The economic impact of NGOs on the well-being of extended households in Soweto

dc.contributor.authorRooderick, Mojalefa
dc.contributor.authorBlaauw, Phillip
dc.contributor.authorSchenck, Rinie
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-10T10:41:50Z
dc.date.available2018-05-10T10:41:50Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractExtended households, usually in the form of an elder or grandparent, have always provided a safety net for orphaned children. However, the high rates of HIV (AIDS) infection, unemployment and poverty have weakened their capacity to fulfil this vital role. The majority of extended households live in poverty and, therefore, lack sufficient resources to care for these children. In addition to receiving government social grants, some extended households are also receiving financial and non-financial assistance from local non-governmental organisations (NGOs). These local NGOs provide basic needs such as food, clothes and medical care to orphans living in extended family units. Little has been done to quantify their economic impact. This paper, therefore, investigates the economic impact of NGOs in improving the well-being of vulnerable orphaned children living in extended households in Soweto. Using Foster, Greer and Thorbecke’s (FGT) poverty indices, we found that the help of NGOs was statistically significant in reducing the level and extent of poverty in such dwellings. The results of FGT are supported by those of the logit econometric model.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHET
dc.identifier.citationRooderick, M. et al. (2016). The economic impact of NGOs on the well-being of extended households in Soweto. The Social Work Practitioner-Researcher, 28(3): 221 – 235.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1011-2324
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10520/ECJC197096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3651
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherUNISA Pressen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/ECJC197096
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectNGOsen_US
dc.subjectWell-beingen_US
dc.subjectExtended householdsen_US
dc.subjectSowetoen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectPoverty gapen_US
dc.titleThe economic impact of NGOs on the well-being of extended households in Sowetoen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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