INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD CARE IN URBAN SOUTH AFRICA

12) What sorts of services do the children receive on a daily basis?
13) Who primarily administers this care and service?
14) How much does international support affect what you are able to do?
15) How are international volunteers or financial donors best able to help the
center?
16) What are your big concerns surrounding the children and the center?
17) How have you seen things change in the time that you’ve been operating the
center?
18) How do people in the U.S. usually respond to hearing about the center?
19) What do you hope to see happen in the center’s near future?
20) What do you think a good childhood looks like?
I. Question set for center manager
1) What are your usual responsibilities and roles at the center?
2) When did you start directly working with the center?
3) How would you describe South Africa’s orphan crisis?
4) Who are the partners that you work with to help the center operate?
5) How are situations handled when children still have family who play a role in their
upbringing?
6) How is the center equipped to handle the needs of its children
7) How does the center respond to being in area known for violent crimes?
8) What sorts of stories exemplify the sort of childhood experience common among
the center’s children?
9) Where do most of the children at the center come from?
10) How do children arrive at the center from their previous housing?
11) What challenges does the center face when children come from difficult
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