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This summary report by Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) Zambia and St Catherine's University reports the impact of COVID-19 on the ability of families of children with disabilities to access adequate food. These households named educational and nutritional services as their most pressing support needs.
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This document provides a formative assessment on the state of children with disabilities in Zambia.
The formative assessment aimed to answer three fundamental questions. First, can the quality of life of children with disabilities living in institutions be improved? Second, what are the conditions of children with disabilities living in community? If excellent, how can those conditions be supported and expanded? If poor, how can the quality of life of children with disabilities and their families be improved? Third, are there effective strategies that can be implemented and disseminated…
This summary examines the conditions children with disabilities face in Zambia. The summary asks if the quality of life for these children can be improved? It examines the conditions under which children with disabilities live in Zambia and asks if there are if there are effective strategies that can be implemented and disseminated nationally in order to improve the living conditions of these children?
This study discovered that the staff who work with children with disabilities lacks the sufficient resources and training on best practices to appropriately care for children…
The Government of Zambia - along with many other partners including Better Care Network, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, GHR Foundation, USAID, UNICEF, Save the Children and other NGOs - convened a National Consultation to Accelerate Care Reform in Zambia from 4-6 May, 2016. The consultation aimed to jointly identify national priorities for action in order to accelerate child care reform in Zambia.
This presentation from Zambia’s Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare presents a situational analysis of children with disabilities in…
The Government of Zambia - along with many other partners including Better Care Network, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, GHR Foundation, USAID, UNICEF, Save the Children and other NGOs - convened a National Consultation to Accelerate Care Reform in Zambia from 4-6 May, 2016. The consultation aimed to jointly identify national priorities for action in order to accelerate child care reform in Zambia.
This presentation provides data on children in Zambia, including the legal definition of a child, how many are living in Zambia, where they live, and their…
This brief is part of a series of country briefs which aim to provide an analysis of children’s living and care arrangements according to the latest available data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) or Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys (MICS) at the time of publication.
This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Zambia, extracted from the 2013-14 DHS survey. The brief presents data on who children…
This report - produced by SOS Children’s Villages, Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland, and the University of Malawi - is based on a synthesis of eight assessments of the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (“the Guidelines”) in Benin, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
It considers common challenges to implementing the Guidelines identified in the eight countries and provides a platform for effective advocacy to promote every child’s right to quality care. At the end of each chapter, the report provides…
The State’s first responsibility to children is supporting the capacity of families to provide adequately for their children’s needs. When a child’s family is unable or unwilling to provide adequate protection and care or when a child is separated, the State is responsible for ensuring protection and alternative care. Such support is made available through a social welfare system, which may include services provided by the Government as well as those of non-governmental organizations.
The Assessments of Capacity to Manage Alternative Care analyze the ability of national…
This document begins by discussing the background for developing the psychosocial indicators that are used for measurement and the limitations of current indicators. The purpose was to create national level psychosocial indicators.
It goes on to provide an in depth review of the psychosocial impacts that HIV/AIDS have on children. Specifically it covers poverty, death, loss, grieving, stigma, discrimination, and increased risk of infection.
Finally, the author provides samples of surveys that can be used for measuring psychosocial indicators through caregiver and youth…
International agencies are increasingly recognizing the role of religious organizations in establishing effective HIV/AIDS interventions. Despite some negative perceptions of their role and impact, faith-based organizations (FBOs) are among the most viable institutions at both local and national levels and have developed experience in addressing the multidimensional impact of AIDS and its particular impact on children.
Religious organizations are prevalent throughout Africa. In the six countries chosen for this Study, the number of local congregations is estimated to be in excess of 150,…