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This issue brief from the UNHCR highlights key messages from UNHCR in regards to family tracing and reunification. The brief outlines the importance of children growing up in a safe family environment and the positive impact this has on a child's psychological, cognitive and physical development. In the best case, alternative care is only required as an interim measure while family tracing is carried out and until the time when children can be reunited with parents or family members.This brief is part of a series developed by UNHCR which aims to guide field operations on key thematic child…
This article details the introduction of a livelihood project for unaccompanied children in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, which aimed at strengthening the household economy of foster families and improving the care of fostered children. The Dadaab refugee camp was established in 1991 to host 90,000 refugees who fled from the civil war in Somalia. The camp population rose over the next twenty years as a result of chronic fighting, drought, floods, famine, and the Ethiopian invasion in 2007. Extreme famine and conflict in Somalia in 2011…
This document contains revised alternative care guidelines for Ethiopia. It discusses how development intervention has shifted from a needs based approach to a rights based approach. While this document points out that participation of children and community has been largely overlooked in the decision-making process, recent trends indicate that a system that supports social participation is a more sustainable means of structuring support.
The objective of the guidelines is to establish a regulatory instrument on childcare systems with a view to contribute toward the improvement of…