Supported Child Headed Households

The experiences and priorities of young people who care for their siblings in Tanzania and Uganda
Dr. Ruth Evans , Geography and Environmental Science, School of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of Reading | Friday, August 13, 2010
This report presents key findings from a small-scale pilot research project that explored the experiences and priorities of young people caring for their siblings in sibling-headed households affected by AIDS in Tanzania and Uganda. View document

Child Carers: Child-led Research with Children who are Carers: Angola, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe
Save the Children | Friday, August 13, 2010
This is the summary report on the research phase of a project looking at the needs of child-carers in four African countries; Nigeria, Uganda, Angola and Zimbabwe. The research consisted of a literature review and participatory child-led research in one site in each of the four countries. View document

'We are managing our own lives ': Life transitions and care in sibling-headed households affected by AIDS in Tanzania and Uganda
Ruth Evans, Department of Geography, University of Reading, UK | Thursday, July 01, 2010
Explores the ways that young people express their agency and negotiate complex lifecourse transitions according to gender, age and inter- and intra-generational norms in sibling-headed households affected by AIDS in East Africa.

Because We Care: Programming Guidance for Children Deprived of Parental Care
Elizabeth Oswald | Monday, November 30, 2009
Provides recommendations for World Vision and partner agencies on general alternative care principles and analysis of alternative care models. View document

Giving Hope: Asset Based Empowerment Methodology
Church World Service | Monday, January 05, 2009 | 170KB
Shares the philosophy and key components of the African development initiative Giving Hope that works with youth caregivers through an asset-based empowerment methodology. The approach facilitate the restoration of youth caregivers’ sense of self, belonging, power, and collective responsibility. View document

Faces of Positive Change: Highlighting Positive Change in the Lives of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Ethiopia
Save the Children Federation | 2009 | 2.44MB
Highlights successes and leasons learned from the PC3 Program. Serves as a companion piece to the Toolkit for Positive Change View document

Toolkit for Positive Change: Providing Family-Focused, Results-Driven and Cost-Effective Programming for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Save the Children Federation | 2009 | 1.64MB
Documents the strategies of The Positive Change: Children, Communities and Care (PC3) Program - a five-year (2004-2009) integrated and comprehensive program designed to provide care and support to more than half a million orphaned and vulnerable children and their families throughout the country of Ethiopia. View document

National Analysis of the Phenomenon of Children Left Home by their Parents who Migrate Abroad for Employment
UNICEF Romania, Alternative Sociale Association, Gallup Organization Romania | 2008 | 2.11MB
Data and analysis on trends of child vulnerability due to parental migration for employment View document

Economic Strengthening for Vulnerable Children
USAID, Save the Children & AED | Friday, February 01, 2008 | 2.26MB
Provides principles of program design and technical recommendations for effective field interventions View document

Children’s Property and Inheritance Rights, HIV and AIDS, and Social Protection in Southern and Eastern Africa
Laurel L. Rose, Ph.D. | 2008 | 1.29MB
Discusses the bi-directional relationship between HIV/AIDS and agriculture, food security, and rural livelihoods, including the relationship between HIV/AIDS and children’s property and inheritance rights View document