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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-…
This study describes and analyses the group care arrangements and the fostering programme in the refugee camps in Pignudo (Ethiopia) and Kakuma (Kenya) within the context of the cultural and traditional child support and protection practices in Southern Sudan. The fostering programme is referred to as "Attachment to Families"1 to distinguish it from more conventional fostering programmes for separated children. Although forming a single case study, both types of care arrangement are discussed. The main sources of information for this study comprise group discussions among those involved in…