The workshop 'Andrew and his father' focuses on responses of rurql development professionals towards affected rural families.
The workshops is made up of 4 case studies, each describing a professional challenge for a rural development professional who has to give advice and answer the question 'what should we do?'.
Level: initial
Can be used with any group size, split up in small groups of 3-4 participants.

Review of Prevalence and Characteristics of AIDS Orphans in Ethiopia


By


Gebrehiwot Hailemariam

Tigray Agricultural Research Institute

P. O. BOX 492

Email: gbiru2000@yahoo.com


Table of content
1. Background justification 3
2. Review of results 4
2.1. The prevalence of AIDS orphan 4
2.2. Socio-economic status of AIDS orphaned households 5
2.2.1. Custody of AIDS orphans 5
2.3. Status of AIDS orphan children 6
2.3.1. Meeting basic needs-Food 6
2.3.2. Closing 7
2.3.3. Education 7
2.3.4. Health status 7
2.3.5. communities responses to AIDS orphans 8
2.3.6. Economic activity 8

Proceedings second LAPNARD network meeting
16 – 28 May 2004 Zambia

page

1. Introduction 2
2. LAPNARD, short overview of the history 2
3. LAPNARD, outline of the network
4. The second LAPNARD network meeting 6
4.1. Introduction 6
4.2. Rapid Rural Appraisal on Orphans and Vulnerable Children. 7
4.2.1 Introduction 7
4.2.2 Objective of the study and research questions 7
4.2.3 Research methodology 7
4.2.4 Data Collection 9
4.2.5 Findings and conclusions 10
4.2.6 Recommendations 11
4.3. Defining Competencies of Rural Development Professionals

Participants of the LAPNARD network meeting held in Zambia, May 2004, give their personal impression of the fieldwork of the research 'The position of orphans/ vulnerable children headed households in rural service delivery'.

Some time ago now I was in this hall to attend a different event. I had been invited to the première of a video documentary made by people here at Larenstein. The subject was AIDS, or rather the weakness AIDS brings with it, seen from the viewpoint of rural development. I learned that the AIDS epidemic - and that was for me, as a city-dweller, an absolute eye-opener - weakens farmers in the most literal sense. As a consequence, they are unable to grow any crops that demand heavy physical exertion. By coincidence, these are also the more lucrative crops. What is more, many farmers have gone through their last reserves, put aside for buying medicine.

Sharp Boundaries do not exist
Experience from the LAPNARD BUZA 11 workshop, May 2004, Zambia
By Esther Njuguna and Loes Witteveen


Development professionals are inclined to have sharp boundaries in definitions of target groups, programmes, implementation of activities and even assessing the impact of projects. Clear definitions of target and ways of accessing and identifying them are considered strengths in proposal development. When planning meetings, there are sharp criteria developed for selection of participants. When the monies have been approved and the Rural Development Professional’s (RDP’s) move into implementation stages of their work, then the sharp criteria starts to be challenged by realities.