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UK AID MATCH PROPOSAL FORM
This completed form will provide detailed information about your proposal and will be used to assess your proposal and inform funding decisions. It is very important you read the UK Aid Match Guidelines for Applicants and related documents before you complete this proposal form to ensure that you understand and take into account the relevant funding criteria.
How: You must submit a Microsoft Word version of your proposal and associated documents using the templates provided, by email, to . The form should be completed using Arial font size 12. We do not require a hard copy.
When: All documentation must be received by the published funding round deadlines. Documents received after the deadline will not be considered.
What: You should submit the following documents: (all templates are on the UK Aid Match web page: www.gov.uk/uk-aid-match.
1. Narrative Proposal: Please use the form below, noting the following page limits:
§ Sections 4 – 7 : Maximum of 15 (fifteen) A4 pages.
For applications for projects which will work in more than 1 country, you may use an additional 2 pages for each additional country (ie. an application for working in 3 countries can be a maximum of 19 pages).
§ Section 8 : Maximum of 3 (three) A4 pages per partner
NOTE: Please complete section 8 information for your own organisation AND for each partner organisation involved in delivering your project.
Please do not alter the formatting of the form and guidance notes. Proposals that exceed the page limits or that have amended formatting will not be considered.
UK Aid Match funded projects can work in up to 3 countries. For proposals to work in more than one country or in different regions within a country, you will need to include information about each country/region where the project context, beneficiaries, approach or the expected results are different. This is to enable DFID to assess your proposal within each of the contexts you plan to use UK Aid Match funds in.
2. Logical framework and activities log: Please refer to the UK Aid Match Log-frame guidance and use the Excel log-frame template provided.
3. Project budget: Please use the template provided and refer to the UK Aid Match Guidance for Applicants (G1), the Budget Template Guidance (G3), and all tabs on the budget template. You also need to provide detailed budget notes (in the budget template) to justify the budget figures.
For proposals to work in more than one country or in different regions within a country: Where there are substantial differences in the costs of the project in different countries or regions within a country, you need to include these in the budget and provide an explanation for the differences.
4. Risk register/matrix: This should include the main risks related to the project and how you will manage these risks. Please use your own format for this.
5. Project organisational chart / organogram: All applicants must provide a project organisational chart or organogram which includes all the implementing partners and explains the relationships between them. Implementing partners are defined as those that manage project funds and play a prominent role in project management and delivery. The chart should also include other key stakeholders. (Please use your own format for this).
6. Project schedule or Gantt chart: All applicants must provide a project schedule or Gantt chart to show the scheduling of project activities (please use your own format for this).
7. Communications Plan: You will also need to complete a Communications Plan and submit this with your application. The plan is comprised of two parts (communications plan and activity timetable). You must also include final written evidence of commitment from your communications partner(s).
Before submitting your application, please ensure that you have included all relevant documents by completing the table at section 9.
UK AID MATCH PROPOSAL FORMSECTION 1: INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICANT
1.1 / Lead organisation name / The Leprosy Mission England and Wales (TLMEW)
1.2 / Contact person / Name: Steve Harknett
Position: Programmes and Advocacy Officer
Email:
Tel: 01733 404872
SECTION 2: BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
2.1 / Project title / Livelihoods and Food Security in Leprosy-Affected Communities in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
2.2 / Country(ies) where project is to be implemented / Mozambique
2.3 / Locality(ies)/region(s) within country(ies) / Cabo Delgado Province
2.4 / Duration of grant request (in months) / 36 months
2.5 / Project start date (month and year) / November 2015
2.6 / Total project budget? In GBP sterling / £1,157,159
2.7 / How much do you expect your appeal to raise? What percentage is this of the total project/programme budget ? / £1,157,159
100%
2.8 / Please specify the % of project funds to be spent in each project country / 100% Mozambique
3.1 / Which of the following Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is the project contributing to (if any)? - Please identify between one and three MDGs in order of priority (insert '1' for primary MDG focus area; '2' for secondary MDG focus area and; '3' for tertiary MDG focus area)
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger / 1
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women / 2
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve Maternal Health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
None of the above (please explain below)
SECTION 4: PROJECT DETAILS
4.1 / ACRONYMS
ALEMO – Association of People affected by Leprosy in Mozambique (national association representing people affected by leprosy)
DPO – Disabled People’s Organisation
FFLG - Farmer Field and Life Group (a village-level group of 10-15 farmers supported by training and farm demonstrations to improve farming productivity)
FH – Food for the Hungry (implementing partner)
FL – Farmer leader (leader of a FFLG)
LF - Lymphatic filariasis (an NTD)
MEL – Monitoring Evaluation and Learning
NTD - Neglected Tropical Disease (a WHO-recognised group of 17 diseases including leprosy)
PSO – Project Support Officer (FH district-based staff-member trained in agriculture and savings groups).
