Changing resource profiles aspirations among orphans in Central Mozambique in the context of an AIDS mitigation intervention

Muller,T.R.

Journal Of Development Studies: 2, 254-273

2010


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-0388
DOI: 10.1080/00220380902952357
Document Number: 212656
In this article the resource profile approach is used as a framework to explore wellbeing and future aspirations among orphans and vulnerable children in Central Mozambique who took part in an AIDS mitigation project aimed at shoring up rural livelihoods. It is shown that participation in the project has altered the resource profile of participants, not least in terms of shoring up cultural resources and enhancing the capacity to aspire.

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