Orphans and Vulnerable Children - CRIN

4 Review of the Home Visitor’s Handbook

In this activity, you will:

 Review the home visitor’s handbooks with participants

Facilitator’s notes:

You have now finished your third module of the home visitor

training. At this point it is a good idea to review the home visitor’s

handbooks with the participants to ensure that each participant

has compiled all the necessary handouts in their handbooks.

The home visitor’s handbook should now include the following

reference pages from the three topics discussed in this module:

Home Visitor’s Handbook – Module Three

Topic 1: Food Security for OVC

• Community Initiatives to Enhance Food Security for OVC

Topic 2: Improving the Nutrition of OVC and Those Affected by HIV/AIDS

• Important Food Groups


• Nutritional Support for Infants Born to HIV Positive Mothers


• Nutritional Support for Children over Two Years who are HIV Positive


• Steps to Help Malnourished Children

Topic 3: Monitoring the Health of Orphans and Vulnerable Children

• Basic Healthcare Needs of Children


• Immunisation


• Common Childhood Illnesses


• Basic Hygiene Practices


• Child Health Monitoring Sheet


• Basic Health Information

Activity 9

(^252) Unit 2, Module 3 Guide to Mobilising and Strengthening Community-Led Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children