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Erasmus Mundus MA-Advanced Development in Social Work

Erasmus Mundus MA-Advanced Development in Social Work. De-humanising Life for Orphans and Vulnerable Children. 12.11.2013. IT SHOULDN’T HURT TO BE A CHILD. GIVE US HOPE. Content . HIV/AIDS Global Situation The Need for support The Role of Social Work to OVC Support

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Erasmus Mundus MA-Advanced Development in Social Work

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  1. Erasmus Mundus MA-Advanced Development in Social Work De-humanising Life for Orphans and Vulnerable Children 12.11.2013 IT SHOULDN’T HURT TO BE A CHILD GIVE US HOPE

  2. Content • HIV/AIDS Global Situation • The Need for support • The Role of Social Work to OVC Support • Local Solution to HIV/AIDS problems • Global-Local Tension on HIV/AIDS • Rethinking Child Welfare

  3. Global Local HIV/AIDS Situation

  4. Why Respond? “Our present is shaped by our link to ancestors and our future to the wellbeing of our children” • Orphanhold is associated with poverty and its cycle • It graduates from individual traits to social determinants (life course perspective) • It affects Children’s rights • Poor state of existing child welfare programs • Loss of Parents, living with HIV and isolated

  5. The Role of Social Work-support OVC’s Micro Level Macro Level • Program design and Resource Mobilisation • Community organisation • Community/Family needs assessment • Reintegration of children into society • Facilitate Change • Advocate for good child welfare policies • Promotion of Children's’ rights • Monitor and Evaluate Child Welfare programs

  6. Local Solutions to OVC’s • Strengthening Families to respond to OVC problems • Engage in community mobilisation and resource development (community schools, IGA’s------) • Initiating broader skills development programs • Advocating for good welfare programs for OVC’s • Monitoring and evaluating child welfare programs and their rights satisfaction

  7. 1. Providing Psychosocial Services to Families Trained Care Givers, Will provide awareness services in Responsible Parenting Preventative Health Child Development Children's Rights • Psychosocial Workers will Provide Family • HIV/AIDS Counselling and Care • Protecting Children’s rights: Child Safeguarding Measure • Linking and increasing family access to services

  8. For household food security Sales to raise funds to support OVC’s Improving food security for Vulnerable Households

  9. Strengthening Family Economic systems Provide specific household Skills Training Integrating Crop value addition and innovation into farming programs Individual and Group IGA’s

  10. Global Local Tension on HIV/AIDS • Medicalising HIV/AIDS vs. Social Isolation and Discrimination • Securitising vs. Moral response and Neighbourliness • Short term obligatory funding vs. community and family fabric building

  11. Re-thinking Child welfare • Integrating Social welfare programs at all levels to protect children’s rights affected by HIV/AIDS • Developing Interventions to prevent HIV/AIDS among children and youth targeting Early Child Development • Infusing HIV/AIDS policies into national health & development frameworks • Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation of Child policy and welfare programs

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