Schools as Centres of Care and Support (SCCS). Responding to the needs of orphans and other vulnerable children in rural areas

An example of a school-based response to the ever-increasing numbers of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) is the Schools as Centres of Care and Support (SCCS), an innovative model built on the principles of a multi-sectoral partnership approach to tackling poverty, HIV and AIDS and other diseases. Schools are strengthened to provide quality education, and mobilized to function as hubs of integrated service delivery for children so that they have increased access to health and social welfare services and are able to access and benefit from this education.