Project Case Studies

Many projects are responding to the effects of HIV/AIDS on children in various parts of the world. This section contains case studies of some of these. They are arranged by alphabetical order of name by which the project is commonly known. In some cases, the document describes the experience of a particular organisation in a country, such as World Vision or Red Cross. In these cases, the document is listed by organisational name. See also reports which document a large number of projects in one country .

A variety of documents are included. They are of two main types:

Project descriptions are used to explain what the project does and to promote its work. They may be written by someone from within the project or outside. They may include some analysis.
Reports of evaluations/reviews are usually longer and more detailed documents. They are usually written by someone from outside the project and include considerable analysis, including a review of project strengths and weaknesses.

There are links to websites which give more detail of the work of particular projects or organisations.

Resources

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: HIV Care and Support Service Assessment (Eng)

This document describes a care and support service assessment conducted in Addis Ababa.
FHI/Addis Ababa City Government Health Bureau, 2002, PDF, 119 pages, 688 kb.

Childline, Zimbabwe: Childline - Zimbabwe Research Document 1999 (Eng)

This is a report of a review of the work of Childline-Zimbabwe, which was established by Sorptimist International, along the lines of similar initiatives in the UK and South Africa.
Childline, 1999, PDF, 466 kb.

CINDI, South Africa: Children in Distress: A Best Practice Response to Children Affected by HIV/AIDS - South Africa (Eng)

This document describes the experience of the children in Distress (CINDI) network in Natal, South Africa.
UNICEF, 2001, PDF, 19 pages, 126 kb.

COPE, Malawi: Developing interventions to benefit children and families affected by HIV/AIDS: A Review of the COPE Program in Malawi for the Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (Eng)

This document is a report of the first evaluation of a Malawian programme, Community-based Options for Protection and Empowerment (COPE).
Williamson, J. and Donahue, J., DCOF, 1996, PDF, 51 pages, 422 kb.

COPE, Malawi: Community Mobilization to Address the Impacts of AIDS: A Review of the COPE II Program in Malawi (Eng)

This document is a report of the second evaluation of a Malawian programme, Community-based Options for Protection and Empowerment (COPE).
Williamson, J. and Donahue, J., DCOF, 1998, PDF, 60 pages, 166 kb.

COPE, Malawi: A Review of the COPE Program and its Strengthening of AIDS Committee Structures (Eng)

This document is a report of the third evaluation of a Malawian programme, Community-based Options for Protection and Empowerment (COPE).
Williamson, J. and Donahue, J., DCOF, 2001, PDF, 69 pages, 518 kb.

COPE, Malawi: Supporting and Expanding Community-Based HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Responses: A Report on Save the Children US Malawi COPE Project (Eng)

This document is a final on the Malawian programme, Community-based Options for Protection and Empowerment (COPE).
Hunter, S.S., Save the Children US, 2002, PDF, 47 pages, 441 kb.

COPE, Malawi: Orphan Alert: International Perspectives on Children Left Behind by HIV/AIDS: Qualities of Effective Community Activists for Orphans: The Experience of the COPE Program in Malawi (Eng)

This report was prepared for the International AIDS Conference held in Durban, South Africa in July 2000. It aims to raise the profile of affected children on the global agenda, and to foster effective action for them.
Mwewa, L., Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud, 2000, PDF, 3 pages, 23 kb.

FOCUS, Zimbabwe: Families Orphans and Children Under Stress (FOCUS) Programme Evaluation Report

This is a report of a participatory evaluation of the work of the FOCUS programme run by Family AIDS Caring Trust in Zimbabwe with local community-based organizations as partners.
Lee, T., Family AIDS Caring Trust, 1999, PDF, 61 pages,773 kb.

FOST, Zimbabwe: Community Care of Orphans in Zimbabwe: The Farm Orphans Support Trust (FOST) (Eng)

This is a description of the work of the Zimbabwean NGO, Farm Orphans Support Trust (FOST) by its founder, Sue Parry.
Parry, S., Farm Orphans Support Trust, PDF, 7 pages, 121 kb.

