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This case study is part of a UNICEF global initiative, undertaken in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada to document national child protection frameworks in five core programming countries: Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Senegal and the United Republic of Tanzania. The studies are intended to generate a better understanding of the country context, Government response, engagement by other actors and additional factors that are contributing to success in protecting children from violence, exploitation and abuse.
Information for this case study was collected between April 2014 and June…
This paper examines existing knowledge on raising adolescents in east and southern African countries, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. According to the report, and within the context of these regions, parenting is understood to be handled through extended community and family networks. These relationships facilitate a child’s progression into adulthood. Several factors impact an adolescent’s healthy transition into adulthood. They include poverty, HIV, workloads and education. Into adolescence, relatives remain a key support,…
This album is a compilation of information collected from children and young people during the Kinship Care research in Zanzibar by Save the Children, in partnership with the Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children and SOS Children's Villages Zanzibar, between March and September 2014.
Children actively and directly participated as researchers and advocates and were involved in analysis, documentation and action planning on the lives of children living in kinship care -- the positive and negative aspects of living with kin caregivers and the factors and practices…
Save the Children extended Kinship Care research begun in West Central Africa in 2012 across East Africa in 2014, and this paper presents the findings for Zanzibar. The investigation was primarily qualitative and participatory focused, and promoted the active involvement of children and caregivers as field researchers. A total of 51 caregivers, 67 children and 19 stakeholders took part in the research over a period of seven months in collaboration with the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and SOS Villages Tanzania.
The paper begins with an introduction to the rationale for the research…
Abstract
The aim of this mixed-method study was to explore the trajectories of leaving home, and views and experiences among children and youth in the Kagera region in Tanzania, who have lived on the streets or been domestic workers. The main results showed that orphanhood and mistreatment were the main reasons for leaving home: few children lived with their parents before they left, and leaving home was a complex process over several years where three trajectories were identified. The children who had left home showed strong agency and competency but lived in vulnerable conditions,…
Zanzibar’s Department of Social Welfare - a department within the Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children - along with Save the Children UK and SOS Children’s Villages undertook a rapid assessment of residential care institutions in Zanzibar in order to determine how many children were living in children’s homes, their ages, the factors that influenced their institutionalization, the status of their families of origin, and the authorities referring children to these homes. The assessment was carried out in an effort to provide preliminary information to assist the…
These DRAFT Regulations on the Care and Protection of Children of the Children’s Act of Zanzibar offer a definition of a child in need of protection and outline the general duties of the Department of Social Welfare in regards to providing that protection. The Regulations include procedures for: receiving a child protection referral, acting following a risk assessment, holding a child protection conference with the child and relatives, responding to the needs of children without parental care, applying for a care or supervision order, and more. They also outline…
This study by UNICEF sought to identify key determinants of vulnerability among children –including those affected by HIV and AIDS – that can contribute to developing an improved global measure of vulnerable children in the context of HIV and AIDS. Data from the most recent available household surveys at the time of analysis was used from 11 countries – Cambodia, Central African Republic, Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe – were pooled.
Based on the results of the pooled analysis, the key indicators of vulnerability for…
This brief is part of a series of country briefs which aim to provide an analysis of children’s living and care arrangements according to the latest available data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) or Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys (MICS) at the time of publication.
This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Tanzania, extracted from the 2010 DHS survey. The brief presents data on who children…
Executive Summary
As a leading child protection organisation in Tanzania, Mkombozi works to empower children who are currently, were previously, or are at-risk of becoming street-involved through various interventions including direct services for basic needs, family reunification support, community engagement activities and awareness-raising through advocacy efforts. The 2012 Mkombozi census of street-involved children aimed to produce and analyse quantifiable data on street-involved children in Moshi and Arusha municipalities. The census took place over a period of 12 hours in each town…