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This is the monthly update of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Learning Platform published in September 2022.
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The Children Act, 2022, is an act of Parliament to give effect to Article 53 of the Constitution; to make provision for children rights, parental responsibility, alternative care of children including guardianship, foster care placement and adoption; to make provision for care and protection of children and children in conflict with the law; to make provision for, and regulate the administration of children services; to establish the National Council for Children’s Services and for connected purposes.
This is the monthly update of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Learning Platform published in June 2022.
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This video summary accompanies the Readjusting to Parenthood: Peer Support Groups for Grandparents Assuming Care for Orphaned Children (Upendo Village, Kenya) practitioner learning video which is part of the Kenya Practitioner…
This Changing the Way We Care virtual study tour aims to provide an overview of care reform in Kenya from the comfort of your own home. Care reform relates to the care of children. It refers to efforts to improve the legal and policy frameworks, structures, services, supports and resources that determine and deliver alternative care, prevent family separation and support families to care for children well.
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When parents pass away, grandparents often assume the role of caregivers. Being thrust back into parenthood during a time of immense grief, and with a two-generation gap to bridge, introduces a range of challenges grandparents must overcome.
This video look at the learning of practitioners from Upendo Village in Kenya in supporting grandparents caring for grandchildren after their own children have passed away from HIV/AIDs.
Sister Florence and Bridget share some of the most common challenges these grandparents face and why peer support is so crucial to enabling grandparents…
The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC/the Committee) considered the second periodic report of the Republic of Kenya during its 35th Ordinary Session, which was held on 31 August – 08 September virtually. The dialogue with the Delegation of Kenya, headed by the Cabinet Secretary, Minister of Labour and Social Protection, H.E.Mr. Simon K. Chelugui helped the Committee to better understand the measures that the State Party has undertaken towards the implementation of the Charter as well as the challenges it is facing. After a careful consideration of the…
Executive Summary
The government of Kenya is committed to moving away from institutional care towards family and communitybased care. This is in line with international and national child rights instruments and informed by a growing evidence-based illustrating the benefits of family-based care on children’s development and the potential negative impacts of residential care. Kenya has made important strides and achieved key milestones over the past two decades in relation to children’s care and protection. Beginning in 2001, when the Children’s Act (referred hereafter as “…
Comprised of videos and accompanying discussion guides, this video series features the learning from practitioners working across a range of care-related programs and practices in Kenya.
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This comprehensive training package includes the training facilitator’s manual, PowerPoint presentations, handouts, case studies, and video clips. They provide information, methodologies, and practical tools to build the capacity of child protection practitioners who work directly with or for children at risk of separation from their families or those who are deprived of parental care. Alternative care—as presented in the …