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EveryChild is an international development charity working in 17 countries with a strategic focus on children without parental care. This document outlines EveryChild’s approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children’s rights. It also provides principles for good practice in trying to reduce the number of children without parental…
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified by Guyana in 1991) clearly states that the institution will act as the last resort of care for vulnerable children when all other options have been exhausted. However, finding and strengthening alternatives to institutional care, such as adequate community-based care or formalised foster care have not yet been given sufficient attention and there is presently a lack of such alternatives in Guyana. Once a child is orphaned or without caregivers, it is up to the State to take responsibility for the child by ensuring the most adequate…
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security recognizes it has an obligation to set out a framework for childcare in policy and law and to ensure that childcare provision meets minimum standards in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Progress is being made in developing legislation to protect children which will eventually set out the legal framework for Minimum Standards.
These Standards represent the development of a practice quality framework for looking after children who need placement in a Children’s Home. These standards will contribute to the…
The original terms of reference envisaged the preparation of Standards for the operation of Children’s Homes and the provision of foster care regulations. However the Initial Assessment carried out in April 2006 found that Guyana in common with many other Commonwealth countries was struggling to meet the present care and protection problems facing children because of outdated legislation and social work practice that was relying on residential care and had no history of community placements. The Initial Assessment recommended that improvements were needed to the social work systems and…