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Promoting good governance in the health sector 1 - National sectoral budget tracking and advocacy and monitoring of budget performance in selected district health facilities. .  2 -Build the capacity of micro -level local partners and communities to engage and lobby macro -level political representatives for an increased allocation of budget to health.  3 - Collate individuals shared stories and the challenges/opportunities for change they faced/see in the selected health facilities, their experience in accessing quality health services, monitoring the performance of selected district health facilities to support the campaign for improvement in provision essential health care.  4 -Collective engagement with policy makers lobbying for an increase in the health budget allocation in accordance with the different treaties the country has signed.
Emergency Food Security response for drought affected population in Malawi Specifically the project will support a drought affected case load of 2,800 smallholder farming households with a sustained package of inputs in the agricultural cycle over the affected 2016/2017 season.  The inputs include seeds, orange fleshed sweet potato vines and fertilisers which will be delivered through seed fairs. Furthermore, from the beginning of 2017, support will shift towards the diversification of the agriculture base for winter cropping by increasing small holder knowledge and uptake of improved cropping methods and varieties, as well as further linkages to extension and market services to ensure recovery and enhanced resilience at the local level.
Enhancing Community Resilience to Hydro-Meteorological Hazards in Malawi The proposed action will address the fundamental challenge of Low capacity of institutions especially schools and surrounding communities in disaster prone areas to anticipate, plan, prepare and respond to natural hydro -meteorological hazards and disasters in Malawi. This has led to severe food and water shortages also affecting school going children, which compounded existing vulnerabilities in all humanitarian sectors resulting in loss of lives and livelihood assets, economic losses, education disruption, and population displacement which undermines developmental gains
Malawi DRR and Humanitarian Preparedness and Response capacity building This project aims at holistically addressing the huamanitarian preparedness and response in Malawi by Oxfam staff and partners. This is in line with Oxfam humanitarian focus areas namely Emergency Food Security and livelihoods and Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hyigine. This will be linked to work around protection and cross -cutting issues such as gender and diversity, HIV & AIDS and accountability in humanitarian responses. Advocacy and campaigning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning within humanitarian work will also be key ares of focus for partner and staff capacity building.
Climate change capacity building,Adaptation, advocacy, and campaigning in Malawi The Climate Change project  seeks to enhance individual voices and people's movement building and cooperation among civil society  to promote transparent, participatory and accountable decision -making relating to climate change and sustainable development at national and international levels.  Success will be measured against activities will focus enabling public access to information, successful lobbying for public participation and access to climate justice as an empowerment mechanism for individuals to have a meaningful voice in decisions that affect their food security, income generation, health, environment and well being.
Participation of Women in Governance Structures and Increased Awareness on GBV The project will build women and girls leadership through initially conducting a research on women leadership messages that can change attitudes and beliefs. Build capacity in leadership for women and girls, build networks for women and girls to access leadership spaces, facilitate women leadership mentorship and women involvement in economic rights through the partners. We will also engage local leaders, religious leaders, selected institutions on issues of attitudes and beliefs on women leadership. We will also collaborate with like minded institutions, individuals and stakeholders on Transformative Women Leadership (TWL) concept and together advocate for women leadership at all levels through a TWL approach.
Oxfam Ireland Additional Programme Management and Staff Cost in Malawi Programme Management and support staff costs for the Essential Services Coordinator, Advocacy and Campaigns Manager, and the Associate Country Director
Thyolo Sustainable Livelihoods Programme The project goal is to enhance the right to food  and livelihood security  for rural households in Thyolo District. This will be achieved by working with communities through Local Non Governmental Organisations (LNGOs) which will in turn work with Village Development Committees, Community Based Organisations (CBOs)  and Government extension agents.  The project promotes the right to sustainable livelihoods by institutionalising participatory development, incorporating human rights, mainstreaming Gender and HIV and AIDS issues within decentralised district development structures.     The project is being funded by Oxfam International (OIs)
Advocacy and Campaigning in Malawi This project will influence government policies on poverty in Malawi through advocacy to change policies and practices in the context of HIV/AIDS. Poor and vulnerable groups will be the main beneficiaries and the targets will be decision and policy makers.     Strategies will include lobbying, popular mobilization research and working in coalitions. Key changes will include increased people's participation in decision -making, more equitable access to essential services,especially access to medicines and education by OVCs. Oxfam will work with national Civil Society Organizations and operational partners to achieve these changes.
