Strengthening Families' Abilities to help HIV/AIDS-affected Children Prepare for School

This paper highlights programme issues from an Early Childhood program (ECD) that is being implemented in Uganda by a local Non Governmental Organization (NGO) called Action For Children (AFC). The paper highlights the importance of Early Childhood Development (ECD) program to children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, the needs of the children and their caregivers and how they affect or and contribute towards child development and transition to school. The paper also brings out the importance of linkages between Parents/caregivers and teachers, homes and schools and shares the lessons from the project that have been learnt, and lastly recommendations to different partners and stakeholders.