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THE MENTOR INITIATIVE ANNUAL REPORT 2016

Reducing deaths and suffering from tropical diseases

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. THE MENTOR INITIATIVE 3 1.1 PROGRAMME GOALS 3 1.2 PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES 3 1.3 FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 10 1.4 ADVISORY BOARD 10 1.5 DIRECTION 11 1.6 REPORTING 11

2. PAST PERFORMANCE 12 3. KEY CONTACTS 24


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1. THE MENTOR INITIATIVEVision

The MENTOR Initiative saves lives in emergencies through tropical disease control and then stays to help people recover from

crisis with dignity, working side by side with communities, health workers and health authorities to leave a lasting impact.

Mission

The MENTOR Initiative is a discrete and agile humanitarian organisation purpose built to relieve human suffering from tropical

diseases. We act in some of the world's most austere and vulnerable communities, who are often devastated and forgotten.

Regardless of race, creed or nationality, MENTOR strives to deliver disease control to populations at greatest risk of suffering

death. Our first and last considerations are the needs of the people we serve.

1.1 PROGRAMME GOAL To improve the preparedness and response capacity of humanitarian organisations and national partners to establish and

deliver effective disease control interventions in ongoing humanitarian crises and in post emergency reconstruction settings.

The ultimate long term goal is to reduce the disease burden on emergency-affected populations. This will be achieved through a

combination of The MENTOR Initiative’s three key activities: TARGETED CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, FIELD SUPPORT, and

OPERATIONAL RESEARCH.

1.2 PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES 1.2.1 CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

Capacity development is implemented through the delivery of intensive training workshops designed specifically to strengthen

the capacity of agencies to implement effective and coordinated vector borne disease control activities. The workshops aim to

increase the capacity of humanitarian partners at both field and organisational level to implement effective disease control

programmes with affected communities through better assessment and planning, surveillance, prevention, case management

and targeted operational research when required to improve field interventions in emergency situations.

Two types of workshop are available:

• A one week intensive workshop for field-based agency, donor and national staff – conducted 3-5 times per year indifferent emergency-affected regions on a rotational basis. Field-based training workshops have been held to date inUganda, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Dubai and Angola.

• A one week intensive workshop for HQ based agency and donor staff – conducted annually in both Europe and the US

• A one day specialist Integrated Vector Management workshop presenting the rational for integrating tools and strategies

for diseases transmitted by vectors. This workshop also presents logical approaches to planning these control

programmes using an integrated vector management in emergencies toolkit. IVM workshops have been held to date in

Juba, South Sudan; Nairobi, Kenya; Gaziantep, Turkey and Bangkok, Thailand.

These training courses provide valuable opportunities to increase and standardise the knowledge and skills of emergency

partners and to promote discussion and strong coordination between themselves and national authorities. Regular

implementation of these workshops has created a strong network of senior national and international emergency health

personnel who have received standardised, up to date technical guidance and training in disease control in emergencies and

should result in more appropriate and effective disease prevention and control interventions.


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1.2.2 FIELD SUPPORT

The MENTOR Initiative field support activities are geographically focused in areas where they will be of maximum benefit

for vulnerable refugee, IDP and host populations affected by recent or ongoing conflict and/or natural disasters. Current

programme countries include Liberia, Angola, Central African Republic (CAR), north eastern Kenya and Syria. Previous

responses have included Myanmar, Haiti, Chad, Sierra Leone, Darfur-Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Aceh- Indonesia (tsunami

emergency response – reconstruction of sustainable disease control), and Java-Indonesia (earthquake).

The MENTOR team provides technical assistance, guidance and ongoing back up for international and national NGO/PVO,

MoH, UN, FBO and donor partners engaged in emergency country support in a wide range of countries. The MENTOR Initiative

also provides full time support in priority emergency/refugee affected countries, through field ‘mentors’ with appropriate technical

and operational experience and who are based in-country.

Field mentors give programme-specific technical support for the assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and problem

solving of vector-borne disease aspects of partner programmes, in ways that compliment and reinforce the delivery of other

emergency health interventions. They strongly advocate for the inclusion of strategies proven to have the greatest impact on

VBD and related (e.g. anaemia) through standardised technical guidance based upon new tools, standards and strategies

developed previously by the RBM in Complex Emergencies Secretariat and international partners.


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1.2.2 FIELD SUPPORT CONTINUED

ANGOLA

Since 2002, Angola's health system has faced immense challenges and currently only serves 45% of the population. The

underfunded Ministry of Health (MoH) is reliant on aid for purchasing basic drugs and other support. In 2002, MENTOR set up

a partnership with the MoH and has since been working to address the challenges posed by malaria, the most common cause

of suffering and death in Angola.

MENTOR's programmes in the country have grown to include several grants and provinces,

covering all aspects of malaria control: prevention, diagnosis and treatment. MENTOR has

been working with the MoH and other partners to build effective malaria diagnostic and

treatment capacity in some of the worst affected provinces. With World Learning, supported

by USAID, MENTOR has been assisting the public sector across the northern provinces of

Zare and Uige, providing a strong platform for sustainable outcomes in malaria case

management. MENTOR has been training health workers to diagnose and treat malaria cases

more effectively and improving the ability of laboratories to diagnose malaria. In

2015, MENTOR trained approximately 2, 000 health workers and laboratory technicians in

malaria case management in Zaire, Huambo and Uige.

MENTOR has also been working with the support of ExxonMobil Africa Health Initiative

to reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality in pregnancy, reaching approximately

160, 000 women in the provinces of Uige and Zaire. This year saw 122 community

health workers trained in malaria control. In August 2016, malnutrition screening was

started in partnership with UNICEF, screening over 6, 643 children and signposting to

appropriate care cases detected. Further training and development of community

health continues in six municipalities. Most recently the CHWs have been trained in

measuring malnutrition, and in recording and referring cases as they appear, in addition

to teaching communities about malaria symptoms, treatment, and avoidance. Future work

includes developing hygiene and WASH projects.

