Monday, December 8, 2008

WORK PLAN BUDGET 2009

Zambia Association for Youths in Schools (ZAYS) is looking for partners and donors interested in our activities. Each major activity has a total cost. For the break down of the budget you can email on zayszambia@gmail.com or get our contacts on this same blog.

Activities US$

1. Identification and Engagement of Donors 1,250.00

2. Develop Directory / Date Base in Schools and

Advocacy 2,500.00

3. Government / Donor Support and signing MOU -

4. Develop IEC materials 12,500.00

5. Carry out Training needs Assessments for ZAYS 3,750.00

6. Design of operation system 2,500.00

7. Design of financial system of procedures 2,500.00

8. Purchase of assets 1,062,500.00

9. Design Training manuals for Peer Educators 2,500.00

10. Team building at Secretariat and Adoption of procedures 3,750.00

11. Training of key personnel on the Secretariat 19,500.00

12. Mobile clinics in rural areas 12,500.00

13. Training of 60 youths on HIV/AIDS awareness to the

Theatre groups in 3 rural areas/Districts in Lusaka Province 20,000.00

14. Community sensitization on prevention of malaria and

Mosquito nets distribution in rural areas. 15,000.00

15. Networking (Local and International) 2,500.00

16. Administration costs 1,040,000.00

17. Monitoring and Evaluation 12,500.00

18. Audit fees 5,000.00

TOTAL US$ 2,220,750.00

9. DESIGN OF TRAINING MANUALS FOR PEER EDUCATORS

It is expected that the activity of designing training manuals will be given to profession resource persons. Following the completion of development of operational manual and the accounting systems manual, it is expected that consultants who took the activities will have the capacity to develop the appropriate training materials to address the identified gaps as the result of the training needs assessment.

10. TEAM BUILDING AT SECRETARIAT AND ADOPTION OF FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES

At this stage the recruitment exercise should have been concluded. This is a major workshop whose objective is to coordinate the whole program.

11. TRAINING OF KEY PERSONNEL IN ZAYS

This workshop will cover the materials that would have been developed during the designing of ZAYS training manuals as below:

a) Financial systems manual.

b) Operational system manual.

c) Advocacy manual.

d) Project proposal wring and processing.

12. MOBILE CLINICS IN RURAL AREAS

The Organisation will need the cooperation of the Ministry of Health and other Donors. The purpose of mobile clinics is to promote healthy care and reduce cases of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, TB and HIV/AIDS prevention and promotion of mobile counseling and testing.

13. TRAINING OF 60 YOUTHS ON HIV/AIDS AWARENESS TO THE THEATRE GROUPS IN RURAL AREAS

The Organisation will conduct training workshops for 60 youths from the rural districts of Lusaka. The training will equip the youth with knowledge in malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS this will enable them to dissemination information on HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria etc through theatre. The workshop will take 3 days after which community sensitization on malaria alongside the distribution of insecticide treated mosquito nets

14. COMMUNITY SENSITIZATION ON PREVENTION ON MALARIA AND MOSQUITO NET DISTRIBUTION IN RURAL AREAS

The activity is aimed to reach out 20,500 people in Lusaka rural areas. Community sensitization on malaria will go alongside with the distribution of insecticide treated nets. The effects of these activities will be the reduction causes of malaria, TB, and increased knowledge on HIV/AIDS/STIs.

15. NETWORKING (LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL)

This will involve the setting up and administration of a Website. The objectives of creating a website is not only disseminate and educate the public at large about ZAYS but also to engage the public to advertise on the site as a way of income generation for ZAYS

9. MONITORING OF EVALUATION

Monitoring and evaluation shall be carried out in all Communities every quarter to ensure quality, efficiency and implementation of projects are done at Provincial and District levels.

10. AUDIT FEES

The Organization will be audited once per year by a ZICA Registered Accountancy Firm and agree with the major Stakeholders either annually of as required by the Donor per project or program as under the MOU.

11. CONCLUSION

Zambia Association for Youths in Schools without an annual work plan and budget is of limited use. Without a work plan, and budget, it is not possible to assess the programmatic gaps, the mobilisation, allocation and disbursement of resources, the rate of utilization of resources and whether the resources are actually making an impact. The importance of this annual work plan in achieving the goals of the ZAYS cannot therefore, be over emphasized.

