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Arc-en-Ciel consists of three programmes:
- A residential care facility (shelter) for children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS;
- A Community Outreach Programme to provide training and home-based-care to families affected by HIV/AIDS; and
- A Community Mobilization Programme to share information with, and tap into the resources of, the broader community.
- Caring for children outside of their extended families – in…
No one wants children to suffer the harshness of life in poverty. This can drive some parents to entrust their children to an orphanage or to work in domestic service. It can lead some social workers to remove children from a home because their family is poor. There are times when these are the best options available: the children will be better fed and the parents may have the time to overcome a crisis and build a more stable home. Outcomes are far worse when children leave of their own accord and end up on their own in the streets. But even in the best of…