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Bkk-Asia Regional O-based and Mekong Hub FY09-10 Funding under this initiative supports the Bangkok Post, specifically to manage regional transboundary program which includes anti-people trafficking, anti-drug activities and regional HIV/AIDS initiatives. Bangkok Post currently employs 9 local staff in the Program Support Unit. One of the staff member also provide ad hoc assistance to the Burma program for refugees information. The Burma program focuses on humanitarian assistance, targeting vulnerable populations, especially women and children, and refugees. Assistance will also be provided through the Asia Regional Program to address transboundary issues. The total value of this initiative is $0.6 million to be expensed during the 2009-10 financial year.
Women's Economic Leadership and Empowerment The Women's Economic Leadership and Empowerment initiative aims to build capacity of Mekong women to engage effectively with ASEAN institutions, their own governments and the private sector on women's economic leadership and empowerment issues. The total value of this initiative is $1.0 million over 2 years, starting 2014-15.
Supporting implementation of ATS program-FY08-09 Funding under this initiative will support the implementation of the Asia Transboundary program, specifically strategy development, program management and quality assurance processes such as monitoring, analytical work, consultation relevant to the Regional Strategy and the Annual Program Performance Review. The total value of this initiative is $60,000 over 2 years, starting 2008-09.
ASEAN Regional Coordination on Animal Health Study The Study on Strengthening ASEAN Regional Coordination on Animal Health and Zoonosis aims to contribute to ASEAN's regional capacity to address Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs), including emerging zoonoses, through sustainable cooperation among ASEAN Member States.  The independent study is expected to provide ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Secretariat with clear options to achieve this goal. The establishment of an ASEAN-defined and owned framework, in consideration of existing regional trends and mechanisms, will enable ASEAN Member States to better address disease threats at-source and continue to collectively strengthen the region's capacity to respond broadly to TADs. The total value of this initiative is $0.1 million to be expensed during the 2009-10 financial year.
Funding to MTV EXIT The MTV Europe Foundation (MTVEF) and MTV Networks (MTVN) (collectively, MTV) propose a social marketing educational campaign under the brand “MTV EXIT” to raise awareness about, and increase prevention of, trafficking in persons (TIP) in Vietnam and Indonesia. Funding under this initiative represents Australia's support for MTV Europe Foundation to undertake awareness raising campaign. The total value of this initiative is $0.1 million over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
UNODC General Purpose Fund for FY 2010-2011 A$500,000 annual voluntary contribution to the UNODC General Purpose Fund in FY2010-11.  The General Purpose Fund covers the core operations of the Unodc Secretariat in its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
Infrastructure Gender Equality Advisory Services Funding under this initiative supports the review of the approach of infrastructure programs to gender equality with a view to seeking improved gender outcomes through infrastructure investments. The total value of this investment is $0.1 million over 2 years, starting 2015-16.
Technical Assistance Support to ADB Funding under this initiative supports toe Asian Development Bank and aims to strengthen coordination between the ASEAN programs undertaken through its Economic Community blueprint and South-East Asia’s three ADB-coordinated subregional programs (GMS, IMT-GT, and BIMP-EAGA). The members of these three programs, taken together, are the same as ASEAN (with the exception of China for the GMS). The total value of this initiative is $0.5 million to be expensed during the 2010-11 financial year.
UNODC Transnational Organised Crime Assessment The UNODC project on Assessing Transnational Organised Crime in East Asia and the Pacific seeks to improve the evidence base for regional collaborative transnational organised crime (TOC) prevention efforts through a research publication that will address the extent, nature, and pattern of TOC threats in the region.
Asian Bureau of Economic Research Funding under this investment provides research grant funding to the Asian Bureau of Economic Research to contribute to informed policy thinking and decision-making across the Asian region. Funding will facilitate high level research and dialogue on the development of regional policy strategies, improving regional cooperation in identifying and tackling pressing policy issues and facilitating sustained policy discussion on furthering regional integration. Each year ABER will deliver: an Australian conference and public forum; a regional conference and public forum; two Asian literacy roundtables; 1.5 and track II meetings; one research report; two country surveys; the East Asia Forum quarterly; a graduate scholarship; and researcher and graduate student exchanges. The total value of this investment is $0.4 million over 6 years, starting 2017-18.
