Children's migration as a household/family strategy: Coping with AIDS in Lesotho and Malawi

Ansell, Nicola; Blerk, Lorraine van

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“…Children not only cope with their own circumstances, but also help communities cope with the devastating effects AIDS (Ansell & Blerk, 2004;Kuhanen, Shemeikka, Notkola, & Nghixulifwa, 2008). We suggest service delivery organisations take heed of this finding in shaping their policies and services so as to identify, acknowledge and work with children's existing and latent coping strategies and the role they play in the community.…”

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Young carers as social actors: Coping strategies of children caring for ailing or ageing guardians in Western Kenya

Skovdal

Ogutu²,

Aoro³

et al. 2009

Social Science & Medicine

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Young carers as social actors: Coping strategies of children caring for ailing or ageing guardians in Western Kenya

Skovdal

Ogutu²,

Aoro³

et al. 2009

Social Science & Medicine

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“…As such, it can be a successful strategy to enable schooling and enhance human capital (Ansell and Van Blerk, 2004;Zimmerman, 2003;Serra, 2009). Unlike orphans, non-orphaned fostered children in Malawi do not appear to experience any educational disadvantage.…”

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Context Matters: Fostering, Orphanhood and Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa

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SummaryA growing body of research suggests that orphanhood and fostering might be (independently) associated with educational disadvantage in sub-Saharan Africa. However, literature on the impacts of orphanhood and fostering on school enrolment, attendance and progress produces equivocal, and often conflicting, results. This paper reports on quantitative and qualitative data from sixteen field-sites in Ghana and Malawi, highlighting the importance of historical and social context in shaping schooling outcomes for fostered and orphaned children. In Malawi, which has been particularly badly affected by AIDS, orphans were less likely to be enrolled in and attending school than other children. By contrast, in Ghana, with its long tradition of ‘kinship fostering’, orphans were not significantly educationally disadvantaged; instead, non-orphaned, purposively fostered children had lower school enrolment and attendance than their peers. Understanding the context of orphanhood and fostering in relation to schooling is crucial in achieving ‘Education for All’.

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“…We believe that these needs are best understood and targeted through strength-based research and interventions. The concepts of coping and resilience are increasingly applied to research about children affected by AIDS in Africa (Ansell & van Blerk, 2004;Daniel, Apila, Bjorgo, & Lie, 2007;R. Evans, 2005;Fjermestad, Kvestad, Daniel, & Lie, 2008;).…”

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Orphan competent communities: A framework for community analysis and action

Skovdal

Campbell

2010

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

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Vulnerable children in Africa have traditionally been absorbed and supported by their communities. However, in the context of AIDS and poverty, communities are increasingly stretched, compromising the quality of care available to children affected by AIDS. This calls for an understanding of the processes that best facilitate the capacity of communities to provide good quality care and support. In the interests of furthering debate and practice in this area, we seek to develop an analytical framework that builds on two interlinked strands. Firstly, we emphasise the need to acknowledge the active coping and resilience of children affected by AIDS, rather than seeing them as passive victims. It is through taking account of children's and communities' indigenous coping strategies, and the complex dynamics between children and fostering families, that interventions have the best chance of supporting communities so that they can best facilitate resilience and well-being of AIDSaffected children under their guardianship. Secondly, we highlight six psychosocial resources that we argue should be promoted in communities to improve the quality of support available to children affected by AIDS, and thereby enhance the coping and resilience of children.

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Children's migration as a household/family strategy: Coping with AIDS in Lesotho and Malawi

Abstract: This paper examines the diverse ways in which southern

Cited by 129 publications

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Young carers as social actors: Coping strategies of children caring for ailing or ageing guardians in Western Kenya

Young carers as social actors: Coping strategies of children caring for ailing or ageing guardians in Western Kenya

Context Matters: Fostering, Orphanhood and Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa

Orphan competent communities: A framework for community analysis and action

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