Lack of self confidence
The children reported that they had low self confidence to succeed in their life goals. They think that they could not have the desired inputs and capacities to achieve their goals confidently by comparing themselves with non-OVC in their schools. A 16 year old girl who lived for 7 years in the orphanage described her confidence as follows:
“…I do not assure myself. What makes me have no self-confidence is just because I have nothing. So I feel insecure. This affected my school performance since I usually fear to communicate with my classmates and my teachers …”
In contrast to this, some of the children reported that they had no problem regarding their self-confidence. This was also witnessed to be true during the field observation where the children were highly interactive, and eager to understand their environment.