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Together now

INDIA HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE
April 2009

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Together Now’ is Alliance India's periodical newsletter. This issue focuses on psychosocial support in relation to support of people affected by HIV and AIDS including interventions that assist children and families to cope

A situational analysis of child-headed households and community foster care in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states, India

INDIA HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE
TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
2006

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This study documents the needs and challenges of orphans in child-headed households, and explores the related legal and policy issues. The study also aims to analyse the need for community foster care and to support policy change that will enable the scaling up of community foster care in the two states. The report finds that an immediate response at all levels is needed to protect children from abuse and exploitation, and makes a number of programmatic, policy and research recommendations

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