In coordination with the MGLSD, ChildFund International led a consortium of project partners, including Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO Uganda), Child’s i Foundation (CiF), and Retrak, to implement the three-year “Deinstitutionalization of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Uganda” (DOVCU) project (2014-2017). Together, DOVCU project partners delivered an integrated package of interventions with the aim of decreasing household vulnerabilities for 1) households at risk of child separation, and 2) households with children reintegrating from CCIs. The project also aimed to strengthen the institutional capacities of government officials and other key stakeholders to successfully adapt the Alternative Care Framework and strive toward family-based care for all children.
This learning brief analyzes quantitative data from the second of the project’s stated objectives: examining the extent to which DOVCU project interventions decrease vulnerabilities for reintegrating children and their families. Figure 1 illustrates an ecological framework for addressing child separation, highlighting the multi-dimensional nature of risk and resilience and the need for integrated service delivery. This brief will examine ChildFund’s approach to reintegration, addressing vulnerability at the family level, and complementing other efforts to evaluate DOVCU’s macro-level work.
Read the Final Report of the DOVCU Project here.