APPEAL

Zambia Association for Youths in Lusaka is appealing to local and international donors to fund any of its activities or the entire activities in order to achieve its goals and objectives.

Our Bankers are Barclays Bank

Mutaba Business Centre

Mutaba Branch

A/C No. 161144754


Friday, October 12, 2007

ZAYS OPENS BRANCH IN KAFUE

Zambia Association for Youths In Schools in its expansion programme has opened a branch in Kafue Estates area. This Branch comes at a right time when the Organization was planning to open its Institute of which we have opened a ZAYS Institute to be situated in Kafue were the Branch Office are. So far a house has been rented for and kafue ZAYS actitives will be taking place there. The institute will begin with enterpreneurship seminars and workshops for the youths and then will develop in giving professional courses and will start with the international examined course with the partnership of British council -Zambia the moment things are finalized. 13th-16th October 2007 ZAYS will carry out oreintation for the newly elected branch executive and also will have a retreat for planning for the Institute. There must be social Intergration for development and so as we fight HIV/AIDS we are suppose to empower the youths with skills benefiacial to their lives. This in turn will bring about development and youths that are busy reducing the risk of infections of HIV/AIDS and other bad vices that undevelop the community. In the coming year we expect to run this Institution fully and fees will be low considering the vulnerable. ZAYS wishes to enroll those wish to kick start this Institute as tutors or lecturers on voluntary basis this includes international volunteers.
By Rodney Katongo

110 GO FOR VCT IN A DAY-CHILANGA

Zambia Association for youths in Schools (ZAYS) has continued to make strikes in the fight agianst HIV/AIDS. The sensitization through drama and dance perfomances that included the mobile Voluntary Counseling and Test (VCT) ; held in Chilanga was one of the success that saw one hundred and ten (110) people and mostly youths know their HIV status. This day was highly characterised with serious dances and songs including sketches with HIV/AIDS messages and meant to capture the attendation of community members and in turn encourge them go for VCT. The event was at Parklands High School. The Sensitization and Mobile VCT was in conjunction with New Start Centre who run out of the testing utilities due to the overwhelming response. There has been serious invitation by the community and school to go back and have the another event again. The sensitization which was made possible with the funding from CRAIDS, had shown results with all the 45 trained youths participating and this was also part of the auditions to select only 10 for other activities connected to drama perfomaces. In an interview with the Patron for HIV/AIDs at Parklands School Mr. Tembo was thankful and considered the event as a success and pleaded that we need to carry out another one in the very near future and that it should be the very begining of partnering for development with Chilanga community. The President for ZAYS Mr. Humphrey Monde was so excited that he had nothing much to say but was looking for a way we can hold another massive event like this. A combination of the ZAYS members and the Anti-Aids club of Parklands High school was just too good that could not deny the audience kept live and educated of HIV/AIDS. The HIV results were impressive shown that there has been a lot done in chilanga and showing signs of reduction in the HIV/AIDS combare with other communities were had carried the same event. Out of the 110, 4 were positive and this number was 2 females and 2 males. In another similiar sensitization in Linda Compound out of the 60 test, 10 were positive of which 6 were females and 4 males. In the other communites as we wait for the actual results the is an indication that the number is high compared to Chilanga.
Reported by Rodney Katongo.

Friday, September 7, 2007

ZAYS FUND BY CRAIDS- K65,000,000


HIV/AIDS AWARENESS TO THE THEATRE GROUPS IN FIVE COMMUNITIES IN LUSAKA.
Zambia Association for Youths in Schools recently receive a a funding or an activity for the government agents Community Response to HIV/AIDS (CRAIDS). The amount of the fund is K65,950,200 (in Zambian Kwacha) This was to carry out training for the theatre groups in Lusaka and also carry out sensitization in five communities.
There are three workshops to be carried and so far two have already been done. The main themes for these training are Stigma and VCT.These trainings will see 45 young people trained having broader knowledge on how to influence community change through information delivery such as drama or theatre. Many times those doing the drama are left out in trainings and hence they have less information themselves. In an interview with ZAYS president Mr. Humphrey Monde, he noted that the fight of HIV/AIDS should be even more intesified among the youth. During the training drama perfomances are part of the requirement for the participants. Communities targeted are Balmoral, Muchinga, Chilanga, Chitanda, and Munkolo. There was a powerful sensitization in Linda compound that also is part of Munkolo. While the sensitization was going on people were also invited to do there VCT (New Start Centre was there to provide support. 60 people had their blood test these also include the members of ZAYS. of which 10 of the 60 were HIV/AIDS positive.

ZAMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR YOUTHS IN SCHOOLS-ZAYS

Who We are
Introduction
Zambia Association for Youths in Schools is an independent non governmental and non-profit making organization; concerned with adolescent reproduction health, HIV/AIDS/STDs prevention among school going youths including the disabled (e.g. the deaf, blind and physically disabled), youth empowerment through education and other activities. Human right is also part and parcel of the ZAYS concerns especially child rights including interventions against sexual abuse and all forms of child exploitation.

ZAYS was formed in the year 2000, by concerned youthful men and women from different life backgrounds wanting to help in solving the problems youths encounter during their educational endeavours in relation to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which has claimed most lives of youths in the country.

ZAYS is a registered non government organization under the registrar of society act of the laws of the Republic of Zambia through the Ministry of Home Affairs having the certificate registration number ORS/02/3522/83/22 of 3rd April 2001.

Since then ZAYS has vigorously embarked on a membership recruitment exercise by targeting young people through sensitization and educating them on the dangers of HIV/AIDS. Further mitigation campaigns of the disease through raising awareness and enabling young people to acquire skills and knowledge about sexuality.


Vision

To have free HIV/AIDS/STDs school going youths and empower them with life saving skill; for sustainable development in bridging the gap between school time and after school life.

Mission

Empowering school-going youths with life saving skills and knowledge about sexuality that will see an HIV/AIDS free society saving the vulnerable.

Goal

To create strengthen the structure, organization and capacity school initiatives in HIV/AIDS interventions, technical subjects and life saving skills.


Objectives :

To empower school going youths with live saving skills
To bridge the gap between school time and after school life
To help orphans and vulnerable youths remove self pit by offering sustainable means of survivor through these skill.
To improve community life in school going children
To promote girl child youths in school and other activities that is of benefit to their lives.
To supplement government and stakeholder in the HIV/ADIS multi-approach in interventions.

ZAMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR YOUTHS IN SCHOOLS-ZAYS

WHO WE ARE

Introducation


Zambia Association for Youths in Schools is an independent non governmental and non-profit making organization; concerned with adolescent reproduction health, HIV/AIDS/STDs prevention among school going youths including the disabled (e.g. the deaf, blind and physically disabled), youth empowerment through education and other activities. Human right is also part and parcel of the ZAYS concerns especially child rights including interventions against sexual abuse and all forms of child exploitation.

ZAYS was formed in the year 2000, by concerned youthful men and women from different life backgrounds wanting to help in solving the problems youths encounter during their educational endeavours in relation to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which has claimed most lives of youths in the country.

ZAYS is a registered non government organization under the registrar of society act of the laws of the Republic of Zambia through the Ministry of Home Affairs having the certificate registration number ORS/02/3522/83/22 of 3rd April 2001.

Since then ZAYS has vigorously embarked on a membership recruitment exercise by targeting young people through sensitization and educating them on the dangers of HIV/AIDS. Further mitigation campaigns of the disease through raising awareness and enabling young people to acquire skills and knowledge about sexuality.


Vision

To have free HIV/AIDS/STDs school going youths and empower them with life saving skill; for sustainable development in bridging the gap between school time and after school life.

Mission

Empowering school-going youths with life saving skills and knowledge about sexuality that will see an HIV/AIDS free society saving the vulnerable.

Goal

To create strengthen the structure, organization and capacity school initiatives in HIV/AIDS interventions, technical subjects and life saving skills.

Objectives

To empower school going youths with live saving skills
To bridge the gap between school time and after school life
To help orphans and vulnerable youths remove self pit by offering sustainable means of survivor through these skill.
To improve community life in school going children
To promote girl child youths in school and other activities that is of benefit to their lives.
To supplement government and stakeholder in the HIV/ADIS multi-approach in interventions.