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The Maygoma Institution for Babies (Maygoma) in Khartoum State, Sudan, was established in 1961. It was designed to take care of a maximum of 80 babies and generally had a population of about 40 at any one time. At the time that the institution was established, there were close relationships between the Sudanese Government and the communist governments of Eastern Europe and this resulted in a considerable influence of Eastern European social work practices upon those in Sudan.
A study carried out in 2003 estimated that 1600 babies, mostly newborn, were being left on the streets of…
As the HIV/AIDS epidemic strikes at the heart of family and community support structures, large numbers of older people are assuming responsibility for bringing up orphans and vulnerable children. Family structures are changing. Often the middle generation – both men and women – is completely absent, leaving the old and young to support each other.
This means that families of older carers and orphans and vulnerable children are compelled to take on new roles. Older people make up a significant proportion of the poorest, and HIV/AIDS exacerbates the extreme poverty faced by older-…