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Children with disabilities in Africa are among the most neglected groups in the policy domain as well as in the private sphere. The majority of these children face enormous economic, political, and social barriers that have an adverse impact on their physical, social and intellectual development and wellbeing.
This multiple-country study is an effort to make the situation of children with disabilities more visible, so that parents, community leaders, policy makers, as well as child rights activists and their organisations, commit themselves to better protecting and promoting the…
Uganda has a rich policy and legislative framework for the inclusion of persons with disabilities. Over the years, this has been adapted to respond to development trends. During the colonial and early post-colonial eras, services for persons with disabilities were provided by institutions. Today, Uganda’s disability policy and legislative framework emphasizes a rights-based approach to disability and takes into account ratified conventions, regional treaties, laws, policies, regulations, guidelines and executive directives (presidential manifestos), within the framework of the Constitution of…
Disability and children are high on both the Global and national Development agenda. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); National Development Plan (NDP II) 2015/16 – 2019/20 and; the Social Development Sector Plan (SDSP1) 2015/16 – 2019/20 among others make mention of disability and child support.
Children with disabilities (CWDs) are among the most neglected groups in the policy domain as well as in the private sphere. The majority of these children face enormous economic, political, and social barriers that have an adverse impact on their physical, social and intellectual…
This video series from Better Care Network, in partnership with Child's i Foundation, highlights promising practices in children's care in Uganda. The series of six videos captures practice-based learning and each video in the series is accompanied by a one-page discussion paper.
Videos in the series include:
The objective of this evaluation is to assess the performance of the “Deinstitutionalization of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project in Uganda” (DOVCU) with regards to the creation of sustainable changes in the lives of two beneficiary groups, namely 43,000 vulnerable children living in targeted households and 2,000 children at risk as a result of an integrated package of support. A second objective was to assess how and if these results came about from systems changes and identify which strategies and approaches were the most effective for achieving the change in children’s lives. The…
In coordination with the MGLSD, ChildFund International led a consortium of project partners, including Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO Uganda), Child’s i Foundation (CiF), and Retrak, to implement the three-year “Deinstitutionalization of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Uganda” (DOVCU) project (2014-2017). Together, DOVCU project partners delivered an integrated package of interventions with the aim of decreasing household vulnerabilities for 1) households at risk of child separation, and 2) households with children reintegrating from CCIs. The project also aimed to…
“Deinstitutionalization of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Uganda” (DOVCU) was a three-year project (2014-2017) that aimed to keep and reintegrate children into the care of families. ChildFund International led the consortium of project partners, including Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO Uganda), Child’s i Foundation (CiF) and Retrak. Together, DOVCU project partners delivered an integrated package of interventions with the aim of decreasing household vulnerabilities for 1) households at risk of child separation, and 2) households with children reintegrating from CCIs. The…
“Deinstitutionalization of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project in Uganda” (DOVCU) was a three-year project (2014-2017) that aimed to keep and reintegrate children into the care of families. ChildFund International led the consortium of project partners, including Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO Uganda), Child’s i Foundation (CiF) and Retrak. Together, the DOVCU project partners delivered an integrated package of interventions with the aim of decreasing household vulnerabilities for: 1) households at risk of child separation, and 2) households with children reintegrating from…
In this video, social worker Diana Nyakarungi describes how Ekisa Ministries in Jinja, Uganda supports parents to care for their children with special needs within the community. This video is one within a series of videos produced by Child's i Foundation and Better Care Network.
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This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Committee’s recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.