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This mapping and analysis was conducted in late 2009 in Sierra Leone to analyze the existing laws, structures and services for child protection in the country and found them to be falling short of reaching their intended impact. According to the report, “although actors at several levels are committing considerable resources to child protection initiatives, indicators demonstrate that a large percentage of children still face abuse, violence, neglect, and exploitation in their daily lives. Strong leadership is required to bring together various efforts into a well-articulated and common…
Ce document présente les conclusions et perspectives générées par la cartographie et l'évaluation des systèmes nationaux de protection de l'enfance dans cinq pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest, à savoir : la Côte d’Ivoire, le Ghana, le Niger, le Sénégal et la Sierra Leone. La nécessité de mener cette recherche découlait de la reconnaissance du fait que les perspectives africaines, et le rôle important joué par les communautés, n'avaient pas été totalement intégrés au dialogue mondial en cours sur les systèmes nationaux de protection de l'enfance.
A regional Save the Children participatory research initiative was undertaken to build knowledge on endogenous care practices within families and communities, especially informal kinship care, in order to better understand how the practice works and provide recommendations for programming to increase the care and protection of children. The research was conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, and was primarily qualitative and exploratory. Similar research was underway in Niger and was…
Sierra Leone is one the world’s poorest countries, ranked 177/177 in 2007 on the Human Development Index and has an estimated population of five million, 51% of whom are children. 11.3% of these children (283,000) are orphans having lost one or both parents as a result of the ten year civil war, low life expectancy in the country, HIV/AIDS and a host of other factors. 20.3% of the child population does not live with their biological parents who are alive.
Poverty coupled with ignorance of children’s rights, many of which are now enacted in the Child Rights Act, poor…
There is growing agreement that separated children are best cared for in community settings, rather than in institutions. However, even in a community setting, there is a need for standards of care that allow for monitoring of children’s well-being. This is particularly important in countries such as Sierra Leone which is recovering from a brutal civil war and suffering from poverty, malnutrition, and limited access to adequate medical care. Since the civil war ended in Sierra Leone, child fostering—whether informal or facilitated by humanitarian agencies and the government—has become the…
This survey highlights efforts to disarm, demobilize and reintegrate former child soldiers in Cambodia, Colombia, El Salvador, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Kosovo, analyzing them in terms of policy and legal issues, political context and program implementation. The special needs facing the former child soldiers are discussed along with political situation and child protection in each country. Conclusion, lessons learned, challenges and recommendations are presented at the end of the survey.
This survey stresses that disarmament; demobilization and reintegration programs need to…
This resource includes data on children's living arrangements in Sierra Leone.
This article reports on the need for local adoption solutions for the children who have been orphaned by Ebola in Sierra Leone. The author explains the situation of many children in Sierra Leone who have lost one or both parents to the Ebola virus and argues that “international aid agencies should help facilitate adoptions locally,” particularly the adoption of children by a family member, “and provide better health care and education to support entire communities” to meet the needs of these children.
This article from BBC News sheds light on the efforts of one man in Sierra Leone, who has since died of the Ebola virus, to provide care to children who have been orphaned by Ebola and to reintegrate them into their communities. Augustine Baker worked at the St George Foundation Orphanage in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he worked with children who not only suffered the loss of one or both parents to Ebola, but also faced the stigma and social rejection connected with being close to the Ebola virus. Baker and his wife both died of the virus, leaving behind three children who are now cared for…
A staff member at a British-run orphanage in Freetown, Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola, sending over 20 children who resided in the orphanage into quarantine due to their exposure to the virus, according to the article. The children and staff are now confined to the orphanage for at least 21 days.