Building on results from the successful malaria programmes in Angola to date, MENTOR is

now also supporting the implementation of NTD prevention and control programmes. School

and community based mass drug administration (MDA) programmes are being rolled out in

six Angolan provinces: Huambo, Uige, Zaire, Bie, Kuando Kubando and Cuanza Sul

alongside school WASH programmes, supported by The END Fund.

MENTOR operates as an official partner to the provincial health department in all provinces and has supported WHO-funded

disease mapping in 2015 and 2016. In the province of Bie, this mapping identified high prevalence of onchocerciasis, a disease

that causes significant disability and blindness. In 2016, MENTOR started delivering community based MDAs to prevent and

treat onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis in disease prevalent municipalities in Uige, Zaire, Kuando Kubango and Bie

provinces.

MENTOR will continue to work to reduce the disease burden of the vulnerable populations in the provinces where it operates,

and to seek new opportunities and partnerships to help improve health outcomes for the most excluded populations.

ANGOLA KEY HIGHLIGHTS 2016

1, 433, 665 people treated against Schistosomiasis

44, 159 people treated against lymphatic filariasis (Uige) Supported by The END Fund

142, 800 people treated against Onchocerciasis

1, 258, 343 community members reached in 9,092 sessions. Supported by Exxon Mobil

122 community health workers trained in malaria control Supported by Exxon Mobil

161 clinical health workers trained in malaria case management

33 laboratory technicians participated in 10 day laboratory training courses

82 workers trained on the management of essential medicine supervisions


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1.2.2 FIELD SUPPORT

SOUTH SUDAN

South Sudan has been classified for the second year running as the most fragile state in

the world. Some of the many reasons for this fragility include armed conflict, inter-

communal violence, economic decline, disease, and climate shocks, resulting in some

of the world’s poorest health and development indicators.

The MENTOR Initiative began partnering with the Government of South Sudan and its

country partnership of UN, NGOs and FBO organisations in 2012, in order to find effective,

timely and scalable solutions to vector-borne disease control. In particular, efforts have

been made to reduce the heavy burden of malarial disease amongst the most vulnerable

displaced and isolated communities affected by conflict and flooding, whilst also working to

mitigate the risk and impact of malaria epidemics. To date, MENTOR has focused support

on communities in Warrap, Abeyi, Upper Nile, Lakes and Unity States.

The MENTOR IRS campaigns, supported by UNICEF, were completed in July

2016 reaching a total of 92, 647 IDPs in Bentiu PoC and 41, 172 IDPs in

Malakal PoC. MENTOR also conducted two rounds of IRS between June 2015 and August

2016, treating shelters for 145, 618 refugees who were also reached with MENTOR

IEC campaigns in Maban.

During this season, MENTOR has treated a total of 5, 841 breeding sites as part of its Larval Source Management campaigns

in Bentui, 317 sites in Malakal and 10, 842 sites in Maban. Fly control campaigns commenced in September, treating 4, 756

breeding sites in Bentiu, 986 in Malakal and 21, 371 in Maban County.

The MENTOR Initiative was requested by Rapid Responses Fund in September 2016 to mount a response to address the

increase in cholera cases in Juba. Well versed in the delivery of effective WASH IEC/ Hygiene Promotion tools/ materials,

MENTOR has been providing a package of hygiene promotion activities in selected communities in Juba. Community Hygiene

Promoters (CHPs), trained and supported by MENTOR, are delivering key cholera messaging to community members. With the

support of IOM, MENTOR has trained 110 Community Hygiene Promoters and reached 54, 758 community members with its

hygiene promotion messaging between September and October 2016.

KENYA (NORTH EASTERN PROVINCES)

Throughout the last 20 years with conflict, floods, nutritional crises and disease outbreaks commonplace, the population of North

Eastern Kenya has been left marginalised and highly vulnerable. North Eastern Kenya is a flat and semi-arid region which is

prone to large-scale flooding, providing the perfect conditions for mosquito breeding. This has led to many devastating epidemics

of malaria and other vector-borne diseases (VBDs) such as dengue and chikungunya among the population.

The MENTOR Initiative first responded in this area after severe flooding in October 2006. Following three successful epidemic

emergency responses from 2006 to 2009, there was a clear need for a longer term approach and capacity building, as the

problems the region faced looked to continue and worsen with climate change. In 2011, MENTOR launched an emergency

response to protect over 1 million famine and flood affected refugee and host populations at risk from malaria epidemics in North

Eastern Kenya.

SOUTH SUDAN KEY HIGHLIGHTS 2016

133, 819 IDPs protected through IRS

17, 000 breeding sites treated through larval source management

21, 113 breeding sites treated through fly control campaigns

61, 800 malaria RDTs donated

110 community hygiene promoters trained.

54, 758 community members reached with hygiene promotion messaging



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With support from UK Department for International Development (DFID), MENTOR is currently working in collaboration with

county Departments of Health in Wajir, Garissa and Mandera to ensure vulnerable communities at risk of malaria and VBD

outbreaks have access to timely and lifesaving interventions. The programme includes supporting health facilities, improving

patient care, diagnosis and treatment of VBDs. Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) is also ongoing across the provinces in targeted

high risk locations to protect people from malaria, leishmaniasis and other VBDs. Information, education and communication

(IEC) events are continuously carried out to educate community members about VBDs and the effectiveness of IRS to ensure a

high acceptance of the programme across households. IEC campaigns are also organised together with targeted mosquito larval

control and environmental management campaigns to mitigate VBD outbreaks.

