EVALUATION OF THE SUPPORT TO CARE GIVING BY LOCAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) IN THE KANYE CARE PROGRAMME, BOTSWANA

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  • Simon Kang’ethe Social worker for Skill Share International and attached to the Botswana Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (BONEPWA), Botswana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/46-2-174

Abstract

The broad objective of the study was to assess the contribution that caregivers make to CHBC
programmes. However, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the extent of support that the Kanye
care programme receives from the local NGOs/CBOs in the Kanye region.

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Kang’ethe, S. (2014). EVALUATION OF THE SUPPORT TO CARE GIVING BY LOCAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) IN THE KANYE CARE PROGRAMME, BOTSWANA. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 46(2). https://doi.org/10.15270/46-2-174

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