Project Leader: Dr. Maureen Kendrick (in collaboration with Dr. Doris Kakuru, Makerere)

It is estimated that 80% of the world's children who have been orphaned by AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa (Plan Finland, 2005). From the beginning of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, families and communities have been children's first lines of response. The scale of the problem has so oversaturated family safety nets, there has been a significant change in the structure of families with more and more children and adolescents heading households (Ntozi, 1997). This study investigates the systems and networks of knowledge communication among these very vulnerable children.

Funded by UBC’s HSS Large Research Grants

Duration of the project: month/year - month/year