Integrated Emergency Cash Transfer Response to Malawi 2012 Food crisis To help 38352 vulnerable people avert food insecurity through unconditional cash transfers in 3 districts of Malawi while linking them to resilience buidling interventions in their areas. This will help to reduce the risk for future food and livelihoods insecurity amongst the poor and vulnerable communities in the project areas.
Enhancing Communities Capacity in Tracking Development Resources and Results This project will work with communities in Karonga, Dowa and Phalombe districts assemblies to develop their capacity to engage and influence the assemblies so that they are more accountable, responsive and inclusive in managing development resources and service delivery for youth and women. The project will focus on accountability, inclusiveness and responsiveness for development resources and results, and will address two issues: i) Abuse of development resources; and ii) Politicized Intra -District Allocation of Development Resources. It will mobilize communities and structures at district and community levels to engage in and influence the management and utilization of development resources in their local councils. It will also engage in national level initiatives by influencing the development of guidelines for intra -district allocation of development resources, and the devolution of the Local Government Development Budget as a key undertaking within the Public Sector Reform Programme under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.  At local council and community levels, the project will create awareness on the roles of citizens, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), traditional and local leaders on the guidelines.
Access to treatment care and support for people leaving with HIV in Malawi The project aims to support action that enhances equitable access to treatment, care and support for People Living HIV and AIDS (PLHV) and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC). It would specifically focus on strengthening governments commitment to implement pro -poor friendly policies and provide adequate institutional arrangements to make PLHIV and OVC live active, healthy and happy lives. It would also tackle mindsets that exacerbate stigma and discrimination against PLHIV and OVC and address the consistency and quality of care provided by health care workers in Malawi.
MEL, Strategic and Change Management Processes in Malawi The project aims at strengthening quality of Oxfam programme development and implementation, policy analysis and advocacy, documentation, reporting and learning, in order to enhance programme effectiveness and impact on the targeted poor and vulnerable communities; and further enhance accountability to various stakeholders in the 5 districts of Southern Malawi.
Karonga Public Health Promotion Response for Earth Quake affected communities The Department of Geological Survey  recorded 83 earthquakes in Karonga within December 2009 with magnitude ranges of 3.8 to 6.2 on the Richter scale. Affected population stands at 216, 428 (36,071 households) out of the district population of 270, 960, The Project Goal is contribute to the prevention of illness and death from diseases which are related to inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene through public health promotion.Oxfam's approach will be to enhance strengthen water and sanitation programmes  to promote good personal and environmental hygiene in order to protect health.
Emergency Cash Transfer Response to 2013 Food Crisis The project will provide unconditional cash transfers to 10,958 vulnerable community members to enable them meet their basic food needs by accessing it from the markets. The project beneficiaries will also be linked to other resilience building programmes such as Village Savings and Loans schemes within the districts in order to reduce their vulnerability to future shocks.
Combating SGBV to Retain Girls (and Boys) in Malawian Schools for Improved Educa In order to ensure that Malawian students especially girls in upper primary and secondary schools do not experience Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) to enhance their educational opportunities and outcomes, the project will ensure that there are improved capabilities/competencies of 4,000 girls and 2,000 boys to defend girls' rights and challenge SGBV in targeted districts; Improved and safe learning environment for 4,000 girls, 2,000 boys and 500  other vulnerable students (OVS) in upper primary and secondary school in 4 targeted  districts; and lastly, Improved access to education support mechanisms for 1,200 female and Other Vulnerable (OV) students in upper primary school and secondary school in 4 targeted  districts.
Chiradzulu HIV & AIDS and Livelihoods Project This is an integrated Livelihoods and HIV & AIDS project succeeding the Chiradzulu HIV & AIDS Response Programme aimedat achieving sustainable livelihoods for 9720 poor and vulnerable households in the context of HIV&AIDS by 2010.     The beneficiaries will have improved capacity to demand their rights and hold government to account on areas e.g. equitable access to treatment, care and support,  resourcing for HBC, development of Disaster Management Plans, and social protection policy.
Women's Rights in Malawi The specific objective of the project is to contribute to increased gender equality and empowerment of women in Malawi. The project will support national level work and advocacy on womens rights issues in areas of  reduction of gender based violence particulary violence against women, promotion of women in decision making processes, and reduction of women and adolescent girls vulnerability to HIV & AIDS.The project will run from May 2007 to April 2010.
