Cooperative Agreement No. AID-522-A-12-00001

September 2012

This report was produced for review by the United States Agency International Development.

It was prepared by Creative Associates International Inc.

ALIANZA JOVEN HONDURAS - USAID

QUARTERLY REPORT JULY – SEPTEMBER 2012

CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 4

II. RESUMEN EJECUTIVO ......................................................................................................... 8

II. ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES ..................................................................................................... 12

IV. RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES THIS QUARTER ............................................................. 17

SO: STRONG AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES FOSTERED THAT CAN WITHSTAND

THE PRESSURES OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE ...................................................................... 17

IR: LOCAL RESPONSE TO SECURITY THREATS IMPROVED .......................................... 17

IND. 1 Approval by the National Congress of new juvenile justice provisions (Title III) in the

law reforming the Children and Adolescence Code, by the end of the program in June

2013 .................................................................................................................................................. 17

IND. 2 Number of violence prevention initiatives promoted by MJCV that have been

approved by the Government of Honduras ................................................................................ 21

IND. 3 Number of activities carried out by MJCV to promote violence prevention .............. 22

IR: YOUTH BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THEIR

COMMUNITIES .............................................................................................................................. 26

IND. 4 Percentage of Established Outreach Centers that will be sustainable in accordance

with benchmarks of Strengthened OC Model ............................................................................ 26

IND. 5 Number of Civil Society Organizations receiving USG assistance in

security/prevention sector oversight and advocacy .................................................................. 31

IND. 6 Number of youth at-risk benefiting from OCs .............................................................. 31

IND. 7 Percentage of at-risk youth participating in OCs, whose self-described tendency of

rejecting crime, gangs or illicit activities has increased ............................................................ 35

IND. 8 Percentage of youth participating in skills building who are involved in income-

generating activities as a result .................................................................................................... 36

IND. 9 Number of entities that received Outreach Center methodologies transferred by

AJH ................................................................................................................................................... 36

IND.10. Percentage of the youth (former gang members and from restorative justice

programs) trained which are in income-generating activities. ................................................. 36

Annexes

Annex I: Financial and Leverage Information

Annex II: Media Coverage

Annex III: Grants

Annex IV: Letter from the Supreme Court of Justice of Honduras

Annex V: Technical document (Spanish): Construcción de Escala Inicial para la

Definición de Ítems de la Encuesta con que se Evaluará la Tendencia de los

Jóvenes en Riesgo para Rechazar el Crimen Pandillas y Actividades Ilícitas.

Annex VI: Monthly Bulletins

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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This Quarterly Report covers activities carried out by the Youth Alliance Honduras-USAID (AJH) in Spanish known as Alianza Joven Honduras-USAID, Cooperative Agreement No. AID-522-A-12-00001 implemented by Creative Associates International, Inc., from July 1 through September 30, 2012, that contributes to the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) Goal: Strong and resilient communities resist and prevent crime and violence.

This quarter, AJH achieved significant results and carried out key activities, as follows:

Successful advocacy efforts were conducted in alliance with Government of Honduras (GOH) institutions, civil society and UNICEF. On September 18th-19th, 2012, these efforts led to the first reading of the Reform Law to the Childhood and Adolescence Code by the Honduran Congress. This contains landmark changes affecting the Juvenile Justice System, including a Restorative Justice emphasis. This law is expected to be passed by the Honduran Congress in November, 2012, after the Primary Elections.

As a pre-requisite for the passing of the Reform Law, the Honduran Congress

and the GOH decided to create a new institution, the Defensoría de la Niñez (Children’s Ombudsman) and abolish the failed Honduran Institute for the Family, Childhood and Adolescence (IHNFA). This Law was drafted and introduced to Congress on September 18th, 2012. The drafting of this Law received substantial technical assistance from AJH and is expected to pass in November, 2012, at around the same time of the Reform Law.

As part of key advocacy efforts for the passing of the Reform Law, AJH in alliance with UNICEF and IOM organized a National Juvenile Justice Forum on July 21-22, 2012. The objective of the forum was to inform Juvenile Justice System Operators about the Reform Law. Participants included 115 Juvenile Justice Operators, CSOs and other relevant actors. On September 26, by invitation and sponsorship from the Judicial School of the Supreme Court, the AJH organized a workshop for 90 Public Defenders on the implications Reform Law and Restorative Juvenile Justice.

During this report period AJH continued to provide support to 22 existing

Outreach Centers (OCs) in five cities and developed 5 new ones, of which 3 new OC were inaugurated already (San Vicente in San Pedro Sula, Nueva Capital in Tegucigalpa and Olivos Verdes in El Chaparro sector, Choloma), which are benefiting over 12,709 children and youth. The fourth OC (Lempira in San Pedro Sula) is scheduled to be inaugurated on October, 11, 2012 and the last one of the five (Melgar II, La Ceiba) will open in early November.

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Twenty two Outreach Center Assessments and Sustainability Plans for the original existing OCs have been completed. During this quarter, 8 were submitted to USAID and 6 were approved.

AJH is working in 10 new Outreach Center grant proposals, which are in

different stages of development. This included preparation and advance work through 27 focus groups, workshops and training in different issues, such as volunteer management and prevention methodologies.

Creative Associates International presented to USAID-Honduras an extension/amendment request for the program, which included a complete Work Plan, describing the activities corresponding to an additional funding of $600,000.

Strategic alliances with DEMAHSA (MASECA)/FUNDEIH for micro-

entrepreneurial activities at OCs and other benefits were concluded and signed. OCs were visited with these new partners and two chosen as pilot: Nueva Capital and Japón, of which Nueva Capital already obtained some benefits of this alliance (5 water filters.)

AJH developed a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS) to equip 5 OCs with a cost of US$125,000. The finalization of the MOU is contingent upon the finalization of an implementation letter between USAID and FHIS, which was expected within the month of October. At the time of this writing FHIS has informed AJH of a possible additional delay for the signing of the MOU.

AJH assisted the National Foundation for the Development of Honduras

(FUNADEH) and the Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility (FUNDARSE) in San Pedro Sula in developing a GDA concept paper for the long term sustainability of OCs in San Pedro Sula and Choloma that was submitted to USAID-CARSI.

AJH continued to provide support to the Youth Movement against Violence (MJCV), on highly successful advocacy initiatives, which included 5 TV programs on issues such as dysfunctional families, bullying, connectivity, barriers to youth employment and national identity. The MJCV successfully launched their PAZalo Bien e Infórmate workshops with almost 100 youth attending in Comayagua and 85 in Tela.

With AJH encouragement and assistance, the MJCV is participating in the Permanent Youth Forum which meets with the President and Cabinet members. The MJCV representatives are part of the Board of the Forum and coordinate the Violence Prevention working group.

This quarter the AJH initiated the reinsertion of rehabilitated ex-gang members and juvenile offenders program with the Tegucigalpa Chamber of

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Commerce and Industry. The first meeting with beneficiaries took place on September 28 and had the assistance of the AJH Officer/Psychologist. Arrangements with IHNFA and the National Prevention Program (PNPRRS) for the remittance of beneficiaries were facilitated by AJH and this program is now ongoing.

TIGO started providing free internet service to 6 OCs (San Judas and Primero de Mayo in La Ceiba; San Vicente de Paul and San Isidro in San Pero Sula; López Arellano in Choloma and Nueva Capital en Tegucigalpa), and free Cable TV to the San Juan, San Pedro Sula OC. Service will be provided to the rest of the OCs by November.

Significant advances were made in the sharing the OC methodologies with FUNADEH, FHIS, World Bank (who has become keenly interested in the OC methodology for its upcoming program in El Progreso and in perhaps extending the number of OCs in La Ceiba and Choloma), and with Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ) through a presentation to 100 Pastors and community leaders in a workshop in Siguatepeque.

Related to the above, AJH is consolidating the sharing of the OC methodologies with GOH through a strong ongoing alliance with the National Prevention Program (PNPRRS). In September 2012, PNPRRS became an implementing partner for the Flormdel Campo OC in Tegucigalpa. Also as part of this alliance, PNPRRS is extending the methodologies shared by AJH as part of their prevention efforts in 50 municipalities.

Courses facilitated by with INFOP were started in several OCs in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro, Choloma, La Ceiba and Puerto Lempira. The INFOP e-learning platform was introduced to OCs and Coordinators trained in their use by INFOP personnel.

AJH established an alliance with the Mi Primer Empleo (My First Job) program of the Ministry of Labor. As such the program is taking Ministry personnel to visit the Outreach Centers and assisting youth in the OCs to apply to this training and apprenticeship program, with the potential of employment. A total of 353 applications were obtained during September through OCs in La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa. The Ministry of Labor valued highly the assistance for accessing at-risk youth through the OC community platforms in these vulnerable communities, which they do not normally visit and serve.

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Leverage This quarter alone, AJH raised a record of US$414,330 in leverage. This brings to

cumulative amount January-September 2012 to US$916,465 of recorded leverage.

