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Children - Exec Summary 1.2 Methods
1.2.1 Over 900 people participated in the appraisal in 5 locations – Battambang, Kratie, Kompong Thom and Prey Veng Provinces, and Phnom Penh municipality. Locations were chosen for their different levels of INGO/UN agency activity with children, their different levels of Khana partner activity, their different risk factors and because they are all high priority in the National AIDS Strategy.
1.2.2 Of the participants, 55% were children including 413 orphans accessed in rural communities, in children's centres and on the street in urban areas. The adults included community members and leaders, families affected by AIDS, traditional healers, monks, NGO, UN and government staff.
1.2.3 Facilitators used participatory tools to enable participants to determine vulnerability factors for children and then analyse the impact of HIV/AIDS on vulnerability as a result of the sickness and death of one or both parents.
1.2.4 Various techniques were also used to minimise personal disclosure and to help participants to contribute in the manner, and to the level and extent of their choice. Pre-appraisal facilitation training was used to field-test tools and techniques and also to practice recording of discussion topics.
1.2.5 Eighteen facilitators from Khana partner NGOs carried out the appraisal in 6 teams of three each. Two teams were allocated to Phnom Penh, and one team worked in each of the remaining locations.
1.2.6 Analysis of information was carried out both on the spot by groups of participants and by Khana and the NGO facilitators at a subsequent feedback workshop.
1.2.7 Efforts were made to minimise the loss of information through translation from Khmer to English, and to verify the accuracy of reporting.
1.2.8 Limitations of the methodology included the facilitators' reluctance to ask questions when participants were senior government staff, and the fact that it was not possible to access all relevant service providers in the appraisal locations.