The spirituality of vulnerable children in South Africa: Implications for social development and welfare

Ubuntu among the ‘born frees’: Exploring the transmission of social values through community engagement in South Africa

“…This theory posits that sustained interactive processes within one's family, peer and community environments can create 'potent' influences on perceptions and behaviour. For example, Roby and Maistry (2010) found that orphaned children who felt loved by God and the staff of a Child and Youth Care Centre reported higher rates of praying for their extended families and other children in the facility. Furthermore, these 'microsystems' of family, peers and community are also interdependent and interconnected, and can work together to have a compounding impact on development (Bronfenbrenner and Morris, 2006).…”