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On 21st September 2023, the Governments of Canada and Zambia, in partnership with UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage and the Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism, hosted a High-Level Side Event during the Seventy-Eighth Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The event was titled 'Charting Brighter Futures: Utilizing Data for Accelerated Action to End Child Marriage and Achieve SDG 5.3'. The event brought together key stakeholders from around the world, all committed to one common goal: ending child marriage. It provided a unique opportunity to dive into the power of…
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Alliance for Children Everywhere (ACE) Zambia is a US-funded organization that transitioned from providing residential care in Zambia to pioneering family-based care, including foster care, and supporting other residential care service providers to transition. With important links to the Zambian government, ACE Zambia has been a key actor in supporting the development of policies, programs and guidelines that are now utilized across the country.
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ACE Zambia, formerly known as Christian Alliance for Children in Zambia (CACZ) is a faith-based and…
The ACE Zambia team has built a strong proof of concept for family-based care and restored thousands of children to family since 1998. In this video Simon Kanyembo, Director of Social Services at ACE Zambia, addresses the following questions:
- Why child welfare organizations should prefer family-based care to institutional care
- Response to children who are abandoned or unable to be reintegrated
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The goal of this case study is to demonstrate a working model of family-based care in Zambia which can produce a replicable framework that can be modified for other regions and circumstances. This paper seeks to shed light on positive outcomes when family-based care is prioritized. Drawing on over twenty years of experience in family-based care, Alliance for Children Everywhere seeks to share their experience in Zambia and support a transition to family-based care to other OVC organizations within Southern Africa and beyond.
In December 2015, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) through the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS), in partnership with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), commissioned the Nationwide Assessment of all Child Care Facilities (CCFs). The Assessment was undertaken between April and July 2016 as a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) and UNICEF. This report is based on findings the Nationwide Assessment.
The aim of the Assessment was to gather evidence for the purpose of updating baseline…
This report presents the preliminary findings from an ongoing project undertaken by 4Children that seeks to identify key opportunities to incorporate violence prevention and response interventions within priority PEPFAR Program Areas at clinical and community levels. The initial focus is on HIV testing and services (HTS) and pediatric care and treatment — a priority identified at an introductory meeting with selected members of the OVC and Gender Technical Working Group Advisors held in July 2015. The findings presented here draw on conclusions from the introductory meeting, a desk review and…
Save the Children (SC) Zambia implemented a Child Rights Program (2013-2017) titled; “Towards a systematic change to realize Children’s Rights in Zambia.” The programme had three thematic areas namely; Child Rights Governance (CRG), Child Protection, and HIV and Child Rights. The goal of the CRG thematic area was to ensure that “children in Zambia benefit from improved child-focused national legislation, policies and budgets that comply with the Children’s Rights Charter (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children (ACRWC).” Child protection aimed at ensuring that fewer…
This is a study from Catholic Relief Services that investigates the factors related to children’s placement in Catholic-affiliated residential care facilities in Zambia. According to this study, the government estimates that there are approximately 190 residential-care facilities located in Zambia, and of those 40 are Catholic-affiliated. At the time of this study, there were 1674 residents living in residential care.
The study sought to answer three main research questions:
1) What characterizes Catholic-affiliated residential care for children?
2) What are the main…
This brochure outlines adoption policy and procedure in Zambia, including a definition of adoption, how it works, its limitations, requirements for adopting a child, and other conditions.
This brochure outlines the Public Welfare Assistance Scheme, including services related to inspection of child-care facilities and adoption.