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Group 3. Psychosocial support, Protection and Human Rights Dr Oketch. Background (Definition). Education and OVC Mental and emotional care Provision of basic needs (food security, shelter) Protection of legal and ethnical rights and social rights of the vulnerable
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Group 3 Psychosocial support, Protection and Human Rights Dr Oketch
Background (Definition) • Education and OVC • Mental and emotional care • Provision of basic needs (food security, shelter) • Protection of legal and ethnical rights and social rights of the vulnerable • Economical empowerment of the vulnerable • Community mobilisation/advocacy/IEC for PSS • Overall social protection of the vulnerable i.e safety nets, social security
Vulnerable Groups (Who?) • Widows/widowers • Widowers • OVCs (CHHs,street kids, IDPs etc • Elderly • Community
Services Available • Counselling (VCT, RCT, mental rehabilitation etc) • Protection and Law enforcement • Provision of basic needs e.g construction of shelter, clothing, food • Education of OVCs, IGAs • Home based care for OVCs, elderly and PHAs • Community education/advocacy
GAPS • Inadequate budget allocation for some districts • Limited geographical coverage of PSS • Limited reliable data on OVCs • Inadequate coverage of populations in emergency situations (IDPs, Pastrolists) • Inadequate protection of children and elderly • Inadequate provision of basic needs to the vulnerable • Limited involvement of the existing community structures in the provision and monitoring of PS • Weak mental health services in and out of the health system
GAPS Cont…… • Inadequate social protection measures e.g medical subsidies and the provident assistances • Inadequate provision and protection of the rights of PHAs, OVCs, unineffected (discordance, willfull transmission, property grabbing, PMTCT/breast feeding, status disclosure, gender and human rights, research ethics etc) • Inadequate trained personnel in child counselling • Insufficient training in life skills • Inadequate coordination and networking in provision of PS • High house hold poverty
STRATEGIES • Intensify sensitisation of communities and stakeholders on the rights and responsibilities of children and parents • Strengthening the community structures in provision and protection of social rights • Strengthen mental health services in and out of the health systems and communities • Strengthening research and partnerships on PSS • Empowerment of women, men and children on self protection against abuses • Review and simplify existing laws and procedure and disseminate the user friendly versions
Strategies Cont….. • Improve PS support programmes coverage through outreaches and existing community structures (religious places, community radio, drama) • Training counsellors in life skills • Community economic empowerment eg IGAs, CHAIs • Education of the vulnerable (UPE, USE, Para legal education • Innovative approaches in provision of PPS
Partners • GoU – Line ministries • UNICEF • UAC • NGOs • UN agencies • INGOs • FBOs • Research institutions • AIDS Funding partners • Micro Finance Institutions • Private sector