circles of care

Project Summary

Title: Circles of Care

Location: South Africa

Lead organization: International Institute for Child Rights and Development

Description:

This exciting project focuses on participatory action research that mobilizes communities to build on their cultural strengths to better support vulnerable children, specifically children affected by HIV/AIDS. IICRD in partnership with CYCAD has undergone training in the "Triple A" - participatory action research process in Port St. John's and Kwa Kwa and is ongoingly collecting data that is being used at a community and policy level to affect change. Over the last year, focus group discussion were carried out with leading elders and traditional healers in the communities with the input and assistance from Bill White, UVIC first nations liason officer, 3 cohorts of researchers and facilitators were trained, and a youth leadership program for the Prince and youth in Kwa Kwa was delivered with the assistance of Julian Norris.

Project Objectives :
The project aims to develop a sustainable participatory research model that builds Local Government and community capacity in supporting and protecting the rights of vulnerable children, and establishes the Free State Province as the learning site for replication of this model across South Africa. In achieving this overall goal, the project will document ways to support and protect vulnerable children, influence policy development, and strengthen children, families and communities, as well as develop the capacity of government to sustain the project and the services that result from its implementation.

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Project Materials

Circles of Care: Midterm Research Report (May 2003)

Circles of Care: Final Research Report (January 2004)