About BCN

Mission Statement

The Better Care Network brings together organizations and individuals concerned about children without adequate family care. It is committed to:

Reducing instances of separation and abandonment of children;
Reuniting children outside family care with their families, wherever possible and appropriate;
Increasing, strengthening and supporting family and community based care options for children who cannot be cared for by their parents;
Establishing international and national standards for all forms of care for children without adequate family care and mechanisms for ensuring compliance; and
Ensuring that residential institutions are used in a very limited manner and only when appropriate.

The Better Care Network facilitates active information exchange and collaboration on these issues and advocates for technically sound policy and programmatic action on global, regional, and national levels.

The Better Care Network is guided by the UNCRC and the Stockholm Declaration.

Steering Committee

The Better Care Network's Steering Committee includes CARE and the Hope for Africa's Children Initiative, UNICEF, USAID and the Displaced Children's and Orphans Fund, and Save the Children UK... More >>

Advisory Group

The Better Care Network Advisory Group consists of over 40 child protection and child welfare specialists from around the world... More >>

The Better Care Network Faith-Based Organization (FBO) Outreach Committee

Formed in 2006, the BCN FBO Outreach Committee promotes better care practices among U.S. faith-based organizations and congregations that are interested in addressing the needs of orphans and vulnerable children in Sub-Saharan Africa. More >>