Policies for Orphans and Vulnerable Children

Acknowledgments Thanks to all who contributed ideas and comments on the paper, in particular, Don Dickerson, Norine Jewell, Kevin Osborne, and Brenda Rakama from the POLICY Project. Thanks are also due to POLICY's overseas staff who researched the situation of orphans and vulnerable children in their respective countries and completed the questionnaires that provided valuable information and insights regarding policy gaps. We would also like to extend our appreciation to Linda Sussman from the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Office of HIV/AIDS and Rose iii McCullough from USAID's Office of Population and Reproductive Health for their helpful comments and technical review. And, finally, sincere thanks to Peter McDermott of USAID's Africa Bureau for creating an opportunity for the POLICY consultant to attend the 2002 Eastern and Southern Africa Workshop on Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Windhoek, Namibia, convened by UNICEF. The views expressed in this paper, however, do not necessarily reflect those of USAID.