Mekong Social Safeguards Implementation Support Australia is co-financing seven major transport infrastructure development projects across the Greater Mekong sub-region with most involving relocation, resettlement and land acquisition programs. The Mekong Social Safeguards Implementation Support supports risk management of the resettlement issues through training workshop and development of best practice guidelines. The total value of this initiative is $86,000 over 2 years, starting 2011-12.
Private Financing Advisory Network The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) matches private financing, supplemented by small amounts of catalytic public finance, to innovative low carbon and clean energy projects in developing countries.  The high level goals of PFAN are to mobilise USD 100 billion per year of private and public climate financing by 2020 and longer term to meet the objectives of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goal 7: clean and affordable energy in particular. Funding under this investment represents Australia's contribution to PFAN through a funding agreement with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the host agency and is valued at $3.9 million (USD3m) over 3 years, starting 2016-17.
WIPO - Australia Funds in Trust Phase 2 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) FiT 2 aims to help least developed countries (LDCs) and developing countries in the Indo-Pacific region to create an enabling environment for private sector innovation and domestic and foreign investment by helping partner countries develop and implement Intellectual Property (IP) systems and build their capabilities in IP and facilitate technology transfer. The program will deliver activities under four key themes:1) Development of IP systems; 2) Using IP to facilitate technology/knowledge transfer; 3) WIPO Research program addressing neglected tropical diseases, malaria and tuberculosis; and 4) WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium program to increase access to educational materials for the visually impaired and print disabled. IP Australia will manage the program on behalf of Australia in consultation with DFAT. The World intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the implementing partner.  The total value of the program is $3.0 million
Event Management and Logistic Support to The Cities Initiative Launch and Signing Dinner In Makeni The Fast Track Cities Initiative (FTCI) was launched on World AIDS Day 2014, in Paris. Mayors, city government officials, and city health officials gathered in Paris and 26 high HIV burden cities first signed the Paris Declaration on Fast-Track Cities (Paris Declaration). As of May 15, 2016, an additional 38 high HIV burden cities around the world have signed the Paris Declaration.
Under local leadership, Fast-Track Cities are uniquely positioned to develop locally designed and led strategies for continuum optimization that respond directly to the needs of vulnerable and key populations within the urban context. Through the concerted efforts of Mayors, city governments, affected communities, local health departments, clinical and service providers, and other relevant stakeholders, the Initiative works to overcome the barriers that impede efforts to scale up access to and utilization of HIV prevention, testing, care, treatment, and support services for people at risk for and those living with HIV in a rights-based and equitable manner.
In Sierra Leone, urban areas have a higher HIV prevalence (2.3%) than national average (1.5%), indicating the greater vulnerability of people living in cities and infer that effective city-level action is likely to influence national outcomes. Urban areas in Sierra Leone are also home to large numbers of people belonging to key populations at higher risk of HIV infection but which often receive limited attention in HIV programs.
CAFOD & EC Funded Unlocking the Potential of the Moringa Cake Project  - Caritas Makeni This proposal directly addresses the long term improvement of food security of Sierra Leone through the development of small scale livestock and inland fisheries sustainable production schemes. The action will use innovative and locally appropriate approaches and technologies to improve food and income security of vulnerable populations, especially women and youth affected by conflict in Sierra Leone; thereby contributing to the realisation of MDG 1 (i.e. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger). 
This will be achieved through developing capacities of local partners and selected communities in Bombali and Kenema districts to enable them pilot innovative, cost effective and locally appropriate initiatives that are locally owned and driven in the production, value addition, consumption and marketing of organic fresh water fish and poultry.
Support for water well construction to the archbishop of Freetown and the conference of Bishops This grant will support the archbishop and by extension the conference of Bishops with the construction of a water well.
Building resilience of vulnerable groups through improved protection and livelihoods. According to the WHO (16/03/2015) the outbreak of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever in West Africa has recorded more than 24,000 confirmed and suspected cases to date, across West Africa including 10,144 deaths. 48% of all cases have occurred in Sierra Leone , the country hardest hit by the outbreak, but the true impact is far greater. The ACAPs Ebola situation update (09-16 March) demonstrates this greater impact on food security, nutrition, child protection and spread of disease.
The negative impact of EVD on the communities continues, In addition, schools were closed since July 2014 as many were transformed into Community Care Centres (CCC) and even though these have been re-open there are issues with parents allowing their children to attend school.  The poorest and most vulnerable members of the communities, including older people, people with disabilities, children, young girls and women, have been hit the hardest. For example, older men and women due to their traditional caring roles in the community; people with disabilities due to restricted mobility, loss of sight; young girls who have not been at school have been at risk of becoming pregnant and have heightened protection issues due to lack of schooling over long periods. 
CAFODs work on the ground has identified that orphans and widows, carers, often older aged women and young children as other specific vulnerable groups, especially in households where both parents, including the bread winner, has died due to EVD and grandparents or adolescent siblings have assumed a carers role.  
The project seek to achieve the following;
a) 1,325 vulnerable Ebola affected  individuals (focus on women and girls) demonstrate improved livelihoods and food security by end of month 12; 
b) By month 12 at least 2,250 vulnerable persons affected by EVD demonstrate improved wellbeing as a result of psychosocial support provided across 2 districts; 
c) At least 350 vulnerable children are reunited with family members by month 12 as a result of improved protection services being provided across two districts; 
d) At least 1,200 girls and boys return to school and their education is resumed by month 6, as a result of providing basic school support/equipment and materials in two districts; 
e) project partners demonstrate strengthened capacity to ensure improved coordination, accountability and that compliance to international standards are met.
Faith acts to improve Water, sanitation and hygiene practices in Sierra Leone The simple rationale is to reduce hygiene related disease and mortality in Sierra Leone through reinforcing CAFOD’s current Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH) programs with Malaria Consortium’s faith based behavioural change network, resulting in greater impact of programming.
The partnership will create a more holistic, integrated program by combining the “hardware” of CAFOD with the “software” (Government approved behavioural change messaging) through partnership with Malaria Consortium’s Faith Acts network. This combination will improve depth of impact and breadth of coverage supporting more vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and children
Flood Risk Reduction in Western Rural Flooding has become almost an annual occurrence in Sierra Leone, resulting in destruction of property and loss of lives and livelihoods for thousands of vulnerable residents. Low lying coastal and hillside communities within the Western Area of the country, including Freetown (Western Urban) and surrounding regions of Western Rural, are often most impacted. While coordinated efforts at flood mitigation have been ongoing throughout Freetown, communities in Western Rural, including Tombo and its surrounding areas, have had little to no support to prepare for the imminent crisis. In fact, according to a rapid assessment supported by CAFOD and conducted by Street Child in July 2020, over 90% of the 615 homes assessed already experienced flooding on the 1st of July, over a month before the peak raining season. Many had collapsed walls, and 40 homes were completely destroyed and uninhabitable. Within the coming weeks, it is estimated that 2,000 households (11,200 people) will be affected by further flooding in Tombo. These challenges are anticipated in the ongoing context of a COVID-19 outbreak which has significantly impacted people's livelihoods, specifically access to disposable income which could have been used to help prevent and respond to some of the effects of flooding.
Partners Assessment and Business Plan Development- FY2018/19 CAFOD is undertaking an assessment of its partners to identify the capacity needs which will help them develop a Partnership Capacity Development/Strengthening Plan. Aside this, a feasibility assessment of the cassava processing centre in Kpatema community a project implemented by our partner the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary(MSHR) Bo will be done to identify gaps in the business. This will be followed by the development a five year business plan for the centre.
Community Sensitisation on Ebola outbreak in Three Chiefdoms in the Bombali District Accountability Alert Sierra Leone is a CAFOD implementing partner operating in Bombali District, Northern Sierra Lone, working with rural communities to improve women’s access to land. Since the outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone several organisations have been engaged on sensitization and awareness raising campaign on the prevention and control of the spread of Ebola in various communities. Unfortunately, message dissemination is through radio or television and communities where AASL operations are far in the interior of the Northern province of the country and cannot access TV signals and even where they are broadcast over the Radio, most if not all, are extremely poor to access radio sets to listen to these messages. Therefore, AASL with funding from CAFOD is targeting these communities, where traditional burial, mistrust and denial of Ebola is pervasive. The project strategy is to train chiefdom authorities (20 women and 10 men), 60 women leaders and 45 men leaders and, youth (25 females and 20 males) and 18 traditional healers (10 females and 8 males) on EVD transmission and prevention measures, carry out Focus Group Discussions with Chiefdom authorities, (women, men and youths) to assess the level of knowledge of the community about the disease and consequently help shape the sensitization messages and content of trainings.
