Household Economic Strengthening

Poverty is a leading cause of child separation.  Families may be torn apart by the stresses of trying to provide for their basic needs, and children may be abandoned or exploited for financial purposes.  Household economic strengthening aims to reduce a family’s vulnerability to poverty, increase economic independence, and improve people’s ability to provide for their children.  

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Whitney Moret and Mike Ferguson - USAID, FHI 360, and ASPIRES,

This evaluation examined the designs and implementation processes of the saving group components of ChildFund’s Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children in Family Care (ESFAM) and AVSI Foundation’s Family Resilience (FARE) projects in Uganda and identified practical lessons for implementers.

ChildFund International and FHI 360,

This Learning Brief draws on information collected via focus group discussions, individual interviews, and project data to describe ESFAM’s experience with and learning from its MSA intervention, which aimed to encourage families to save for educational expenses, so that they would not have to send their children to residential care institutions for school.

ChildFund International and FHI 360,

This Learning Brief draws on project documents,focus group discussions and individual interviews to document ChildFund International’s experience with Children and Youth Savings Groups for highly vulnerable children in Uganda’s Kamuli, Luwero and Gulu Districts through the Economic Strengthening for Families (ESFAM) Project.

Stephen Kidd, Development Pathways,

In this paper Development Pathways’ Stephen Kidd discusses the success of Uganda’s Senior Citizens’ Grant (SCG), with evidence from the evaluation of the programme.

ASPIRES Family Care,

This report compiles presentations and notes from the Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation & Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) Family Care Uganda Learning Event, Economic Strengthening and Keeping Children in Family Care, held May 29-30, 2018.

Lisa Schelbe - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study used ethnographic data to examine a program providing subsidized apartments to youth aging out.

Making Cents International,

Making Cents International (Making Cents), in partnership with ChildFund International, developed the Catalyzing Business Skills curriculum for the Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children into Families (ESFAM) project in Uganda. This Trainer’s Guide is intended to be used with children participating in savings groups who are interested in engaging in successful income generation activities.

Making Cents International,

This curriculum aims to build the financial literacy and business knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for adult members of Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children into Families (ESFAM) savings groups to successfully generate income.

Making Cents International,

Making Cents International (Making Cents), in partnership with ChildFund International, developed the Catalyzing Business Skills curriculum for the Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children into Families (ESFAM) project in Uganda. This Trainer’s Guide is intended to be used with youth participating in savings groups who are interested in engaging in successful income generation activities.

Whitney M Moret - Global Health: Science and Practice,

This article discusses efforts in 3 countries to develop simple, valid tools to quantify and classify economic vulnerability status.