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National Orphan Care Programme
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Previous programme name (if any)
National Orphan Care Programme
Botswana
Start date 1999 1
Sub-Saharan Africa
Programme objectives To alleviate hardships for orphans from low- and middle-income families. 2
Programme type
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
Targeting methods
Target areas
Target groups
Eligibility criteria
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Amount of benefits
Social support services; unconditional in-kind transfers
The programme seeks to address the care of orphans
and vulnerable children through:
• institutional support, which involves social workers, psychosocial
support (counselling), material support, shelter and support visits,
and may include temporary housing/foster care and assistance in
obtaining birth certificates;
• material support, which includes a food basket, clothing, blankets,
gas cylinders and gas stoves, school uniforms and transport subsidies
2, 3, 4
for school attendance.
Categorical targeting
Nationwide
Orphans and vulnerable children.
An orphan is defined as any child (younger than 18) who has lost
both parents or the single responsible parent. A vulnerable child
is defined as any child (younger than 18) who: lives in an abusive
environment; or in a poor family with limited access to basic
services; or is the head of a household; or lives with sick
parents or outside family care; or is HIV-positive. 4
Services; food
Monthly food basket with a value ranging between BWP500
(USD58.82) to BWP500 (USD76.47) depending on the area;
school uniform; fees for transportation, lease and leisurely activities;
other cash grants according to necessity. 5,6
Payment/delivery frequency Monthly 5
Benefit delivery mechanism
Benefit recipients
Caregivers (guardians) or orphans who are heads
of households caring for younger siblings. 5
Minimum and maximum
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage 35,076 beneficiaries (2015) 6
Programme expenditure BWP 368,000,000 (2015) 6
Institutions and agencies involved Ministry of Local Government
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 163: National Orphan Care Programme
Local institutions implementing programmes for orphans and vulnerable
children report to the Department of Social Services (DSS) through the
Department of Social and Community Development (DS&CD), using
provided standard indicators. 7
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