Confused?
These are just a sample of the acryonms the African international aid environment is buzzing with these days. While we thought working on our grasp of the Swahili and Luo languages would be the major language barrier, trying to navigate through these acronyms can sometimes be the bigger challenge!
While we've gotten pretty good handle on most of the list above (decoder below), there always seems to be another acronym we have yet to master. Recently, it was "SACCO" that stumped us, which is apparently a small cooperative in place of a formal bank from which members can deposit savings and take loans.
Acronym decoder:
- OVC = Orphans and Vulnerable Children
- CBO = Community-Based Organization
- USAID = United States Agency for International Development
- VCT = Voluntary Counseling and Testing
- IGP = Income Generating Project
- ARV = Antiretroviral drugs
- AMREF = African Medical Research Foundation
- FBO = Faith-Based Organization
- PLWA = Persons Living With AIDS
- IRS = Indoor Residual Spraying (for Malaria prevention)
- NGO = Non-Governmental Organization
- WHO = World Health Organization
- PEPFAR = President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
- SACCO = Savings And Credit Co-Operative
- KWFT = Kenya Women's Finance Trust
- CSO = Civil Society Organization
- EAC = East Africa Community
- UNDP's MDG = United National Development Program's Millennium Development Goals
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