title: Integrating A Mentorship Component in Programming for Care and Support of AIDS-Orphaned and Vulnerable Children: Lessons from the Suubi and Bridges Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examine a mentorship component within a family-based economic empowerment intervention for AIDS-orphaned children in Uganda.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mentorship was guided by a comprehensive 9-session curriculum. We present themes developed from the mentors' field reports and logs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings suggest that mentorship offers AIDS-orphaned children opportunities to develop and strengthen future plans. Moreover, the mentorship process was beneficial to both the mentees and their mentors. The program creates a positive life trajectory for a highly vulnerable group of youth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings can be used to understand and design mentorship programs targeted at improving the psychosocial wellbeing of children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Social Work, International Center for Child Health and Asset Development, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, United States ; University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States.
authors.forename: Fred M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Ssewamala
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States.
authors.forename: Proscovia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nabunya
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Social Work, International Center for Child Health and Asset Development, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, United States ; New York University, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy & Research, 1 Washington Square North, New York, NY, 10003, United States.
authors.forename: N Miriam
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Mukasa
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Social Work, International Center for Child Health and Asset Development, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, United States.
authors.forename: Vilma
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ilic
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Social Work, International Center for Child Health and Asset Development, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, United States.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nattabi