An exploration of the child rights violations and psychosocial risks of children orphaned primarily due to HIV

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dc.contributor.authorKatito, Hilda Faraien_ZA
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dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 82-86).
dc.description.abstractIn this study the researcher aims to explore the child right violations and psychosocial risks experienced by children orphaned primarily as a result of HIV/AIDS in Lesotho. Lesotho ranks in at number three in the world of countries most ravaged by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Of its 2.2million citizens, 17% are orphans, and half of them have been orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS (United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, 2004) (UNAIDS). According to the Non-Governmental Coalition on the Rights of the child, (2000), the number of orphans in Lesotho continues to increase on daily basis resulting in the country being under enormous strain and these vulnerable children at increased risk. The research design used in this study is the qualitative research design and research was conducted using face to face in depth interviews. A semi structured interview schedule was constructed and the researcher also used a tape recorder. Purposive sampling technique was used to obtain a sample size of 12 adolescent orphans at a High School in Maseru Lesotho. Data analysis is done according to Tesche’s steps of interview analysis, in which the main themes and categories are drawn from the interviews and discussed. The main findings were that most of the orphans who participated in the study had a poor quality of life but maintained a positive outlook in terms of the future. Most of the orphans were living in child headed households that had no electricity. There was no evidence of physical abuse amongst the respondents. In terms of psycho social risks, most orphans did not suffer from depression or severe anxiety. A small percentage of orphans did experience suicidal ideation in response to the death of their parents and their current circumstances. The main conclusions were that orphans in Lesotho are experiencing child right violations especially poor quality of life and that orphans in this study did not experience severe psycho social risks. From these findings, it is recommended that there is a need for more non-profit organizations that address the child right violations and psycho social risks experienced by orphans in Lesotho as well as a need for awareness campaigns on the plight of orphans to be generated. It is also recommended that the Lesotho government continue to fund the education costs of orphans as well as offer transportation to school.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKatito, H. F. (2010). <i>An exploration of the child rights violations and psychosocial risks of children orphaned primarily due to HIV</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3836en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKatito, Hilda Farai. <i>"An exploration of the child rights violations and psychosocial risks of children orphaned primarily due to HIV."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3836en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKatito, H. 2010. An exploration of the child rights violations and psychosocial risks of children orphaned primarily due to HIV. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Katito, Hilda Farai AB - In this study the researcher aims to explore the child right violations and psychosocial risks experienced by children orphaned primarily as a result of HIV/AIDS in Lesotho. Lesotho ranks in at number three in the world of countries most ravaged by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Of its 2.2million citizens, 17% are orphans, and half of them have been orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS (United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, 2004) (UNAIDS). According to the Non-Governmental Coalition on the Rights of the child, (2000), the number of orphans in Lesotho continues to increase on daily basis resulting in the country being under enormous strain and these vulnerable children at increased risk. The research design used in this study is the qualitative research design and research was conducted using face to face in depth interviews. A semi structured interview schedule was constructed and the researcher also used a tape recorder. Purposive sampling technique was used to obtain a sample size of 12 adolescent orphans at a High School in Maseru Lesotho. Data analysis is done according to Tesche’s steps of interview analysis, in which the main themes and categories are drawn from the interviews and discussed. The main findings were that most of the orphans who participated in the study had a poor quality of life but maintained a positive outlook in terms of the future. Most of the orphans were living in child headed households that had no electricity. There was no evidence of physical abuse amongst the respondents. In terms of psycho social risks, most orphans did not suffer from depression or severe anxiety. A small percentage of orphans did experience suicidal ideation in response to the death of their parents and their current circumstances. The main conclusions were that orphans in Lesotho are experiencing child right violations especially poor quality of life and that orphans in this study did not experience severe psycho social risks. From these findings, it is recommended that there is a need for more non-profit organizations that address the child right violations and psycho social risks experienced by orphans in Lesotho as well as a need for awareness campaigns on the plight of orphans to be generated. It is also recommended that the Lesotho government continue to fund the education costs of orphans as well as offer transportation to school. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - An exploration of the child rights violations and psychosocial risks of children orphaned primarily due to HIV TI - An exploration of the child rights violations and psychosocial risks of children orphaned primarily due to HIV UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3836 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3836
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKatito HF. An exploration of the child rights violations and psychosocial risks of children orphaned primarily due to HIV. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3836en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Social Work Practiceen_ZA
dc.titleAn exploration of the child rights violations and psychosocial risks of children orphaned primarily due to HIVen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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