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Little is known about how much it costs to implement services for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), such as case management. When cost estimate data are available, the ranges for unit expenditures are strikingly wide and it is difficult to compare across programs or intervention service areas. Case management—a cornerstone of OVC programming and the platform on which OVC services are delivered—is largely conducted by community-based case workers (CWs). Research shows that CWs contribute meaningfully to HIV service delivery, impacting the social determinants…
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The USAID- and PEPFAR-funded MEASURE Evaluation project conducted a six-country study for insight on current approaches to case management delivery and the cost of those approaches.
This brief outlines the findings from the Better Outcomes for Children and Youth project, in Uganda, which is implemented by World Education/Bantwana, in…
The PEPFAR Uganda Interagency Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Portfolio Review and Cost Analysis was conducted in November 2015. The purpose of the review is to provide evidence to support planning that will maximize the impact of the PEPFAR Uganda OVC portfolio. To this end, the report:
- Identifies and describes the implementation approaches within the PEPFAR Uganda OVC portfolio, indicating the strengths and weaknesses of each model with respect to their capacity to achieve intended outcomes;
- Provides a cost analysis of the various implementation models,…
This brief from the National Child Protection Working Group examines the key challenges facing financing for child wellbeing in Uganda and how to address funding gaps. It is based on reviews of the Ministerial Policy Statements and annual reports of selected MDAs addressing child protection concerns in Uganda.
This paper highlights human resource and funding gaps that constrain provision of child care and protection services. It advocates for strengthening of social welfare workforce and funding to improve child care and protection services. Inadequate funding and staffing has promoted child vulnerability countrywide.
In 2017, the USAID Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) engaged the USAID-funded MEASURE Evaluation to build on and reinforce progress in advancing national efforts on behalf of children who lack adequate family-based care in Uganda. MEASURE Evaluation worked with a Country Core Team (CCT), led by the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD) and comprising government partners and other stakeholders, to design, plan, and conduct a participatory self-assessment of the national alternative care system. The…
The National Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Policy (NOP) is the official policy governing OVC of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) of the Republic of Uganda. The policy interprets a vision of a society where all orphans and other vulnerable children live to their full potential, where their rights and aspirations are fulfilled. The Ugandan Government, through MGLSD, is mandated to promote the social protection of poor and vulnerable children. Such children include orphans, those who live on the streets, those that toil under exploitative conditions of labour…
The NSPPI provides overall guidance to implementers to mitigate the impact of orphanhood and other vulnerabilities among children in Uganda. The overall goal of the NSPPI for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Uganda is to increase the scale of effective programme interventions that reach vulnerable children, either directly or through the households in which they live, by 2010. The NSPPI builds upon existing policies and programmes and is a vehicle for implementing the Social Development Sector Investment Plan (SDIP) and the NOP.
The vision of the NSPPI is a society where all…
Through the ‘InvestInUGChildren’ campaign, UNICEF has partnered with media outlets to highlight issues such as malnutrition, hunger, domestic violence, early marriage, poor health, and education in Uganda. Jaya Murthy, the communications director at UNICEF Uganda, said the UN agency will use issues documented by the campaign to make a case for the need to invest in Ugandan children.
To achieve its ‘Vision 2040’ plan, Uganda must ensure children gain access to fundamental rights of health, education, protection and participation. Thus, the Ugandan goverment has …