CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.10 CONCLUDING REMARKS
The Contesa Charity Organisation that provides support to AIDS-orphans in Zambia published a testimony by one of their orphaned children that is a beautiful expression of the roots of resilience (Phiri 2011). The testimony that follows was adapted from the Contesa website.
This chapter presented the conclusions and recommendations that emanating from the study. It revisited the aims of the study and indicates how they have been achieved in the study. The chapter also gave a summative overview of the entire study achievements or limitations.
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