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Preventing Parent-Child Separation: Myths and Facts from a KAP Survey in Central and Western Liberia
Abstract
The 14-year civil conflict in Liberia resulted in the separation of many children from their families. A population-based, multi-stage random cluster knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) survey of 1157 child caregivers was conducted in 12 districts in Liberia. Knowledge of alternative care and adoption is low and varies significantly by residence. Common misunderstandings include thinking that biological parents may migrate in cases of inter-country adoption (42% of rural and Greater Monrovia (GM); p = 0.2138), and that there is a…
This draft from the Liberian government outlines the protocol and guidelines for responding to children's care issues in the context of Ebola, specifically for the Interim Care Centers for children who have come into contact with Ebola. The draft provides an introduction to the impact of the Ebola epidemic on children’s care in Liberia, stating that UNICEF estimates approximately 2,000 children in Liberia have lost one or both caregivers to the epidemic. Furthermore, there are thousands of other children who are separated from their families because their parents are in treatment or children…
This capacity building plan supports the implementation of the Liberian Guidelines for Kinship Care, Foster Care and Supported Independent Living. It establishes clear steps towards the strengthening of social welfare services for vulnerable populations in Liberia. This plan builds upon the on-going effort by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare to strengthen its capacity in terms of improving performance and providing quality social welfare services to people in need of care and support, including vulnerable children particularly children…
This “roadmap” document outlines the recommended implementation strategies and activities for strengthening family- and community-based alternative care in Liberia. It accompanies the Guidelines on Kinship Care, Foster Care and Supported Independent Living (the Guidelines) and the Capacity Building Plan to Implement the Guidelines (CBP). The roadmap serves as a resource tool for the Government of Liberia, and its partners, for the protection of children without appropriate care through the development of alternative care, deinstitutionalization and other support services.…
In recent years, the Government of Liberia has made significant advances in strengthening the child protection system, in particular with alternative care. The Guidelines for Kinship Care, Foster Care and Supported Independent Living in Liberia paper has been produced as part of the efforts made to continue this advancement. The Guidelines are intended to provide harmonized national guidance for child welfare practitioners in order to improve the quality of family-based alternative care services in Liberia, particularly for children without appropriate care (CWAC). The Guidelines aim at…
These Regulations and Tools are designed to create the basis for reforming welfare institutions, thereby protecting children and providing opportunities for those living in alternative care. They were adopted in 2010 and provide the basis through which the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) will regulate all child welfare institutions, including orphanages and alternative care arrangements such as foster care and kinship.
This research was focused on the population of children who fled war in their own country (Côte d’Ivoire or Liberia) and are now living with a foster family in rural Guinea. A team of researchers spent sixteen days in a randomly selected location near the Ivorian border and searched for such children.
The study found that there is likely a large population of informally resettled refugee children living with local families. In this community, informal settlement appears to be working, as there is an impressive child protection capacity in the area. All children…
This study was a joint initiative between Save the Children UK and Save the Children Alliance. The fieldwork for the study was undertaken during a short and intensive period by two Liberian members of SC UK staff and the CPSC Research Coordinator. Considerable emphasis was placed on the active participation of children and of foster carers throughout the study.
Much of the work with and for separated Sierra Leonean children in the Sinje camps in Liberia results from the initiatives of the refugees themselves, who formed a Child Welfare Committee to undertake a range of child…
During 2002, the conflict in Liberia escalated which has resulted in the arrival of more than 50,000 (UNHCR December 2002) Liberian Refugees fleeing to Sierra Leone for safety. While families are fleeing the conflict in Liberia many children have become separated. Currently 502 Liberian children have been identified as separated and are being provided with family tracing and reunification and alternative care services.
This document provides detailed definitions, guidelines, and criteria for the monitoring of three forms of alternative care -- emergency transit booth care,…