At this time the AJH team has not been able to get leverage certification letters from

two partners: TIGO and INFOP, which will be included in the next QR. (See attached

Financial and Leverage Information in Annex 1)

Program Exposure AJH activities received significant attention from the media during this report period. Six print media articles mentioning the Outreach Centers were published and fifteen television news reports about AJH activities were broadcasted during this quarter. Apart from National Channel TV8, which is continuing to broadcast the Youth Movement against Violence one hour TV program every second Saturday, new alliances were formed with local channels in San Pedro Sula and Choloma to promote AJH prevention campaigns. FIDES, the Honduras Catholic Church weekly, made a video of the inauguration of the Nueva Capital Outreach Center, which is a very explicative of the Outreach Center model, and posted it in Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-b_me6693g.) Three Electronic Newsletters were produced and distributed by AJH. (See Annex 2, for media articles and links.) USAID Sponsored Visits and Activities Several important USAID sponsored visits to OCs, meetings and other related activities were arranged:

a. Visit by Mr. Mathias Mittman, USEMB DCM and Mr. Kurt Pope, USAID MD to the López Arellano, Choloma OC, on July 10.

b. Visit by Mr. Alex Lee, Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the San Martín, Comayaguela OC on August 25.

c. Visit by Mr. Marc Lópes, Deputy Assistant Administrator of USAID for Latin America, to the Nueva Suyapa, Tegucigalpa OC, on September 12.

d. Assisted in the organization of dinner hosted by USAID Mission Director for Mr. Marc Lopes with Private Sector leaders to discuss Private-Public Alliances for Prevention of Violence on September 10.

e. Arranged a visit of the Youth Movement with Assistant Secretary of State Mrs. María Otero on September 12.

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f. Visit of Amb. Liliana Ayalde, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central America and Caribbean Affairs and Amb. Lisa Kubieske, to the Nueva Suyapa OC, on September 14.

g. Meeting between AJH COP with Mr. Thomas Boreman, a Violence Prevention Expert conducting a Juvenile Justice Assessment, on August 27. Mr. Boreman made a subsequent visit to the Rivera Hernández OC in San Pedro Sula on August 31.

h. Visit organized by USAID and the One International project with Hollywood

Actresses America Ferrera and Alexis Bledel and Claire Diaz Ortiz executive from Twitter, to the Nueva Suyapa, Tegucigalpa OC, on August 23.

i. Meeting with Fairfax County Juvenile Courts Administrator Mr. Robert Bermingham and the IRI representative (Guatemala) to discuss the situation of Juvenile Justice in Honduras, on September 10.

II. RESUMEN EJECUTIVO

El presente Reporte Trimestral incluye las actividades del programa Alianza Jóven Honduras-USAID (AJH), conocida en inglés como Youth Alliance Honduras-USAID, Acuerdo Cooperativo No. AID-522-A-12-00001 implementado por Creative Associates International, Inc., comprendidas entre el 1 de Julio y el 30 de septiembre y que contribuyen con la meta de la Iniciativa de Seguridad Regional Centroamericana (CARSI): Comunidades fuertes y resilentes que resisten y previenen el crimen y la violencia.

AJH obtuvo significativos resultados y realizó las siguientes principales actividades:

Exitosos esfuerzos de incidencia fueron llevados a cabo en alianza con instituciones del Gobierno de Honduras, la Sociedad Civil y UNICEF. Estos resultaron en que el Congreso de la República diera la Primera Lectura de la Ley de Reforma al Código de la Niñez y Adolescencia los días 18 y 19 de septiembre de 2012. Esta contiene cambios sustantivos que modifican el sistema de justicia juvenil del país y le imprimen un énfasis de Justicia Restaurativa. Se espera que esta Ley sea aprobada por el Congreso de Honduras en noviembre de 2012, después de las elecciones primarias.

Como un prerrequisito de la aprobación de la Ley de Reforma, el Gobierno y Congreso de Honduras decidieron dar iniciativa a la creación de una nueva institución, la Defensoría de la Niñez y abolir el fracasado IHNFA (Instituto Hondureño Niñez, Familia y Adolescencia.) esta Ley fue introducida al Congress el 18 de Septiembre del 2012. El desarrollo de esta propuesta de Ley recibió una sustantiva asistencia técnica por parte de AJH y se espera sea aprobada en noviembre de 2012, aproximadamente al mismo tiempo que la Ley de Reforma.

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Como parte de los esfuerzos clave de incidencia para la aprobación de la Ley de Reforma, AJH en alianza con UNICEF y OIM, organizó un Foro Nacional de Justicia Juvenil los días 21 y 22 de julio de 2012. El objetivo de este foro fue informar a los operadores de Justicia Juvenil sobre la Ley de Reforma. El Foro contó con 115 participantes, entre Operadores de Justicia Juvenil, Sociedad Civil y otros actores importantes. Adicionalmente, el 26 de septiembre, por invitación de la Escuela Judicial de la Corte Suprema, AJH organizó un taller para 90 Defensores Públicos sobre las implicancias de la Ley de Reforma y Justicia Restaurativa.

Durante el periodo reportado, AJH continuó dando apoyo a 22 Centros de Alcance (CDAs) situados en cinco ciudades diferentes y desarrolló 5 nuevos CDA, de los cuales 3 fueron ya inaugurados (San Vicente en San Pedro Sula, Nueva Capital en Tegucigalpa y Olivos Verdes en El Chaparro, Choloma), que han estado beneficiando a más de 12,000 jóvenes. El cuarto de los cinco CDAs (Lempira, San Pedro Sula), será inaugurado el día 11 de octubre de 2012 y el quinto (Melgar II, La Ceiba) abrirá en Noviembre.

Veinte y dos Diagnósticos y Planes de Sostenibilidad han sido elaborados. En este período 8 fueron sometidos a aprobación de USAID y 6 aprobados.

AJH está trabajando en las propuestas de donación para 10 nuevos CDAs, que se encuentran en diferentes estados de desarrollo. Esto incluye 27 grupos focales, talleres y entrenamiento en diferentes temas, tales como Gestión del Voluntariado y metodologías de prevención.

Creative Associates International presentó a USAID una solicitud de

extensión/modificación, incluyendo un Plan de Trabajo completo describiendo las actividades a realizarse con los $600,000 de financiamiento adicional solicitado.

Conclusión y firma de alianzas estratégicas con DEMAHSA (MASECA) and

FUNDEIH para el desarrollo micro-empresarial. Algunos CDAs fueron visitados por estos nuevos aliados y dos fueron escogidos como pilotos: Nueva Capital y Japón, de los cuales Nueva Capital obtuvo ya algunos beneficios de la alianza (5 filtros de agua.)

AJH concluyó el borrador de un Memorándum de Entendimiento (MOU) con el Fondo Hondureño de Inversión Social (FHIS), para equipar 5 CDAs, a un costo de $125,000. La firma del MOU está sujeta a la finalización de una carta de implementación entre USAID y FHIS, que se esperaba para octubre. Al momento de escribir el presente reporte, FHIS ha informado de un posible retraso adicional en la firma de este MOU.

AJH apoyó a la Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo de Honduras (FUNADEH) y a la Fundación Hondureña de Responsabilidad Social

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Empresarial (FUNDAHRSE) en San Pedro Sula en desarrollar un concepto de propuesta para la sostenibilidad de largo plazo de los CDAs de San Pedro Sula y Choloma, que fue presentada a USAID-CARSI.

AJH continuó su apoyo al Movimiento Jóvenes contra la Violencia (MJCV) en

sus muy exitosas iniciativas de incidencia, que incluyeron 5 programas de TV sobre asuntos tales como familias disfuncionales, bullying, conectividad, barreras a la empleabilidad juvenil e identidad nacional. El MJCV lanzó exitosamente sus talleres “PAZalo Bien e Infórmate”, que contaron con la participación de casi 100 jóvenes en Comayagua y 85 en Tela.

Con el estímulo y apoyo de AJH, el MJCV está participando en el Foro

Permanente de Juventud que se reúne con el Presidente y Miembros del Gabinete. Los representantes del MJCV son parte de la Directiva del Foro y coordinan el grupo de trabajo sobre Prevención de Violencia,

Este trimestre AJH inició el programa de re-inserción de jóvenes rehabilitados de pandillas y de programas para jóvenes infractores con la Cámara de Comercio e Industrias de Tegucigalpa. La primera reunión con los beneficiarios fue el 28 de septiembre y contó con el apoyo del oficial/psicólogo de AJH. Se han hecho arreglos con el IHNFA y el Programa Nacional de Prevención (PNPRRS), facilitados por AJH, para la remisión de beneficiarios y el programa está en marcha.

TIGO inició a proveer servicios de internet a 6 CDAs (San Judas y Primero de Mayo en La Ceiba; San Vicente de Paul y San Isidro en San Pero Sula; López Arellano en Choloma y Nueva Capital en Tegucigalpa) y servicio de TV por cable gratuito al CDA de San Juan, San Pedro Sula. Para noviembre, el servicio será provisto al resto de los CDAs.

