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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS IN THIS REPORT AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ARV anti-retrovirals CAA Catholic AIDS Action CAFO Church Alliance for Orphans CBB Church Benevolence Board (of the Dutch Reformed Church) CBO community-based organisation CCN Council of Churches in Namibia C&ECD Community and Early Childhood Development (Division of the MWACW) COLS Change of Lifestyle Homes Project CRC (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child CSG Circle of Support Group DDSWS Directorate of Developmental Social Welfare Services ECD Early Childhood Development (Programme) ELCAP Evangelical Lutheran Church AIDS Programme ELCRN Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia FBO faith-based organisation FHI Family Health International HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus HSSSP2 Health and Social Sector Support Programme – Phase 2 (Government of Finland) IEC Information, Education and Communication IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development LAC Legal Assistance Centre LRDC Law Reform and Development Commission MBESC Ministry of Basic Education, Sport and Culture MoHSS Ministry of Health and Social Services MP Member of Parliament MRLGH Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing MWACW Ministry of Women Affairs and Child Welfare NACOP <strong>National</strong> AIDS Co-ordination Programme NAMCOL Namibian College of Open Learning NAWA Namibia Women’s Association NGO non-governmental organisation OVC orphans and other vulnerable children OVCNSC OVC <strong>National</strong> Steering Committee PLWHA people living with HIV/AIDS PR public relations PSS psychosocial support SADC Southern Africa Development Community SB school board SIDA Swedish International Development Agency SWIS Social Welfare Information System (of the DDSWS) TADA Teenagers Against Drug Abuse TKMOAMS Tate Kalunga Mweneka Omukithi wo ‘AIDS’ Moshilongo Shetu UNAIDS United Nations AIDS Programme UNAM University of Namibia UNGASS United Nations General Assembly Special Session (on AIDS) UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development UWESO Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans WCAR West and Central African Region WCPU Women and Child Protection Unit WHO World Health Organisation
INTRODUCTORY SESSION Session chairperson: Ms Batseba Katjiuongua Director of Developmental Social Welfare Services, MoHSS Ms Batseba Katjiuongua Ms Katjiuongua welcomed the participants, noting that they had been asked to gather for this <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on OVC to follow up on what had been done since the first conference in May 2001 and to chart the way forward. The purpose of this introductory session was to update the participants on the work of the <strong>National</strong> Steering Committee on OVC (OVCNSC) since its establishment at the last conference, to bring to light issues of concern for their consideration at the conference, and to familiarise them with legal developments relevant to their work with OVC. After a prayer led by Sister Petronella Shetunyenga of Catholic AIDS Action (CAA) Ms Katjiuongua called on the first presenter. Following are verbatim transcriptions of the slides and commentaries, written notes and/or tapes of the proceedings (with minor edits for layout purposes), and summaries of the plenary discussion on each presentation. The Jan Möhr Secondary School choir sang a few songs and led the participants in singing the Namibian national anthem and OAU anthem during the official opening session in the afternoon. (Photo: Fifi Rhodes, Die Republikein.) <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children – Windhoek, Namibia, 25-27 June 2002: Full Report 1
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Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS FOREWORD ACRONYMS AND ABBR
Page 5: FOREWORD Namibia has come a long wa
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Page 11 and 12: Promote and facilitate the exchange
Page 13 and 14: As mentioned in the previous presen
Page 15 and 16: I am here to represent the MWACW ta
Page 17 and 18: the mother will take custody, for t
Page 19 and 20: permission for it? In other words,
Page 21 and 22: Questions and comments on Ms Hubbar
Page 23 and 24: a basis and guidelines for operatio
Page 25 and 26: parents when a child is arrested; a
Page 27 and 28: I will now read out our group’s s
Page 29 and 30: Lack of food and parental supervisi
Page 31 and 32: Recommendations: 1. Information on
Page 33 and 34: Social services: Lack of knowledge
Page 35 and 36: Impacts on OVC: 1. Psychosocial nee
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Page 39 and 40: anecdotal reports from communities
Page 41 and 42: Trauma associated with losing a par
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Page 45 and 46: Ms Kovambo Nujoma Keynote address,
Page 47 and 48: EXPERT PRESENTATIONS PRESENT TIONS
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then not deliver. The other conside
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OVC VC LOGO AND DEFINITION Session
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WORKING GROUP SESSIONS Session chai
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Before calling on the first group r
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Learned/enforced roles Domestic vi
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Comment: Everything in the strategy
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GROUP 2 SUB-GROUP 2: FAMILY-CENTRED
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egardless. We know it will take a l
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Questions and comments on Group 3 r
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SUMMARY OF GROUP 4 DISCUSSION (verb
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the why? If it is for the purpose o
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COMMENTARY AND ADDITIONAL POINTS IN
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therefore reached consensus that a
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Session chairperson Ulitala Hivelua
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Official reports and policy documen
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MINISTRY OF WOMEN AFFAIRS AND CHILD
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CATHOLIC AIDS ACTION (CAA) Dr Lucy
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Dr Marita Grobler, Head of Departme
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OUTGOING AND INCOMING OVC VC NATION
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