KENYA KEY HIGHLIGHTS 2016

60 health workers trained on case management of Chikungunya fever & Dengue fever

1, 376 campaign workers trained to deliver IRS

39, 739 households sprayed

437, 968 people protected from VBD through IRS

103, 185 IEC materials distributed

19, 768 households cleared

153 community health workers trained on malaria case management

175 health workers trained on malaria case management

246 health facilities received on the job coaching and technical support



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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CAR has one of the lowest life expectancies in the world and ranks as the second least developed country globally in UNDP’s

Human Development Index. The necessity for humanitarian assistance, especially healthcare services to meet basic needs, is

evident. The current situation is described as “extremely critical” by OCHA: and estimated 2.3 million people are in need of aid

in the country, more than 390, 000 people are internally displaced and a further 467, 000 refugees have fled the country. The

displaced are the hardest to reach and are particularly vulnerable to malaria, one of the primary causes of death in CAR.

MENTOR works to protect the most vulnerable populations in these conflict affected

communities, providing basic healthcare services at the community level to combat vector

borne disease (VBD) and its effects on communities.

MENTOR implements healthcare projects in the north-west of the country, an area which is

severely affected by past and current conflicts and represents one of the most challenging

emergency situations in which to work in Africa today. MENTOR provides health services to

the population in the prefectures of Ouham and Ouham-Pende, working closely with its

international partners OFDA (Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance), DFID (Department

for International Development), UNICEF, and Common Humanitarian Fund. Each project is

run in close conjunction with the Ministry of Health and other health partners operational in

these prefectures.

Since 2008, MENTOR has been building an innovative network of community healthcare

workers which allows MENTOR to navigate the perpetual violence and insecurity, reaching

areas that other Nos struggle to access. Community healthcare workers are trained to provide

a package of health services: health education, diagnosis and treatment of the most common

diseases including malaria and diarrhoea, screening for malnutrition, iron supplement and

malaria prophylaxis for pregnant women. Their ability to identify patients with other diseases

(such as respiratory infections) and/or severe symptoms of malaria and diarrhoea enables

them to be transferred (using local motorbike taxis) to health facilities which are better

equipped to address more serious cases. MENTOR’s community approach has been

developed in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and is fully in line with national

health policy strategies in CAR. In addition to the community healthcare network, MENTOR

also provides support to a number of health posts to improve referral level health care by

ensuring that the posts are supplied with appropriate medications and staffed sufficiently

where state provision or support from other health partners is lacking.

Using this combination of approaches, nearly 550, 000 consultations have taken place since

the current humanitarian crisis started in March 2013. Of these, more than 263, 000

cases were children under five years with a confirmed malaria diagnosis. Without the

appropriate and timely treatment provided by MENTOR supported health care workers,

these children would have been at high risk of death. In parallel to the very successful

clinical results of the community based approach, very important extensive health education

has been carried out to promote prevention against the most common diseases and to

encourage early treatment seeking. Different approaches are applied through sensitisation

activities carried out directly by the community health workers in their village, coupled with

targeted training of influential people in the communities (including women’s groups and

youth clubs) as well as large scale health promotion campaigns (with film projections,

football matches, quixxes etc.).

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC KEY HIGHLIGHTS 2016

365, 686 beneficiaries reached. Supported by OFDA

245 health care providers trained Supported by OFDA

503 community healthcare workers received on the job training Supported by OFDA

303 community healthcare workers engaged in public health surveillance Supported by OFDA

219, 150 community members participated in information, education and communication sessions Supported by OFDA

26 large scale education sessions conducted Supported by OFDA

65, 594 curative consultations took place IMC

3,024 IEC sessions attended by 159, 957 people IMC

7 health facilities supported IMC

352 LLINs distributed amongst pregnant women IMC

1, 056 consultations of children under 5 years UNICEF

14 HPI kits distributed UNICEF

7 nurses trained UNICEF



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Consortium work

Recently, MENTOR has taken on the responsibility of leading a consortium of four international NGOS (including OXFAM,

International Medical Corps and Cordaid) funded by the UK Department for International Development to improve healthcare to

460, 000 people across four prefectures.

As this two-year phase of the consortium gets underway, MENTOR will work to support and reinforce its partners to achieve an impactful and cost-effective response. MENTOR remains committed to delivering health services to the most vulnerable and, as lead agency in the consortium, will strive to maintain and achieve this value across the collaborative nature of this opportunity. We look forward to working with our partners to evaluate and assess how best to learn from our experiences in order to have the most significant impact possible under the challenging circumstances.

SYRIA

Since August 2013, the MENTOR Initiative has been working to support the control of cutaneous

leishmaniasis (CL) and

visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Syria. Communities are increasingly displaced and infrastructures

degraded, creating a fragile existence in which to survive with limited access to routine health

services.

Disease quickly gains a stronghold on communities as situations worsen, no less so in the

northern parts of Syria. Already six years into what has been described as the worst

humanitarian crisis since World War II, this conflict has provided the perfect conditions for the

transmission of CL and VL. The MENTOR Initiative has found innovative ways in its approach

to tackling this most pressing health issue.

Leishmaniasis (‘Aleppo boil’) is transmitted by the bite of an infected female phlebotomine sandfly. When bitten by the sandfly,

the Leishmania parasite can enter the blood and invade the macrophage immune cells. This is what causes the open sores

surrounding the bite. There are three types of leishmaniasis, caused by different Leishmania species:

1. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL, kala-azar) which is fatal if left untreated.

2. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) which is the most common, causing skin lesions that can be self-resolving but if

untreated can lead to mucocutaneous lesions.

3. Mucocutaneous lesions can lead to partial or total destruction of the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth and throat

cavities and surrounding tissues.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is often associated with malnutrition, population displacement, poor housing and weakened immune

systems, which is wide spread across Syria. Leishmaniasis is a huge public health concern, endemic in many areas and in

some is the most prevalent communicable disease.

