Policy framework for orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS South Africa

Policy framework for children affected by HIV and AIDS

Published by: Ministry of Social Development, South Africa / The New Republic Online , 2005
Via: Eldis

This document lays out South Africa’s Policy Framework for orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS. The framework reflects the collective commitment of government, faith-based organisations, community-based organisations, civil society and the business sector and serves as a guiding tool to all people involved in HIV and AIDS and the children’s sector. It seeks to reinforce the existing commitments and efforts to create a supportive and enabling environment for children.

The six key strategies, which will assist in developing comprehensive, integrated and quality responses for orphans and other vulnerable children at programmatic level are:

• strengthen and support the capacity of families to protect and care
• mobilise and strengthen community-based responses for the care, support and protection of orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS
• ensure that legislation, policy; strategies and programmes are in place to protect the most vulnerable children
• assure access for orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS to ssential services
• raise awareness and advocate for the creation of a supportive environment for OVC
• engage the civil society sector and business community in playing an active role to support the plight of orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS.