Persistent vulnerability: Analyzing NGOs strategies for enhancing child-wellbeing in OVC households in Uganda

The paper looks at the issue of orphans and vulnerable children which has become a big concern in Africa especially within the era of HIV/AIDS, combined with wide- spread poverty at household level which has created many orphans and vulnerable households. It shows how NGOs despite diverse intervention strategies, NGOs have ultimately failed to alleviate OVC vulnerability. This is because a majority of NGOs consider OVC as vulnerable with no resilience something that has created less sustainable impact. This conceptualization of the households informs NGO strategies such that they transform OVC households. The research paper highlights the different strategies to support OVC by NGOs, the gaps in these strategies and the extent to which it’s working. For a holistic picture, OVC and their households give the key achievements, what is not known that is hindering the progress and what can be done. The study highlights implications for responsive programming to reduce vulnerability among OVC households and enhance child-wellbeing. Not in the inability and vulnerability of OVC households but the gaps in the NGOs strategies employed and programming mechanisms that persistence in vulnerability in OVC households is rooted.