Marseille 2007
| Abstract #533 - Values And Principles, And Organisational Criteria Important To Consider When Deciding To Support Organisations Who Service Orphaned And Vulnerable Children | ||||
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Session: 40.8: Children (Parallel) on Tuesday @ 14.00-16.00 in PR Chaired by Lorraine Sherr, Peter Laugharn Authors: Presenting Author: Dr Donald Skinner - HSRC, South Africa |
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| Additional Authors: Dr Donald Skinner, Ms Alicia Davids, | ||||
| Aim: The establishment of clear base values and principles for working with the target community is fundamental to the establishment of congruent intervention strategies. These are often hidden assumptions in the work that we do, but appear as the intervention develops. It is useful to make these values explicit. | ||||
| Method / Issue: The drawing up of these values and selection practices is part of a broader project looking at the development and implementation of best practices for the care of orphaned and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods included a workshop discussion of project participants at a workshop of research and intervention agents. Two sets of documents were drawn from each of the participating intervention organizations. These were analyzed and key themes extracted. | ||||
| Results / Comments: Key values and principles included focuses on: the needs and rights of children a child-centered approach an understanding of contexts that put children at risk children as part of a community, which has to be part of the solution the use of indigenous knowledge holistic interventions and at multiple levels opposition to discrimination in any form compassion and care sustainability making best use of resources and professionalism in delivery. community participation management capacity and technical knowledge in the intervention areas | ||||
| Discussion: There was great commonality across the participating organisation in the six countries. All the organizations focused on children as being the priority for their work with there being focuses on rights, protection and delivery. | ||||
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