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This Road Map is aimed at accelerating “the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality rates sufficiently in order to enable Zambia attain the set MDGs by 2015.” The Road Map emphasizes “equitable coverage of priority maternal, newborn, and child health interventions along the continuum of care within the five phases of the lifecycle: (a) the pre-pregnancy and adolescent reproductive health needs, (b) care and well-being during pregnancy, (c) the phase of child birth, (d) postnatal phase and its special needs, (e) the needs of the newborn period, as well as (f) the childhood phase.”…
This report, prepared for UNICEF East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) assesses the capacity in Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia to manage alternative care systems for children.
In general, it is difficult to obtain information on alternative care in the assessed countries. There is limited to no systematic, central data collection or collation on children living in informal or formal alternative care situations. Without systematic data, it's difficult to discern trends, and many observations rely on interviews and anecdotal evidence. The information gathered is not…
The Lubuto Library Project is creating quality libraries to serve Africa's most vulnerable children. The goal is to give the burgeoning numbers of vulnerable children the opportunity for non-formal education, improving literacy, language skills, general knowledge and participation in society. At a Lubuto Library, children can read for themselves, look at books or have books read to them, helping them to explore the world and their human heritage.
Construction is nearly complete on the first Lubuto Library, in Lusaka, Zambia. The Lubuto Library Project plans to build 100 libraries across…
WHAT: A report that identifies gaps and provides recommendations for protecting and supporting girls living on the streets. It provides models of good practices from Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
WHO: Social and community workers involved in the protection and support of children living or working on the street, specifically girls ages 12 to 18.
WHERE: While this report is primarily based on work with girls in Zambia, its examples of good practices include lessons from worldwide programs and research, and thus…
This short article highlights the growing problems associated with orphanages in Zambia. It documents how the plight of vulnerable children can be exploited to achieve financial gains, and implicates this mechanism in a nationwide trend of orphanage proliferation.
Intensive international donor support for orphans and vulnerable children adds a perverse monetary incentive to the provision of child care. Individuals running orphanages often lack the means to manage and provide adequate care and support for the children. Children living in orphanages may be forced to live in…
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,…
This study, carried out by Jill Donahue and Louis Mwewa and guided and supported by a multi-agency steering committee, documents visits to 30 communities in Malawi and Zambia, where the initial mobilization and capacity building work was done as long as ten years ago. A key aim was to find out what (if anything) these communities are still doing for children and why these efforts have continued.
The findings are encouraging and have specific implications for current programming across a range of contexts where action is needed for vulnerable children. The study found that…
This study was commissioned by the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services to provide a comprehensive situational analysis of street children in Zambia. Its approach differs from previous situational analyses of the issue as it took a more solution-oriented view of the challenges facing street children. Based on available information, it is anticipated that over the next 10 years (2015) the number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) will increase in Zambia. Street children represent a particular sub-category of OVC as their vulnerability is exacerbated by the partial or…
This report presents a profile of street children interviewed by means of a structured questionnaire with a view to understand the problem better by gathering life style and life circumstances data. It should be emphasised that the data is not based on a census but on what can be defined as a sample of sufficient size to produce reliable data. It was a deliberate decision in the design of this project not to attempt a census as this would be too costly, too time consuming and would in all likelihood still produce results that can be questioned.
The emphasis in developing this profile was…
This short paper shows that Community Care Coalitions can serve as effective local mechanisms for providing community-led care and support while minimizing the risks of dependency. It argues, in the context of programming in Gwembe District, Zambia, that they provide a powerful platform for a self-sustained, community-wide response to HIV and AIDS prevention, care and advocacy.
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