Ghana's population of Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) is undergoing gradual increase. At the same time, traditional systems of protection which forms the bane of care and support for the vulnerable in society is widely seen as withering off under the continuous construct of urbanization and social change. With the enrolment of formal protection programmes to tackle livelihood risks and vulnerabilities, this book assesses how formal and traditional protection arrangements affects the nature of care OVC receive, using the Lower Manya-Krobo district as a case. A qualitative research design...