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This guidance is for Save the Children staff and partners already running Interim Care Centres (ICCs) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Interim care is defined as care arranged for a child on a temporary basis of up to 12 weeks. The placement may be formal or informal with relatives, foster carers or in residential care such as an Interim Care Centre (ICC). This guidance covers all children in need of emergency interim care during the Covid-19 pandemic, this includes:
- children who are not suspected of being sick,
- children in need of quarantine and
- …
This document outlines some of the potential risks children face in Interim Care Centres and suggests how to manage them to ensure that children are as safe as possible.
Introducción
Uno de los mayores contribuyentes a la vulnerabilidad de los niños en todo el mundo es la separación del amor, cuidado y protección de su familia. La pérdida del cuidado de los padres tiene muchas causas. Para los millones de niños de todo el mundo que han estado o están en riesgo de estar separados de sus familias debido a la pobreza, la enfermedad, la discapacidad, el abuso o cualquier otra causa, no existen soluciones simples o “una única solución para todos”. Sin embargo, hay un creciente cuerpo de investigación y orientación basada en la evidencia para informar a los…
The MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change global competition for a $100 million grant brought together the four finalists to deliver presentations on their proposed projects at '100&Change: The Finalists Live in Chicago.' At this event, Catholic Relief Services, Lumos, and Maestral International presented their project: Changing the Way We Care, a project aimed at ending the institutionalization of children. The presentation also includes a segment on voluntourism in orphanages and the contributions of international donors to orphanages, which perpetuate the corrupt orphanage industry, a…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
If you think residential intervention cannot change - think again. Innovative leaders are rethinking and redefining what residential intervention is and where it is delivered. By studying the research and implementing new methods, exemplary providers are improving the outcomes for youth and families. Cutting-edge effective residential intervention now means providers are creatively working with youth and families in the home, in the community, and as briefly as possible – often for three months or less (Blau, Caldwell & Lieberman, 2014).
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Introduction & Methodology
This report presents the findings of research conducted by Child Soldiers International to assess the effectiveness of release, psychosocial recovery and reintegration interventions (commonly referred to as ‘DDR’) for girls associated with armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). More specifically, it seeks to shed some light on the extent to which girls have been reached by DDR programmes, and on the appropriateness of this support where it was offered, mostly from the point of view of the girls themselves.
It is…
The Place of Foster Care in the Continuum of Care Choices: A Review of the Evidence for Policymakers
This report from Family for Every Child explores rising concerns about the expansion of foster care services in low and middle income countries, including the lack of knowledge and understanding on how to implement effective, safe foster care programmes and the use of foster care when family separation is avoidable or when it is not the most appropriate form of alternative care. The report begins to fill the gap in understanding through an exploration of the literature and interviews with key global and country-level experts. It aims to assist in both states’ and NGOs’ decisions on whether to…
Responsibletravel.com, a travel company operating from the UK since 2001 has issued Guidelines for partner operators for volunteering directly with vulnerable children, including in the context of orphanage volunteering.
In July 2013, Responsible.com took the unprecedented step to remove temporarily all volunteering trips to orphanages from its offers, following increasing coverage in the media highlighting the harmful impact of ‘volunteer tourism’ in children’s homes in a number of countries. Following consultations with experts in the field, the company has issued new guidelines…
Le 20 Novembre 2009, après des années de consultation inter-gouvernementales et de négociations, une résolution sur les lignes directrices pour la prise en charge alternative des enfants a été adoptée par l'Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies, dans le sillage de la commémoration du 20e anniversaire de la Convention des Nations Unies relative aux droits de l’enfant. Ces lignes directrices fournissent un cadre d'orientation pour les gouvernements et autres parties prenantes afin de prévenir les séparations familiales et l’usage inapproprié de mécanismes alternatifs de…
The Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children were endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 20th November 2009, in connection with the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This momentous day marked a culmination of years of discussions and negotiations led by the Government of Brazil, in partnership with Group of Friends and civil society. The Guidelines were designed to provide further guidance regarding the definition of the relationship between parental care and the child’s family environment, goals for alternative care, and…