Situational analysis of the socioeconomic conditions of orphans and vulnerable children in seven districts in Botswana
OUTPUT TYPE: Monograph (Book)
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2007
TITLE EDITOR(S): G.N.Tsheko
KEYWORDS: BOTSWANA, CHILDREN, ORPHANS, ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4800
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5873
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5873
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2007
TITLE EDITOR(S): G.N.Tsheko
KEYWORDS: BOTSWANA, CHILDREN, ORPHANS, ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4800
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5873
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5873
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Abstract
This report encompasses a situational analysis which was carried out in seven research sites in Botswana: Palapye, Letlhakeng, Kanye, Mahalapye, Molepolole, Serowe and Maun. Information was collected from orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), their caregivers, community members, community-based organisations (CBOs), government officials and community leaders; as well as members of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and faith-based organisations (FBOs). The objectives of the study as outlined in this report, are to improve the living conditions of orphans and vulnerable children; to support households and families to cope with the increasing burden of care for affected and vulnerable children; to strengthen community-based support systems under which vulnerable children exist; and to build community-based systems for sustaining care and support to vulnerable children and their families. In 2002, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) was commissioned by the WK Kellogg Foundation to develop and implement a five-year intervention project focusing on orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in southern Africa. In collaboration with several partner organisations, the project currently focuses on how children, families and communities in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe are coping with the impact of HIV/AIDS. The aim of the project is to develop models of best practice so as to enhance and improve support structures for OVC in the southern African region as a whole.-
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- A monitoring dilemma: orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS
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- Overview of the WK Kellogg Foundation's project on OVC - Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe
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