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Title:Special issue on orphans and other vulnerable children
Editors:Dube, LindaISNI
Banda, TomaidaISNI
Kirk Felsman, J.ISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080)
Volume:21
Issue:1
Pages:155
Language:English
Geographic term:Zimbabwe
Subjects:children
orphans
AIDS
child care
Abstract:Compiled courtesy of Catholic Relief Services/Zimbabwe's STRIVE project (Support to Replicable, Innovative Village/Community-level Efforts for Vulnerable Children), the papers in this special issue have as their broad theme issues around children's vulnerability in the face of the challenges posed by HIV and AIDS and poverty. The authors are a mix of academics, researchers and practitioners, some local, some based abroad. Mildred T. Mushunje analyses the concept of 'child protection', placing it in a broad African context as well as presenting the specific international agreements, laws and government of Zimbabwe policies that frame child protection issues in the country. Nelly Dhlembeu and Nyasha Mayanga trace the development of Zimbabwe's National Plan of Action for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children, adopted in 2004. Tricia M. Johnson investigates what characteristics make NGO interventions effective in their ability to prevent the spread of HIV among orphans and other vulnerable children. Gift Phillip Kajawu and Emmanuel Mwakiwa examine developments in the area of education assistance. Elaine Chase, Kate Wood and Peter Aggleton offer a study of the coping strategies of orphans and other vulnerable children in varied settings across a range of Zimbabwean communities. Rona Martin considers the substantial role that children and adolescents play in providing care for ill parents and relatives at home and within the community. Greg Powell reviews policy and practice within child-care institutions across Zimbabwe in the context of HIV/AIDS, identifying a significant gap between well-established policies to protect the best interests of the child and their implementation. A key message coming through from the papers is that perhaps the most effective intervention strategy where the plight of orphans and other vulnerable children in Zimbabwe is concerned, is to help strengthen family ties and networks, and to support communities and institutions that cater for children, such as schools. There is in particular a huge need to address the emotional burdens and psychosocial needs of young people who are contending with loss and sorrow at an extreme level, day-in and day-out. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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