SCG – Self-care group – a group of people affected by leprosy and other NTDs who meet together regularly to learn and practise self-care activities (e.g. foot, hand and eye care), giving each other mutual support. Self-care is effective in treating and preventing ulcers and injuries, and therefore the disabilities, that people affected by leprosy often acquire.
TLMEW – The Leprosy Mission England and Wales (applicant)
TLMM – The Leprosy Mission Mozambique (lead implementing partner)
VSLA - Village Savings and Loan Association (self-selected groups of about 10-25 members, in which members accumulate their own savings and distribute small, short-term loans among their members.)
4.2 / PROJECT SUMMARY: maximum 5 lines
The project will improve the livelihoods and food security of 4,496 poor people (below the Mozambican poverty line), including 1,068 people affected by leprosy/other NTDs and people with disabilities, through increased agricultural yields and diversity, and increased access to financial capital. There will be a particular emphasis on empowering women and promoting these vulnerable groups’ participation in local decision-making.
4.3 / PROJECT RATIONALE (PROBLEM STATEMENT)
The project aims to address high levels of food insecurity and low agricultural productivity in Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranked 178th out of 187 countries in Human Development Index [i]. Within Mozambique, Cabo Delgado is one of the most marginalised provinces, as shown by MDG indicators in two areas (food security and gender) which the project will address: under-five prevalence of chronic malnutrition in Cabo Delgado (56%) was the highest in the whole of Mozambique [ii] , and female literacy in the province (32.2%) is the lowest in the country [iii] .
The project will target the poorest people in Cabo Delgado but with a particular focus on people affected by leprosy and other NTDs, and other people with disabilities. Cabo Delgado has the highest prevalence rate of leprosy in Mozambique – in 2013, 22% of all new cases of leprosy in the country came from this province [iv]. Lymphatic filariasis (LF), another NTD, is also widespread: prevalence is 13% in Mozambique as a whole but is over 50% in some districts of Cabo Delgado province.[v]
It is well established that people with disabilities (who include people affected by leprosy/other NTDs) are more likely to be poor because of barriers to accessing livelihood activities such as impaired physical mobility and discrimination. People affected by leprosy and other NTDs (such as LF) frequently suffer from ulcers and injuries due to nerve damage, which can lead to disability. People affected by leprosy can also face negative social attitudes towards them due to the stigma of the disease. TLMM’s consultations with people affected by leprosy found that they were dependent on family members due to diminished capacity to work, and traditional beliefs about leprosy added to their social exclusion [vi]. People with LF face similar stigma and physical difficulties.
Factors leading to low agricultural productivity in rural Cabo Delgado include the infertile sandy soils and rainfall variability. Other factors include the use of low-yielding seed varieties, low household purchasing power (which inhibits investment in agricultural and livestock fishing activities), and a lack of crop diversity, which creates vulnerability to shocks such as pest infestations and drought. Also, the low literacy and cultural marginalisation of women, who play a critically important role in growing food crops, is a barrier to agricultural productivity.