Se han hecho avances significativos en compartir las metodología de los CDAs con FUNADEH, FHIS, Banco Mundial (quien se ha interesado mucho en la metodología CDA para su futuro programa en Progreso y tal vez aumentar el número de CDAs en La Ceiba y Choloma) y con Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (AJH), por medio de una presentación a 100 Pastores y líderes comunitarios realizada en Siguatepeque.

Relacionado con lo anterior, AJH está consolidando el compartir la metodología CDA con el Gobierno de Honduras, por medio de la fuerte alianza existente con el Programa Nacional de Prevención (PNPRRS). En septiembre de 2012, el PNPRRS se convirtió en socio co-implementador del CDA de Flor del Campo en Tegucigalpa. También como parte de esta alianza, el PNPRRS está implementando las metodologías que le ha compartido AJH como parte de sus esfuerzos de prevención en 50 municipios.

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Los cursos facilitados por INFOP iniciaron en varios de los CDAs de Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Choloma, La Ceiba y Puerto Lempira. La plataforma e-learning de INFOP fue introducida a los CDAs por medio del entrenamiento de los Coordinadores por parte del personal de INFOP.

AJH estableció una alianza con el programa Mi Primer Empleo, de la Secretaría del Trabajo. AJH está llevando personal de la Secretaría a visitar los Centros de Alcance y apoyando a los jóvenes de los CDAs para que apliquen a este programa de capacitación y aprendizaje en el trabajo con el potencial de ser empleados posteriormente. Un total de 353 aplicaciones fueron captadas por medio de los CDAs de La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula y Tegucigalpa. La Secretaría del Trabajo valoró altamente el apoyo para llegar a estos jóvenes de alto riesgo por medio de las plataformas comunitarias de los CDAs, localizados en comunidades que normalmente no visitan y atienden.

Leverage Solo en este trimestre, AJH registró un record de $414,330 en leverage. Esto eleva el leverage acumulado registrado de enero a junio de 2012 a $916,465. Al momento de este reporte, el equipo de AJH no había podido obtener cartas certificando el leverage de dos socios: TIGO e INFOP, que serán incluidas en el próximo reporte trimestral. Difusión del Programa Las actividades de AJH recibieron significativa atención de los medios durante el período reportado. Seis artículos en medios escritos mencionando los CDAs fueron publicados y quince reportajes de TV sobre las actividades de AJH fueron transmitidas durante el trimestre. Aparte del Canal Nacional TV8, que continúa transmitiendo el programa de TV de una hora del Movimiento Jóvenes contra la Violencia cada segundo sábado, nuevas alianzas han sido establecidas con canales locales en San Pedro Sula y Choloma para transmitir las campañas de prevención de AJH. FIDES, el semanario de la Iglesia Católica de Honduras, realizó un video sobre la inauguración del CDA de Nueva Capital, que explica muy bien el modelo CDA y lo difundió en YuTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-b_me6693g.) Tres boletines electrónicos fueron producidos y distribuidos por AJH. (Ver en Anexo 2, copia de artículos de medios, copia de los Boletines y enlaces).

VISITAS Y ACTIVIDADES PATROCINADAS POR USAID Varias visitas importantes a los CDA fueron patrocinadas por USAID y otras reuniones y actividades relacionadas fueron llevadas a cabo:

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a. Visita del DCM de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos, Sr. Mathias Mittman y del Sub-Director de USAID, Sr. Kurt Pope, al CDA López Arellano, Choloma, el 10 de julio.

b. Visita del Sr. Alex Lee, del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado al CDA de San Martín, Comayaguela, el 25 de agosto.

c. Visita del Sr. Marc López, Sub-Director Asistente de USAID para Latinoamérica, al CDA de Nueva Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, el 12 de Septiembre.

d. Colaboración en la organización de cena ofrecida por el Director de USAID-Honduras para el Sr. Marc Lópes, con la participación de líderes del sector Privado. para dialogar sobre Alianzas Público-Privadas para la Prevención de Violencia, el 10 de septiembre.

e. Arreglos para una visita del Movimiento Jóvenes contra la violencia con la

Sub-Secretaria de Estado de los Estados Unidos, Sra. María Otero, el 12 de septiembre.

f. Visita de la Embajadora Liliana Ayalde, Sub-Secretaria Adjunta para Centro América y el Caribe y la Embajadora Lisa Kubieske, al Centro de Alcance de Nueva Suyapa, el 14 de septiembre.

g. Reunión del Director de AJH con el Sr. Thomas Boreman, experto en

prevención a cargo de un Diagnóstico de Justicia Juvenil, el 27 de agosto. El Sr. Boreman hizo una visita posterior al CDA de Rivera Hernández, San Pedro Sula, el 27 de agosto

h. Visita organizada por USAID y el proyecto One International con las actrices

de Hollywood America Ferrera and Alexis Bledel y la Sra. Claire Díaz Ortiz ejecutiva de Twitter, al CDA de Nueva Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, el 23 de Augusto.

i. Reunión con el Administrador de Juzgados de Menores del condado de Fairfax, Virginia, Sr. Robert Mr. Robert Bermingham y el representante del IRI (Guatemala), para discutir la situación de la Justicia Juvenil en Honduras, el 10 de septiembre.

II. ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

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Management/Personnel:

DCOP Ms. Anna Leveron finished her work with AJH on August 15th, and her responsibilities as Coordinator of the San Pedro/Choloma Office were taken over by Ms. Miriam Canales. Ms. Canales is a very able professional with a good understanding of AJH, as she was a member of the San Pedro Sula Municipal Violence Prevention Sub-Committee. The DCOP position was taken over by Mr. David Medina, who had been working since the inception of the program as Communications Experts and later took over the added responsibility of Coordinator the Tegucigalpa Outreach Centers. Ms. Fanny Velazquez, AJH´s Public Policy/Youth Movement Officer, took over the responsibility of the coordination of the Tegucigalpa Outreach Centers from Mr. Medina. The salary difference between the rate of Ms. Leveron and Ms. Canales, allowed AJH to hire an additional Outreach Center Officer, Mr. Adalí Rubí, a social worker with solid experience in working with vulnerable communities in North Honduras.

By January 2013, AJH expects to have 23 Outreach Centers operating in the San Pedro/Choloma area. The addition of Mr. Rubí to the three other Outreach Center Officers means that each Officer will be in charge of overseeing the development of roughly 6 Outreach Centers, apart from other specific functions which each one is responsible for (Youth Clubs, Training, etc.)

Resources

The expected program results have been significantly impacted by the fact that the contribution of $1.5 million from Security Tax proceeds expected from the Government of Honduras (GOH) has not materialized. Similarly, FHIS contributions were halved to $125,000 to cover equipment for 5 Outreach Centers. This has left AJH with enough funding for only 5 Outreach Centers. Grants for these 5 OCs have been approved by USAID and are in process implementation. AJH is requesting an additional $600,000 from USAID to implement 5 additional OCs, develop the 5 OCs that will be equipped by FHIS and strengthen further the 22 existing OCs.

CHALLENGES 1. The community assessments and sustainability plan preparation process,

although very time-consuming, has allowed project technical staff, partners and communities the opportunity to reflect upon those key issues necessary for OC longer term sustainability.

2. The AJH team invested considerable time in finalizing the Assessment and Sustainability Plan documents for the 22 existing OC. The Sustainability Plans developed include an analysis that goes beyond the amount of the grant, as it identifies and costs the main activities and items associated with longer term sustainability, a good part of which will not be met with the limited funding afforded by AJH.

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3. The incorporation of an Evaluation Committee that reviews grant applications prior of being approved by the COP and the USAID/Honduras AOR, has become an important tool to make adjustments and for improving the overall quality of the proposals.

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III. INDICATORS AND RESULTS The AJH Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (MEP) was approved by USAID and includes a new set of impact and lower-level indicators, eliminating some of the ones listed in the original AJH proposal.

AJH USAID Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

Indicator

Baseline

EOPS

Targets

Through September

2012

Evaluation of Results

This SO: Strong and resilient communities fostered that can withstand the pressures of crime and violence

IR: Local response to security threats improved

IND. 1 IND. 1 Approval by the National Congress of new juvenile justice provisions

(Title III) in the law reforming the Children and

Adolescence Code, by the end of the program in June

2013

0 Reforms of Title III of the Children´s and Adolescents Code approved

Exceeded expectation

On September 18th-19th, 2012, successful advocacy efforts led to the first reading, by the Honduran Congress, of the Reform Law. This indicator exceeded expectations as there is apparent political consensus for Congress to pass the Law immediately after the Primary Elections in November.

