Story

The challenges of children's vulnerability are due to various circumstances such as; the death of parents, violence in homes, maltreatment, neglect and abuse, poverty, conflict, abuse and limited access to and utilization of essential services for optional and child growth and development. "The cost of not addressing the plight of vulnerable children has short and long term impact on the individual child, family, social and Community. This calls for concerted efforts at all levels.

Impact

1) Higher Literacy Levels in the community 2) Improved Health 3) Fairly Distributed access to Education for both boys and girls 4) Fewer cases of Destitute and abandoned children 5) Widespread engagement in economically viable activities 6) Economic empowerment of women and girls

Challenge

In 2003, it was estimated that 43 million children in sub-Saharan Africa had lost either one or both parents to death, and 12 million of these children were orphaned by AIDS (USAID, UNAIDS, & UNICEF, 2004). However, research demonstrates that the HIV/AIDS pandemic impacts children in myriad ways, and orphanhood is often an inadequate measure of child marginalization in the African context.

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