Peace

HIV/AIDS
Corps
Fact Sheet: 2008
Mission
To help the people of interested countries in meeting their Worldwide Programming Results
need for trained men and women.
in HIVI AIDS*
To help promote a better understanding of Americans on
Number of Volunteers conducting
the part of the peoples served.
HIVIAIDS activities: 3,145
To help promote a better understanding of other peoples
on the part of Americans. Number of individuals assisted
by Volunteers' HIVIAIDS activities: 870,921

History Number of service providers assisted

by Volunteers' HIVIAIDS activities: 52,451
Peace Corps
officially established: March 1, 1961

Total number of Volunteers

and trainees to date: 190,000

Total number of countries

served to date: 139

Volunteer Assignment Areas

• Education (36%)
• Health and HIV/AIDS (21%)
• Businees Development (15%)
R Environment (14%)

• Youth (6%) Partnership with the President's

• Agriculture (5%) Emergency Plan for AI DS Relief
Other (4%) (PEPFAR)

The Peace Corps has been a partner agency in PEPFAR

The Peace Corps' Strategic
since 2004, and has used PEPFAR funds for programming
Advantage in the Global Response and training enhancements, including:
to HIV/AIDS
• Supplemental technical training for Volunteers and their
counterparts
HIVIAIDS activities are integrated across all assignment
areas. • Additional Volunteers and support staff

Volunteers work in areas with limited access to services, • Small grant programs for community-initiated
and live and work in their communities for two years. activities

Volunteers integrate culturally appropriate messages and • Technical resources

community participation into their work.
Volunteers have a rapport with youth, an important target
group.
Volunteers speak the local languages and are well
integrated into the communities they serve.
During the first phase of PEPFAR (2004-2008), 31 Peace
Corps posts and headquarters received approximately
$52,000,000 of PEPFAR funds to expand and enhance the
agency's HIVIAIDS interventions. While Volunteers do not
provide direct medical care, they are involved in capacity­
building activities in prevention, care, and treatment.

* Volunteer statistics are based on data as of September 30. 2007.

For more information on Peace Corps' response to HIV/AIDS. please visit our website: www.peacecorps.goY

 Peace Fact Sheet:

Corps Integrating HIV/ AIDS
Across Sectors
Overview
Since the 1980s, Peace Corps Volunteers around the world have
contributed to the global response to AIDS by helping people adopt
healthy behaviors and assisting communities to mitigate its effects.
Regardless of their primary assignment, Volunteers are involved in
HIV/AIDS activities including prevention education; providing
assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans and vulnerable
children (OVe); and capacity building of HIV/AIDS-focused
organizations. This cross sector approach, along with volunteers' local
language and cross-cultural training and two-year presence in
communities, makes the Peace Corps an effective grassroots
component of any national HIV/AIDS strategy. Worldwide in 2007,
volunteers' HIV/AIDS activities provided assistance to nearly 900,000
individuals, over 52,000 HIV/AIDS service providers, and more than
3,700organizations*.
To guide the agency's response to the pandemic, the Peace Corps
recently developed a five-year global HIV/AIDS strategy to strengthen
prevention and care activities through its core function of capacity
building.

Examples of How Volunteers Integrate HIV/AIDS Activities

Agriculture Environment
• Conducting basic HIV/AIDS trainings with farmers, and • Incorporating HIVIAIDS information and life skills into
training participants at agricultural conferences in activities with environmental youth groups and 4H clubs.
HIVIAIDS education.
• Training communities in low labor agricultural Health
techniques to improve the nutrition of people living • Conducting HIVIAIDS outreach to community members to
with HIVIAIDS, ave, and their caregivers. raise awareness about HIVIAIDS and available services.
• Providing educational sessions for health workers and
Business· clinic patients in areas such as nutritional counseling, life
• Building the management capacity of employees and skills, palliative care, PMTCT, and HIVtesting.
members of community based, faith based, and non • Providing training to care-givers and service providers in
governmental organizations, and local businesses. ways to improve care for people living with AIDS and ave.
• Training in income generation for HIVIAIDS-focused • Strengthening linkages and referral networking of
organizations. HIVIAIDS service providers.

Education Youth
• Developing life skills of in-school and out-of-school • Teaching life skills and prevention to youth through clubs,
youth. boys' and girls' conferences, camps, and sports events.
• Integrating HIVIAIDS information into science and • Establishing income-generating activities for ave.
English lesson plans. • Training peer educators.
• Training teachers in life skills and HIVIAIDS education.

* Volunteer statistics are based on data as of September 30. 2007.

For more information on Peace Corps' response to HIV/AIDS, please visit our website: www.peacecorps.gov

Partnerships with the Peace Corps

WHO WE ARE

The Peace Corps is an independent agency within the executive branch of the United States Government.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Peace Corps currently has field programs in 72 countries.

Throughout its 45- year history, the Peace Corps' mission has been centered on three goals:

• To help the people of interested countries in meeting their needs for trained men and women;
• To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served;
• To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.

Since its inception, the Peace Corps has enabled more than 182,000 American Volunteers to contribute to
world peace and development by working to achieve these goals on the grassroots level. With the events
of recent years, the goals of the Peace Corps have never been more important. Currently, more than 7,800
Volunteers are working directly with farmers, teachers, health care providers, members of community
based organizations and others to build their capacity to improve their own lives.

WHAT WE DO
Peace Corps programs are designed in conjunction Peace Corps Volunteers by Project
with host country governments, including the
relevant government ministries. Other stakeholders Other
participating in the design and implementation of 7% Agriculture
these programs include national and international 6% Business
NGOs, local foundations, and representatives of Health and
16%
community organizations. Project implementation is HIVI AIDS
centered around the Peace Corps Volunteers, who 20%
work to increase the capacity of communities and
local organizations to meet their needs in the areas of
health, education, business, agriculture, environment
and youth development. Within these sector areas,
Volunteers also contribute to larger agency
initiatives, such as HIV/AIDS prevention and care,
girls' education, and information communication technology (lCT).

STRATEGIC PARTNERING
While Peace Corps' annual budget is determined each year through the federal appropriations process,
restrictions on the use of funds can sometimes limit the Agency's ability to implement a full range of
capacity building activities. To enhance its ability to fulfill its three goals, the Peace Corps enters into
agreements with U.S. Government agencies and other international and private organizations.

Over the years, strategic partnerships have enabled the Peace Corps to maximize its grass-roots
development impact by: providing targeted skills and technical training to Volunteers, host country
counterparts and community organizations; strengthening capacity-building at the local level; and
increasing Volunteer and host country counterpart effectiveness as community development agents.
Partners are linked with grassroots communities around the world, and are offered an opportunity to
demonstrate a measurable impact on the people served.

The Peace Corps will explore partnership opportunities with organizations whose target beneficiaries,
development philosophy, and technical assistance priorities correspond with the Peace Corps' mission
and fall within the objectives of host country projects and programs. Strategic partnering with other U.S.
Government agencies, international and local NGOs, foundations and other private organizations can
advance both partners' goals by:
• targeting resources to specific (sector or initiative) programming areas of mutual interest;
• providing technical training to Volunteers, host country counterparts, and members of local
community organizations;
• sharing relevant technical materials; and,
• assisting grassroots capacity-building activities with technical or community grant support.

Examples of recent Peace Corps partnerships include:

United States Agency for
International Development (USAID)
The Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) of the United
Nations
Habitat for Humanity International
The Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
The Center for Disease Control
Financial support for host country counterpart capacity-building activities in food
security, economic growth, the environment, health, HIV/AIDS, NGO strengthening,
and project planning and management. Includes a community grant component.
Technical cooperation and training support, particularly in the areas of crop production
and diversification, agro forestry, and nutrition and food security generally, and to
combat the effect ofHIV/AIDS.
Technical cooperation which may include community development and mobilization,
business support family health, and housing and infrastructure development.
Financial support for technical materials development; small community grants; and
host country national, Volunteer and staff capacity-building activities directly related
to HIV/AIDS, primarily in Africa.
Technical cooperation in the areas of maternal, child and reproductive health,
infectious and chronic disease prevention, and environmental health.

Many other international and private organizations operate in countries where the Peace Corps fields
Volunteers. Catholic Relief Services, UNICEF, Oxfam, CARE, PACT, World Vision, PARO and
national chapters of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are just a few of the organizations that have
provided assistance to the Peace Corps with training, technical expertise, or support of specific
community-level projects.

PARTNERING WITH THE PEACE CORPS

The first step is to prepare a short concept paper describing the proposed partnership (see the attached
template), which will be reviewed at Peace Corps headquarters. In making a determination whether to
proceed, the Peace Corps will consider:

• the alignment of the proposed partnership with Peace Corps priorities;

• the effects of the proposed partnership on existing country programs;
• the effect on relationships with host country partners and other relevant stakeholders;
• the development issues that the proposed partnership addresses;
• whether the benefits achieved during the partnership can be sustained by host country partners or
by local communities after the completion of the partnership;
• the expectations of each party regarding the implementation of the proposed partnership.

