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Applicants Welfare & Development Centre is a Non-Governmental Organization established in March 2000. It was registered with the Akwa Ibom State Government through Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Welfare in 2003, and the Federal Government of Nigeria through Corporate Affairs Commission in 2010. AWANDEC, is a Non-Governmental Organization which has promoted  over time  gender equality, sustainable OVC programming, environmental health, food security through encouragement of home stead farming, WASH, Good governance & leadership, education, training, employment & job creation and ICT & enterprise development. Our service interventions entails improving lives of the vulnerable population in communities of  intervention through advocacy, service delivery and engagement with duty bearers to meet the felt needs of the less privileged in the society.

AWANDEC Team began activities in the month of July 2016 with service provision through home visit by the Community Volunteers. During the Home Visit, Home Case Management Plan was conducted alongside with  Child Status Index for OVC that were enrolled in the month of January 2016. Also, home monitoring was done using the home visit monitoring tool, as well as schools visit. Notwithstanding, the Team also engaged in house to house taking and fixing of passport on household files. Financial literacy training was carried out on the 4^th of July 2016, by the prime implementing partner of LOPIN REGION 1 project - ARFH to strengthen the capacity of beneficiaries receiving business start up  business materials. Still in the same month, according to HES Assessment Checklist, HES start up business materials were also procured to be given to the target PLWHIV beneficiaries. AWANDEC monitoring Team,  on 22^nd to 23^rd July 2016 monitored all the beneficiaries who had benefited in the 2 batches of PRO Vit A Cassava Stem distributions in the month of May and June 2016. In a bit to strengthen the capacity of AWANDEC team, Data Quality Assessment was carried out on the 21^st July 2016 to monitor the progress on update of identified weakness in the last DQA in 24 ^th June 2016. Following the trend, there was a meeting of Program Monitors with the staff of AWANDEC on 27^th July 2016 with the objective of seeing the way forward of meeting the milestones required by the CBO. To further season LOPIN 1 project, Familiarization visit to the newly appointed Caretaker Chairman of Okobo LGA was on 19^th July 2016.

IR1: Improved systems and structures at community, LGA and States providing responsive quality care, protection and support services for vulnerable children and their households.

·         Home visit

·         School visit

·         Monitoring of Pro Vit A Cassava StemApplicants Welfare & Development Centre is a Non-Governmental Organization established in March 2000. It was registered with the Akwa Ibom State Government through Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Welfare in 2003, and the Federal Government of Nigeria through Corporate Affairs Commission in 2010. AWANDEC, is a Non-Governmental Organization which has promoted  over time  gender equality, sustainable OVC programming, environmental health, food security through encouragement of home stead farming, WASH, Good governance & leadership, education, training, employment & job creation and ICT & enterprise development. Our service interventions entails improving lives of the vulnerable population in communities of  intervention through advocacy, service delivery and engagement with duty bearers to meet the felt needs of the less privileged in the society.

AWANDEC Team began activities in the month of July 2016 with service provision through home visit by the Community Volunteers. During the Home Visit, Home Case Management Plan was conducted alongside with  Child Status Index for OVC that were enrolled in the month of January 2016. Also, home monitoring was done using the home visit monitoring tool, as well as schools visit. Notwithstanding, the Team also engaged in house to house taking and fixing of passport on household files. Financial literacy training was carried out on the 4^th of July 2016, by the prime implementing partner of LOPIN REGION 1 project - ARFH to strengthen the capacity of beneficiaries receiving business start up  business materials. Still in the same month, according to HES Assessment Checklist, HES start up business materials were also procured to be given to the target PLWHIV beneficiaries. AWANDEC monitoring Team,  on 22^nd to 23^rd July 2016 monitored all the beneficiaries who had benefited in the 2 batches of PRO Vit A Cassava Stem distributions in the month of May and June 2016. In a bit to strengthen the capacity of AWANDEC team, Data Quality Assessment was carried out on the 21^st July 2016 to monitor the progress on update of identified weakness in the last DQA in 24 ^th June 2016. Following the trend, there was a meeting of Program Monitors with the staff of AWANDEC on 27^th July 2016 with the objective of seeing the way forward of meeting the milestones required by the CBO. To further season LOPIN 1 project, Familiarization visit to the newly appointed Caretaker Chairman of Okobo LGA was on 19^th July 2016.