Quarterly Project Report Nigeria CUBS April – June 2012

The project's primary objective is to develop and strengthen community-based service delivery for OVC, building community ownership, reducing gender discrimination, and increasing OVC involvement and advocacy. The project's implementing partner is Management Sciences for Health (MSH), which has been working with 38 community-based organizations (CSOs) to provide services to OVC. During the reporting period of April to June 2012, these CSOs continued to provide services to OVC, with a total of 25,402 eligible clients receiving at least one care service. This represents a 67% achievement of the target. The project has also made significant progress in strengthening the capacities of national and state governments to better protect and care for OVC. In the reporting period, 11 states had functional state and LGA coordination mechanisms in place to monitor OVC programs, exceeding the target of 3 states. Additionally, 9 states had existing functional referral systems, and 67 persons from state ministries and LGA were trained in leadership and management. In terms of gender-related OVC programming issues, the project has made progress in addressing protection issues for female OVC and caregivers. Child protection committees have been set up by all CSOs and in all communities, and 38 programs have been implemented to address protection issues. However, the project has not yet achieved its target of reaching 2,500 female adolescent OVC with a comprehensive prevention package, with only 733 reached during the reporting period. The project has also made progress in caregiver training, with 2,446 caregivers trained in caring for OVC, representing a 98% achievement of the target. Additionally, 85 persons successfully completed an in-service training in strategic information, including data collection, collation, analysis, and use. The project's financial status report shows that the total estimated contract/agreement amount is $20,907,645, with obligations to date of $11,647,092. The accrued expenditures for the reporting period are $886,431, and the estimated expenditures for the next quarter are $1,230,108. Overall, the CUBS project has made significant progress in achieving its objectives, particularly in strengthening the capacities of national and state governments and providing services to OVC. However, there are still areas for improvement, particularly in addressing gender-related OVC programming issues and achieving the project's targets.