On the positive recommendation of the review panel, the appropriate form of agreement will be drafted
for the consideration of the parties involved. In some cases, it may be more effective to negotiate an
Agency-level agreement, which provides a general framework for operations while leaving specific
country-level implementing agreements to be negotiated at individual posts.

For further information on initiating a partnership with the Peace Corps, contact:

Cynthia Ferrin, Partnership Coordinator

Center for Field Assistance and Applied Research, Partnership Development Unit

phone: 202.692.2622, email: cferrin@peacecorps.gov.

 Concept Paper for Developing a Partnership

with the Peace Corps
The Center for Field Assistance and Applied Research / Partnership Development Unit

Contact information: Cynthia Ferrin; e-mail to cferrin@peacecorps.gov; phone: 202-692-2622

Please keep preliminary submissions to five pages or less in length, expand the boxes as needed

Name of Your Organization:

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Contact Information:

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Proposed Area(s) of Collaboration:

DHealth o
Environment DAgriculture DBusiness
DYouth DHN/AIDS oGirls ' Education DInformation Communications
Technology (lCT)

Executive Summary of partnership, includin~ key activities:

Your Or2anization's back2round information:

Purpose of this partnership:

 How does this partnership benefit your ore:anization, the host country or ree:ion, and Peace Corps?

I Who are the target henetieiarios?

What is expected of the Peace Corps and its Volunteers?

What can Peace Corps expect from the prospective partner?

What is the proposed timeline of the partnership?

Please provide any other information that will assist Peace Corps' consideration of the partnership:
The Partnership Development Unit maintains a Partnership Database to track formal and informal
collaboration at the country/post level, as reported by the annual Project Status Report (PSR) process.

(hold down Ctrl and click on the hyperlinks below to access the organization's website)

International Partner Organizations in the Partnership Database:

1. ABA (American Bar Association) International Liason Office
2. ABT Associates Inc.
3. ActionAid
4. Action Contre La Faim
5. ACTR-ACCELS (American Councils for International Education)
6. ADCVVOCA
7. ADF (African Development Foundation) (USG)
8. ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency)
9. AED (Academy for Educational Development)
10. AFD (Agence Francaise de Developpement)
11. African Library Project
12. Africare
13. AFS (American Field Service)
14. Aide et Action
15. Aid to Artisans
16. AIESEC
17. Airline Ambassadors International
18. Alcoa Foundation
19. Alterra Coffee
20. Amigos de las Americas
21. AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation)
22. Anamed
23. Aguadev
24. ARC (American Refugee Committee)
25. ARD Inc.
26. ASDE (Alternatives for Sustainable Development)
27. ASHOKA
28. Asia Foundation
29. Autre Terre
30. AVFP (Association Francaise des Volontaires du Progres)
31. AusAid (Australian Agency for International Development)
32. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
33. Australian Volunteers International
34. Ayuda en Accion
35. Baseball Tomorrow Fund
36. Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative
37. BBBS (Big Brother Big Sister) (National Organizations)
38. BCS International
39. Birdlife International
40. Book Aid International
41. BP (British Petroleum)
42. British Council
43. Buiten1andse Zaken (The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
44. Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
45. CARE
46. Caritas
47. Carter Center
48. CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center)
49. CCC (Caribbean Conservation Corporation)
50. CCF (Christian Children's Fund)
51. CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
52. CEE Trust (Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe)
53. CETT (Centers of Excellence for Teacher Training)
54. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
55. CI (Conservation International)
56. CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency)
57. CISS (Cooperazione Internaziona1e Sud Sud)
58. Clinton Foundation
59. CMMI (Christian Medical Mission Inc.)
60. Colgate-Palmolive
61. Creative Associates International Inc.
62. CREPA (Centre Regional pour l'Eau Potable et l'Assainissement a faib1e COllt)
63. CRS (Catholic Relief Services)
64. Chemonics
65. CHF International
66. CIEFFA (International Center for Girls and Women's Education in Africa)
67. Cisco Systems
68. CNFA (Citizen's Network for Foreign Affairs)
69. Compassion International
70. Concern Universal
71. Concern Worldwide
72. Cooperaci6n Espanola (Agenda Espafio1a de Cooperaci6n Internacional)
73. Counterpart International
74. DANIDA (Danish International Development Agency)
75. DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
76. Darien Book Aid
77. Darwin Initiative
78. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
79. De Beers Group
80. DFID (Department for International Development) (U.K.)
81. DED (Deutscher Entwick1ungsdienst) (German Development Service)
82. DAI (Development Alternatives Inc.)
83. Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership
84. DSAP (Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific)
85. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
86. EcoCostas Foundation
87. EDC (Education Development Center Inc.)
88. EIP (World Association for the School as an Instrument of Peace)
89. Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation
90. Engender Health
91. Engineers Without Borders
92. Enterprise Works/ VITA (Volunteers in Technical Assistance)
93. EPYD (European Platform for Youth Development)
94. ESU (The English Speaking Union onhe United States)
95. EU (European Union)
96. Eurasia Foundation
97. EVS (European Voluntary Service)
98. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization onhe United Nations)
99. FAWE (Forum for African Women Educationalists)
100. FAVA/CA (Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the
Americas)
101. FHI (Family Health International)
102. Film Aid International
103. Food for the Poor
104. FSPI (Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International)
105. 4-H (National/Local)
106. Freeplay Foundation
107. Gates Foundation
108. Gatsby Charitable Foundation
109. Georgetown University
110. Geosistec
111. Global Dialogues
112. Global Humanitaria
1] 3. Global Mission
114. Global Trading Hub
115. GLOBE Program
116. GMF (German Marshall Fund onIle United States)
117. GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit) (German
Technical Cooperation)
118. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
119. Global 2000 (Sasakawa Africa Association and the Carter Center)
120. Global Works
121. Habitat for Humanity International (and NationallLocal Affiliates)
122. HAl (Health Alliance International)
123. Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative
124. Handicap International
125. Health Communication Resources
126. HealthNet International
127. Health Unlimited
128. Heifer Project International
129. HelpAge International
130. Helvetas (Swiss Association for International Cooperation)
131. Hesperian Foundation
132. HKI (Helen Keller International)
133. Holt International
134. Hopes and Homes for Children
135. IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign
Language)
136. ICRAF (World Agroforestry Center)
137. ICRISAT (International Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics)
138. !DB (Inter-American Development Bank)
139. lESC (International Executive Service Corps)! Geekcorps
140. IFDC (International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development)
141. IFES (International Foundation for Election Systems)
142. IlCA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture)
143. lITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture)
144. ILO (International Labor Organization)
145. INADES (African Institute for Economical and Social Development)
146. Inforpress Centroamericana
147. INIAP (Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agniria e das Pescas)
148. Institute for Sustainable Communities
149. INTRAC (International NGO Training and Research Centre)
150. 10M (International Organization of Migration)
151. IRD (International Relief and Development)
152. !REX (International Research and Exchanges Board)
153. IRG (International Resources Group)
154. IRI (International Republican Institute)
155. ITDG (Practical Action)
156. IUCN (World Conservation Union)
157. JHPlEGO (Intern'ational NGO affiliated with Johns Hopkins University)
158. Johns Hopkins University - CCP (Center for Communications Programs)
159. Junior Achievement
160. JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and JOCV (Japan Overseas
Cooperation Volunteers)
161. JSI (John Snow Inc.)
162. Kellogg Foundation
163. Kiwanis International (and national/local clubs)
