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This joint note aims to consolidate the current recommendations on Infant and Young Child Feeding in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. This guidance is not intended to replace national guidance, rather to serve as a resource that is based on the latest evidence. The contents are adapted to the African region from Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when COVID-19 disease is suspected, Interim Guidance, 13 March 2020 WHO.
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Guided by previous research by Child Soldiers International, recommendations to the DRC made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and consultations with Congolese NGOs, Child Soldiers International developed a project to assess the effectiveness of release, psychosocial recovery and reintegration programmes (DDR) for girls under the age of 18 associated with armed groups in eastern DRC.
As part of this project, a research team spent six weeks in South Kivu, North Kivu and Haut-Uélé in early 2016, and interviewed 150…
This Toolkit is intended for civil society members working for children, government officials responsible for children’s matters; key actors in children’s rights in the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) of Africa.The toolkit outlines training modules and includes take-home study materials on the provisions of the ACRWC (also known as the African Children’s Charter) and the work of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC). The toolkit includes case studies, group work, questions for self-evaluation and a feedback matrix on how trainees are applying…
Representatives from International Social Service, Save the Children, and SOS Children’s Villages met with the African Committee on Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child during its 21st session on 15 April, 2013 to present on the international Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (UNGA resolution A/RES/64/142) and its new implementation Handbook “Moving Forward.” The presentation included a brief introduction to the Guidelines; an overview of the core principles of the Guidelines; a description of the need for, and development of, the handbook; a summary of the handbook…
The Minimum Package is a guide to encourage the harmonizing of service delivery for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children and Youth (OVCY) across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Member States can adopt or adapt these standards and guidelines at the national level. The Minimum Package identifies the basic needs of children and youth and the services they require as well as complementing services needed to deliver basic services. It also identifies the primary and secondary sectors and actors that can respond and how their services can be delivered in a coordinated,…
L'objectif de ce manuel est de présenter un ensemble d'indicateurs globaux communs pour la prise en charge formelle des enfants, notamment des enfants vivant en institution ou en famille d'accueil suite à un arrangement formel (qu’il s’agisse de parents ou de familles auparavant inconnus de la famille de l'enfant). Ce manuel explique pourquoi ces informations sont importantes et fournit des conseils pratiques sur la collecte de données.
Les Annexes de ce rapport contiennent les tables et peuvent etre accedees en cliquant sur ce lien…
WHAT: This guide is based on the standards set out in Raising the Standards (Save the Children, 2005). It presents lessons from the experiences of five agencies in implementing the childcare standards and assessing their effectiveness.
WHO: Childcare agencies, managers, and social and community workers.
WHERE: This document focuses on five agencies in East and Central Africa, however the learning has global relevance.
WHY: Provides case studies and guidance on implementing…
The new Building Block Africa-wide briefing note on ‘Young children and HIV’ provides practical guidance on meeting the developmental needs of young children affected by HIV and the care and treatment needs of young children living with HIV. Focusing on children under eight years of age, it aims to help local organisations and service providers to strengthen family and community support for these children.
‘Young children and HIV’ is structured in two sections:
The first section describes the impact of HIV on the intellectual, emotional, psychological and social development of all young…
All children should be cared for in a family environment by their parents, relatives or other loving adults. But there are growing numbers of children who do not enjoy this most basic right and suffer from neglect and extreme vulnerability.
Children’s lives become precarious when they lose a parent because of illness, accident or conflict. The emotional, educational, spiritual and physical needs of children who live without parental care are often neglected and they may resort to dangerous activities to survive.
This handbook describes some innovative examples of how many faith-based…
In many of the childcare institutions and other forms of care provision, the quality of provision is below a standard, which would ensure the protection and guidance necessary for a minimum level of child development. Fundamental to the poor quality of care is a lack of acknowledgement or understanding of the nature of care necessary or acceptable, in non-family care services. This is despite an increased awareness of and intention to support children’s rights on the part of individuals, NGOs and governments.
The following set of indicators are intended to guide SC (UK)…