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Vulnerable Groups
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The role of Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) is important in education and health, and the impact of the delivery of these and other social services is likely strongest among vulnerable groups. DDVE has launched a program of work on specific groups in order to identify their needs and in assess to what extent these groups benefit from a range of services including some of those provided by FBOs.
Children living in the streets: As part of preparatory work towards a potential World Bank operation, DDVE conducted in February 2009 a survey of 600 street children and about 50 organizations (many of which are faith-based) providing services to these children in Kinshasa. The survey was implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs, REJEER (a federation of organizations providing services to street children), and World Bank staff from the Africa region. A report on the findings from the survey should be available in June 2009. DDVE is also finalizing a conducting a study on the conditions of living of “street children" in Ouagadougou and Abidjan based on primary data collection and additional insights from qualitative work. The study also provides a brief overview of the services provided by organizations, many of which are faith-inspired, to these children.
People with disabilities: DDVE’s study on handicapped people includes a first part that reviews the available evidence on their living conditions based on census and household survey data, with a focus on West and Central Africa. The second part of the study is based on the results of a small pilot survey of handicapped people conducted in Côte d’Ivoire with support from NGOs providing services to these people (approximately 3 out of 4 of these NGOs are faith-based).Â
   At risk youth: In partnership with the World Bank’s Children & Youth Unit, DDVE held a Video-Conference dialogue with religious leaders in four countries in Latin America on at-risk youth in June 2008.  Qualitative work is also underway in Madagascar with the International Movement ATD Fourth World on obstacles preventing youths living in the capital’s shanty towns from accessing the labor market and on preliminary results from a pilot program using Information Technology tools to facilitate this transition.   Â
Indigenous peoples: DDVE is collaborating with the Education team in the Human Development Network on a worldwide study on indigenous people. The work documents and compares outcomes between indigenous groups and other groups in areas such as education, employment, and standards of living, in order to assess some of the proximate the causes of differences in outcomes. DDVE is contributing case studies for the Central African Republic and Gabon, with a focus on pygmies in both cases.
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