The U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U. S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) are supporting the Zambia Family (ZAMFAM) project to strengthen comprehensive, integrated service delivery and support to children living with, affected by, or vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in the Lusaka, Copperbelt, Southern, and Central Provinces of Zambia. ZAMFAM is scaling up activities on orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) in high-priority sites to provide services to 45,000 households and 225,000 vulnerable children each year. The objective of ZAMFAM is to improve the care and resilience of OVC and their households through child- and family- focused services. To inform that effort, Project SOAR conducted a benchmark survey among beneficiaries in the four provinces of the ZAMFAM program. The benchmark survey measured the status and conditions of OVC and their families. The findings outlined in this report provide a deeper understanding of the needs of OVC families and the gaps in service provision,
as well as suggestions for strengthening care and support strategies for OVC in Zambia.