164. KfW Entwicklungsbank (German KfW Development Bank)
165. KNH (Kinder Not Hilfe)
166. KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency)
167. Land 0' Lakes Inc. International Development
168. Lions Clubs International (and National! Local clubs)
169. Living Earth
170. Living Waters of the World
171. Longman
172. LWF (The Lutheran World Federation)
173. Malaria Consortium
174. Malteser International
175. Marie StoRes International
176. Marist Brothers
177. Maryknoll
178. MCC (Mennonite Central Committee)
179. MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation)
180. MCDI (Medical Care Development International)
181. McGill University
182. Medicos del Mundo
183. Medicus Mundi International
184. Microsoft
185. Ministere des Affaires etrangeres (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
186. Missouri Botanical Garden
187. MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres - Doctors Without Borders)
188. Mercy Corps
189. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
190. Mondo Challenge Volunteers
191. The Moriah Fund
192. Mountain Institute
193. MSH (Management Sciences for Health)
194. MSU (Michigan State University)
195. Muhlenberg College
196. NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS
Directors)
197. The Nature Conservancy
198. NCBA (National Cooperative Business Association - Cooperative League of the
USA program)
199. NDI (National Democratic Institute for International Affairs)
200. NEF (Near East Foundation)
201. New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
202. New York Botanical Garden
203. NIH (National Institutes of Health)
204. NSF (US National Science Foundation)
205. NOAA (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
206. Norwegian Lutheran Mission
207. NZAID (New Zealand International Aid and Development Agency)
208. OFID (OPEC Fund for International Development)
209. OIC International
210. OISCA International
211. Operation Smile
212. Orphaids UK
213. OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
214. OSI (Open Society Institute - Soros Foundation)
215. OSS (Sahara and Sahel Observatory)
216. Oxfam
217. Oxford University Press
218. PACT
219. PADCO (Planning and Development Collaborative International)
220. PADF (Pan-American Development Foundation)
221. PARa (Pan-American Health Organization)
222. Pathfinder International
223. Partners of the Americas
224. Partners for Democratic Change
225. Pastoral da Crianca
226. PDA (Presbyterian Disaster Assistance)
227. Plan International
228. Planned Parenthood (National Associations)
229. PSI (Population Services International)
230. PCI (Project Concern International)
231. Proj ect Harmony
232. Project Hope
233. Pro Mujer
234. Pure Water for the World
235. QSI (Quality Schools International)
236. Queens University of Charlotte
237. Rainforest Alliance
238. Raleigh International
239. Red Cross/ Red Crescent (National Societies)
240. Reef Check
241. Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus
242. Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
243. Relief International
244. Remote Area Medical
245. Republic of China (Taiwan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
246. Riecken Foundation
247. Rotary International (and National/ Local clubs)
248. RTI International
249. Sasol Limited
250. Salem International
251. Salvation Army
252. Save the Children (i.e. International Save the Children Alliance)
253. Scholastic Inc.
254. SCOla Foundation
255. Scouts (National Organizations)
256. Seacology
257. Seed Programs Inc.
258. Self Help International
259. SHE (Solar Household Energy)
260. SIM (Serving in Mission)
261. SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise)
262. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
263. SODIS (Solar Water Disinfection)
264. Solidaridad Internacional
265. Special Olympics
266. SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)
267. SIDA (Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation)
268. Snow Leopard Trust
269. SNV (Netherlands Development Organization)
270. SOS Kinderdorflnternational (SOS Children's Villages)
271. SOS Sahel International UK
272. SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad)
273. SPC (The Secratariat of the Pacific Community)
274. SPREP (SecretariatHome - Pacific Regional Environment Programme)
275. Stromme Foundation
276. Sustainable Harvest International
277. SwissContact
278. TechnoServe
279. Terre des Hommes
280. TOSTAN Women's Health and Human Rights
281. Transparency International
282. TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
283. Trees for the Future
284. Trees Water and People
285. UK FCO (United Kingdom Foreign and.Commonwealth Office)
286. UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief)
287. UN Secretariat
288. UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS)
289. UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
290. UNDP (United Nations Development Program)
291. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
292. UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)
293. UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees)
294. United Way International
295. University of Hawaii
296. University of the South Pacific
297. UNV (United Nations Volunteers)
298. Urban Institute
299. URC (University Research Corporation)
300. USAID (United States Agency for International Development)
301. US Chamber of Commerce (American Chambers of Commerce abroad)
302. USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)
303. US DOl (United States Department of the Interior)
304. US DOS (United States Department of State)
305. US ED (United States Department of Education)
306. US EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency)
307. USDA FS (United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service)
308. US FWS (United States Fish and Wildlife Service)
309. US HHS (United States Department of Health and Human Services)
310. US SBA (United States Small Business Administration)
311. Village AiD
312. VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas)
313. WaterAid
314. WHO (World Health Organization)
315. WILDAF (Women in Law and Development Africa)
316. Waterlines
317. Water for People
318. Wilder Institute
319. Wings of Hope
320. Winrock International
321. Woodside
322. World Bank
323. World Computer Exchange
324. World Concern
325. World Council of Churches
326. WFP (World Food Program)
327. WFUNA (World Federation of United Nations Organizations)
328. World Education
329. World Learning
330. World Links
331. World Relief
332. World Vision
333. Worldview International Foundation
334. WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals)
335. VSF (VeU:rinaires Sans FronW:res- Veterinarians Without Borders)
336. WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)
337. WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
338. YMCA
339. YWCA