Imagining the future: Community perceptions of a family-based economic empowerment intervention for AIDS-orphaned adolescents in Uganda

Leyla Ismayilova, Fred Ssewamala, Elizabeth Mooers, Proscovia Nabunya and Srividya Sheshadri

Children and Youth Services Review, 2012, vol. 34, issue 10, 2042-2051

Abstract: AIDS-orphaned children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa have inadequate access to basic services, including health and education. Using a qualitative approach, the study explores the meaning of education in rural Uganda, obstacles faced by AIDS-orphaned adolescents and their caregivers to access secondary education, and the potential of an economic empowerment intervention SEED in addressing the challenges of accessing educational opportunities for AIDS-orphaned adolescents. The findings come from 29 semi-structured interviews conducted with eleven adolescents study participants, four caregivers and fourteen community leaders involved in the pilot SEED intervention. Study participants and community members indicated that the savings accounts offer a unique opportunity for orphaned adolescents to stay in school and imagine the future with optimism.

Keywords: AIDS-orphaned adolescents; Orphan children; Sub-Saharan Africa; Qualitative study; Economic-empowerment intervention; Community perceptions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.06.010

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