Orphans and vulnerable children
- CABA Working group

• Beyond the fragments of care
  The Dutch CABA Working Group organises an expert meeting on 3 April 2008 at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. The meeting aims at furthering the discussion on the best means to assist Children Affected by AIDS in Sub-Sahara Africa, now as well as in the future. While addressing questions related to distribution and social exclusion we will explore a next round of issues on outside assistance and internal organisation in the area of delivery of services at a local (family and community) level, where up till now only ‘fragments of care’ are to be seen.

• Expert Meeting on "Paediatric Treatment and Care" In February 2006 the CABA working group organised an expert meeting on Paediatric Treatment and Care. As a follow up to this meeting, current activities of Dutch organisations and the Dutch government in the field of Paediatric Treatment and Care are listed. An overview of these activities will be developed by Plan Nederland in cooperation with Wemos.
  For more information, download the report on "Paediatric Treatment and Care"

• Future for Africa, Invest in Children
  On 15 June 2007, AWEPA, IAVI, STOP AIDS NOW! and UNICEF organised a political hearing and debate on Social Protection. The aim of the debate was to scale up parliamentary efforts for children and AIDS in Africa. Guest of honour was Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
  
  The political hearing and debate focused on “Social Protection” as an effective instrument in Sub-Saharan Africa to support Orphans and Vulnerably Children (OVC) affected by HIV/AIDS, and as a key thematic area of African and European parliamentary responsibility.
  
  Archbishop Desmond Tutu presented Bert Koenders, the Dutch minister of Development Aid with a Manifest on Social Protection.

• Expert Meeting on "Social Cash Transfers; an answer to child poverty in times of HIV/AIDS"
  In May 2006 the CABA working group organised an expert meeting on ‘Social Cash Transfers, an answer to child poverty in times of HIV/AIDS.
  Download the report on ‘Social Cash Transfers; an answer to child poverty in times of HIV/AIDS’ here.
  A second expert meeting on Social Protection and social cash transfers was held on 15 and 16 February 2007.
  Download the report 'Social protection for children affected by AIDS, including Social Cash Tansfers' here.

• World AIDS Day workshop on ‘The need to focus on SRHR and AIDS prevention of HIV+ young people’
  STOP AIDS NOW! and Save the Children NL, in cooperation with the Centre for Family Health, Trinidad and Young Positives, organised a workshop at the World AIDS DAY on 4 December 2006. The workshop underlined the need to focus more on the Sexual Reproductive Health Rights and AIDS prevention of HIV+ young people. There were 30 attendees.
  For more information, download the report on the World AIDS Day workshop ‘The need to focus on SRHR and AIDS prevention of HIV+ young people’ here.