Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) through Africaid in partnership with Christian Blind Mission (CBM) and funding from Big Lottery implemented The ‘Zimbabwe HIV & Disability
Impact Mitigation’ project. It aimed to improve the quality of life of children with HIV-related disabilitiesliving in Harare (Zimbabwe), through increased understanding about HIV and disability and by strengthening their access to appropriate quality health, rehabilitation and educational services. The beneficiaries of this project were HIV positive children aged 6-16 (school age) years and
their families. The programme also worked with local stakeholders (paediatric HIV practitioners, care and support staff, staff working within the disability sector, teachers and
other professionals operating in School Psychological Services) in a way to increase awareness about issues facing children with HIV-related disabilities and their families and, where
needed, to facilitate increased knowledge and promote more inclusive systems and services.
The overall objective of the mid-term evaluation was to evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact & sustainability, networks/ partnerships and lessons learnt of project
outputs and outcomes for the period September 2015- to February 2017.The evaluation used qualitative and quantitative methods. Primary data was collected through: 1) interviews with project stakeholders in government, among Disabled Persons Organisations; and 2) group interviews with caregivers and Community Adolescent Treatment Supporters (CATs). Quantitative data was obtained from secondary review of Africaidmonitoring and activity reports.