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BULA's mission is to empower children and youth in vulnerable situations by improving access to quality education, by strengthening families, and by facilitating a platform of support and dialogue among, and for, young people. BULA also believes that by breaking the cycle of institutionalization, by supporting the alternative care framework, and by providing support to young people transitioning out of care, they can reduce vulnerability and strengthen their educational support initiatives.
The organization continues to prioritize educational support to vulnerable children, but has…
Save the Children East Africa Regional Office (EARO) and Better Care Network (BCN) are looking to recruit a Better Care Network (BCN) Regional Technical & Knowledge Management Specialist. BCN is initiating a three-year regional inter-agency initiative to improve the capacities of governments and their civil society partners in Eastern Africa to develop and implement care reform that strengthens families and improves alternative care services in the region. To support this regional inter-agency initiative, BCN and Save the Children are…
Conference Dates and Location: 21-22 November, 2013. Nairobi, Kenya.
The Child Adoption Network – East Africa is pleased to announce the First Child Adoption Conference in East Africa that will bring together scholars, Government ministries, policy makers, childcare and child protection personnel, the legal fraternity, adoption service personnel, parents, adoptees and other adoption stakeholders. The theme of the conference will be “East African families for East Africa’s children.” The goal of the conference is to promote…
Save the Children is seeking qualified consultant(s) to work with the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) of Liberia to review and provide guidance and recommendations on DSW policies, procedures and activities in support of its mandate for the identification, processing, placement, and monitoring of Children Without Appropriate Care (CWAC) into alternative care.
In Liberia, priorities for care are: 1) family reunification, 2) kinship living, 3) independent living, 4) domestic and international adoption, 5) foster care, and 6)…
The CHANGE Trust envisions an African society that protects its children in every aspect of life; economic, social and political growth.
The Ethiopian Society of Sociologists, Social Workers and Anthropologists (ESSSWA) was founded in June 1996 as a professional society of Sociologists, Social Workers and Anthropologists with the objective of playing a facilitation role in tapping the potentials of these professions and its members in social development endeavors of the country. Its aims are to develop member’s professional competence and enhance their contribution in addressing existing and emerging social issues. It works closely with relevant government stakeholders such as Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA),…
The Africa Network of Care-Leaving Researchers is an on-line space for collaboration between researchers across Africa in the field of young people transitioning out of alternative care. Their purpose is to understand the care-leaving process and to contribute towards child and youth care policy and practice to improve the kinds of supports provided to care-leavers (in terms of practice, programmes, policy and legislation).
Youth Alive Uganda not only strives to keep children and youth physically Alive but also Alive in the social, economic and political development of their country. And because children and youth account for over 78% of the Uganda’s population Youth Alive Uganda believes that for any social, economic and political development to be attained, meaningful involvement of children and youth is a must. For over 20 years, Youth Alive Uganda has been and continues to implement children and youth integrated development programs at community level with an intention of keeping the children and youth…
The mission of United Citizens Child support is to alleviate the plight of suffering orphans and vulnerable children though education, charity, skills training, promotion of self-help, and support of families with orphans in Uganda/India.
Bethany Christian Services is a Christian faith-based organization that works to bring and keep families together through services in many countries. These services include foster care, family support, and adoption. These services have been designed to allow children to stay in their home country, with a local family whenever possible.
Bethany Christian Services has offices in:
- Albania
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