Education Support to girls and other vulnerable children in Malawi The proposed intervention involves a series of supportive and capacity building activities designed to achieve three objectives. These are, firstly the project will improve access, retention and completion of learners in targeted schools; secondly to create a safe learning environment for learners through creation of girls' agency initiatives; thirdly to reduce harmful cultural factors and negative norms that affect girls education through sports for behaviour change approach.
Influencing implementation of frameworks that guarantees right to information This action will contribute towards Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) capacity to advance and defend human rights by holding duty bearers to account for their commitments and responsibilities as well as demand for enforcement of sanctions whenever accountability deficit occurs.  The project will promote and protect the right to freedom of expression specifically on access to information by advocating for effective implementation and enforcement of a regulatory framework that guarantees that information is transparently shared by the government and is accessible by all citizens. This action will foster and support a broad -based movement of civil society groups, human rights defenders, and media to advocate for an improved regulatory environment that protects easy access to information, which in turn, promotes accountability by enabling citizens to hold duty bearers to account for their actions.
Restoring Livelihoods & Enhancing FS (ReLiEF) of El Niño affected HH in Mw The poject will mitigate the effects of food insecurity of 5628 House Holds affected by El -Niño in Balaka, the Action will enable the most vulnerable to meet their immediate food and nutrition needs, while supporting their early recovery from the food security crisis (strengthening livelihoods and productive assets), protecting them to avoid adopting negative coping strategies and increasing their resilience to future shocks.
Promoting Responsible Land Governance for Sustainable Agriculture in Malawi This project will strive to achieve 2 main results which are institutional framework for establishing customary land estates developed and tested, and rural land governance systems that conform to international guidelines have been proven feasible and recommended for scale up.
ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND CHILD PROTECTION PROJECT The project aims at reducing vulnerability to HIV&AIDS and improve status of PLWHA by improving access to education for orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs), which include support for early childhood development in Balaka and Phalombe districts. The project will strengthen the capacity of 100 caregivers in ECD, creating a conducive early ealry learning and stimulating environment by construction of 20 toilets, refurbishing 4 CBCCs and procure 200 CBCC kits. The project will also enhence advocancy and coordination skills on ECD and child protection issues at community level.
Enhanced Evidence-based research to inform policy decision making in PFM This project will contribute towards improved use and management of public resources through a public financial management system that promotes transparency, accountability, fiscal discipline, efficiency and effectiveness by enhancing decision making and multi -stakeholder debates on PFM issues, enabled by a robust evidence -based research and sharing of best practice models. The project will enhance analysis and expand an inclusive civic space that enables policy influencing and active citizenship in public finance management for great efficiency and cost reduction in public service delivery. Oxfam in Malawi will work with Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA) and Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) through establishment of research teams to analyse available information and anecdotal case studies on PFM to propose viable policy options for public discussion and consideration at the appropriate level of decision making in public finance management system for better targeted policies and poverty reduction. The action will not focus not exclusively on PFM at central but also at local level by analysing available information and PFM trends in, ten districts of Rumphi, Mzimba, Dowa, Mchinji, Kasungu, Phalombe, Balaka, Mangochi, Zomba and Machinga. It is expected that information from these districts would prompt the public to get engaged with deliberations and debate on PFM issues by bringing real life stories on the impact of poor public finance management in service delivery.
Gender Responsive Ultra-Poor Graduation Project Create a project that is responding to a Financial Access for Rural Markets Smallholder and Enterprise Program (FARMSE) call on gender responsive ultra -poor graduation program and Oxfam wishes to contribute to this by achieving 3 objectives which are; 1. To improve food and nutrition security for 3 300 ultra -poor households to achieve a sustainable and resilient livelihood in Balaka and Machinga districts. 2. To increase financial inclusion and sustainably diversify economic opportunities of 3 300 ultra -poor households, including at least 30% women and 20% youth headed households in Balaka and Machinga districts.  3. To strengthen district and community local structures and institutions to design and deliver gender sensitive ultra -poor responsive interventions in Balaka and Machinga districts.
Increasing Resource Allocation and Accountability for Nut Sector in MW Phase II The project have two specific objectives:  (1) The capacity of district councils and national level nutrition institutions to lobby for increased allocation and accountability of resources towards nutrition is developed;  (2) The engagement of local and national level media in advocating for increased allocation and accountability of resources in the nutrition sector is increased. The project will focus more on engaging at district and local level in the districts of Dowa, Salima and Dedza to find solutions to the problems related to insufficient resource allocation which the nutrition sector is facing. The experiences from these districts will be the basis for a thorough learning exercise with the involvement of a variety of stakeholders and guided by Oxfam. Promising approaches will be documented in a way that eases the potential uptake of the suggested solutions by other stakeholders, including by the Malawian Government.
