This part of the OVC Toolkit provides technical background information that will be useful for both newcomers and more specialized Government and World Bank staff working with projects for OVC.

Throughout this part of the OVC Toolkit you will find links to the four main topics covered on the left navigation menu, but each section has several subsections that will show when you open the link.

You will find information about the core definitions of concepts related to OVC as well as of the main sub-groups of OVC. There is also a brief overview of the situation (current scale and future projections) for several core sub-groups of OVC in Sub-Saharan Africa. Under "rationale" you will find good arguments for assisting OVC - rights based, economic, as well as social and institutional ones. Finally this part presents a social risk management approach to assisting OVC within social protection strategies.

After reading through this part you should be equipped with a precise understanding of the core coordinates that will facilitate your efforts to benefit or, at least, “do no harm” to OVC in your particular project or program.