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Professor Roby returns to Africa, continues her research

Professor Jini Roby spent May and June 2006 in South Africa, Uganda, and Mozambique.
In the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Roby gathered information from children in foster care, institutions, and orphan-headed households. The goal was to discover the effectiveness of the community and government’s “trickle up” policy on child welfare and children at risk. Trickle up comes from the grass roots and community levels, which is then filtered up to the government levels where the policy is funded.
While in Uganda, Roby and Stacy Shaw, a 2006 MSW graduate, replicated a study done in Mozambique. The study, “Child Placement Options and Preferences of Mothers with HIV/AIDS” looks at fathers roles and the role of spirituality in the decision- making process of the mothers. This study is being analyzed.
In Mozambique Roby worked on adoption laws. She addressed the National Parliament with “Risks and safeguards for Mozambican children in the international adoption process.” This venture was jointly sponsored by United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF-Mozambique and their National Law Reform Committee. During this time she was privileged to meet Graca Machel, Nelson Mandela’s wife, who is a member of parliament.

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