Social Protection Policies and Programmes

Poverty affects both the quality and length of children’s lives, reduces the ability of families to adequately provide for their children, and is a significant cause of family breakdown and child separation. Social assistance programmes aim to reduce child poverty and act as a safety net for families with minimal resources.

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Lesley Adams and Emebet Kebede,

This paper examines the role, process and impact of cash transfer interventions in Ethiopia using several case studies. Challenges and recommendations for future cash interventions are discussed in-depth.

Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute ,

Examines the use of cash and vouchers to provide people with assistance in emergency situations

Kerry Olson, Ruth Messinger, Laura Sutherland, and Jennifer Astone ,

A brief document advocating for the strengthening and support of community based responses to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Peter Badcock-Walters, Marelize Görgens, Wendy Heard, Patience Mukwashi, Rose Smart, Jill Tomlinson, and Daniel Wilson,

This paper provides a comprehensive contextual overview of the educational challenges faced by orphans and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa. It includes recommendations for future education policy in the context of HIV and AIDS, as well as provides country specific data on current policies and social protection programs.

Jane Chege,

Assessment of pilot programs employing World Vision Community Care Coalition model in Uganda and Zambia.

Bernd Schubert,

This paper explores the role and process of social cash transfers to reduce poverty and provide social protection. It examines a pilot cash transfer program in Zambia.

National Department of Probation and Child Care – Sri Lanka,

Outlines specific guidelines for targeting, sponsor contact, benefits, and monitoring in child sponsorship programmes in Sri Lanka.

International Social Service and International Reference Centre for the Rights of Children Deprived of their Family (ISS/IRC),

Brief summary of the importance of social work in preventing family separation, including increasing empowerment, social support and self-assessment processes.

Leanne Dougherty, Steven Forsythe, William Winfrey, Kathy Buek and Minki Chatterji ,

A report which analyzes the costs associated with various types of interventions for orphans and vulnerable children, including institutional care, tracing and reintegration, and community-based care.

Jill Donahue,

A report on several pilot projects launched by the World Vision and affiliated microfinance institutions to address the association between poverty and HIV. A description of pilot projects in Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa and Malawi are discussed.