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Kinnected is a program run in 10 countries by the organization ACCI Relief aimed at preserving and strengthening families and assisting children currently in residential care to achieve their right to be raised in a family.
This document provides an overview of the issues related to residential care, and the detrimental impacts of institutionalization on children. The document presents steps to deinstitutionalization and best practices for child protection, family preservation, and family reunification.
The document highlights the need for ethical volunteering which does not…
This four-page publication describes World Vision and Promundo’s work in Sri Lanka in 2012-2013 as part of the MenCare campaign to (1) conduct exploratory research to conceptualize how the community defines what fatherhood means and the barriers to men’s caregiving, and (2) carry out a workshop with program managers and government officials on approaches to engaging men in fatherhood.
MenCare Sri Lanka Film from MenCare on Vimeo.
This moving short film (7 mins) produced by MenCare examines the circumstance of one man who finds himself as the primary caregiver to his children when his female partner (and mother of his children) must move abroad for work. It details his struggles taking on a non-traditional role in the household as he learns to better appreciate his partner's skill at caregiving. It also touches upon the social…
The goal of New Beginnings is, “Children affected by armed conflict and violence in the family or community are protected from further harm and supported in gaining safe access to family and/or government support, as appropriate, and social inclusion in the wider community.” Its strategic objectives are:
1. To enable children affected by armed conflict (e.g., former child soldiers, separated or displaced children, children who lost opportunities due to armed conflict) to be resettled and/or reintegrated into their families, schools, and communities.
2. In selected project areas, to…
Principal findings of study revealed that institutionalization is becoming an option for families in difficult circumstances in the absence of alternative forms of care (for a summary of the key findings, click here). While government policies explicitly state that poverty should not be an admission criterion, 50% of children in voluntary institutions were there for poverty. Moreover, 80% of children in non-state institutions (generally termed “orphanages”) had at least one living parent…