Abbreviations
- OVC: Orphans and Vulnerable Children
- ACPHR: African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights
- AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- ART:
Anti-Retroviral Treatment
- BOS: Bureau of statistics
- CBCC: Community Based Care Centres
- CBO: Community Based Organisations
- CEDAW: Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- CHW: Community Health Workers
- CPA: Child Protection Act
- CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child
- CSI: Child Status Index
- DCPT: District Child Protection Team
- DMA: Disaster Management Authority
- DSW: Department of Social Welfare
- DCPU: District Child Protection Unit
- ECCD: Early Child Care and Development
- FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation
- FBO: Faith Based Organisation
- FPE: Free Primary Education
- GOL: Government of Lesotho
- HBC: Home Based Care
- HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- ILO: International Labour Organisation
- JTC: Juvenile Training Centre
- LLRC: Lesotho Law Reform Commission
- MOET: Ministry of Education and Training
- MOHSW: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
- NFE: Non-Formal Education
- NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation
- NPOVC: National Policy on Orphans and Vulnerable Children
- PRS: Poverty Reduction Strategies
- PSS: Psycho-Social Support
- RAAAP: Rapid Assessment Analysis and Action Planning
- SADC: Southern African Development Community
- SOA: Sexual Offences Act
- STI:
Sexually Transmitted Infection
- UN:
United Nations
- UNGASS: United Nations General Assembly Special Session
- UNICEF: United Nations Childrens Fund
- UNAIDS: United Nations Global Programme on HIV and AIDS
- WHO: World Health Organisation
- WFP:
World Food Program
- WVI:
World Vision International