Strengthening Financial Resilience and food security in Kailahun District, Sierra Leone This proposed two years livelihood project will be implemented in Peje Bongre Chiefdom, ten (10) communities  (Pujehun, Jorpowahun. Tikonko, Malema, Fiondu Mbawomahun, Talia,Levuma, Gbahama, Foindu Mawei and Saafa Town)  with high vulnerability in poverty prevalence in the Kailahun District:  Caritas Kenema has implemented similar projects with CAFOD in the recent past in the Kissi Kama and Kissi Teng Chiefdoms in Kailahun District in partnership with Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFFS) for vulnerable communities. Baseline assessment conducted by Caritas Sierra Leone in partnership with the Ministry of Social Welfare (MOSW) for women’s empowerment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on vulnerable communities and the Kailahun District Council for local stakeholders’ participation was analysed. This project proposal is developed upon the lessons learnt from last implementation and the outcome of such participatory approach of such data collection and analysis. The design of this project is also in compliance with Sierra Leone Government’s recovery priorities for food security and human capital under its post Ebola and COVID – 19 prevention and control recovery strategy.  
This project will be implemented to contribute to CAFOD’s Food and resilience livelihood and women empowerment   programme framework. Caritas Kenema will implement this project in collaboration with appropriate line ministries (MAFFS, MSW and MOHS) and local councils/Stakeholders. The project is targeting vulnerable individuals (women, young adults and exceptional cases of men headed households in rural communities. The project is also designed to enhance increase local ownership, involvement in monitoring and accountability systems towards sustainability. 
This project will contribute and complement the Kailahun District council development plan to ensure the availability of adequate food, access to income and increase resilience by 2025.
Building Resilient Communities in Sierra Leone The project will focus broadly across three outcomes, tackling endemic inequality, poverty, and exclusion through a holistic and community-driven approach. Recognising that women and youth are often most at risk, the project will work to address the roots of exclusion through activities targeting food security and nutrition, financial inclusion and better money management and improved health outcomes through access to WASH facilities.
Responding to the Ebola Epidemic Emergency & Early Recovery in Sierra Leone - phase 2 This project aims to continue to assist with the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.

The outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone started on the 25th May 2014, from a single case in the Eastern District of Kailahun. On 30th. November 2014, we had a cumulative caseload of 5,712 infections, within a period of five months. 

Many NGOs continue to implement an excellent behaviour change campaign. Traditional and religious leaders have played their own part, but Ebola Virus Disease continues to ravage the entire country with unrelenting spikes in new cases just as we approach December when everyone expected a downward curve, which is particularly worrying. The persistently bleak daily updates only depict a depressing, shocking trajectory, showing that we have an uphill battle to find lasting solution to the serious humanitarian crisis as it unfolds in Sierra Leone.  This project is aimed at supporting the Diocesan Caritas through the National Caritas to address this emergency.
Emergency WASH and health response for flood affected population of Freetown (Western Area) Sierra L This is part of START Fund project. 

Heavy rains in Freetown on the 14th August 2017 have caused a mud/landslide in Regent, Western Rural district and, a suburb of Freetown. The number of fatalities is still unknown, but according to the Red Cross (14/08/2017) over 312 bodies have been brought to the city mortuary. The government of Sierra Leone is currently undertaking a search and rescue operation, and expects the number of casualties to increase significantly.

1) House cleaning: While the exact number of houses that are affected, but not structurally damaged, is not yet known, this response will target 500 homes, i.e. benefitting an estimated 2,500 people, for cleaning and minor repairs to restore them to a state that is fit for safe and dignified habitation. This activity will target homes in the flood affected areas, due to the near complete destruction of homes in the landslide affected areas. This activity fills a gap, as shelter actors are targeting the official temporary shelters. The response will target the most vulnerable among those affected without any discrimination according to ethnicity, religion, gender, socio-economic status, or any other factors.
Responding to Ebola Epidemic in Sierra Leone through Social Mobilization in Bombali, Port Loko, Kamb CAFOD in partnership with the Catholic Diocese of Makeni (Caritas Makeni) is implementing a social mobilisation project in the Diocese of Makeni aimed at improving health and well being of vulnerable populations in Northern Sierra Leone. To stop the spread of the disease in the affected districts of Bombali, Port Loko, Kambia, Tonkolili and Koinadugu effective community-based social mobilisation on prevention measures is essential. Therefore the project strategy  includes; selection of 100 community advocate (CA) from the Catholic Parishes in the targeted area and train them for two day on prevention measure of EVD, 2) work closely with Ministry of Health and Sanitation, UNICEF, MSF and WHO to review and update current IEC material on Ebola, and 3) conducting 10 consecutive sensitizations during Sunday masses.