Project Consultant Mid-Term Evaluation

About PCZ

Project Concern Zambia (PCZ) was registered in as a local Zambian independent organization. The formation of PCZ was a culmination of an intentional process by Project Concern International (an American International NGO that operated in Zambia for over 20 years between and ) to transition the management of its HIV / AIDS and related health programs in Zambia, once mature, to an independent locally registered entity that is governed and managed by Zambians. PCZ work focuses on contributing to the achievement and sustenance of HIV epidemic control and addressing the upstream vulnerabilities that impede progress towards this achievement such as poverty, gender inequity, and addressing emerging epidemics that might further hinder progress such as COVID-19. PCZ collaborates with grassroot community-led organizations and the local government, to reach targeted sub populations such as Children / Adolescents Living with HIV (C / ALHIV) or at elevated risk of HIV acquisition, children / adolescents who are survivors of sexual violence, children of Female Sex Workers (FSW), and female caregivers of all the targeted vulnerable children and adolescents.

About USAID ECAP II

PCZ is currently implementing the five-year (October -September ) Empowered Children and Adolescents Program II (ECAP II) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PCZ, as the prime partner, leads the implementation of the USAID ECAP II project in 14 districts in Central and Southern Provinces of Zambia. The goal of the program is to improve the resilience and health outcomes among VCA via a sustained, locally led VCA comprehensive case management service delivery system to ensure VCA are healthy, safe, schooled, and stable…and ultimately ensure epidemic control and sustenance.

PCZ has planned to undertake a mid-term evaluation of the USAID ECAP II program in both Central and Southern Provinces to assess whether the theories and assumptions used in program design were valid as well as assess progress towards program objectives.

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