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Executive Summary
Zambia’s HIV prevalence is currently estimated at 11.1% among adults aged 15–49 years and 1.1% among children aged <15 years20. The Zambia National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council estimates that 10% of Zambia’s population (over 1.3 million children under age 18 years) are at high risk of being orphaned or vulnerable due to the impact of the HIV epidemic. Since the epidemic began, an estimated 250,000 children and adolescents have already been orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS. The Zambia Family (ZAMFAM) project’s aim is to improve the care and resilience of…
Highlights
UNICEF’s Europe and Central Asia Region (ECAR) is diverse and dynamic, comprising 23 countries which range from low- to high-income, contain among the world’s largest and smallest populations, and are in various stages of the demographic transition. Children, adolescents, and youths in the region face unique challenges that have the potential to derail their opportunities, including exposure to man-made and natural disasters, risks of poverty and deprivation, discrimination and marginalisation, lack of opportunities to attain appropriate skills and…
Highlights
UNICEF’s Europe and Central Asia Region (ECAR) is diverse and dynamic, comprising 23 countries which range from low- to high-income, contain among the world’s largest and smallest populations, and are in various stages of the demographic transition. Children, adolescents, and youths in the region face unique challenges that have the potential to derail their opportunities, including exposure to man-made and natural disasters, risks of poverty and deprivation, discrimination and marginalisation, lack of opportunities to attain appropriate skills and…
ABSTRACT
The phenomenon of child headed households (CHH) is a ubiquitous pathological challenge in South Africa that requires strengthened responses. The study was grounded in the qualitative approach and a case study was employed as the research design. The target population for this study were children in child headed households identified in Zola 1, 2, 3 and Zola North, Soweto. The study also included social service professionals and other community structures that were supporting child headed households in the Zola area. In addition, the study included as its population, non-formal…
This chapter from Social Work Practice in Africa: Indigenous and Innovative Approaches showcases examples of home-grown indigenous and innovative models of social work practice in Uganda, including local models for addressing the HIV/AIDS orphan crisis in Rakai district. "The documentation of these local models thus sets in motion the conditions necessary to achieve the indigenisation of the social work curriculum, that is, social workers having a clear understanding of the…
Real or perceived sexual orientation that is different to the norm is often the basis for discrimination and violence against many people around the world. A group that is particularly vulnerable is children who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) who are at risk of losing parental care and who already lost parental care. For a number of LGBTI children under 18 years of age the rejection experienced within their own families is often the first of many rejections. Thereafter they continue to suffer from the effects of rejection, discrimination and violence within their…
Objectives of the case study
The overall objective of the case study is to highlight and help promote good practice related to case management within orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programming. The case study illustrates the core components of a case management system (see Figure 1), the positive results of a case management system, and some of the challenges in developing, implementing, and solidifying a case management system within an OVC program. The information presented should be understood as just one example of a case management system in practice. Any case…
This report is Result 4 of a two-year EU funded project “An Early Years Support Centre (EYSC) service in Dushanbe: Reducing poverty, empowering vulnerable families, strengthening partnerships and advocating for rights”. It will outline the model of support that was developed through the EYSC project in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.
The authors envisage that this document will be used as a guide/template to recapitulate best practice and assist the development of EYSC services in Tajikistan and elsewhere in Central Asia. In addition, it will help to consolidate the learning of…
This case study is part of a UNICEF global initiative, undertaken in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada to document national child protection frameworks in five core programming countries: Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Senegal and the United Republic of Tanzania. The studies are intended to generate a better understanding of the country context, Government response, engagement by other actors and additional factors that are contributing to success in protecting children from violence, exploitation and abuse.
Information for this case study was collected between April 2014 and June…
Produced by the Faith to Action Initiative, with support from the Better Care Network, this useful publication is aimed at churches, faith-based organizations, and individuals of faith seeking evidence-based information about the best ways to care for orphans and children separated from parental care. It provides a concise overview of a range of studies and findings that can inform approaches to caring for children who, through orphanhood, abandonment, or other causes, have been separated from parental care. Included are…