MENTOR adopts a multi-pronged approach to combating vector borne diseases, such as leishmaniasis, which can provide

cross-cutting benefits. This includes indoor residual spraying (IRS) of the inside surfaces in the camp shelters and urban

buildings people live in, in order to kill resting sandflies. Long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and curtains (LLICs) are distributed

to people living in more rural settings to protect them from sandfly bites. Waste management, particularly in urban settings,

helps to reduce sandfly breeding sites. All of these activities are supported by contextually appropriate education and

communication.

SYRIA KEY HIGHLIGHTS 2016

1, 907, 314 beneficiaries of IRS

250, 000 beneficiaries of LLINs this year (approx 2 million beneficiaries over 2-3 yrs)

200, 000 beneficiaries of solid waste management

308, 697 medical consultations



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LIBERIA

MENTOR is very well established in Liberia, with a long history of successful technical capacity building of health workers at a

national level. MENTOR began programmes in Liberia in 2003 and has trained several thousand health workers in the 15

counties.

The months of 1st April to 30th June 2015 saw the resurgence of the fatal Ebola virus in Liberia. The Liberians and Liberian

government had moved away from acute emergency response towards resilience and recovery activities. However, the further

outbreak reveals that continued support in vulnerable health facilities is still a necessity. MENTOR has been identified as one

of the lead organizations for developing the post Ebola transition and investment plan, with support from USAID. In order to

prevent devastating outbreaks such as the Ebola crisis, a significant expansion in technical understanding by health workers,

trust in the measures, local leadership and support were all essential. This response included both public and private sector

workers, especially in Monrovia, as many of the city’s most vulnerable population sectors are primarily served through private

health facilities.

With funding from Comic Relief, MENTOR implemented a four year project (2011- 2015) piloting two key innovative malaria

strategies in Monrovia; working with private medicine stores and pharmacies (MS/Ps) serving the slum communities of West

Point and Bushrod Island in Monrovia and using durable wall lining (DL) as a malaria prevention method.

In June 2014, a high increase in malaria cases managed at the medical store and pharmacy level was observed, potentially due

to the feeling of fear and mistrust of health facilities during the Ebola outbreak. MENTOR further developed essential training on

Infection, Prevention and Control measures at medical store and pharmacy level, allowing malaria control to continue (with

support from OFDA). This training was rolled out to the hundred outlets in Bushrod Island and West Point and to an additional

one hundred new stores in Paynesville.

This OFDA funding expanded community health worker activities in November 2014, increasing the 40 CHWs trained to 200

CHWs in 2015. In addition to this, MENTOR lead the training of private medicine stores and pharmacies in the introduction of

temperature taking, simple triage of clients and emergency cleaning kits.

In order to build up defense for disease infection, a technologically enhanced adaptive learning tool (EBUDDI) has been designed

by a partnership under the Masanga Mentor Ebola Initiative. This partnership is between the Masanga hospital in Sierra Leone,

the MENTOR Initiative operating in Liberia, and the Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry

(“PUPSMD”). MMEI has a network of IPC specialists in tackling medical emergencies in remote locations, including Lassa fever,

SARs and Ebola; e-learning and IT programme development experts. For more info visit http://mmei.uk/.

Since 2010, under Comic Relief funding, MENTOR has continued to

deliver a large scale pilot of durable wall lining (DL), comparing efficacy

and acceptability with Insecticide Residual Spraying (IRS) across Bomi

County. In 2015, MENTOR conducted a final phase study which increased

access to means of malaria prevention for 16, 000 residents.


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1.2.3 OPERATIONAL RESEARCHThe MENTOR Initiative conducts and supports operational research

for the development of improved tropical disease control service

delivery amongst vulnerable groups as well as full scale evaluation of

innovative and context specific tools and approaches for improved

malaria - and other related disease - control in emergencies.

The MENTOR Initiative conducted a field evaluations of insecticide

treated emergency shelter plastic sheeting in refugee camps in Sierra

Leone and Liberia in a joint programme with WHO, UNHCR, CIEDRS,

SL MoH, IRD-Montpellier, Eurofin- Denmark, University of Marseille and

several NGOs. Further research work has been implemented in Angola

to assess feasibility and acceptability of treated wall lining.

Other operational research areas across programmes include:

• Assessment of acceptability and impact of the BASF produced (Interceptor) LLIN in Liberia

• Operational research into prescription and adherence practices in emergency countries and natural disasters (Aceh,Liberia, Kenya , Chad) where rapid malaria diagnostic tests and artemisinin based combination malaria therapy have beenrecently introduced into the health care system.

• Retention, utilisation and durability studies on three brands of WHOPES approved LLINs distributed in eastern Chad.

• Anaemia and parasitaemia studies amongst Somali refugees in Yemen with UNHCR.

• Cost effectiveness of Indoor Residual Spraying compared to LLINs in emergency contexts

• Comparison of distribution methods for LLINs: general distribution house to house hang up versus integrated campaignsin Central African Republic.

To see a full list visit thementorinitiative.org


http://thementorinitiative.org/news-informations/publications

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1.3 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIONSupport for The MENTOR Initiative’s activities has come from a variety of sources including private foundations, USAID /

Global, USAID /OFDA, USD / BPRM, EC ECHO, Exxon Mobile, UK Government DFID, WHO/RBM, Global Fund, United

Nations Foundation and UNICEF.

The MENTOR Initiative has grown quickly in response to clearly identified emergency needs. To better meet operational and

organisation demands, and improve the scale of support to emergency affected populations, The MENTOR Initiative became

established as an independent charitable “Not for Profit” non governmental organisation registered in the UK in early 2004.

The MENTOR Initiative follows best practice finance and administration procedures and uses the latest IT systems based

around Microsoft Navision and SAGA in order to ensure high quality financial administration of its multi-currency, multi-country

and multi-project operations. These tailor made systems ensure a high level of transparency, accountability, financial reporting

and strong support systems for MENTOR country, operational research and capacity building programmes. The finance team

has over 30 years experience between them, in systems analysis, development, financial direction (multi-country and

currency), accountancy and administration.

