Impact Of Orphanage Homes In Integrating Orphans And Vulnerable Children Into Mainstream Society: A Case Study Of Thembiso Children‟S Home, Bulawayo

ABSTRACT

The proposed research is a case study of Thembiso Children‟s Home, Bulawayo seeking to explore the impact of the role played by institutional care orphanage homes in integrating orphans and vulnerable children into mainstream society. This study provides an opportunity to identify and assess the challenges in integrating orphans and vulnerable children into the mainstream society when they have reached adulthood. The Bulawayo Metropolitan Province is one region that reflects many of the challenges facing OVCs in Zimbabwe notwithstanding other developing countries in Africa.