Schools as Centres of Care and Support: Responding to the Needs of Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Rural Areas

This document discusses a case study of a school-based response to the ever-increasing numbers of orphans and vulnerable children. Schools as Centres of Care and Support (SCCS) is an innovative model built on the principles of a multisectoral partnership approach to tackling poverty, and HIV and AIDS and other infections. Schools are strengthened to provide quality education and mobilized to function as hubs of integrated service delivery so that children can benefit from increased access to health and social welfare services.