Children and families affected by Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) often struggle to achieve their valuable goals due to experiences of stigma and discrimination, lack of socioeconomic support, and unattended grief among others. Research shows that, such experiences have been found to be associated with the mental health problems individuals affected by AIDS often suffers. The current study explored community-based services and resources available to assist AIDS-orphaned adolescents and primary caregivers to achieve emotional and psychosocial wellbeing. The exploration was based on the narratives of stakeholders who provides services within the Health, Social, Education, and Community and Youth Development Work sectors to meet the needs of orphans and vulnerable children and their primary caregivers. The study used a qualitative methodological framework with narrative inquiry approach. In-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with 6 purposefully selected stakeholders. Results shows that the majority of stakeholders provided psychosocial and educational services-mainly to orphans. These services, which were adequately rendered, included bereavement counselling, regular assistance with homework and other school projects, home visits, provision of school uniform as per need, group therapy, and life skills activities. It was further stated that the services have made a visible positive impact on the socio-emotional and cognitive functioning of the orphans. For example, most of these orphans consistently participated in sports, extra-mural life skills programmes, and performed highly academically. Some stakeholders' services were aimed at providing relevant support to How to cite this paper: Tsweleng, M. P.
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