A baseline study on psychosocial support of orphans and vulnerable children in two villages in Botswana
By: G.N. Tsheko ... [et al.].
Contributors: Tsheko, Nnunu.; Human Sciences Research Council. Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Research Programme.
Publisher: HSRC Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780796921789
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Botswana.; Children of AIDS patients -- Services for -- Botswana.; AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Botswana.; Children of AIDS patients -- Care -- Botswana.; Orphans -- Care -- Botswana.
Description: This report provides a baseline study on psychosocial support of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in two villages in Botswana and forms part of a series of reports that examine the work undertaken as part of the Kellogg OVC Intervention Project from 2002 to 2005.The general aim of the project is to assist families and households to better cope with the increased burden of care for OVC. The purpose of this particular baseline psychosocial survey (PSS) was to gather data to facilitate the introduction and evaluation of the effectiveness of orphan care intervention programmes for strengthening community participation and empowerment of OVC in two villages in Botswana. This information will be used in evaluating the effectiveness of the new OVC interventions that will be implemented in the two villages in Botswana as part of the overall OVC project. In 2002, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) was commissioned by the WK Kellogg Foundation to develop and implement a five-year intervention project focusing on orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in southern Africa. In collaboration with several partner organisations, the project currently focuses on how children, families and communities in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe are coping with the impact of HIV/AIDS. The aim of the project is to develop models of best practice so as to enhance and improve support structures for OVC in the southern African region as a whole.
Notes: At head of cover: Our children, our future : from vision to innovative impact : community responses to orphans and vulnerable children.

"Compiled by the Masiela Trust Fund's OVC Research Unit, Botswana, in collaboration with the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa"--Prelim.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 52).