IND. 2 IND. 2 Number of violence prevention initiatives

promoted by MJCVH that are approved by the

Government of Honduras

0

1 0 Met expectation

In July, the Youth Movement (MJCVH) presented President Lobo with an initiative regarding the exoneration of payment for the documents required (by youth) to apply for a first job. The Minister of Youth informed the MJCVH that in response to their initiative, two related Articles have been included in the draft of a Law that will be entitled “My First Employment”, that may be introduced and passed by Congress within 2012. Met expectation.

IND. 3 IND. 3 Number of activities realized by MJCV to promote

the violence prevention

0 6 4 Exceeded expectation

Three activities were reported In the previous Quarter: 1) MJCVH Television program 2) Dissemination of the results of the 110 Youth Dialogues and the launching of the “Propuesta de Paz” (Peace Proposal) MJCV theme song, and 3) A video addressed to youth and the public on violence statistics in Honduras. During this quarter the TV program continued and the “Joven PAZala bien e informate” (“Youth have a good time an inform yourselves”) workshops series were implemented in Comayagua and Tela by the MJCVH. Exceeded expectations

IND. 4 IND. 4 Percentage of Established Outreach Centers that will be

sustainable in accordance

0 75% 55% Met expectation

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with benchmarks of Strengthened OC Model

In the previous Quarter, it was reported that 12 (55%) of the existing OCs reached sustainability. During this period the focus of the technical assistance was to identify the strengths, opportunities, weakness and threats of each OC in relation to their sustainability, one the areas that needs intervention in the short term is the improvement of the performance of OC microenterprises. To accomplish this, the management capacity of the partners and the coordinators has to be increased. A series of required activities were identified and will be accomplished during the next quarter. Even if progress has slowed, this indicator met the expectation, as AJH has been seeking alliances for the long term assistance for the OCs from municipal, private and NGO sources (such a FUNADEH and FUNDAHSE.)

IND. 5 IND. 5 Number of Civil Society Organizations

receiving USG assistance in security/prevention sector oversight and advocacy

0 5

5 Exceeded expectation

Assistance to three CSOs was reported during the previous quarter: 1) Asociación por una Sociedad más Justa, 2) Misioneros de la Calle and 3) MJCV (Youth Movement.) During this Quarter an alliance was consolidated with: 1) FUNADEH. AJH is working with FUNADEH not only to operate a new OC in Morales, but in addition assisted FUNADEH in presenting a GDA concept paper to USAID/CARSI for a long term sustainability strategy for the San Pedro Sula/Choloma OC network. AJH has also started to work with 2) FUNDAHRSE (Social Responsibility Foundation) in reaching out to member companies to invite them to participate in supporting prevention activities through the Outreach Centers. This indicator exceeded expectations.

IND. 6 IND. 6 Number of youth at Risk benefiting from OCs

0 12,000 12,564 Met expectation

Reported during the previous Quarter: 10,459. During this period, 12,709 (M: 5,846, F: 6785) youth show in the OCs date bases. A 71% of these youth are registered since 2011 and 29% in 2012. Of the total of youth attending workshops this quarter, 56% correspond to youth register in the OCs since 2011. Because of the large amount of youth, it has been very difficult to keep a good tab on the participation of beneficiaries in activities such as use of free time and sport and clubs activities. Next quarter, AJH M&E officer will do selective test to measure these activities. AJH is making additional efforts to increase the percentage of male beneficiaries and has begun to implement some of the actions described in the proposal regarding gender, to achieve the desired change in the male/female ratio. This indicator met expectations.

IND. 7 IND. 7 Percentage of at-risk youth participating in OCs,

whose self-described tendency of rejecting crime, gangs or illicit activities has

increased

0 25% Exceeded expectation

During this quarter, a survey containing 40 questions evaluating the tendency of rejecting substance abuse, use of violence delinquency, gangs, drug trafficking and of dropping out of school, was drafted and applied to youth beneficiaries in the Nueva Capital and Nueva Suyapa OCs. Based on a statistical analysis of the answers, 10 questions that will be used in the final survey were selected. This final survey will be applied during the months of October and November. This indicator exceeded expectations as no rejection to fill in the questionnaire was found.

IND. 8 IND. 8 Percentage of Youth participating in skills building who are involved in income-

generating activities as a result

0 15% Met expectations

During this quarter, an MOU was signed with INFOP to develop 220 vocational workshops and other courses through the OCs. INFOP initiated 17 workshops for OC beneficiaries in the San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, Choloma and Tegucigalpa. AJH will follow-up with beneficiaries to evaluate the number that have started to work on their own or have accessed employment opportunities. To strengthen the results of this indicator, several other alliances were consolidated this quarter. Through an alliance with the Ministry of Labor, AJH promoted the “Mi Primer

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IV. RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES THIS QUARTER

SO: STRONG AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES FOSTERED THAT CAN WITHSTAND THE PRESSURES OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE IR: LOCAL RESPONSE TO SECURITY THREATS IMPROVED

IND. 1 Approval by the National Congress of new juvenile justice provisions (Title III) in the law reforming the Children and Adolescence Code, by the end of the program in June 2013 Activity 1: Activities that lead to the passing of the Juvenile Justice Reform Law: During this reporting period, activities focused on advocacy for the Reforms. Two main complementary activities took place in which AJH demonstrated its leadership in the Juvenile Justice field in Honduras. One was the organization of a National Juvenile Justice Forum and the other was providing expert Technical Assistance to

Empleo” (My First Job) program at the OCs. 353 applications were collected from youth at-risk for “Mi Primer Empleo” during the month of September. Although few youths can be registered as actual beneficiaries yet, this indicator met expectations, as the alliances generated by AJH will allow meeting and even exceeding the expected results well within the time-frame of the project.

IND. 9 IND. 9 Number of entities that received Outreach Center methodologies

transferred by AJH

0 5 3 Exceeded expectation

Two entities were reported in the previous Quarter: 1) PNPRRS (National Prevention Program) and 2) FHIS (Honduran Social Investment Fund. AJH has developed a partnership with FUNADEH not only to operate a new OC in Morales, but also for a long term sustainability strategy for the San Pedro Sula/Choloma OC network. In addition the COP also presented the OC methodology Risk Factor framework to 100 pastors and community leaders at a workshop convened by Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ.) AJH has also provided substantial information on the OC methodologies to the World Bank, which has informed AJH of its keen interest and that of the Mayor of Progreso of including OCs their Municipal Prevention Plan which will be funded by their Municipios Mas Seguros (More Secure Municipalities) program. FHIS was continued to be transferred OC methodologies such as the Mentorship program. This indicator exceeded the expectations.

IND. 10 IND.10. - Percentage of the youth (former gang members and from restorative justice programs) trained which are

in income-generating activities.

0 49% Met expectation

On September 26, the first workshop organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tegucigalpa (CCIT) Insertion Project took place. Seven beneficiaries attended of the twenty five invited. The Coordinator of the project contacted the potential beneficiaries that did not attend, most of which explained their reasons for not doing so and reiterated their interest in participating in the program. Important efforts have been initiated to identify potential beneficiaries through IHNFA, PNPRRS and individual churches. Workshops will take place in early October and the CCIT has identified very qualified consultants to coach these workshops, which will be paid for by the organization. This indicator has met the expectation.

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the Government of Honduras in the process of the drafting of a Law to create the National Children´s Ombudsman Office (Defensoría de la Niñez). Also, during the reporting period, commitment was obtained from Congressman Rolando Dubon Bueso (President of the Judging Commission) to start the discussion in Congress of the Reform package. He agreed that once the Law creating the National Childhood Ombudsman is approved, the Reform package would be dispensed from a second debate and approved (voted for passage) in the third debate. The Component Coordinator, along with UNICEF, made a presentation on the Reform package to the National Commissioner for Human Rights. The Commissioner initially opposed the Reforms, as the Secretariat of Human Rights and Justice never reached consensus with him about them (and there is a rift between the two institutions.) However, after the presentation, the Commissioner decided to support the Reform and issued a Press Release to this effect. This was a key development for AJH´s advocacy efforts. As agreed with Congressman Dubon, on September 18 and 19, the Honduran Congress proceeded to the First Reading and debate about the Reform package. The Law was approved in this first debate without opposition (new Laws require of three debates, unless this is dispensed by Congress). The process will resume in November after the Primary Elections, and it is expected that its second debate will dispensed and that it will be voted favorably during its Third Reading. National Juvenile Justice Forum As part of the key advocacy efforts for the passing of the Reform Law and to start to inform the Juvenile Justice System Operators about it, on July 21 and 22, a National Juvenile Justice Forum was organized in alliance with UNICEF, IOM, and the Judicial School of the Supreme Court. This Forum counted with the participation of 115 Juvenile Justice Operators, CSOs, and other relevant actors.

