and distribute them in the community and schools; - Tackling the issues: All our objectives will be achieved by: 1. Visiting 30 schools in the region and performing drama shows. The show will be written and performed by the members of the PNG Youth Association; 2. Using materials from the National AIDS Office we will make presentations and encourage discussions before and after the shows to educate the school participants on HIV and AIDS; 3. We will have HIV and AIDS speakers talking about their life with HIV and AIDS; 4. We will then allow the participants to create their own shows to see whether they learnt anything; ACTION NEEDED: - We need to confirm that the drama club will assist us in the project; - We need to contact the National AIDS Office to ensure that they have enough materials to distribute for our project; - Identify and contact the schools to confirm that they will be willing to allow us to come to their school and perform; - Identify and arrange transport to the schools;

ITEMISED BUDGET: Our currency is the Papua New Guinea Kina. The exchange rate is approximately 1$US = 0.35 Kina. Cost in Kina Awareness Raising and promotional activities Poster paper Paints Pens Tape Advertisement in the newspaper to promote our project Sub-total Drama activities Paper for writing scripts Transportation Materials for the drama shows: Paper Paints Chairs Costumes (hats, gloves, shirts) Photo processing HIV and AIDS presenters Transport for the presenters HIV and AIDS materials from the National AIDS office Stage/theatre hire from local drama group Surveys of the participants (paper and pens) Sub-total

Cost in Kina

350 450 100 100 In-kind (Newspaper will do it for free) 1000 1000 1000 250 250 250 250 1000 In-kind (The presenters will do it for free) In-kind (Presenters will pay their own transport to our shows) In-kind (The office will provide us with free materials) In-kind (The drama group will let us use their stage for free) 1000

6000

Reporting Printing Photo processing Internet café Sub-total TOTAL TOTAL IN US DOLLARS

1000 1000 1000 3000 10,000 Kina US$3,500

YOUTH VISIONING FOR ISLAND LIVING 2008 APPLICATION FOR HIV and AIDS PROJECT project proposal form PROJECT TITLE: SUBMITTED BY: PROJECT LEADER(S): BACKGROUND: SUSTAINABILITY: BENEFICIARIES: PARTNERS: - Lead organization: - Other organizations: DURATION: PROJECT TOOLS: GOAL: OBJECTIVE(S): BENCHMARKS: ACTIVITIES:

- Awareness raising and promotional: 1. Promoting Youth Visioning in your community; - Tackling the issues: ACTION NEEDED: