BEYOND SURVIVAL: THE MAKING OF PERSONHOOD AMONG ORPHANS IN FOSTER CARE (SOS VILLAGE MULTAN)

Abstract

In light of Anthropology, we can also find the purpose of observing the construction of personhood among SOS children. Personhood is a logical phrase used by anthropologists to specify who, Within a specific culture, it is deliberated to be either a completely operational and acknowledged associate of adult or mature society, or, in the situation of kids, who are measured to be on the mode to being entirely operative and recognized affiliate of adult culture. The researcher observed that personhood consequently involves the fulfilment of psychological, physiological, and social ability as it is defined by a given culture of SOS village. Personhood is a lifetime process, and the attainment of different levels of personhood are noticeable throughout the life phases by rites of passage, rituals, and by other socially acknowledged markers.