Addis Ababa University College Of Education And Behavioral Studies School Of Psychology

This research examined volunteer’s contribution in addressing the psychosocial needs ofrnorphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) in an orphanage: the case of love and carernvolunteering team. It identified the perception of volunteers about the psychosocial needs ofrnorphaned and vulnerable children. It also identified the major contribution of volunteers inrnaddressing psychosocial needs as well as challenges impacting their contribution .A combinationrnof quantitative and qualitative method was employed. Questionnaire and in-depth interview werernused as a tool to collect the data. The data was collected from 385 participants and 8 child basedrninstitutions. 270 questionnaires were distributed for orphaned and vulnerable children and 90rnvolunteers that provide service in the orphanage. In-depth interview was applied for 15rnadditional volunteers and 10 employees that work in the orphanage. The data collected from thernquestionnaire were analyzed using statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, t-test andrnPearson correlation analysis. The results of this study indicated that, high psychosocial need isrnfound on OVC and the perception of volunteers concerning the children’s psychosocial need isrnalso very high. Through the correlation result, it was found that as the age of the children andrnyears of stay in the orphanage increases their psychosocial needs decreases. The contribution ofrnvolunteers to fulfill the psychosocial needs for the children is also found to be high. Through thernindependent sample t-test it is found that female volunteers contribute more for the fulfillment ofrnthe psychosocial needs of OVC than male volunteers. Another result from independent sample t-rntest showed that the educational backgrounds of volunteers was found to be insignificant to theirrncontribution as they give service for the children. Regarding the challenges that volunteers face,rnthe perception of the children towards the challenge the volunteers encounter is low where asrnvolunteer’s responses about their challenge is found to be neutral. The results found from thernqualitative research through in-depth interview is similar to the result found through thernquantitative in regards to psychosocial need of the children and contribution of volunteers.rnWhere as there is a slight difference between the qualitative and quantitative results related tornchallenges the volunteers encounter as they give service.

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