The Forum counted with the participation of guests from the capital, as well as with the participation of guests from the country’s interior, who are seldom exposed to this kind of activities. Additionally, it counted with the participation of international speakers. Among the speakers was Ms. María Ortíz, Rapporteur for Children´s Issues (Relatora de la Infancia) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, who presented the Commission´s Report on Juvenile Justice in the Americas. UNICEF’s Juvenile Justice Focal Points in Central America and the Caribbean also participated in the Forum. The Rapporteur’s presence in the country was utilized to make visits to Congress to advocate for the passage of the Reforms. Ms. Ortiz stressed particularly the situation of children in the Juvenile Justice System and obtained a commitment from the Congressmen visited to approve the Law within this year.

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Every aspect of the Forum and related activities was geared to advocate for the passage of the reforms. Initially, AJH was expecting 85 participants, but because of the interest generated, it ended having 115 participants from the different institutions that are involved in the issue. Although AJH was the main organizer of the event, its investment in the Forum was only US$1,969.25, as UNICEF, OIM, and other institutions, provided a total of US$48,180.65 in leverage towards the organization of the event. National Children´s Ombudsman Office The creation of the National Children´s Ombudsman Office has a direct relationship to Juvenile Justice, as it will be IHNFA’s successor institution and will inherit the responsibility for organizing and managing the specialized programs and services for the attention, rehabilitation, and social reinsertion of children in conflict with the Law (youth offenders.) AJH-USAID had an important Technical Assistance role in the design of the Law creating this new institution. During this Quarter, AJH participated in a series of meetings of the Inter-institutional Commission for the creation of an institution to succeed IHNFA. This institution was appointed by the President of Honduras. Members of this Commission include the Secretary of Justice and Human Rights, the Executive Director of IHNFA, and key CSOs such as Casa Alianza and COIPRODEN, and UNICEF. The Commission, counting with the participation of AJH, held meetings with the President of Congress, with the members of the Board of Congress, with the Plenary of Congress, with the President of Honduras, and with the First Lady. The following results were obtained from these meetings:

Defined the type of institution that will succeed IHNFA: a decentralized institution with technical and financial independence, but ascribed to the Secretariat of Justice and Human Rights, whose principal functions will be to direct policy towards Children, and transfer many of the services that IHNFA now renders, to the Municipalities and NGOs. Employees will come under the Civil Service and will not continue to be part of a Collective Labor Contract.

A collective critical route was defined to address the issue in any scenario that would develop, but in particular to advocate Congress for the approval of the Law creating the new institution.

A presentation was made to the President about the Ombudsman Office design and what advantages it would have for the country.

An analysis was conducted on CSOs that service children in the country and a comparison was made with the services presently afforded by IHNFA. IHNFA has only 5 centers serving children of different age segments and facing different problematic, as compared to the 399 NGOs that also serve

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children of different ages and who face different problematic, doing it at a much lower cost and with more efficiency (and are present in many of the municipalities in the 18 Departments of Honduras, where IHNFA does not have a presence.)

With the support also obtained from the First Lady and other players, the Government announced publicly on August 21 its intention to abolish IHNFA and create the National Children´s Ombudsman Office (Defensoría de la Niñez), as the institution that will be in charge of the protection of children.

On September 4, the Commission responded to an invitation by Congress to discuss the draft of the Defensoría Law. The draft Law was accepted by the Commission appointed by the President of Congress, and its discussion was postponed until after the Primary Elections, given the political cost it would have for the political aspirations of the President of Congress. The estimate is that it will be approved soon after November 20th as apparently Congress will forgo the required debates.

Activity 2: AJH Staff support to the passage of the Law A visit to the semi-open Jalteva Internment Center, which is operated by IHNFA, was made with Youth Movement Against Violence’s leaders and AJH´s Public Policy Officer. The JaIteva Internment Center is a facility that houses children in conflict with the law who did not commit serious crimes. The youth from the Movement noted that reeducation in Jalteva is more constant, as they have different workshops such as carpentry, welding, sawing, agriculture and others. It was a true learning experience for young leaders of the Movement to understand how important it is that child offenders receive a differentiated treatment, precisely due to their vulnerability. Activity 3: Facilitate analysis of the implications of reform and training needs The Framework of the Juvenile Justice Forum was critical to inform Operators of the implications of the reform of Title III of the Code of Childhood and Adolescence. The conclusions of all participants were that it is urgent to plan a strong training component for Operators and key actors, particularly to take place during the “Vacatius Legis” period (established as 6 months in the draft for the Reform Law), and to see training as a continuous process, and also privilege the creation of Restorative Justice programs. A workshop for 90 Public Defenders on the implications of the Reform Law and Restorative Juvenile Justice was organized on September 26 by invitation and sponsorship by the Judicial School of the Supreme Court. This activity was funded in its entirety by the Judicial School, at a cost of $5,310. This workshop, according to a thank you note from the Magistrate-Director of the Judicial School, “not only allowed Public Defenders to acquire new knowledge, but also space for debate

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among participants, which included Magistrates of the Supreme Court and members of the team from the Judicial School.” (Annex IV)

Per USAID’s request, a meeting was held with Mr. Thomas Boerman, a Violence

Prevention expert, and a Honduran Juvenile Justice expert – all contracted by

Chemonics – to conduct an assessment of Juvenile Justice in Honduras on behalf

of the Mission. AJH provided them with information, including a CD containing an

Assessment of Juvenile Justice in Honduras conducted in 2008, a Comparative

Juvenile Justice Assessment of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala also

conducted in 2008, and a Honduras Juvenile Justice Case/Assessment conducted

in 2011 by the AJR USAID-SICA program. In addition, the Draft of the Reform Law,

information on the draft of the Law creating the Children´s Ombudsman Office, and

information about the Juvenile Justice Assessment conducted by the Inter-American

Commission on Human Rights was also furnished. Mr. Boreman made a

subsequent visit with the AJH team to the Rivera Hernández Outreach Center in San

Pedro Sula on August 31.

Activity 4: Support advocacy and monitoring through local partners During this reporting period a Restorative Justice Manual was designed in collaboration with the Program for Reeducation and Reinsertion of IHNFA. The Manual, which will be used in trainings on how to operate restorative justice, was approved by the Executive Director of IHNFA. Two small workshops (dialogue circles) about prevention and reinsertion of minor offenders were held with Judges, Public Defendants and Magistrates. A Restorative Juvenile Justice Pilot Project was implemented with the technical team from IHNFA, by conducting the first “Peace Circle” at “Casitas Kennedy” (the facility for children where the Reeducation and Reinsertion program is located.) The aim was to encourage non-violent attitudes through communication and as a way of solving intra-family conflicts. In this first “Peace Circle”, the participants shared that for them this was an experience where they could express their emotions and that now they better understand the importance of non-violent communication. The next step will be “Restorative Circles” that would involve the participation of the victim, the victimary and the community. These have not been organized yet as they imply a more complex setting for which there is presently no conditions at IHNFA. IND. 2 Number of violence prevention initiatives promoted by MJCV that have been approved by the Government of Honduras

At the beginning of July, in the framework of the Permanent Youth Forum (now a formally established entity in the process of legalization), the MJCV presented the Honduran President with a bill involving exoneration of payment for the documents required to apply for a first job, as well as amendments to Title III of the Code of

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Childhood and Adolescence (Reform Law.) The President promised to review this initiative with the Minister of Youth, and the Ministry is committed to including it in a First Employment Bill it will present to the National Congress. The Minister has verbally informed AJH that the two articles on the exemptions have been included in the proposed bill. The First Employment First Bill was supposed to have been presented to Congress in July. However because of the current political agenda, it is not expected to be introduced until November. In order to keep the issue of the Reform Law alive in the public mind, the MJCV has carried out a media tour to different television and radio channels where the bills for exemption and the approval of the amendments to Title III were publicized. Finally, the MJCV played an outstanding role in the Honduran Juvenile Justice Forum, participating in the panel, "Violence, Security and Justice in Honduras," which was chaired by Hector Espinal of UNICEF. The event raised awareness and advocated for the approval of the amendments to Title III of the Code of Childhood and Adolescence. IND. 3 Number of activities carried out by MJCV to promote violence prevention MJCV TELEVISION PROGRAM During this reporting period, the Youth Movement against Violence produced and aired 5 one-hour TV shows on TV8, which has national coverage. Each program had a different theme and these were: dysfunctional families as a main risk factor for violence, bullying, connectivity, barriers to youth employment, and national identity Some of the activities related to the TV program that the youth do are: define the topic of each program; prepare the script; contact special guests; design, record, and edit videos and vignettes; mount the TV set and rehearse. AJH lends its office for all these activities. It is important to note that all the work related to the TV program is carried out by volunteers of the Movement. They had no previous experience in production of TV programs. They have counted with some assistance and guidance from AJH´s communication experts and other well-meaning professionals. Nevertheless, the program has gathered a significant young audience. Shows are also broadcasted through the internet by TV8, and later, they are uploaded on YouTube and spread throughout social networks.