Blantyre District Cash Transfer Project In this project, Oxfam will be providing cash grants to 49,522 people from Blantyre District to help to meet their missing food entitlements during the critical hunger months of March and April. The project will involve targetting of the most vulnerable households from two critical areas, T A Kunthembwe and Lirangwe area, which were identified by official food security assessments as having been hard hit by food insecurity.
Addressing Violence Against Women in Malawi Building the capacity of implementers and relevant stakeholders on laws, policies, guidelines and procedures related to VAW will be key. Secondly,community mobilisation for engagement with the government to implement laws and policies
Balaka Cash Transfer Response Project This project seeks to contribute to increased household food security for 23,362 people affected by localized food shortages in Balaka district based on the MVAC) report that about 23,362 people are missing their food entitlement due to the prolonged dry spells that happened during the 2009 to 2010 crop growing season. The project will undertake monthly unconditional cash transfers for 5 months from December 2010. The project will also serve as a capacity building avenue for staff and partners on Cash Transfer programming in Malawi.
Improving Secondary Education Completion Rates among Girls and OV Students. The overall objective of the project is "to contribute towards increased enrolment, retention and completion rates at secondary school particularly for female and Other Vulnerable (OV) students."  The specific objective of the action is "Improved secondary education completion rates among girls and OV students especially in Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSS) in the target districts." The project will increase the number of female and OV students that remain in school and sit for final Malawi School Certificate of Examination (MSCE) examinations; increase the number of CDSS that deliver quality education in a well safeguarded learning environment; and increase the number of female and OV students that successfully complete secondary education in CDSSs.
Support to reduce vulnerabilities and resilience building increased resilience and reduced vulnerabilities of people affected by floods due to Cyclone Ana in Phalombe District
Access to treatment care and support for people living with HIV in Malawi Outline Description: What would you like to do?  - Carry out baseline studies and strengthen the monitoring and evaluation framework  - Support technical capacity building in programming and advocacy and institutional development for partners' organisations  - Support solid action and academic (evidence based) research  - Align with other players in the sector and support partner and community led advocacy, lobbying and campaigning  - Support pilot service -delivery orientated projects that provides evidence for scale up to public health agencies and institutions  - Support the development of robust monitoring, evaluation and learning systems and mechanisms
Stakeholders Engagement on Increasing Access to Renewable Energy in Malawi Increasing stakeholders' knowledge and engagement in Renewable Energy Policy Framework, strategies for increasing access of renewable energy  and Financing in Malawi
Women farmers access value-chains and adapt to climate change The project wants to improve poor women's economic, social and environmental resilience through participation in value chains, increased status and adaptation to climate change
Promoting Extractive Sector in Malawi The program aims to achieve a situation where men women and youth enjoy equitable access to socio -economic opportunities through improved governance of the extractive sector. The project will focus on empowering communities living within the extractive industry target area especially women and youths to actively participate in the decision making processes around Extractive Industries (EI). The programme will lobby for the adoption of Free Prior Informed Consent in Malawi legislation. The program will also engage duty bearers to be responsive to community demands and claims in Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC), proper resettlement and compensation. The programme will also focus on issues of transparency and accountability in the EI sector mostly by engaging with government on contract negotiations, build capacity of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on contract monitoring and participation in Extractive Industries Transparency initiative (EITI) and Publish what you pay (PYP) activities.
Ireland Civil Society Programme (ICSP) Programme will contribute towards reducing inequalities and poverty among Malawian citizens especially women, girls and youth living in vulnerable situations. Project will be implemented in Malawi in Mchinji and Kasungu Districts in partnership with local partners, networks and movements and Government partners over period of five years from January 2023 to December 2027.
Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods for Vulnerable groups Particulary women. The project contributes to the JOPM overall goal of improving sustainable livelihoods for poor and vulnerable groups in the context of HIV and AIDS. and contributes to four thematic areas of the JOPM: livelihoods promotion and protection,  increased equitable access of targeted households to quality HIV and AIDS services through vocational education for OVCs and advocay for increased allocation and improved utilisation of bursaries,  governance and gender equality. The project has been  finacially supported by the Scottish Executive December 2013
Flood response in Mulanje District The project will timely and appropriately respond to the floods that have affected over 38,000 Households in Mulanje district. The project will focus on carrying out a thorough assessment as well as proving food and non food items and supporting WASH needs.