CHILDREN SERVICES DIRECTORY

A PEPFAR-Funded Project 2008 - 2010

• IT Workshop• Apollo Hotel, Randburg• 22 October 2009

KEY STRATEGIES-OVC Policy Framework

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 essential services

Raise awareness and advocate for the creation of a supportive environment for OVC

Engage civil society sector and business community to play an active role to support the plight of orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• To develop a directory of services for vulnerable children in South Africa based on a mapping exercise of entities within each province and organizations identified include NPOs, government and businesses.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES (CONT.)

• To access services through hard copy (national and directory per province); CD-ROM; web service and text messaging

• To provide a sustainable process for annual updates

PARTNERSHIP CYCLE

Challenges for the Children Services Directory

“I do not see a problem because HIV is something that exists and known all over and talked about day and night.”

Focus group participant

GAUTENG STRATEGIC PLAN ON HIV AND AIDS FOR 2009 TO 2011 AND

2014Draft Goal 3: Normal development of

OVC sustainable householdsStrategic Objectives:• Extend services for 80% of OVC• Sustain AIDS affected households

CHILDREN 0 -19, 2009

YOUTH 20 – 29, 2009

DEVELOPMENT . . .

Requires a group of people working together, each performing specific tasks and roles:

• At the time when they are supposed to• In the way they are supposed to• With the resources they have at their

disposal

DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES. .

That when resources and people are scarce. . . you need to plan, be

selective and be innovative

“That book for us here we can use it but for people who are in the field no no, even when I look at it myself I just tell myself that its like I am going back to school. Unless you make it a bit smaller, with less words and at least with some pictures of kids maybe or youth that would be better because that, at least a few pictures.”

Youth focus group participant

In 2006 . . .

• 71% of South African youth could name at least one HIV and AIDS campaign that runs on TV and radio.

• 46% mentioned Soul City• 25% mentioned loveLife

“The other thing even if we have phone because you know phones have internet you would find that we do not know how to use phone internet as many do not know that if their phone has internet what must they do and how to go into the internet with their phones, its is just not useful for people in the field to use the internet.”

Youth focus group participant

SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONES

• 78.7% of rural respondents in a study reported that it improved their relationships

• 77.4% reported that they would call rather than travel to family and friends

• 26.5% said cell phones were useful in emergencies

• 15.5% used them to find jobs• 80% knew how to send and receive

SMS• 76% used their phones to make voice

calls for social services

KREUTZER STUDY

• 91% of respondents make calls or send SMS messages on a typical day

• 25% did NOT own their own personal handset

• 83% accessed the Internet via their phones

• 49% accessed the Web

Online Media Usage by Low-income Cape Town YouthMobile Phone Computer

Ever Yesterday Ever Yesterday

1. Download songs, videos, games or ringtones

82 35 55 20

2. Instant messaging 67 49 38 13

3. Browse or “Google” for no reason

67 20 61 19

4. School research 61 16 72 21

5. Movie, TV Show, music or sports site

60 17 55 17

6. Online news 59 18 54 15

7. Send and receive email

53 20 47 16

8. Facebook or other SN site

43 16 37 11

9. YouTube or other video site

41 11 42 15

10. Health or medical information

38 9 45 13

We are not an operational company in the sense that we want to look after the children everyday. We are assisting the community to look after them. So if we can have this book its going to, I’m telling you its going to, make our specific job 80 to 90 percent easier. And more effective. Not easier because its not about the easier, but more effective.

Youth focus group participant

IMPACT OF INITATIVES, METHODS FOR MONITORING AND EVALAUTION

• Stakeholders must be consulted• Beneficiaries must see a direct

benefit for taking part in the project – this includes users

• If the project collects data for use in high-level decision-making, the benefit for people from whom data is collected must be obvious, and users must receive feedback as to the impact of their involvement

• Indicators for success, that measure impact, must include gender-related indicators

KEY CONSIDERATIONS

• Accessibility• Usability• Appropriateness• Affordability• Functionality• Development

“I think it has information we need, but as long they can give it to us, because some of the things they just write like that and when you knock into their door you find some one with a big noise and saying we don’t cater for what what, we don’t do what what.”

Youth focus group participant

WHAT DOES . . .

• . . . vulnerable mean to you?• What is the word for vulnerable in

your home language?• What child do you know who you

would regard as being vulnerable?• How are the voices of the vulnerable

included in your project?

HOW COULD YOUR TEAM . . .

. . . apply the key OVC strategies in partnership

with the Children Services Directory?

But they main thing is from the stakeholders, they must recognize we are working there, they must also see us as a partner. . . . I think we are having a lot of discussions with the department of social development Gauteng regarding this. We’ve had about two or three meetings already and slowly they are understanding that we are partners and not competitors. We are there to assist them.

Youth focus group participant

Know where to go—for our children, for

our futurewww.childrenservicesdirecto

ry.co.za

THANK – YOU ! ! !

Julialynne Walker, JDProject Director

011 781 7590jwalker@popcouncil.org

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