The organisation is independently audited through an external audit firm for UK statutory accounts and via an additional

USAID external audit (both audit firms are a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales).

1.4 ADVISORY BOARDAn Advisory Board for The MENTOR Initiative strengthens the technical and operational management of The MENTOR

Initiative programmes and overall service function, ensuring that it maintains and continues to develop its leading position to

support the humanitarian community for disease control in emergency settings. The board meets annually (and ad hoc if

necessary), and consists of key stakeholders. To ensure that the broad array of stakeholders is effectively represented

through the Advisory Board, organisational representation on the board rotates annually or more frequently if ad hoc meetings

require. The advisory board reviews the past years’ performance and developments and assists in the development of

strategic planning for the coming year (or longer where appropriate).

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS:

• Robert Hart - Security and Operations advice

• Sarah Hoibak - Technical Malaria Control advice

• Rebecca Luckett - Malaria Clinical Advisor

• Gareth Williams - Finance and Management Advisor


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1.5 DIRECTION The MENTOR Initiative is directed by Richard Allan, with the input and guidance of the MENTOR Initiative Advisory board. A

full time dedicated management team includes highly skilled and experienced technical support managers and country

programme coordinators for each priority emergency.

Together, this team has developed a proven, strong, action based, and clearly measurable strategy to build the technical and

operational capacity of aid agencies and develop essential new disease control tools, in order to scale up effective malaria and

related disease control amongst the most vulnerable populations in humanitarian emergencies.

Richard Allan is a qualified tropical parasitologist and has 29 years experience as a public health manager. Following four

years in primary health care development for Zaire through the mid 1980’s he then spent four years in malaria treatment

research with Oxford University and the Medical Research Council with programmes in Gambia and Sierra Leone. Since the

start of the Rwanda crisis in 1994 Richard has dedicated his efforts to developing disease control initiatives in conflict based

emergencies and natural disasters working with OXFAM, Tear Fund and MERLIN. He established and developed

emergency disease control programmes in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, DR Congo, Brazzaville Congo, Kenya (two

malaria epidemics), Angola, Southern Sudan, Burundi, Afghanistan and East Timor.

Richard was the Roll Back Malaria coordinator for complex emergencies, with the Global Secretariat (early 2000 to late 2002)

at the World Health Organisation. He established and managed the cross-sectoral partnerships that resulted in the development

of important new disease control new tools and strategies for malaria control. Richard established The MENTOR Initiative in

late 2002, and has directed this innovative technical and operational support group since then, to ensure that countries in

emergency receive the technical and operational support they need in order to scale up best practice for malaria, dengue

fever, leishmaniasis and other vector-borne and neglected tropical diseases. Richard and his team provide technical support

to the World Bank Malaria Booster programme for 17 countries, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNHCR, UNICEF,

WHO/RBM, and UNDP in addition to full time support to key emergency countries.

Apart from the wide scale support emergency and development humanitarian agencies have already received through this

initiative’s capacity building activities, programme planning and implementation advice, The MENTOR Initiative has now

developed significant country level support experience through intensive operations in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ethiopia, Darfur

Sudan, Angola, Chad, Java, Kenya, Central African Republic, Myanmar and Aceh (Indonesia) and is uniquely placed towards

helping Ministry of Health National Malaria Control Programmes and NGOs/FBOs and other partner agencies to effectively and

sustainably scale up life saving action in emergency, reconstruction and longer term settings.

1.6 REPORTING Country Program Teams submit monthly update reports to MENTOR’s Director and the management team. These include an

activities report, relevant financial accounting information and a work plan for the coming month.

These reports are synthesised into reports every 3 months by the MENTOR management team and disseminated to donor

partners and others. These reports include a detailed report of activities and related tasks which have been carried out, results

achieved, a financial report and a work plan for the following 6 months. If major implementation issues have arisen an ad hoc

meeting of the Advisory Board may be called to help address this.

Monthly updates of country and capacity building programmes, and annual activity reports are published on The MENTOR

Initiative website (www.thementorinitiative.org) and disseminated to stakeholders. Standard donor reporting is as stipulated in

the contract.


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2. PAST PERFORMANCENAME OF AWARDING AGENCY

DONOR CONTACT AND REFERENCES

CONTRACT NUMBER AMOUNT OF AWARD AND TERM OF AWARD ACTIVE AWARDS

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Department for International Development (DFID) UK Government Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs

01/ 10/2016 – 30-09-2018 1, 810, 625 GBP

CAR: Emergency assistance to crisis-affected communities of Central African Republic


01-10-2016- 30-09-2018 355, 367 GBP

CAR: Emergency assistance to crisis-affected communities of Central African Republic

