§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications were received for 1983 for allocations through the joint funding scheme for population and family planning projects; what these applications were and from which organisations; how many and which were accepted; and what were the reasons for those refused.
§ Mr. RaisonTwelve applications were received seeking support from the joint funding scheme in 1983; eight were approved and four rejected. The details are as follows: 337W
Organisation Project Total Cost Cost in 1983 Approved/ Rejected Reasons for rejection £ £ Oxfam Production of audio-visual aids on contraception and sexual education for adolescents in north-east Brazil 3,400 1,700 Approved Christian Aid Support for the family planning work of the Christian Medical Association of India 24,000 4,000 Approved Population Services Family planning training for Ayurvedic practitioners and promotion of family planning services, Sri Lanka 200,000 43,000 Approved Population Services Information and education campaign to promote use of contraceptives plus a programme of expansion of clinical family planning services in Zamboango city, Philippines 115,000 48,000 Approved Population Services Introduction of maternal health/family planning services into rural squatter communities north of Lima, Peru 56,000 13,000 Approved Population Services Production of locally-made family planning and family life education films in support of the national family planning education campaign, The Gambia 9,000 Nil* Approved Population Services Education programme on sterilisation, and provision of vasectomy services, Sri Lanka 180,000 — Rejected The counselling and educational aspects of the programme were unsatisfactory, and the reasons for the area selected were not clear. In the Light of these reservations, and because of lack of funds, the project was rejected Population Services Endorsement of effective family planning methods in Kenya by assisting a rural women's organisation to compile a series of radio broadcasts 74,000 — Rejected The project proposal did not take adequate account of the Kenya integrated rural health and family planning project, which ODA is co-financing Population Concern Provision of family planning services and supporting educational programmes in the slum and peri-urban areas of Chittagong, Bangladesh 13,000 Nil† Approved Population Concern Organisation of discussions, seminars and forums to promote and maintain interest in family planning Chimbote, Peru 17,000 — Rejected Lack of funds—the project subsequently became self-financing and so was not resubmitted Africa Now Pre-project survey to test the feasibility of contraceptive social marketing project in urban Kenya designed to improve the availability of modern contraceptives in Nairobi and to generate a market for low-priced contraceptives 22,500 22,500 Approved Africa Now Contraceptive social marketing project 106,000 — Rejected The pre-project survey did not demonstrate convincingly that an expanded social marketing project would succeed in developing a demand for contraceptives * Project was accepted when funds became available—in January 1984. †The project was delayed. Note: Of the eight projects which were accepted, two—Oxfam and Christian Aid—were 50 per cent. funded by ODA; the other six were 100 per cent. funded by ODA.