FOST, Zimbabwe: Farm Orphans Support Trust of Zimbabwe (Eng)

This is a directory entry for Farm Orphans Support Trust of Zimbabwe who describe their objectives as To proactively increase the capacity of farm worker communities to respond to the orphan crisis and ensure that systems are in place to protect and preserve the lives of the most vulnerable children in those communities.
Kubatana Network, FOST, 2002, PDF, 1 page, 85 kb.

HACI, Various African Countries: Hope for African Children Initiative: Community-based Solutions for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (Eng)

This is a brief description of the HACI initiative explaining the partner organizations involved and the nature of the grant given to the initiative by the Gates Foundation.
Hope for African Child Initiative, PDF, 2 pages, 111 kb.

Humuliza, Tanzania: Alone and helpless? AIDS Orphans in Tanzania (Eng)

This description of the HUMULIZA project in Tanzania describes the effects that HIV/AIDS has on children but asserts that children are to be considered active and competent in planning any response to these issues.
Novartis Foundation/Terre des Hommes/HUMULIZA, PDF, 4 pages, 98 kb.

Humuliza Tanzania: AIDS Orphans in Tanzania (Eng)

This is a brief description of the Humuliza project taken from the Novartis website. It explains the project's focus on psychosocial support through group and 'child-to-child' approaches.
Novartis, Humuliza, 2003, PDF, 2 pages, 88 kb,

Living Together, Mozambique: Project Profile: How to Keep Children in School: Support the Grandparents (Eng)

This is a very brief case study of a project being supported in Mozambique focuses on providing support to older carers.
Help Age International/UNICEF, 2003, PDF, 2 pages, 87 kb.

Masiye, Zimbabwe: Psychosocial Support of Children Affected by AIDS: An Evaluation and Review of Masiye Camp, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Eng)

This is the report of an external evaluation of the work of Masiye Camp in Zimbabwe.
Foster, G. and Jiwli, L., UNICEF/SAWSO, 2001, PDF, 43 pages, 456 kb.

Masiye, Zimbabwe: Masiye Camp (Eng)

This is a very brief, one paragraph description of the work being doen by the Salvation Army through Masiye Camp in Zimbabwe
Salvation Army, 2003, PDF, 1 page, 56 kb.

Orphan Support Program, Uganda: Making a Difference for Children Affected by AIDS: Baseline Findings from Operations Research in Uganda (Eng)

This document is an evaluation of an orphan support programme in Uganda which has a strong emphasis on succession planning, including the use of memory books.
Gilborn, L.G., Nyonyintono, R., Kabumbuli, R. and Jagwe-Wadda, G., Horizons, 2002, PDF, 33 pages, 577 kb.

Pinetown Child and Family Welfare Society, South Africa: Meeting the Needs of AIDS Orphans (Eng)

This is a very brief report of the work of one organization in South Africa. It describes two aspects of work.
Rajah, Y., Pinetown Child and Welfare Society, 2001, PDF, 3 pages, 71 kb.

Project Concern International, Zambia: Community Mobilization For Orphans in Zambia: An Assessment of the Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Program of Project Concern International (Eng)

This is an evaluation report of the work of Project Concern International with orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia in 1999.
Williamson, J., DCOF/Project Concern International, 1999, PDF, 45 pages, 119 kb.

Red Cross, Zimbabwe: Orphans and Other Children Made Vulnerable by HIV and AIDS: Options for Interventions (Eng)

This document is written with the aim of providing guidelines to National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to assist them in helping communities and families to strengthen traditional coping mechanisms to address the needs of orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. (Part 4 of 5)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2002, PDF, 3 pages, 268 kb.

Save the Children, Malawi: Orphan Care Evaluation, Mchinji District, Malawi (Eng)

This report describes an evaluation of the work of SCF in two villages in Malawi.
Ledward, A., Kamowa, O., Kananji, F., Gandiwa, A. and Mkamanga, H., SCF-UK, 2001, PDF, 26 pages, 329 kb.

SCOPE, Zambia: Building Community-Based Partnerships to Support AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children (Eng)

This is a one page summary of the SCOPE-OVC project in Zambia which is operated by CARE with support from FHI and USAID.
USAID/FHI, 2003, PDF, 1 page, 108 kb,

SCOPE, Zambia: Strengthening Community Partnerships for the Empowerment (SCOPE) of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project - Zambia (Eng)

This document is a short report on the work of the SCOPE project in Zambia.
FHI Impact, PDF, 2 pages, 173 kb.

