Principles and Recommendations for Scaling Up Community Mobilization and Capacity Building to Mitigate the Impacts of HIV/AIDS on Children and Families

These recommendations are derived from a study on community and capacity building which was supported by Displaced Children and Orphans Fund of USAID. The Recommendations would suggest that there is a need for such studies to be carried in as many communities as possible in order to establish dialogue with the communities prior to any program implementation. Participatory methodology was identified as most ideal and it was further recommended that the findings of such studies should guide subsequent action to support community efforts to protect and care for especially vulnerable children.