BPRM 01/09/2016 - 31/08/2017 759,727.1 USD

SOUTH SUDAN: Continuing Emergency Control

Rapid Response Fund 15/09/2016- 15/09/2016 93,177.21 USD

SOUTH SUDAN: Cholera Response Juba


01/06/2016 - 31/03/2017 1,313,649.7 USD

KENYA: VBD Control & Response

UNICEF 12/05/2016 - 31-12-2016 139,163,194 XAF

CAR: OFDA Community Healthcare

CHF 01/05/2016- 31/10/2016 301, 863 USD

CHF8CAR

USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

01/05/2016- 30/11/2016 2,223,572.58 USD

SYRIA: Emergency Control of Leishmaniasis

UNICEF 01/ 05/ 2016- 31/01/2017 682,543.88

SOUTH SUDAN: VBD Control in Malakal and Bentiu

International Medical Corps (IMC) 01/04/2016- 30/ 09/ 2016 487, 608.7 USD

CAR: Health services Ouham Pende

ExxonMobil 01/01/2016 – 31/12/2016 300, 000 USD

ANGOLA: Reducing malaria in pregnancy

UNICEF 23/12/2015 - 23/03/2016 22, 752 USD

SOUTH SUDAN: Control of malaria and other VBD

UNICEF UNICEF-T-S 01/11/2015 - 29/02/2016 20, 212, 416 XAF

CHAD: short project

DFID 113303-119 01/10/2015 - 31-05-2016 476, 761 USD

KENYA: Emergency Response to El Nino

BPRM S-PRMCO-15-CA-106901/06/2015 - 31/05/2016892, 885 USD

SOUTH SUDAN: Emergency control of malaria

Comic Relief 112163 01/04/2015 - 30-04-2016 441, 313 USD

LIBERIA: Sustainable Malaria Control

OFDA AID-OFDA-A-15-00018-01 01/03/2015 - 30-04-2016 3, 067, 328 USD

SYRIA: Emergency Control of Leishmaniasis


2. PAST PERFORMANCE CONTINUED

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DESCRIPTION OF WORK

WHO 201157235 01/02/2015 - 31/03/2015 90, 983 USD

SYRIA: WHO LLIN net distribution in Northern Syria

OFDA AID-OFDA-G-15-00003 01/02/2015 - 31-03-2016 2, 327, 901 USD

LIBERIA: Emergency IPC, training & WaSH

UNF UNF-15-662 01/01/2015- 30/06/2015 78, 585 USD

UNF-15-662 01/01/2015- 30/06/2015 452,890 USD

CAR: Cross Border Malaria Prevention

CAR: Cross-border malaria control

World Learning (USAID- PMI) #S05-AID-654-A-11-00003 01-10-2014 – 30 -09- 20151,738,883.56 USD

ANGOLA: Malaria Control in Huambo

OFDA AID-OFDA-G-14-00122 01/07/2014 – 31/08/2016 150, 000 USD

HQ: Integrated Vector Management

The END Fund 80194 01-04-2013- 31-03-20187,285,402 USD

ANGOLA: Integrated NTD Treatment Program with School Based WASH in Huambo, Zaire and Uige Provinces

World Learning (USAID) 654-A-11-0000314-02-2013 - 13-05-2013

101,500 USD

ANGOLA: In vivo therapeutic efficacy evaluation of three antimalarials

PSI (USAID-PMI) AID-654-A-11-00002 Sub 3774 MENTOR NOV11 31/12/2011 - 31/07/2016 1,619,669 USD

ANGOLA: Integrated Social Marketing Pr

World Learning (USAID- PMI) #S06-AID-654-A-11-00003 2132016 01/10/2011 – 30/09/2016 2,132,016 USD

ANGOLA: Malaria control in Zaire

World Learning (USAID-PMI) #S07-AID-654-A-11-00003 01/10/2011 – 30/09/2016 2,402,979 USD

ANGOLA: Malaria control in Uige



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DESCRIPTION OF WORK

OFDA AID-OFDA-G-11-00126 18/07/2011 – 30/ 06/ 2013 200, 000 USD

HQ: VBD Capacity Building

BPRM SPRM-010-CA-184 15-08-2010 - 14-08-2011534028

CHAD: Malaria Control

OFDA AID-OFDA-G-610-00086 01/09/2010 – 01/12/2011 657, 206 USD

CHAD: Emergency programme to strengthen public health and malaria control services for the most vulnerable IDPs and host communities in East Chad

OFDA AID-OFDA-G-610-00086 10/09/2010 - 31/12/2011 657, 206.14 USD

CHAD: Malaria Control in East Chad

OFDA AID-OFDA-G-10-00125-00 and -01 28/02/2010 - 30/09/2011 1,710,592 USD

HAITI: Malaria emergency in Haiti

Comic Relief GR002-12435 01/01/2010- 31/12/2013 2,399,729 USD

KENYA: Development response

BPRM SPRM-009-CA-110 15/09/2009- 14/08/2010 329, 000 USD

CHAD: Malaria control

US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM)

15/08/2009 – 14/08/2010 530,000 USD

CHAD: The MENTOR Initiative expanded support to NGOs, UN and MoH to scale up effective malaria control amongst refugees from Darfur and CAR in the east and southern of Chad.

UN Foundation UNF-08-087 01/07/2009 – 31/05/2009 500,000 USD

CAR: Emergency shelter, malaria control and prevention for IDPs and conflict affected host communities in northern CAR.

CHF (UNDP) 01/06/2009 – 30/09/2009 94,603 USD

CAR: Case management support and LLIN distribution resource support



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DESCRIPTION OF WORK

UNICEF 01/04/2009 – 31/10/2009 226,211 USD

CAR: 25,000 LLINs for distribution in programme area


01/03/2009 – 31/01/2010 600,000 USD

CHAD: Emergency malaria control for IDPs and conflict affected Chadians in eastern Chad.

UNHCR 05/05/2009 – 05/08/2009 59,401 USD

YEMEN: Anaemia and Parasitaemia prevalence survey in the southern Yemen refugee camps - Basate’en and Kharaz. Malaria control needs assessment

AMERICARES 16/06/2008 – 31/08/2009 160,001 USD

BURMA: Malaria and Dengue control resources in response to cyclone Nargis.

BASF 20/06/2008– 31/01/2009 350,000 USD

BURMA: Supply of BASF Interceptor LLINs for deliver to the cyclone Nargis affected areas

SYNGENTA 09/07/2009 – 31/07/2010 160,000 USD

CHAD: Emergency malaria control for IDPs and conflict affected Chadians in eastern Chad.

SYNGENTA 12,000 USD KENYA: Operational research on the durability and bioavailability of ICON CS insecticide in western Kenya.


