Orphans and Vulnerable Children - CRIN

4 Review of the Home Visitor’s Handbook

In this activity, you will:

 Review the home visitor’s handbook with the group

Facilitator’s notes:

You have now finished your fourth module of the home visitor

training. At this point it is best 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 four topics discussed in this module:

Activity 11

(^294) Unit 2, Module 4 Guide to Mobilising and Strengthening Community-Led Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Home Visitor’s Handbook – Module Four
Topic 1: Ensuring Access to Education for OVC

• The Importance of Education and Barriers to OVC Access to Education


• Steps to Take when OVC are not in School (participants’ own worksheet)

Topic 2: Life Skills for Orphans and Vulnerable Children

• The Importance of Life Skills

Topic 3: Supporting Behaviour Change in OVC

• Factors That Influence Behaviour


• The Behaviour Change Process

Topic 4: Succession Planning

• Information on Wills


• Sample Will


• Memory Boxes and Books


• Support to Standby Guardians