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PAZALA BIEN E INFORMATE WORKSHOPS (“Have a Good Time and be Informed” workshops) Two “Have a Good Time and be Informed” workshops were carried out this reporting period. The workshops were organized by the Tegucigalpa MJCV and La Ceiba Chapters in the cities of Comayagua and Tela, respectively. During these two “PAZala Bien e Informate” workshops (and in the other one that will be organized early October by the Choloma and San Pedro Chapters in the city of Villanueva), youth train other youths in the Framework Youth Law (ley Marco de la Juventud), the Electoral Law, the Code of Childhood and Adolescence and the Declaration of Human Rights. In Comayagua they established a fifth working table on reproductive health and teen pregnancy. The idea of the workshops is that young people gain useful knowledge regarding their rights and responsibilities and get to know the Movement to build a base to establish future chapters in those cities. These workshops were implemented with minimum funding from the Movement´s grant and were done through a series of local alliances. Some of these alliances included: Comayagua: Municipal Office for Youth, EDUCATODOS, CENET and Asociación para una Sociedad mas Justa (ASJ.) Tela: Office of the Mayor, PNPRRS (National Prevention Program), and the Normal School of the Atlantic Coast (Escuela Normal de Litoral Atlántico.) A total of 177 youth from different organizations participated in the two workshops (92 from Comayagua and 85 from Tela.) PUT A STICKER TO VIOLENCE This activity is in planning stage. The Movement will implement a campaign of placing stickers on buses and cars and will use mimes. It will be carried out next Quarter in four cities. VIDEO ABOUT VIOLENCE IN HONDURAS The video about violence in Honduras was produced last Quarter, but it was dubbed into English during this reporting period. The dubbed video has been used with international visitors and placed on YouTube and on Social Media sites. The Youth Movement met with several important visitors during various presentations, including:

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a. Presentation to the One International project, with Hollywood Actresses America Ferrera and Alexis Bledel, and Twitter executive Claire Diaz Ortiz at the Nueva Suyapa, Tegucigalpa OC, on August 23.

b. Presentation to Mr. Alex Lee, Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the San Martín, Comayaguela OC on August 25.

c. Presentation to Mr. Marc Lópes, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Latin America, at the Nueva Suyapa, Tegucigalpa OC, on September 12.

d. Presentation to U.S. Under Secretary of State María Otero at IHCI, on September 12.

e. Presentation to Amb. Liliana Ayalde, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central America and Caribbean Affairs, and Amb. Lisa Kubieske, at the Nueva Suyapa OC, on September 14.

LEGAL STATUS OF THE MOVEMENT AJH assisted the Movement in processing and presenting in August all the required documentation to legally register the Movement as an NGO at the Secretariat of Interior. Registration is a lengthy process in Honduras and can take up to several years. The Movement received a receipt number from the Secretariat of Interior, which in some cases is accepted as proof to carry out some activities. In September, AJH got a commitment from the Deputy Minister of Interior to help speed up the registration process. Also the Secretary of Youth has promised to help in this regard. OTHER ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE MOVEMENT

Organization Purpose of the Activity Result

ASJ (Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa)

The Movement became a member of the Alliance for Peace and Justice, which is organized by ASJ

MJCV is now a full member

CIPRODEH Meeting of CSOs to plan a critical route to design a National Youth Violence Prevention Policy.

The Movement contributed to the design from the angle of youth. Critical route was built as well as the next steps for the Youth Violence Prevention Policy.

INJ (National Youth Institute)

At the request of the President, established the Youth Forum, to have an

The Youth Movement is part of the Board of the Forum and was appointed to lead the

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organized national dialogue among youth and between the youth and the Government.

Commission on Violence Prevention.

AJR-USAID-SICA Definition of the governing method for the Central American Youth Movement.

MJCV Honduras got the pro-tempore Vice-Presidency of the Central American Movement.

Secretariat of Security

Present a small grant proposal for violence prevention activities.

The Secretary of Security is considering the proposal.

ASJ (Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa)

Work on a joint campaign to promote Peace and Human Rights.

A working agreement was reached between the Movement and ASJ to support the PAZalo Bien Workshops and the “Put a sticker to Violence” campaign.

UNICEF Present the safe communities project and establish focal points for possible intervention communities.

The MJCV committed to send UNICEF contact information for people in intervention communities.

Secretariat of Labor The Movement was invited to join the Working Table on Direct Employment, led by officer Carlos Madero.

The Movement is part of the Working table.

Foreign Ministry and Youth Institute

Presentation of the “Honduras por la Vida” project.

The Movement will participate in activities that this project will promote in 2013.

Embassy of the United States

Participated in a workshop on Fundraising for NGOs held at Chiminique.

The Movement designed a small and practical Project to raise funds.

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IR: YOUTH BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES IND. 4 Percentage of Established Outreach Centers that will be sustainable in accordance with benchmarks of Strengthened OC Model During this period the focus of the technical assistance was to identify the strengths,

opportunities, weakness and threats of each OC in relation to their sustainability.

One of the areas that needs intervention in the short term is the improvement of the

performance of OC microenterprises. To accomplish this, the management capacity

of the partners, coordinators and volunteers involved has to be increased. With this

in mid INFOP delivered two workshops on elements of business plans, geared to the

volunteers and youths from the San Pedro and Choloma OCs. Also a series of

required activities were identified and will be tackled during the next quarter. The

alliance with DEMAHSA (MASECA) and FUNDEIH, which will improve the tortilla

micro-enterprises of several OCs, will be helpful.

Better volunteer management is indispensable for OC strengthening and

sustainability. AJH has already delivered three regional Volunteer Management

courses certified by INFOP (Tegucigalpa, San Pedro/Choloma and La Ceiba), for

partners and OC Coordinators. Two of them were implemented during this quarter:

Date of the Workshop

City

Number of participants

7/31-8/1/2012 SPS 16

8/2/-8/3/2012 La Ceiba 30

It is important to mention that during the workshops, each OC developed a Volunteerism Plan, which will be part of their Sustainability Plan. AJH has also sterted working with FUNADEH/FUNDAHRSE to find private sector alliances for long term assistance to the OCs. AJH and the respective Prevention Committees have had to advocate periodically to the Municipality of La Ceiba and Choloma, so they comply with their agreed monthly contribution to the sustainability of the OCs. In general terms, but with delays, both Municipalities are assisting the OCs. The same cannot be said about the Municipality of San Pedro Sula, which does not contribute directly to the OCs, but continues to provide the office space, with utilities included, to AJH. AJH continues requesting financial support from the Municipality of San Pedro Sula for the OCs.

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OUTREACH CENTERS ASSESSMENT/ FACILITATE AND SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABILITY PLANS FOR EACH OC During this period, 8 Outreach Center Assessments with their respective Sustainability Plans were submitted for USAID approval:

OCs Status

San Pedro Sula

Rivera Hernández Approved

San José Chamelecón Pending Approval

Cofradía Centro Approved

Los Ángeles Approved

La Ceiba

Armenia Bonito Approved

1ro de Mayo Pending Approval

Búfalo Approved

San José Approved

Most of the remaining OC Sustainability Plans have been completed and some are in a final stage of consultation with partners. Most of the corresponding grant proposals are also in an advance stage of development. The process has been more complex and time-consuming than previously thought, principally due to the participatory nature of the exercise and the difficulty of getting together with some the main partners (particularly Pastors and Priests who are normally quite busy). The Assessments and Sustainability plans have to be seen as a process, as the thorough analysis of each OC that was required to complete them has helped to inform all partners and several corrective measures and actions that do not require funding have been accomplished. The following are some of the principal findings of this process, which are key to strengthen and provide future sustainability to the OCs:

It is necessary to provide more technical assistance to both OC Coordinators and Partners, so they can consolidate their roles and leadership for a better management of the Centers.

More training is needed on the he following issues: violence prevention, community organization, how to treat children and adolescents, conflict resolution, self-esteem in children and adolescents, among others. We have to remind people that Coordinators are individuals from their same communities, who receive minimum pay and that during some months they

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have not received a salary or have received it late. Their education and training is limited in most cases, and as they are the only paid personnel at the OCs they have multiple tasks to accomplish.

The Microenterprises need attention parallel to the OCs, requiring specific TA such as in business plans, accounting, marketing and promotion, among others. AJH has limited personnel and no grant funding available to afford that an NGO provides further assistance in this regard. The promised assistance from INFOP has also been spotty. AJH is exploring several possible alliances, including DEMAHSA to provide some solutions to this problem.

The support from the Municipalities is vital at this stage, and even if Choloma and La Ceiba have provided some support, payments of rent and salaries are frequently late, reflecting the dire financial situation of all Honduran local governments.

The OCs are exceptional community platforms that the Government of Honduras, donors and private sector can use to deliver prevention services to the children and youth from the high risk communities where they are located.

Some of the OCs have had such a high demand for their services, that it surpasses what they can offer, and some even need an expansion of their physical space and more workshop equipment and supplies. Many are in need of additional computers, to be able to have the 15 computers that INFOP requires to be able to provide certified training at the OCs.