SCOPE, Zambia: Education Evaluation of the SCOPE—OVC Project: The Impact of the SCOPE Education Sub-Grant on Community Schools in Selected Districts (Eng)

This report presents a picture of a quickly growing and relatively recent National Community School Movement where communities take responsibility for the establishing and managing of their children’s’ education.
Craft, D., FHI/SCOPE/USAID, 2003, PDF, 35 pages, 1526 kb.

SCOPE, Zambia: Case Studies of Success in the SCOPE-OVC Project: A Guide to Assist OVC Programming (Eng)

This booklet presents case studies of successful outcomes for vulnerable households, and for the orphans and other vulnerable children that live in those households.
FHI/SCOPE/USAID, 2004, PDF, 66 pages, 939 kb.

Siyawela, South Africa: Siyawela Community Childcare Program (Eng)

This is a brief description of the Siyawela Community Childcare Program, run by Hope Worldwide for orphans and vulnerable children in Soweto, South Africa.
Hope Worldwide Africa, 2002, PDF, 3 pages, 150 kb.

Speak for the Child, Kenya: Speak for the Child: Program Description, Lessons Learned and Suggested Adaptations (Eng)

This is a detailed case study of work carried out by AED in Western Kenya.
AED/USAID, PDF, 76 pages, 539 kb.

STRIVE, Zimbabwe: Report on the Mid-term Review of the STRIVE Project (Eng)

This is a comprehensive and detailed on report on a mid-term review of the STRIVE project in Zimbabwe (Support fo Replicable Innovative Village/Community Level Efforts for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS).
McDermott, P., Brakarsh, J., Chigara, P., Cogswell, L., Coombes, C., Himelfarb, T., Loudon, M. and Williamson, J., CRS/USAID, 2003, PDF, 179 pages, 809 kb.

Thandanani Association, South Africa: Developing a Community-based AIDS Orphan Project: A South African Case Study (Eng)

This is a case study of the experiences of the Thandanani Association in South Africa in seeking to establish a community-based programme of care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children.
Harber, M., Thandanani Association, PDF, 11 pages, 170 kb.

World Vision, Uganda: World Vision's Experience Working with HIV/AIDS Orphans in Uganda 1990-1995 (Eng)

This paper presents World Vision's experience of working with children affected by AIDS in Uganda over a number of years.
Muwonge, J., World Bank, 2002, PDF, 36 pages, 126 kb.

World Vision, Myanmar: Creating Space for Children's Participation: Planning with Street Children in Yangon, Myanmar (Eng)

This paper is about a two-week empowerment evaluation that took place in April 2001 with World Vision's Street Children and Working Children Program (SWC), which is based in Yangon, Myanmar.
Karl Dorning, Tim O'Shaughnessy, World Vision, 2001, PDF, 16 pages, 258 kb.

ZOE, Zimbabwe: A Study of 19 Christian Community Orphan Initiatives in Zimbabwe (Eng)

This paper describes a review of the Zimbabwe Orphans through Extended Hands Initiative in which a number of orphan programmes were started by Christian churches after being encouraged to do so by a nurse who had experience of working with FACT's FOCUS programme.
Foster, G., Webster, J. and Stephenson, P., Zimbabwe Orphans through Extended Hands Initiative, 2002, PDF, 7 pages, 178 kb.

HIV/AIDS Community Response Database Website (Eng)

The Children's AIDS Fund is a US-based organization that was formed in 1988. It manages a database of programs serving children affected by HIV/AIDS around the world.
Childrens AIDS Fund.

Children in Distress Website

This website presents information about the work of the CINDI network in South Africa.
CINDI.

Masiye Camp Website

This website describes the work being done by the Salvation Army in Zimbabwe at Masiye Camp
Salvation Army.

Hope for African Child Initiative Website (Eng)

This website is about the Hope for African Children Initiative which describes itself as a community-based, pan-African effort created to address the enormous challenges faced by children who have been orphaned by AIDS in Africa and those whose parents are sick or dying of AIDS-related illnesses.
Hope for African Child Initiative.