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This chapter from Social Work Practice in Africa: Indigenous and Innovative Approaches presents a traditional fostering model adopted by a group of women in Northern Uganda, analysing its potential for building resilience and for contributing to social capital and social development within the broad context of post-conflict situations. The paper draws from data obtained from a broader study conducted in Uganda under the PROSOWO project (Professional Social Work in East Africa).…
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:
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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The principal aim of this study is to review the recent legal reform/review process in Uganda from the particular perspective of how it has promoted community-based care. The two reform measures that will be described and analyzed from this view point are the Approved Schools (Babies and Children's Homes) Rules, 1991 (Statutory Instruments No. 13 & 14) and the Child Law Review Committee's (CLRC) proposals concerning the reform of various laws concerning children as presented to government in its Report of March 1992. The Babies and Children's Homes Rules which will be referred to as "the…