Abstract: This paper is based on a study whose aim was to assess the resilience of the livelihoods of elderly caregivers to AIDS orphaned children, and the consequent ability (or lack of) to recover from the effects of the AIDS disaster on their households. The study was done in Garissa County of Kenya. The concept of livelihoods and the main elements that comprise it are presented and discussed in relation to how each is important in building resilience in caregivers to AIDS orphaned children, guided by the UNISDR model. The study design was cross sectional, employing both quantitative and qualitative tools and techniques in data collection. Descriptive statistics were used to provide answer the research question. It was found that the caregivers’ livelihoods had been made vulnerable by the impact of the AIDS disaster on their individual households, and as a result, recovery was very slow or nonexistent in some cases. This implies that concerted mitigation efforts must be effected in order to prevent the households from plunging into destitution.
Keywords: AIDS Elderly Caregivers Orphans Livelihoods Resilience Recovery Mitigation.
Title: Rescuers In Distress: How Well Can Grandparent Caregivers To AIDS Orphans Cope And Recover From The Multidimensional Disaster?
Author: Betty Mutere, Jacob Wakhungu, Edward Neyole, Moses Poipoi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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