AC / 200281 15/01/2009 - 30/09/2009 646, 361 GBP

KENYA: Emergency malaria control in flood areas of Budalangi, western Kenya and Mandera, north eastern Kenya. Large scale malaria prevention campaigns and technical/materials support to health workers.

USAID Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI)

GHS-A-00-08-00011-00 08/09/2008 – 31/09/2011 1,499,317 USD

LIBERIA: PMI Malaria Communities Programme to develop and implement effective malaria education across 5 counties of LiberiaUSAID Modification of Assistance

DFG-G-00-07-00095-00 new funding 01/11/2008 - 31/10/2011 1,149,993 USD

LIBERIA: Continuation of case management technical capacity building or malaria nationally, plus establishment of malaria sentinel sitesUSAID 674-A-00-08-00096-00

01/10/2008 – 30/09/2009 500,000 USD

ANGOLA: Pilot introduction of ACT into private health care system in Huambo, Angola



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DESCRIPTION OF WORK

European Commission ECHO (In partnership with MERLIN)

ECHO/LBR/ BUD/2008/01012 01/05/2008-30/06/2009 510,105 EUR

LIBERIA: Establishing effective malaria control case management across health facilities and war affected communities in Sinoe County.


DFD-G¬-00-08-00179-00 28/05/2008-28/02/2009 500,000 USD With complimentary material donations 635,000 USD

BURMA: Emergency malaria and dengue fever control in the cyclone Nargis affected areas, for 500,000 people.


DFD-G-00-07-00096-00 01/05/2008-30/02/2009 500,000 USD

CHAD: Emergency malaria control for 120,000 IDPs and 70,000 conflict affected Chadians in Dar Sila region of eastern Chad.

UN Foundation UNF-08-087 13/01/2008 – 28/02/2009 635,355 USD

CAR: Emergency shelter, malaria control and prevention for IDPs and conflict affected host communities in northern CAR

AmeriCares 638-0520-010 (extensiongrant) 16/01/ 2008 -30/11/2008687,935 USD

ACEH: Post tsunami reconstruction of integrated life saving malaria and dengue fever control in 11 districts of Aceh province.

USAID Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) (with World Learning)

690-A-00-00092-20 AA07-22/10/2007- 21/10/200805 499,993 USD

ANGOLA: Support to reduce malaria related mortality in Zaire province.



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DESCRIPTION OF WORK

USAID Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) (with World Learning

690-A-00-00092-20 AA07-0322/10/2007- 21/10/2008499,993 USD

ANGOLA: Support to reduce malaria related mortality in Huambo province.

ECHO European Commission (In partnership with Save the Children UK)

SCUK/ECHO/LBR/ BUD/2007/01016 01/08/2007- 29/05/2008 397,355 EUR

LIBERIA: Providing life saveing malaria prevention and treatment in Margarbi, Bomi and Gbarpolo counties.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

15/10/2007-14/11/2007 16,698 USD

LIBERIA: Flood response IRS programme


AG/47/19 Amended/ extended 22/10/2007-31/05/2008 499,960 GBP

KENYA: Emergency malaria control in flood areas of Budalangi, Westren Kenya. Large scale malaria prevention campaign and technical/materials support to health workers for malaria case management

UNHCR / UN Foundation HCR/ABE/PROG/02238/MT 08/08/2007-30/04/2008 376,650 USD

CHAD: Emergency distribution of 40,000 (+30,000 UNICEF donated) LL ITNs and education for 200,000 Chadians in Eastern Chad and Refugees in Southern Chad.

Geneva Global ID: 073022 19/09/2007- 19/01/2008 50,000 USD

CHAD: Emergency IRS campaign to prevent malaria amongst IDPs on the Darfur border.


SPRMCO07CA082 15/08/2007 – 14/08/2008 652,068 USD

CHAD: The MENTOR Initiative expanded support to NGOs, UN and MoH to scale up effective malaria control amongst refugees from Darfur and CAR in the east and southern of Chad.

USAID, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA

DFD-G-00-07-00096-00 01/05/2007-30/04/2008 741,097 USD

CHAD: Emergency malaria control for 120,000 IDPs and 70,000 conflict affected Chadians in Dar Sila region eastern Chad.



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DESCRIPTION OF WORK

BASF 01/05/2007-30/04/2008 40,000 USD

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME: Support for the MENTOR Initiative international 5-day “Malaria Control inHumanitarian Crises” trainingcourse

USAID, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

DFD-G-00-07-00095-00 01/05/2007-30/04/2007 921,000 USD

LIBERIA: Continuation of malaria control expansion across the most vulnerable communities in Liberia.


AG4719 15/01/2007- 30/09/2007 1,235,839 GBP

NORTH EASTERN KENYA: The MENTOR Initiative are supporting the MoH and NGOs to provide emergency malaria prevention and case management across the post flood affected districts of Garissa and Tana River.


15/08/2006-14/08/2007 656,913 USD

CHAD: The MENTOR Initiative are just launching establishing new support to NGOs, UN and MoH to expand effective malaria control amongst refugees from Darfur and CAR in the east and south of Chad


15/07/2006-14/05/2007 420,330 USD

LIBERIA: Continuation of malaria control expansion across the most vulnerable communities in Liberia.

UNHCR The Refugee Agency 01/11/2006-30/04/2007 28,000 USD

ANGOLA: To support a large scale UNHCR LL IN distribution campaign in Huambo province by monitoring coverage and utilization of ITNs post distribution.

World Learning USAID (PMI) 01/11/2006-31/12/2007 750,000 USD

ANGOLA: Establishment of national level best practice for malaria control with international and national partners in Huambo and Zaire provinces, Angola.


16/06/2006-15/11/2006 451,999 USD

YOGYAKARTA: insecticide treated plastic sheeting for temporary shelter and vector (flies, and mosquitoes) control for the victims of the Yogyakarta earthquake combined with other essential disease control activities with the MoH.



