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  • Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)
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• International Visitors Exchanges
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Ethiopia: Communities and Schools for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (CASCAID)

Ethiopia: Communities and Schools for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (CASCAID)
World Learning's USAID Funded CASCAID project (2007-2009) aimed to increase access to primary education and essential educational services to at least 5,000 Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in 100 primary schools in Amhara, SNNP, and Oromia regions. World Learning provided training for teachers to best help their young, at-risk students; training materials for schools; and psychosocial support for communities, in the form of anti-stigma and anti-discrimination, child rights, and community based-care sensitization programs. The project supported the retention of OVC’s in schools by providing teachers, student groups, with health services, food and nutrition, life skills trainings, HIV prevention trainings, legal support, community school boards, and income generation through PTAs. World Learning worked closely with the Ministry of Education in Ethiopia to ensure coordination and to advocate for inclusion of project activities into government institutions.  World Learning also helped schools design and implements school-specific approaches for OVC.  In addition, the program ensured that communities were aware of the special constraints girls face and the level of care and support they require when attending school. A critical activity was the summer remedial program, which helped children at risk to remain in school and on grade.

View a video about CASCAID (also available on World Learning's YouTube channel.)

Read about the School Community Partnerships Serving OVCs (SCOPSO) Project