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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) supported a sub-regional workshop held in Kigali March 23-26, 2015 to provide structured opportunities for technical exchange on care reform, approaches, methods, and tools. The workshop was designed to provide opportunities for exchange and to develop connections among personnel of the five care reform projects of USAID/DCOF in Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda, as well as representatives of the three governments. It was planned with the active involvement of a Steering Committee…
As part of the work of the BCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Initiative, the National Commission for Children in partnership with BCN, and Save the Children convened a national consultative workshop in Kigali, Rwanda on 26 and 27 November 2014. The workshop sought to jointly identify knowledge, awareness and technical gaps which may be hindering children’s care reform and to identify national priorities for action. The main focus area of family strengthening and alternative care was addressed through the framework of the three core strategies of BCN’s regional work:
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This overview document provides a brief update on child care reform in Rwanda. It includes a background of the recent history of care reform in Rwanda as well as the overall goals and strategic objectives of care reform.
The document also lists achievements made thus far, challenges faced in the reform movement, and lessons learned and highlights ways forward for Rwandan care reform.
Executive Summary
This participatory baseline is part of a multi-country study commissioned by Save the Children targeting selected areas of Rwanda, Ethiopia and North-Sudan. The purpose of the multi-country study is to address the UN Study on Violence Against Children’s recommendations and assess the role of communities in ensuring that children are protected from violence and abuse at all levels.
The Rwanda study was conducted from March 29th to April 30th 2010 in 6 Sectors (Rubaya, Byumba, Mutete, Mageragere, Nyamirambo, Kacyiru) in 3 Districts of Rwanda (Gicumbi, Nyrugenge and…
This working paper, produced by the Better Care Network and the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, explores the topic of social service workforce strengthening as it relates to child care reform. It is intended to be a useful resource for reform efforts and a practical and accessible overview for use by policy-makers, practitioners, and service providers in contexts that are either considering the implications of care reforms for their social service workforce or are already engaged in a process and are searching for strategies to align and increase the effectiveness of the workforce…
Following a consultative mapping, a regional learning meeting took place on 19-20 August 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of this meeting was "Reflection on past, current and future efforts aimed at strengthening child care systems in East and Southern Africa." The aim of the meeting was to bring together organizations involved in family strengthening and alternative care, providing a forum to share information, build collaboration and prioritise needs in three interlinked thematic areas:
i) building and sharing evidence,
ii) …
Executive Summary
Background: A community-centered program supported by Rwanda’s national government aims to provide a “minimum package” of services for OVC, including comprehensive access to health services, assistance with school fees, child protection services, as well as nutritional, psychosocial, and economic support. While strong political will exists to protect and support this population, the mobilization of resources has become increasingly difficult given the magnitude of children’s needs throughout the country, which has endured the long-term effects of the 1994 genocide and the…
This document presents key models used by Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) in Rwanda with regards to deinstitutionalisation and child protection system reform, particularly regarding closure of institutions, development of alternative care and prevention of family separation and institutionalisation. Elements of our work related to decision making for children, prevention and care placements are included. Specifically, this includes a short case study of the pilot institutional closure in Kigali, our Community Hub model, ACTIVE family support, and the emerging Child Care Networks model which…
This short brief by Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) explains how working together with partners and building a common language has strengthened capacity and coordination across state and NGO stakeholders and sparked commitment to common aims and objectives for a renewed child protection system.
This report from Better Care Network is a collection of care-relevant data and demographic information on Rwanda from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. The key data highlighted include: the prevalence of orphanhood nationwide (including the percentage of children who have lost parent as well as the percentage who have lost two parents), the percentage of children living with both parents nationwide, as well as demogrpahic information for particular regions within Rwanda, and more.