Defining Orphaned and Vulnerable Children

Book Description:

This research forms part of a broader project aimed at development and evaluation of interventions for orphaned and vulnerable children. The paper aims to provide a definitional framework and an understanding of orphans and vulnerability.


0%About the Author/s The authors of this paper are drawn from Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

D. Skinner, N. Nkomo and S. Mfecane are researchers at the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa.

N. Tsheko, M. Segwabe and S. Tlou are based at the University of Botswana. S. Mtero-Munyati is from the Blair Research Institute, Zimbabwe and P. Chibatamoto,

B. Chandiwana and G. Chitiyo are all from the Biomedical Research & Training Institute for International Health and Policy (BRTICIHP).