Sponsorship Category List
The care of orphans in the Islamic tradition, vulnerable children, and child sponsorship programs
One of the most favored objects for Muslim charitable works is the care of orphans. The Prophet Muhammad was an orphan himself: his father died either just before…
Studies
Care of Abandoned Children in Sunni Islamic Law: Early Modern Egypt in Theory and Practice
The concept of the best interests of the child comes into tension with premodern Islamic law with respect to the issue of adoption because Islamic law does not…
Studies
Media portrayal of orphaned and vulnerable children in the context of South African welfare policies
The African National Congress (ANC) came to power in 1994, trumpeting an ambitious Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) that was to build a million homes,…
Studies
The transformative role of education sponsorship program among female Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Uganda
The purpose of the current study was to explore the transformative role of education sponsorship program provided by Concern for the Girl Child (CGC) to female…
Research Papers
DETERMINANTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMMES FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN TAITA TAVETA COUNTY, KENYA
According to UNICEF, in 2007, an estimated 145 million children between the ages of 0 and 17 years were orphaned, while in 2014, over 198 million children below…
Research Papers
The implications of neoliberalism for the care of orphans in Zimbabwe: Challenges and opportunities for social work practice
The paper explores the implications of neoliberal social policies for the care of orphans in Zimbabwe and looks at the challenges and opportunities for social work…
Research Papers
Effect of Cash Transfer Programme on Health Needs of Vulnerable Children and Orphans in Langas, Eldoret, Kenya
Cash transfers are increasingly becoming the best practice in the social protection sector employed to address poverty and vulnerability in developing countries.…
Studies
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMME FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (CT-OVC), KENYA
Kenya has been seriously affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It has increased the number of orphans in the country and also the vulnerability of affected households,…
Reports
Orphanage caregivers' perceptions: The impact of organizational factors on the provision of services to orphans in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Adding to the growing body of literature on outcomes for children living in orphanages and children's homes, this qualitative study explored the perceptions of…
Studies
Influence of finance on mainstreaming support for orphans and vulnerable children in public nursery schools in Nyeri central district, Kenya
Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) below 8 years represent an extremely vulnerable population due to growing levels of poverty, HIV/AIDS and socio-economic…
Research Papers
An assessment of factors that influence the management of quality care to orphans and vulnerable children
The rise in the number of orphans and vulnerable children is emerging at a time when the capacity of families to respond to the crisis is increasingly compromised…
Research Papers
Influence of sponsorship on completion of post primary education among orphans and vulnerable children: a case of Ngaremara location in Isiolo county, Kenya.
Attention is increasingly turned to post primary education in the Millennium Development Goals and education for all. The transition to secondary education and…
Research Papers
ZAKAT FOR THE ORPHANS IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF THAILAND
In the past nine years ,the violence situation has spiked in the Deep South Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat provinces see Figure 1 and parts Songkla province Nathawi,…
Studies
Cash Transfers Improve the Mental Health and Well-being of Youth: Evidence from the Kenyan CashTransfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Approximately half of all mental health disorders begin by age 14, and three-quarters by age 24 (Kessler et al., 2005). Among adolescents, depression is one of…
Research Papers
Orphanages as sites of modern slavery
This chapter argues that the desire of volunteers and visitors to assist orphans through orphanage tourism creates a demand for paper orphans, in turn fuelling…
Studies
The government of Kenya cash transfer for orphaned and vulnerable children: cross-sectional comparison of household and individual characteristics of those with and without
Background: The ‘Cash Transfer to Orphans and Vulnerable Children’ (CT-OVC) in Kenya is a government-supported program intended to provide regular and predictable…
Research Papers
kenya’s cash transfer program: pro- tecting the health and human rights of orphans and vulnerable children
In Kenya, as in other countries of sub-Saharan Africa heavily burdened by HIV/ AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) face poverty and despair. There is an…
Research Papers
The extent of community and public support available to families caring for orphans in Malawi
There are an estimated 15 million AIDS orphans worldwide. Families play an important role in safeguarding orphans, but they may be increasingly compromised by the…
Studies
Social protection for orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe: The case for cash transfers
The unprecedented number of orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe has created an urgent need to create innovative ways to provide for the social protection…