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DESCRIPTION OF WORK

GlaxoSmithKline 01/01/2006-31/12/2006 38,000

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE: Contribution to the running of The MENTOR Initiative emergency malaria training workshops for NGOs, UN and MoH through 2006.


01/02/2006-31/09/2006 421,591USD

LIBERIA: Operational research on insecticide treated plastic sheeting. the technical malaria agency in Liberia responsible for training all international and all national health staff in the effective delivery of new malaria case management and prevention protocols.

AmeriCares 638-0520-010 2,189,592USD(including material donations3,102,492USD) 01/04/2006-30/9/2007

638-0520-019 215,836USD10/11/2006-14/01/2008

ACEH: Post tsunami reconstruction of integrated lifesaving malaria and dengue fever control in 11 districts of Aceh province. Logistics Support to PHO

AmeriCares 505,795USD operational budget 300,000USD materials supplied 01/09/2005- 28/02/2006

ACEH: The MENTOR Initiative maintenance of emergency, and start of reconstruction, malaria prevention, control and treatment and dengue fever control.

AmeriCares 500,000USD material donations 07/01/2005– 31/08/2005

ACEH: emergency response operations with the specific aim v post-tsunami Malaria prevention, con-trol and treatment and dengue fever con-trol. This operation was funded by the British government (DFID) and AmeriCa-res.



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DESCRIPTION OF WORK


2,300,000 01/07/2005- 31/08/2005

ACEH: Post-tsunami Malaria control and dengue fever control. This included the introduction of large scale IRS programmes, emergency ITPS shelter, and case management. 60 international and national partners across 21 districts of Aceh-Indonesia for 4.1 million beneficiaries

USAID sub award (through PSI) 1,300,000 USD 01/01/2005– 31/09/2006

ANGOLA: Establishment of national level best practice for malaria control with partner agencies. Introduction of of large scale prevention programmes, RDTs, ACT, IM Artemether with reinforced use of IV Quinine for 2 provinces in Angola, plus the establishment of early outbreak detection and response systems for three additional southern provinces at risk of outbreaks.

EXXON MOBIL Angola 250,000 USD 01/01/2005– 01/01/2006

ANGOLA: The MENTOR Initiative is expanding malaria control best practice in Zaire province – Angola as part of a larger country support programme.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Chemin Blandonnet 6 - 8 1214 Vernier Geneva Switzerland

569,908 USD 01/01/2005– 31/12/2006

LIBERIA: Operational research on ITPS. The technical malaria agency in Liberia responsible for training all international and national health staff in the effective delivery of new malaria case management and prevention protocols.

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (IRC)

55,000 USD 28/11/2004– 28/02/2005

SUDAN: In a hosting partnership with IRC The MENTOR Initiative provided a malaria technical advisor for NGOs and MoH partners in Darfur, Sudan.



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DESCRIPTION OF WORK

US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (BPRM)

1,100,000 USD 01/07/2004– 31/11/2004

LIBERIA AND ANGOLA: Establishment of national level best practice for malaria control, and operational research on ITPS, with international and national partners in Liberia and Angola.USAID, Office of Foreign Disaster

Assistance (OFDA) 479,606 USD 15/05/2004- 28/11/2004

LIBERIA: emergency malaria control expansion for displaced and war affected populations in Liberia.

UNHCR The Refugee Agency 02/SB/SLE/EM/130 146,401 USD 01/04/2004-30/09/2004

SIERRA LEONE: Phase III Evaluation of ITPS for refugee shelters and malaria control. Two refugee camps in Sierra Leone housing over 14,000 Liberian refugees were constructed with ITPSUSAID, OFFICE OF FOREIGN

DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) 542,000 USD 28/08/2003- 28/05/2004

LIBERIA: emergency malaria control expansion for displaced and war affected populations in Liberia.

UNHCR The Refugee Agency Rue de Montbrillant CH-1202 Geneva Switzerland

04/AB/SB/CM/200 305,000 USD 01/07/2003-30/03/2004

SIERRA LEONE: The MENTOR Initiative Phase III Evaluation of Insecticide Treated Plastic Sheeting (ITPS) for refugee shelters and malaria control.


DFA-A-00-03-00113-00 510,037 USD 01/05/2003- 30/4/2005

THE MENTOR INITIATIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME: Management and implementation of the RBM WHO training programme for malaria control in emergencies (conflict and epidemics).US Department of State Bureau of

Population, Refugee and Migration (BPRM)

SPRMCO03CA016 600,000 USD 01/01/2003–31/12/2003

LIBERIA AND ANGOLA: With all country partners develop a successful proposal for Global Fund – support full approval and begins in mid 2004.

UNHCR THE REFUGEE AGENCY

03/AB/SB/CM/200 98,584 USD 01/01/03-30/06/03

SIERRA LEONE: The MENTOR Initiative Phase III Evaluation of (ITPS) for refugee shelters and malaria control.



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DESCRIPTION OF WORK

UNHCR THE REFUGEE AGENCY

02/SB/SLE/EM/130 95,071 USD 01/10/02-31/01/03

SIERRA LEONE: The MENTOR Initiative Phase III Evalua-tion of Insecticide Treated Plastic Sheeting (ITPS) for refugee shelters and ma-laria control. Two refugee camps in Sierra Leone housing over 14,000 Liberian refugees were constructed with ITPS and the MENTOR Initiative/ JHU team conducted an evaluation programme with UNHCR, EC ECHO, WHO, MoH and NGO partners. The team measured impact on malaria, anaemia, malnutrition and birth weight for pregnant women and children under three years of age.

WHO 98,000 EUR 01/12/02- 30/02/03

+41 22 791 397198,000 EUR 01/12/02-30/02/03INTERNATIONAL TRAINING:The MENTOR Initiative wassupported by the WHO to takeon the full management of theRBM Seven-day training coursefor malaria control inemergencies.


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