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This document provides a brief summary of the field testing of the population-based estimation method (or ‘estimation method’) in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A fuller account of the field testing can be found in the longer document: Pilot Summary Report, Democratic Republic of Congo: Population-Based Estimation by the same authors.The estimation method was used to estimate the scale and basic characteristics of separation resulting from the armed group M23’s takeover of Goma in December 2012, also affecting the neighbouring territory of Nyiragongo. The pilot ran from…
This pilot summary document provides a brief summary of the field testing of the community-based surveillance method in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A fuller account of the field testing can be found in the longer document: Pilot Summary Report, Democratic Republic of Congo: Community-Based Surveillance Method by the same authors. The surveillance method was used to monitor new cases of separation in ‘real time’ across ten village sites in the territory of Nyiragongo. The pilot ran for an 11-week period from August to October 2014.
This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. The Committee's recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.
According to this article from Forced Migration Review, when the majority of aid comes from external sources, it can cause those who receive the aid to feel powerless. External aid, along with the stress of protracted displacement can force changes in family structures and caregiving practices, thus threatening the family structure. In the most extreme cases, researchers found that parents may leave the family or a child, rationalising that the children would be better off without the parent or on their own.
This article focuses on the Gihembe camp in Rwanda, which…
This article examines how urban Congolese refugees in Kenya promote psychosocial well-being in the context of structural vulnerability. This article is based on interviews (N= 55) and ethnographic participant observation with Congolese refugees over a period of 8 months in Nairobi in 2014. Primary stressors related to scarcity of material resources, political and personal insecurity, and emotional stress. Congolese refugees mitigated stressors by (a) relying on faith in God’s plan and trust in religious community, (b) establishing borrowing networks, and (c) compartmentalizing the…
A mobile phone-based community surveillance system was piloted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the goal of identifying new cases of unaccompanied and separated children on a weekly basis. Over an 11-week period, community focal points reported 62 cases of separation across 10 communities. Most children were between 5 and 14 years old, and the majority of children had been under the care of their parents prior to separation. More than half of the children were unaccompanied, meaning that they were living without an adult relative or customary…
Save the Children is undertaking innovative participative research in West and Central Africa on informal alternative care mechanisms,with a particular focus on kinship care. An estimated 15.8% of children under the age of 15 years in West and Central Africa do not live with their biological parents, the vast majority living in extended family care and only a negligible number lives in institutional care in that region. Evidence suggests that children are placed in kinship care for a variety of reasons, including traditional practices, poverty, increasing value for education and…
Children without appropriate care (CwAC) is a focus area for Save the Children’s child protection work for the period 2010-2015. The goal is that by 2015, 4.6 million children without appropriate care, and their families, including children affected by HIV and AIDS and those on the move, will benefit from good-quality interventions within an improved child protection system.
This report assesses the practice of kinship care within four research countries in the West and Central African region (Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Niger), reflecting upon the…
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While the principles behind community-based participatory research (CBPR) are firmly established the process of taking CBPR with children and youth to scale and integrating it into the programming of non-governmental organizations has been scarcely documented. This paper reflects on the experiences of Save the Children in implementing a multi-country CBPR program to increase understanding of kinship care in DRC, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The paper discusses challenges faced, lessons learned and highlights how the research process enabled action and advocacy initiatives at…
This report is the final outcome of a research consultancy conducted by the International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) and Columbia University for World Vision UK (WVUK). The purpose of this research was to assess and analyze the extent to which WVUK is reaching ‘the most poor and marginalised’ or Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) through its Child Protection programming in Cambodia, Tanzania, and Eastern DRC. The report presents case studies from the three countries, observations made from these case studies, lessons learned, and recommendations to enhance child protection…