Integrating a Mentorship Component in Programming for Care and Support of AIDS-Orphaned and Vulnerable Children: Lessons from the Suubi and Bridges Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Global Social Welfare

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-24

  Ssewamala, Fred M ^a,b   Nabunya, Proscovia ^b   Mukasa, N Miriam ^a,c   Ilic, Vilma ^a   Nattabi, Jennifer ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS Orphans; Bridges to the future; Economic empowerment; Mentorship; Suubi project; Vulnerable and orphaned children (OVC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973462359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21968799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40609-014-0008-7     Document Type: Article

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