Caregivers' views on the risk factors impeding implementation of provision rights in children's homes in Harare, Zimbabwe

Blessing Tendai Baloyi; Jace Pillay; Lucia Munongi

doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101820

Caregivers' views on the risk factors impeding implementation of provision rights in children's homes in Harare, Zimbabwe

Blessing Tendai Baloyi, Jace Pillay, Lucia Munongi

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This article focuses on caregivers' views on the risk factors impeding the implementation of children's provision rights in the early childhood development phase in seven children's homes in Harare, Zimbabwe. Provision rights ensure children's survival and holistic development. This study was guided by the interest theory. Data was collected from 34 purposefully sampled caregivers using semi-structured individual interviews. Views from the caregivers showed that poor funding and malfunctioning of government social protection programmes, evident in all seven selected children's homes, contributed to the poor implementation of provision rights. Recommendations are made to minimise the associated risks and promote the fulfilment of provision rights in Harare's children's homes.

Original language	English
Article number	101820
Journal	Social Sciences and Humanities Open
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101820
Publication status	Published - Jan 2025

Keywords

Caregivers
Children's homes
Children's rights
Provision rights
Risk factors
Six-to seven-year-old children

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Psychology (miscellaneous)
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)

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