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Co-housing as a possible housing option for children affected by HIV/AIDS: Evidence from informal settlements

Co-housing as a possible housing option for children affected by HIV/AIDS: Evidence from informal... Co-housing as a Possible Housing Option for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Evidence from Informal Settlements Barbara Simpson and Tanusha Raniga INTRODUCTION Sixteen-year-old Nozipho sits forlornly on the only bed in a small one roomed shack in an informal settlement. She hesitantly explains that both her parents are dead. She helped her mother care for her dying father, and then nursed her mother during her final days. She now cares for her five siblings, the youngest, an infant of 6 months. There are relatives, she says, but they live far away and are unable to help them. Sometimes the neighbours give them food, but they too, are poor and unemployed and have little to share. Nozipho sometimes manages to earn about R20-OO per day collecting scrap metal and selling it to nearby scrap yards. This is back breaking work for the slim sbcteen-year-old but the money she earns, at least feeds her and her siblings. None of the children in this family attend school--school fees and school uniforms are just out of reach. The local council- lor shakes his head sadly, "There are many such children left to fend for them- selves in this community ". Such stories are becoming http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Urban Forum Springer Journals

Co-housing as a possible housing option for children affected by HIV/AIDS: Evidence from informal settlements

Simpson, Barbara; Raniga, Tanusha
Urban Forum , Volume 15 (4) – Jul 21, 2004
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2004 by Springer SBM
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Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Human Geography; Sociology; Political Science; Population Economics
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1015-3802
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1874-6330
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10.1007/s12132-004-0014-4
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Co-housing as a Possible Housing Option for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Evidence from Informal Settlements Barbara Simpson and Tanusha Raniga INTRODUCTION Sixteen-year-old Nozipho sits forlornly on the only bed in a small one roomed shack in an informal settlement. She hesitantly explains that both her parents are dead. She helped her mother care for her dying father, and then nursed her mother during her final days. She now cares for her five siblings, the youngest, an infant of 6 months. There are relatives, she says, but they live far away and are unable to help them. Sometimes the neighbours give them food, but they too, are poor and unemployed and have little to share. Nozipho sometimes manages to earn about R20-OO per day collecting scrap metal and selling it to nearby scrap yards. This is back breaking work for the slim sbcteen-year-old but the money she earns, at least feeds her and her siblings. None of the children in this family attend school--school fees and school uniforms are just out of reach. The local council- lor shakes his head sadly, "There are many such children left to fend for them- selves in this community ". Such stories are becoming

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Published: Jul 21, 2004

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