Table 1.
Frequency of responses to challenges associated with caring for AIDS-orphaned children.
| Challenges related to care provision | NGO/CBO respondents (n = 14) (number of respondents who commented on topic) |
Carer respondents (n = 84) (number of times these topics were commented on by any carer) |
|---|---|---|
| Economic challenges | ||
| Poverty | 8 | 9 |
| Food | 5 | 9 |
| Accessing documents for social welfare grants | 4 | 5 |
| Shelter | 4 | 10 |
| Unemployment | 3 | 3 |
| Clothing | 3 | 7 |
| Transport | 2 | 4 |
| Clean water | 0 | 3 |
| School fees/uniforms | 9 | 11 |
| Challenges related to children’s needs | ||
| Sexual abuse of children | 2 | 1 |
| Disciplining children | 2 | 1 |
| Children’s emotional needs | 1 | 1 |
| Children’s bereavement | 1 | 0 |
| Children’s physical health | 2 | 1 |
| Physical and mental health challenges | ||
| Carer bereavement | 2 | 1 |
| Disappointment about unmet expectations regarding life course | 1 | 0 |
| Tiredness and stress due to caring for children | 4 | 0 |
| Stigma | 6 | 1 |
| Carer’s sense of isolation | 1 | 0 |
| Stress of combining families | 1 | 0 |
| Carer physical health | 2 | 1 |
Note: This table denotes the frequency of responses when NGO/CBO respondents and carers were asked to name the top challenges associated with care.