Strengthening the Capacity of Grandparents in Providing Care to Young Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
| Autor: | Lydia Nyesigomwe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Program evaluation
Archeology Government Economic growth Copying Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Grandparent medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Nursing Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Interim medicine Geriatrics and Gerontology Life-span and Life-course Studies business Welfare Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships. 4:55-63 |
| ISSN: | 1535-0932 1535-0770 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j194v04n01_07 |
| Popis: | Action for Children (AFC) is a non-governmental organization founded and registered with the government of Uganda in 1998 to rescue children from immediate danger and to advocate for their rights. AFC is working on a three-year pilot project entitled the Grandparents Action Support Project (GAS), designed and implemented to strengthen the capacity of grandparents providing care to HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children under the age of eight, and to improve the overall welfare of the families taking care of these children. After only seven months, an interim program evaluation revealed that several effective innovative and pragmatic community-based strategies have been developed and implemented by participants. The Project has had a multiplier effect in participating communities in that ‘non-Project’ families are copying and learning from GAS Project homes. Challenges and future expansion of the Project are described. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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