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Project Started : February 2008
Project Ends : December 2008
Lead Researcher : Jill Hanass-Hancock
Project Donor : JFA
Overview
The Vukuzakhe research initiative aims at evaluating the Vukuzakhe outreach projects which focus on mitigating the impact and spread of HIV/AIDS through education, health care and personal empowerment in the Himeville/Underberg area in Sisonke district, KwaZulu-Natal. The study investigates the local community response to the HIV/Aids pandemic, with particular reference to the Vukuzakhe project. The research project adopts an integrated approach, employing ethnographic and quantitative methods, with a strong focus on advocacy, capacity building, and planning and management of the epidemic at the local level. It is expected that the findings of the study would not only provide a better theoretical and practical understanding of community and local NGO's and CBO's response HIV & Aids but also influence local policy in managing the pandemic.
Research Questions
Evaluation of Vukuzakhe intervention
- How does the community get involved in and perceive the project?
- community ownership / identification with Vukuzakhe
- communication strategies (family, schools, community gatherings)
- perceived change and impact of the project
- does the project meet community needs
- does the project meet its objectives
- optimism, hope
- Is there a direct relationship between the project and youth risk taking behaviour?
- self-efficacy, self-esteem
- skills acquired
- descriptive norms
- planned behaviour
- gender dynamics
- relationship to parents/caretakers
- perceived impact of the project
Strategic Questions
- What is happening to children and orphans?
- How does society and the state care for them?
Expected Knock-On
- what is vulnerability
- education as a driving factor in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Project Impact
- Evaluation
- Knowledge
- Advocacy
Brief Description
The Vukuzakhe research initiative aims at evaluating the Vukuzakhe outreach projects which focus on mitigating the impact and spread of HIV/AIDS through education, health care and personal empowerment in the Himeville/Underberg area in Sisonke district, KwaZulu-Natal. The study investigates the local community response to the HIV/Aids pandemic, with particular reference to the Vukuzakhe project. The research project adopts an integrated approach, employing ethnographic and quantitative methods, with a strong focus on advocacy, capacity building, and planning and management of the epidemic at the local level. It is expected that the findings of the study would not only provide a better theoretical and practical understanding of community and local NGO’s and CBO’s response HIV & Aids but also influence local policy in managing the pandemic.
Collaborators
- Vukuzakhe project manager / concilor P.O.Box 166 Himeville 3256
Key Phases
| Started |
Completed |
Description |
| September 2009 |
Ongoing |
Planning |
| September 2009 |
Ongoing |
Piloting |
| September 2009 |
Ongoing |
Survey phase |
| September 2009 |
Ongoing |
Filming phase |
| September 2009 |
Ongoing |
Dissemination |
Outputs and Activities
- Click here to view the multimedia piece, Vukuzakhe
|  Workshops & Training New workshop dates will be released soon. Enquiries can be directed to Lebo Sello.  Events: Feb 2012  | S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
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