Assessing the Role and Challenges of Community Care Coalition (CCC) in Providing Support to HIV/AIDS Infected People: The Case of KolfeKeranio Sub City
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2019-12
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Addis ababa University
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Community care coalition (CCC) currently represents the front line in the protection of the vulnerable children and people living with HIV/AIDS and the building blocks for a national system of social protection.The main objective of this study is assessing the role and challenges of CCCin providing support to HIV/AIDS infected people at KolfeKeranio Sub City. This study has used qualitative research approach. It has also followed case study analysis and the unit of analysis was “community care coalition” with a case offour ketenas. Purposive, non-probability sampling was employed to collect data from coalitions, PLWHA, and sectors. Five CCCs chairs, four sector representatives, eight vulnerable children and three people living with HIV/AIDS (a total of twenty two individuals) participated in in-depth interviews. Focus group discussion (FGD) was also conducted with three groups. A group that consist six and five vulnerable children andfive community core coalition members participated in focus group discussion. The inclusion criteria was between14-18 year for vulnerable children who received service, community care coalition working on child protection and who are interested, sectors representatives working on the issue and willing to participate and household members were engaged in income generating activities. Data was collected through in-depth interview, FGD, observation and document review and analyzed by using thematic analysis approach. The finding of the study showed that the identified packages of supports have brought changes to the lives of selected PLWHA and their family and venerable children. Capacity building, resource mobilization and data collection strategy is used by CCCs have guided positive change to happen on the lives of beneficiaries. Turnover of the CCC chairs, structural, financial and professional challenges have negatively affected the function of CCCs. Focusing on local resource, knowledge, institution, integrating formal and informal actors and using planned program are the key sustainability pillars of CCCs. Key words: Community Care Coalition, Role and challenges of CCC, Support provided to people living with HIV/AIDS
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Community Care Coalition, Role and challenges of CCC, Support provided to people living with HIV/AIDS