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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to compare loneliness between the left-behind children of migrant workers and the non-left-behind ones, and identify the most significant predictors of loneliness among the left-behind children.
Design/methodology/approach
Incidental sampling was performed to select 629 participants aged 11–16 from 5 schools in the rural areas of Karawang and Lombok in Indonesia. They filled in paper-and-pencil self-report inventories.
Findings
Left-behind children were significantly lonelier than their counterparts were. Emotional loneliness was more…
Following the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake that struck the province of Aceh in Indonesia in December 2004, Save the Children complemented its emergency response with the placement of two advisors in the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs (KEMENSOS) to support the Government in reviewing the effectiveness of the national child protection system, in both emergency and non-emergency contexts. Indonesia’s child protection system was found to rely almost exclusively on residential care interventions and, although these institutions received the bulk of government funding for…
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has submitted its third and fourth combined report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (dated 18th October 2012), which is due to be examined by the Committee on the Rights of the Child at its 66th Session, taking place in May-June 2014 in Geneva.
This document contains the care-related sections of the report.
WHAT: Contains guidance on how to develop programs to respond to the psychosocial needs of children affected by emergencies. Includes a training schedule, worksheets, and handouts.
WHO: Trainers, practitioners, and managers working with children affected by an emergency.
WHERE: While the guidance in this manual is globally relevant for work with separated children and children in care who have psychosocial needs, it is based on the lessons learned from working with separated children…