Taking all this into account, an additional Field Officer was hired at the San

Pedro/Choloma office. AJH´s field team there is now made of 4 Officers who are

responsible for assisting 13 old OCs and the 10 new ones that are in different stages

of development in the San Pedro/Choloma area (their present work also implies

developing and helping implement Sustainability Plans for the 13 existing OCs, work

with partners in drafting grant proposals, and do work related to the equipping and

opening of the 10 new OCs). The same officers have other specific responsibilities,

which include doing trainings and assisting Youth Clubs.

In order to further strengthen the OCs and their sustainability outlook, David Medina, who has been Coordinator of the Tegucigalpa OCs, and is now AJH´s Deputy COP, will be dedicating a considerable amount of time to assure that the OC strategies found to be successful in Tegucigalpa are also implemented in OCs in North Honduras. In order to strengthen and standardize the services of the Outreach Centers, AJH has the support of intern Senia Salgado, a last year student of Pedagogy at UNAH, who has been doing her professional practice at AJH in September and October. After doing some research, visiting several OCs, and interviewing Coordinators and beneficiaries, Senia is designing standard teaching/learning modules in computing, homework assistance, use of free time (describing how to use the games available

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in each OC as pedagogical and values tools), English and other, and is now collecting materials and resources to later deliver to the OCs. During October, Senia will train OC Coordinators and volunteers in the use of the modules that have been designed. Also during this reporting period, OC Coordinators and volunteers were trained in the use of the free Microsoft Office teaching/learning software. AJH also facilitated the participation of the OCs in a fair that took place at EXPOCENTRO, where OCs had the opportunity to present what they do as well as some of the products that their microenterprises make. AJH continues developing alliances with other organizations and institutions in order to support the sustainability of the OCs and to strengthen some key aspects of their operation. Some of these alliances are outlined below. STRATEGIC ALLIANCES PROMOTED BY AJH TO SUPPORT OC SUSTAINABILITY TIGO: As per the AJH-TIGO agreement, free internet service was installed in 6 OCs (San Judas and Primero de Mayo in La Ceiba; San Vicente de Paul and San Isidro in San Pero Sula; López Arellano in Choloma and Nueva Capital en Tegucigalpa), and free Cable TV in the San Juan, San Pedro Sula OC. Because most of the OCs are located outside of the areas covered by regular cable and internet services, TIGO will install a new wireless modem system in the rest of the OCs. The company has purchased and is importing the new devises that will be used in the OCs. It is expected that they will be arriving in the country in late October and that by November all OCs will have free access to the internet. DEMAHSA AND FUNDEIH An agreement was signed with DEMAHSA (MASECA), the largest corn flower producer in the country, and FUNDEIH, an NGO, to benefit the Outreach Centers and the communities where they are located with equipment and technical assistance to develop microenterprises using corn derivatives such as tortillas. A pilot of this program initiated in the Nueva Capital, Tegucigalpa, and Japón, Choloma Outreach Centers. In Nueva Capital, the volunteers that manage the microenterprise were trained, two eco-stoves were built, and 5 water filters were donated to the OC. In Japón, DEMAHSA made a first visit to the microenterprise and FUNDEIH will be visiting in October. An additional 5 water filters were donated by FUNDEIH to the other Tegucigalpa OCs.

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“MY FIRST JOB” PROGRAM AJH forged a working alliance with the Ministry of Labor to bring the “My First Job” program to OC beneficiaries in Tegucigalpa, La Ceiba and San Pedro Sula. Through this alliance, AJH promoted the program at the OCs, lined up potential beneficiaries from the respective communities and brought officers from the Ministry to fill out and receive applications from youth. A total of 353 applications from youth of these at-risk communities were collected for “Mi Primer Empleo” during the month of September. The Ministry has no mechanisms to reach the at-risk youth in communities like the ones served by Outreach Centers.

Municipality Number of Youth Registered during

September

SPS 199

D.C. 100

LA CBA 54

Total 353

INFOP E-LEARNING PLATFORM Instructors from INFOP trained 26 Outreach Center Coordinators on the use of the institution´s E-learning platform. Training of the La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula and Choloma Coordinators was done via Skype. This training gave Coordinators the information on how beneficiaries will be able to access the platform that already has more than twenty online courses, which students can participate in and get certification from INFOP. An agreement with the Instituto Nacional de Formación Profesional (INFOP) to deliver more than 200 training courses through the OC network was signed, but its full implementation is limited by the limitation grant funds available and the fact that not all the OCs will be able to have 15 computers each. Regional INFOP offices in San Pedro and La Ceiba have fallen short of the committed number of courses, presenting all kinds of excuses. The first round of INFOP training during the report period was: TEGUCIGALPA

Outreach Center Name of Workshop Number of Workshops

Nueva Capital Barber 2

Nueva Capital Electricity 2

Flor del Campo Barber 2

Flor del Campo Electricity 2

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Nueva Suyapa Computing 2

TOTAL 10

LA CEIBA

Outreach Center

Name of Workshop Number of Workshops

1 de Mayo Baking (breads) 1

Búfalo Electricity 1

1 de Mayo Electricity 1

TOTAL 3

SAN PEDRO SULA /CHOLOMA

Outreach Center

Name of Workshop Number of Workshops

Youth from several OCs

Elements of business plans 2

Youth form several OCs

Computing 2

TOTAL 4

GRAN TOTAL: 17 Workshops

IND. 5 Number of Civil Society Organizations receiving USG assistance in security/prevention sector oversight and advocacy During this Quarter, a grant with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tegucigalpa was signed on July 10 to carry out an insertion program for youth that belonged to gangs and former juvenile offenders that were rehabilitated through IHNFA. The Chamber counted with Technical Assistance from AJH to train beneficiaries in the Challenge of Dreaming My Life (life planning) methodology. Also, another alliance was forged with FUNADEH, which will involve developing an Outreach Center in Morales, Chamelecón. AJH is working with FUNADEH, not only to operate a new OC: AJH has also assisted FUNADEH in presenting a GDA concept paper to USAID/CARSI for a long term sustainability strategy for the San Pedro Sula/Choloma OC network.

IND. 6 Number of youth at Risk benefiting from OCs

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During this period, 12,709 (M: 5,846, F: 6785) youth show in the OCs date bases. A 71% of these youth are registered since 2011 and 29% in 2012. Of the total of youth attending workshops this quarter, 56% correspond to youth register in the OCs since 2011. Because of the large amount of youth, it has been very difficult to keep a good tab on the participation of beneficiaries in activities such as use of free time and sport and clubs activities. Next quarter, AJH M&E officer will do selective test to measure these activities. AJH is making additional efforts to increase the percentage of male beneficiaries and has begun to implement some of the actions described in the proposal regarding gender, to achieve the desired change in the male/female ratio. OCs delivered over 125,000 hours to beneficiary children and youth, from use of free time to workshops.

Total Youth

Registered

2011 2012

SPS 6297 4982 1315

1 SAN JUAN CHAMELECON

751 620 131

2 SAN ISIDRO 408 349 59

3 SAN JOSE CHAMELECON

509 399 110

4 RIVERA HERNANDEZ 933 810 123

5 COFRADIA CENTRO 2131 1557 574

6 SUAZO CORDOVA 454 382 72

7 PADRE CLARET 575 391 184

8 CASA QUEMADA 283 283 0

9 LOS ANGELES 253 191 62

LA CEIBA 835 733 102

10 SAN JOSE LA CBA 211 124 87

11 ARMENIA BONITO CBA 133 126 7

12 BUFALO 221 213 8

13 PRIMERO DE MAYO 71 71 0

14 SAN JUDAS 199 199 0

CHOLOMA 1960 1512 448

15 LA AMISTAD 296 261 35

16 LOPEZ ARELLANO 1209 796 413

17 JAPON 316 316 0

18 LAS PILAS 139 139 0

D.C 1146 784 362

19 SAN MARTIN 385 290 95

20 NUEVA SUYAPA 610 411 199

21 FLOR DEL CAMPO 151 83 68

PUERTO LEMPIRA 2048 1071 977

22 BROTES NUEVOS 2048 1071 977

NEW OCS 423 0 423

23 Nueva Capital 160 160

24 San Vicente de Paul 193 193

25 El Chaparro 70 70

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TOTAL 12,709 9,082 3,627

71% 29%

Also during the period significant training took place on Module I (Life Planning) and Module II (Resolution of Conflicts) of the Desafío de Soñar Mi Vida methodology, reaching 567 beneficiaries.

