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| Title: | Outcomes of community based orphan care programmes in Malawi |
| Author: | Beard, Betty J. |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080) |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 35-52 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Malawi Central Africa |
| Subjects: | orphans child care community participation sociology Community-based child welfare AIDS (Disease) Outcome assessment (Medical care) |
| Abstract: | The numbers of orphaned children have been escalating in sub-Saharan Africa, largely due to the death of young parents from HIV and AIDS. Communities have been organizing themselves to try to help families who are caring for orphans. In Malawi, this paradigm is called community based orphan care. The primary purpose of the present study was to examine how community based orphan care programmes assess the outcomes of their activities. In this exploratory, descriptive field study, 31 programmes were visited in 2003 and in-depth interviews were conducted using open-ended questions. Four major themes emerged: pride (accomplishment), changes in children, attendance at programmes, and responses from community and outsiders. A preponderance of responses about outcomes was related to the changes observed in children as a result of programme activities. These changes included improvements in health status and educational accomplishment. Little or no written documentation is kept by community based orphan care programmes and data are primarily anecdotal. There is a tendency to focus on evaluation of process rather than outcomes. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |
