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Researching the linkages between social protection and children’s care in Ghana: LEAP and its effects on child well-being, care and family cohesion
Family for Every Child and the Centre for Social Protection , 01 Oct 2014
… If enforced, the element of ‘co- responsibilities’ could constitute a valuable opportunity for facilitating … Adults attributed this to the belief that older children could look after themselves. However, a number of children … support the family as they are older. This better care could include greater access to education or better food. As …
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Assessment of the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty programme in Karaga district, Ghana
Mohammed Sulemana, Bukari Francis Issahaku Malongza and Mohammed Abdulai - Development in Practice, 04 Sep 2018
… physical capital: how the cash grant as financial capital could be used to acquire physical capital, such as simple … among the rural poor Some caregivers mentioned that they could now save the money accrued from the sale of their farm … As income increases poverty reduces, since households could afford the basic needs of health, edu- cation, food, …
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“I Must Work to Eat:” Covid-19, Poverty, and Child Labor in Ghana, Nepal, and Uganda
Human Rights Watch, 26 May 2021
… buy food, sugar, salt, and water. There were days when we could not get food. We survived on drinking water.” When … the pandemic began, primarily because their families could not afford required school fees. Even though primary … and used. Interviewers assured participants that they could decline to participate, end the interview at any time, …
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Experiences & recommendations of girls and boys in West Africa on the impact of COVID-19
World Vision, 19 Nov 2020
… school closures contributed to the expectation that they could work to help their families, and it also made studying … Fund (UNFPA) estimates that over the next decade there could be an additional 13 million early marriages taking … of children under 5 with severe acute malnutrition could rise globally by about 15 per cent (7 million children) …
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Special Guidance for Child Protection Case Management: Preventing and Responding to COVID-19
Department of Social Welfare, UNICEF, 01 Apr 2020
… of all social services for all 260 districts of Ghana could be helpful in linking up to other services. … standards operating procedures. The following table could guide the caseworkers to follow up on the cases by risk … not based on fears, rumours and misinformation, which could lead to social stigma and discrimination …
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Primary and Secondary Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children in Ghana
UNICEF Ghana, Social Policy Research Institute (SPRI), National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), 02 Jan 2021
… in monetary poor households, and two-in-three children could not realise their full rights, lacking access to … languages and English identified that 50% of learners could not read one word in the comprehension component.38 … fewer engagements in work and other activities.41 This could decrease the 29.2% of young children who experience …
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Orphans in Africa: Parental Death, Poverty and School Enrollment
Anne Case, Christina Paxson, and Joseph Ableidinger, 31 Dec 2003
… may not need to target orphans specifically. Households could be singled out for help on the basis of other … to have HIV/AIDS due to maternal-child transmission, which could depress schooling. Additionally, the returns to schooling could be reduced by the experiences surrounding the death of …
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Foster Care and Schooling in West Africa: The State of Knowledge
Marc Pilon, 2003
… demand for child transfer during the HIV epidemic could considerably outstrip the system's capacities. Search … handicap affecting the sending family due to the disease could make the exchange less attractive for the receiving … them, their playmates ran away because they said they could catch the disease since they had been in contact with …
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