IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

‘Poverty – and its common consequences such as malnutrition, homelessness, poor housing and destitution – is a major contributor to vulnerability.’ This is according to the World Health Organization. Many children in South Africa find themselves in such vulnerable situations. Some are orphans (children whose both biological parents have passed away), while others reside in ‘Skip’ generation households (where grandparents raise grandchildren and parents are absent from the household) while some children are parents themselves (either to their own biological children or to their siblings). These conditions make it more challenging for children to have adequate access to healthcare services, social security, sufficient food, water and education. Although some children are able to rise above these conditions and carve a better future for themselves, some remain in these conditions even in their adulthood and also raise their own children in similar conditions.

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