OCS BENEFICIARIES FACILITADORS

SAN PEDRO SULA

231 32

Rivera Hernández 26 4

San Juan 0 3

Suazo Córdova 22 4

San José 32 3

Padre Claret 30 3

Casa Quemada 34 3

Cofradía Centro 15 4

San Isidro 30 3

Los Ángeles 23 3

San Vicente de Paul

19 2

DISTRITO CENTRAL

75 17

Flor del Campo 50 5

San Martin 0 4

Nueva Suyapa 0 4

Nueva Capital 25 4

CHOLOMA 181 21

López Arellano 56 5

Las Pilas 30 3

La Amistad 30 4

Japón 50 4

El Chaparro 15 5

LA CEIBA 75 15

Búfalo 50 4

Armenia Bonito 2

Primero de Mayo 25 2

San Judas Tadeo 4

San José 3

PUERTO LEMPIRA

5 10

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Brotes Nuevos 5 10

TOTALES 567 95

OPENING OF NEW OCS

Departament Municipality Community Partner Expected Opening Date

Atlántida La Ceiba Colonia Juan Alberto Melgar

Castro

Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ Catholic Parish

November 2012

Atlántida La Ceiba Colonia Carmen Elena

Parroquia San Isidro

January 2013

Atlántida La Ceiba Colonia Suyapa Parroquia San Isidro

January 2013

Cortés San Pedro Sula

Colonia Lempira Paulist Priests Association and

San Vicente Catholic Parish

October 11, 2012

Cortés San Pedro Sula

Colonia Arenales Iglesia Evangélica

"Príncipe de Paz"

January 2013

Cortés San Pedro Sula

Colonia Sandoval Parroquia María Auxiliadora

January 2013

Cortés Choloma Colonia Concepción

Iglesia Cristo Misionero

January 2013

Cortés Choloma Éxitos de Anach Iglesia de Dios "La Profecía"

January 2013

Cortés San Pedro Sula

Colonia La Morales

FUNADEH January 2013

Cortés San Pedro Sula

Colonia Villa Ernestina*

Iglesia Católica "La Fraternidad"

January 2013

Cortés Choloma Colonia Rio Blanquito

Iglesia Reformada

January 2013

Francisco Morazán

Distrito Central

Colonia Zapote Norte

Parroquia María Auxiliadora

March/April 2013**

*At the time of the writing of this report, AJH was having problems with this partner

and is considering substituting with a partner already identified.

**Will start to operate in a temporary space supplied by the Church and start full operation as FHIS finalizes construction of the new OC facilities.

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An important phase of the development of an OC is conducting Focus Groups with children, youth and adult community leaders. The focal groups inform AJH of the situation and problems in each community, help define the vocational workshops that youth want, and help AJH understand which special emphasis should be placed in activities to counter particular Risk Factors affecting the community. They also help AJH create personal links with different segments in those communities. A total of 27 Focal Groups were conducted this Quarter in San Pedro Sula, Choloma, Tegucigalpa and La Ceiba. IND. 7 Percentage of at-risk youth participating in OCs, whose self-described tendency of rejecting crime, gangs or illicit activities has increased During this period a framework1 for evaluating the trend of rejection of crime, gangs and illegal activities was designed, based on the AJH’s approach to counteracting risk factors with protective factors. Four analysis variables were identified to evaluate the young peoples’ trend of rejection, which include:

Trend of rejecting substance abuse.

Trend of rejecting crime (joining gangs, drug trafficking).

Trend of not dropping out of school.

Trend of rejecting violence. The evaluation scale is detailed below:

Low Rejection Trend Score between 10 -24

Medium Rejection Trend Score between 25 - 34

High Rejection Trend Score between 35 - 40

An instrument which included 10 questions per variable was designed and tested at the Nueva Capital and Nueva Suyapa Outreach Centers in young people between the ages of 9 and 29. A statistical analysis of the results showed no differences with regard to location, but there were differences among different age groups. Therefore, 2 questionnaires with 10 questions (combining the four variables) were prepared, one for young people between 9 and 13 and another for young people aged between 14 and 29. A pilot test was conducted at the San Martin Outreach Center. Preliminary results of the analysis of both the first instrument and the final questionnaires placed the young people attending the OCs at a medium rejection trend level with an average score of 29.

1 See details in Annex V

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In October, the final questionnaire will be tested in the cities of San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba. IND. 8 Percentage of Youth participating in skills building who are involved in income-generating activities as a result Through an alliance between AJH and the Ministry of Labor, a total of 353 youth were registered in the My First Employment, in Spanish Mi Primer Empleo program. Outreach Center beneficiaries that comply with all the requirements and are selected by the Ministry of Labor, will receive training, stipends and internships that will hopefully lead to permanent jobs. Final results on the selected youth will be reported in detail in the next Quarterly Report. Although it is very difficult to follow up with youth who actually find jobs, AJH officers have identified several beneficiaries that have found jobs due to the training received in the OCs and through the DSMV Life Planning program who will be recorded next quarter. IND. 9 Number of entities that received Outreach Center methodologies transferred by AJH Two GOH entities were reported in the previous quarter as benefiting from the transfer of OC methodologies: the National Prevention Program (PNPRRS) and Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS). This quarter AJH developed a partnership with FUNADEH to implement an OC in the Morales community of the Chamelecón area of San Pedro Sula. AJH also supported FUNADEN in developing a concept paper to access CARSI Global Development Alliance (GDA) funding to eventually take over the support of the San Pedro Sula/Choloma Outreach Center network. The COP presented the OC methodology and underlying Risk Factor framework to 100 pastors and community leaders at a workshop convened by Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ) in Siguatepeque. AJH continues to transfer OC methodologies to FHIS. Recently, AJH´s head trainer, Mr. Bladimir Vazquez, based in San Pedro Sula, traveled to Tegucigalpa to participate in a workshop organized by FHIS and explain and share the training manuals of the Mentorship program, which FHIS expects to use for the Juvenile Employment Fund they are to implement in some of the pilot communities where AJH has Outreach Centers . AJH constantly makes efforts in transferring OC methodologies to public and private partners. IND.10. - Percentage of the youth (former gang members and from restorative justice programs) trained which are in income-generating activities.

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On July 10, AJH awarded a grant of $20,000 to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tegucigalpa (CCIT) for the insertion of former gang members and at risk youth into the job market. Implementation of this grant has experienced delays, because it took CCIT longer than expected to hire the Officer-Psychologist to coordinate the project. Through this grant, CCIT will provide rehabilitated ex-gang members and youth from the juvenile justice system job opportunities, entrepreneurship and business development training, life and employability skills, grants or employment kits, and will assist youth to become individual suppliers to larger businesses. The management of this grant has been assigned to Officer Ms. Claudia Sierra, who in collaborating with IHNFA in the identification of rehabilitated former youth offender candidates and with the National Prevention Program and some Judges, former gang members looking for job opportunities.

AJH shared details of the program with the Reeducation and Reintegration program at IHNFA and PNPRRS. Both organizations made a commitment to send potential beneficiaries to CCIT.

AJH met with Supreme Court Magistrate Edith López Rivera, who is in charge of children, youth and family cases at the Supreme Court. She agreed to pass the information about the program to Juvenile Judges, Public Defenders and other Operators, so they can remit potential beneficiaries to CCIT.

On September 25, a first meeting with potential beneficiaries took place. A total of 25 candidates were invited and 7 decided to participate. The CCIT project officer contacted the youth that did not express interest, and discovered that many had problems in attending, but that they wanted to participate in the program and would attend the next meeting.

The first Workshops are expected to take place in early October. NEXT STEPS

AJH will continue to work in advocacy to guarantee that the Reform Law is passed in November and a rally outside of Congress is being planned by the Youth Movement, who also plans to be present among the public when the Law is voted.

The Youth Movement expects to continue with their TV show and is looking for training for its volunteers, so they can produce a better show.

The Youth Movement will start the “Place a sticker to Violence” campaign in late October.

AJH expects to place a lot of emphasis next Quarter to strengthen the Outreach Center Micro-enterprises.

AJH will continue to advocate with the Municipality of San Pedro, so it complies with its sustainability commitment to the OCs.

Finish 14 OC Assessment and Sustainability Plans with their respective Grant Proposals.

Work in the new 5 OC proposals that will be funded with through the extension that has been submitted to USAID.

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Work in the 5 OC proposals that will be equipped by FHIS.

Work with FHIS to sign the MOU and assist them in the procurement of OC equipment.

Work with TIGO to complete the installation in the rest of the OCs.

Continue to work with DEMAHSA and FUNDEIH, initially in advancing the two pilot projects in Nueva Capital and Japón and later in other OCs.

Continue with the Desafío de Soñar Mi Vida training in OCs.

Continue advocating with INFOP to deliver the agreed workshops through OCs.

Work in the inauguration of the Lempira Outreach Center.

Work with the Municipality of La Ceiba regarding the required repairs to the OC in Melgar to be able to inaugurate this OC during the month of November.

Implement the surveys to evaluate the tendency of youth in the OCs to reject crime, gangs and illicit activities, and evaluate the results of the first survey.

Assist CCIT to continue identifying candidates and implementing workshops with insertion beneficiaries.

Work with FUNADEH to bring additional benefits to the San Pedro Sula/Choloma OCs, such as the UTIL (Labor Insertion Unit) employability program and vocational workshops.