Browsing by Subject "Orphans"
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An assessment tool for social workers to identify risk behaviour in foster children
(2014)Problem statement: Due to HIV and AIDS impacting on communities, devastating consequences have been predicted. The number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in need of care is escalating, causing social workers’ ... -
Challenges faced by the grandparents in caring for AIDS orphans in Koster
(North-West University, 2010)The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is increasing with immense influence and pressure on the grandparents as primary caregivers and the main supporters of orphans in families. The grandparents are faced with biophysical, socio–economic ... -
Critique of an intervention programme for educators affected by the HIV
(North-West University, 2007)As South Africa is one of the countries with the highest HIVJAids prevalence in the world, many South Africans are affected by the pandemic. One of the structures being endangered by the HIVJAids pandemic is the education ... -
The identification of factors contributing to the vulnerability to sexual abuse of orphans in a rural area
(2014)Sexual abuse of children is a major problem in South Africa. There is an increasing number of orphans in urban but also in rural areas of children and orphans who are sexually abused. The researcher experienced in her daily ... -
Life satisfaction and coping behaviour of orphaned children in Mafikeng, South Africa
(2013)The aim of this study was to assess life satisfaction and coping behaviour of orphaned children. The study used a quantitative cross sectional survey research design. The sample comprised 466 participants including both ... -
Poverty and the economics of child and grandmother–headed households in Sebokeng
(North-West University, 2011)This dissertation studies poverty and the economics of child-headed and grandmother-headed households in Sebokeng. The study takes interest in five main areas, namely, poverty, unemployment, child and grandmother-headed ... -
The psychosocial well-being of orphans in Southern Africa : the perception of orphans and teachers
(2010)The escalation in numbers of orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa has become a human catastrophe. If governments do not deal with this phenomenon as a priority it might spiral beyond control. Very few studies have been done to ... -
The psycho–educational needs of children orphaned by AIDS as perceived by their caregivers
(2011)During the past decade, South Africa has become the country with the highest number of HIV/AIDS infections in the world. In the wake of the widely spread HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, hundreds of thousands of children ...