ABSTRACT Millions of Ethiopian children live in poverty. About two out of three attend primary school, while fewer than one in five attend secondary, and two in five are married by the age of 18. To ameliorate these conditions, voluntary savings and loan groups (SG) are implemented to facilitate the wellbeing and livelihoods of caregivers and the vulnerable children in their care. Yet evidence of caregiver SG participation on child wellbeing does not adequately support the assumption that increased income will support children’s needs. This study explores the experiences of adolescents whose caregivers participated in SGs. In-depth interviews with adolescents provide a unique perspective on distal effects of SGs, with rich narratives about their education, health, and psychosocial wellbeing. We graphically illustrate pathways with links between wellbeing domains as described by participants. Adolescents associate their caregivers’ SG participation with meeting their material and non-material needs primarily through increased economic welfare, though sometimes associated with training about parenting given during SG meetings.

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高度脆弱的儿童：看护人的储蓄团体的参与如何促进他们的福祉

摘要数百万埃塞俄比亚儿童生活在贫困中。大约三分之二的人上小学，不到五分之一的人上初中，五分之二的人在18岁之前结婚。为了改善这些条件，实施了自愿储蓄和贷款团体（SG），以促进幸福感和照料者的生计和照料中的弱势儿童。然而，有证据表明，SG照顾者参与儿童福祉的证据不足以支持收入增加将满足儿童需求的假设。这项研究探讨了照顾者参加SG的青少年的经历。对青少年的深入访谈为SG的远端影响提供了独特的观点，并提供了有关其教育，健康和社会心理健康的丰富叙述。我们以图形方式说明了参与者描述的幸福域之间具有联系的途径。青少年主要通过增加经济福利来使他们的看护人的SG参与与满足他们的物质和非物质需求相关联，尽管有时会与在SG会议上进行的育儿培训相关。