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• Attend community meetings and contribute?
14. What is the attitude of other children in the community
toward orphans and vulnerable children (Kind?
Sympathetic? Bullying? Stigma? Discrimination?)
15. What is the attitude of adults in the community
toward orphans and vulnerable children (Kind?
Sympathetic? Bullying? Stigma? Discrimination?)
Example Focus Group Discussion Guides for
Use with Healthcare Workers
(Family Health International/Nigeria, 2001)
INTRODUCTION:
We are from Family Health International, an international
health organization working with the Nigerian
government to improve the health of Nigerians.
We are currently doing an assessment regarding orphans
and vulnerable children to help in planning our future
cooperation with the Nigerian government. As part of our
assessment, we are talking to a wide cross section of people
in the society, including government officials, community
and religious leaders, health workers, teachers, NGOs and
community members. We would use the information we
generate to plan activities that will address identified needs
of orphans and vulnerable children.
1. Have you noticed an increase in the number of
orphans in this community? Why is this so? How big
is the problem of orphans now?
2. Apart from orphans, have you noticed an increase in
the number of children in need (street children, almajiri,
area boys and girls, hawkers, child beggars, child
prostitutes) in this community? Why is this so? How
big is the problem?
3. What are the problems of orphans/children in need of
support in this community?
Probe:
• Care needs (e.g., medical, psychosocial)?
• Support needs (e.g., shelter, food, clothing, education)?
4. What are the options available in this community for
the care and support of orphans/ children in need?
Who should be responsible? Which option do you
consider the best?
Probe:
• Immediate and extended family?
• Adoption?
• Foster care?
• Institutional care?
5. Is existing care adequate? Is it sustainable?
6. How can existing care be improved?
Probe:
• By community?
• By organizations?
• By government?
• By individuals and families?
7. In general, what is the attitude of community members
toward PLWHA and/or their orphans?
Probe:
• Sympathetic and emphatic?
• Indifferent?
• Stigmatized?
• Discriminated against?
8. What resources can be mobilized and/or harnessed to
provide care and support to orphans and children in
need in this community?
Probe:
• Community resources – internal?
• Human resources?
• Financial/material resources?
9. Please tell us what you think the training needs are of
people who care for orphans and children in need?
10. Please tell us how you would like to be involved in
providing care and support for orphans/ children in
need?
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