期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2017
卷号：19
期号：1
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：The spread of HIV and AIDS have brought unprecedented increase in poverty which negatively impact on the holistic and sustainable development of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) in Zimbab we and the world over. This study examined how poverty affects the holistic development of OVCs in the two purposively selected secondary schools in Masvingo district, Zimbabwe. It also investigates the teachers' views and perceptions on the academic performance of OVCs. In this study, a qualitative phenomenological design was used with two focus group discussions, interviews and observations as data collection instruments to fifteen (15) OVCs from the two secondary schools, and six (6) teachers in Masvingo province. The Tesch's open coding method of data analysis was used to identify the major themes and the main categories that emerged from the findings. The study is foregrounded by Urie Bronfenbrenners' ecological theory and Maslow's needs theory . Findings revealed that scarcity of resources due to economic hardships, involvement in income generating activities (maricho), psychosocial distress, lack of parental guidance and supervision, peer pressure, drug and sexual abuse, malnutrition and health related problems and early marriages as being the major factors negatively influencing the OVCs' cognitive capacity. This study recommends that the problems of OVCs be addressed by the microsystems of the school, the extended families, and the neighbourhood mesosystems (linkages) and exosystems, as well as by the macro -systems (government, political and ideo logy). Collaborative work is also needed among Zimbabweans, Non-Governmental Organisations and all stakeholders to revisit the root causes of poverty.
关键词：Poverty; Orphans and Vulnerable Children; Phenomenological Design; Psychosocial; And Holistic Development
