The A2Z Child Blindness Program

Regional Capacity Building WorkshopProgram Design for Pediatric Eye Care Interventions

Prepared by: Kelly C. JosiahA2Z Child Blindness Program Manager

Program originates through Congressional directive

1991 2005 2011

$20m to 25 NGOs implementing activities in 58 countries

Child Blindness Program managed under A2Z: The USAID Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project at the Academy for Educational Development (AED)

Background: USAID Child Blindness Program

Six competitive cycles havebeen coordinated

$6.9 million in total grant awards

4 Types of Grants:

Organizational Development (OD) – 1 year grant, from $25,000 – $50,000

Service Delivery (SD) – 2 year grant, from $100,000 - $500,000

Refugee Service Delivery (RSD) – 2 year grant, $200,000 Operations Research (OR) – 9 month grant, $50,000-

$100,000

USAID/A2Z Child Blindness & Eye Health Grants Fund: 2005-2011

Fred Hollows Foundation - Vietnam

Grants Fund Management

Results Reporting Cumulative summary of quarterly activities M&E Financial status

Documentation & Communication Case studies Website features – www.a2zproject.org Workshops – Program Design Partners Meetings

A2Z’s Role

As of March 2011:

41 grants awarded to 24 organizations working in 29 countries throughout Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia.

Grant Activities have been/are being conducted in:

Asia – India (6), Nepal (3), Philippines (2), Cambodia (2), Vietnam (1), Bangladesh (1), Thailand (3), Laos (1) and Indonesia (1)

Africa – South Africa (1), Nigeria (1), Malawi (3), Tanzania (4), Niger (1), Uganda (2), Ghana (1), Rwanda (1), Kenya (2), Ethiopia (3), Madagascar (1) and Zambia (1)

Latin America – Bolivia (2), Haiti (1), Guatemala (1), Ecuador (1), Mexico (1), Dominican Republic (1), El Salvador (1) and Peru (1)

USAID/A2Z Child Blindness & Eye Health Grants Fund

USAID/A2Z Child Blindness & Eye Health Grants Fund

1) Expand delivery of high-impact direct services (screening, treatment, and rehabilitation)

2) Scale-up innovative approaches to service provision and project implementation

3) Contribute to global knowledge base on effective approaches to large-scale pediatric eye care projects

Child Blindness & Eye Health Grants Fund: Priorities

International Eye Foundation - Malawi

Overall Program Activities

Himalayan Cataract Project - Nepal HKI - Niger

Personnel trained to perform screenings and/or refract…

28,810

CSRA - BoliviaVisionSpring - India

Individuals received vision screening

Overall Program Activities

2,536,463

Fred Hollows Foundation - VietnamFUDEM – El Salvador

Children referred by screening for additional services (refraction, medical or surgical treatment)

Overall Program Activities

100,459

ICEE – South Africa

Children have their refractive error corrected (received eyeglasses)

Overall Program Activities

42,595

Fred Hollows Foundation - VietnamFred Hollows Foundation - Vietnam

Children received cataract surgery

Overall Program Activities

6,712

Perkins - PhilippinesICEE – South Africa

Children who are blind or with low vision have received therapies and/or low vision devices

Perkins - Guatemala

Overall Program Activities

4,580

Child Sight Foundation - Bangladesh

Fred Hollows Foundation - Vietnam

Awareness raising and policy/advocacy…

Overall Program Activities

Provision of essential equipment

• Perkins Braillers• Ophthalmoscopes• Retinoscopes• Autorefractometers• Tonometers• Operating microscopes• Slit lamps• Also: Yag laser; pediatric

anesthesia equipment; Diode laser; B-Scans

Overall Program Results

Future of the A2Z Child Blindness Program

A2Z is ending September 30, 2011

• Managing 12 remaining active grants• Conducting Regional Capacity Building

Workshops – Africa – KCCO, Tanzania (April 7-8)– Asia – Aravind, India (April 29-30)– Latin America – IRO, Peru (July 13-14)

• Hosting Final Partners Meeting – July 25-26• Evaluation and Final Reporting to USAID