Low agricultural productivity is one contributing factor to food insecurity. Exacerbating this is the lack of alternative sources of income outside agriculture in Cabo Delgado; thus, in times of scarcity, the rural poor have little to buffer them from food insecurity. Furthermore the staple food in Cabo Delgado, cassava, lacks the caloric and nutrient density to meet the nutritional needs of vulnerable populations, further contributing to food insecurity, which is exacerbated by inadequate post-harvest storage practices leading to food loss. The project will address beneficiaries’ low agricultural productivity and food insecurity through interventions in the areas of agriculture and savings/micro-credit. TLMM’s consultations with its existing beneficiaries (people affected by leprosy) identified agriculture and livelihoods as a priority – 85% of beneficiaries rely on subsistence farming for their livelihoods. To enable people affected by leprosy/other NTDs and other people with disabilities to participate in these livelihood activities, the project will first address their health and disability-related needs. Leprosy-related disabilities will be reduced by promoting self-care activities [1], which will be delivered through ‘self-care groups’ (SCGs) [2]. TLMM has worked with SCGs since 1994 and found them to be an effective strategy in disability prevention. The project will enable the SCGs to participate in the wider livelihood activities.
The project will scale up TLMM’s pilot initiatives over the past three years in promoting sustainable agriculture practices, applying lessons learned from this experience. It will also allow FH to extend its proven model of protecting and enhancing rural livelihood to working with vulnerable groups.
The project is aligned with the Ministry of Health’s National Leprosy Strategy of preventing disability through self-care. It also fits within the Government of Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Action Plan and the Ministry of Agriculture’s Strategic Plan for Agricultural Development, whose objectives are to increase agricultural production and productivity, and promote sustainable usage of natural resources, among others. With regard to the work of other NGOs in the area, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) works in 4-5 of the coastal districts also in Agriculture and Savings groups. This project will work less in these districts as they are not areas with a high leprosy prevalence, but will link to AKF to share learning.
There are a few small local NGOs/associations that do some work in agriculture but their coverage is in general weak. One is an association for small scale farmers. FFLGs could be linked to this at village level, as well as for sustainability and follow-up strategies.
4.4 / TARGET GROUP (DIRECT AND INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES)
Who will be the DIRECT beneficiaries of your project ? Describe the direct beneficiary groups, and state how many people are expected to benefit, differentiating between male and female beneficiaries where possible, as well as other sub-groups.
DIRECT: / a) Description of groups: / · People affected by leprosy (including people previously treated and people currently on treatment); people with other NTDs (in particular LF and trachoma); and other people with disabilities, who will form 89 SCGs in 89 target villages, and also join FFLGs and VSLAs
· Other vulnerable people (subsistence farmers living below the poverty line), who will join the FFLGs and VSLAs.
b) Number of beneficiaries:
. / · 1,068 people affected by leprosy/other NTDs, and other people with disabilities (89 SCGs x 12 members). 50% female.
· 3,428 other vulnerable people (50% female) from the 89 target villages who will be members of FFLGs and/or VSLAs:
o 356 FFLGs (89 villages x 4 FFLGs per village)
o 178 VSLAs (89 villages x 2 VSLAs per village)
Out of the 4,496 total of direct beneficiaries, 534 (50% female) will be leaders: 89 SCG leaders (1 x 89 villages); 356 FFLG leaders (4 x 89 villages); and 178 VSLA leaders (2 x 89 villages).
Who will be the indirect (wider) beneficiaries of your project intervention and how many will benefit? Please describe the type(s) of indirect beneficiaries and then provide a total number.
INDIRECT: / a) Description / · Family members of the direct beneficiaries participating in agricultural activities and/or savings groups.
· Community volunteers: There will be three categories of community volunteers: community health volunteers (supporting SCGs), community agriculture volunteers (supporting FFLGs) and community savings group volunteers (supporting VSLAs).
· Health personnel: District and Provincial Leprosy Supervisors.
b) Number / · 22,480 family members (assuming average family size of 5) of 4496 direct beneficiaries. 50% female
· 89 community healthcare volunteers
· 178 community agriculture volunteers
· 89 community savings group volunteers