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Objectives The primary objective of this study was to collect baseline data on the number of children living in residential care institutions in Cambodia. The secondary objective was to describe the characteristics of the children (eg, age, sex, duration of stay, education and health). The data were intended to guide recent efforts by the Government of Cambodia to reduce the number of children living in residential care institutions and increase the number of children growing up in supportive family environments.
Setting Data were…
This report intends to share the status of the child care homes (CCHs) in Nepal - facts and figures, problems, financial supports and progress. The report found that, though CCHs are the last option to keep orphan and vulnerable children, it has become a common practice to send needy children, especially ones who are not in parental care and vulnerable children, to CCHs. The CCHs are found operating either with the support of international organizations and/or sponsorship of individual or religious groups and/or individual charities. Therefore, the numbers of the CCHs fluctuate from time…
The report ‘Mapping of residential care facilities in the capital and 24 provinces of the kingdom of Cambodia’ was released by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation in April 2017. UNICEF provided technical support and USAID provided financial support to the Ministry to conduct the study. The mapping significantly advances the current knowledge of the state of institutionalization of Cambodian children. For the first time, evidence- based data is providing MoSVY with practical information that details where the facilities are and how many children live in them,…
This document discusses how there is increasing international mobilization around the importance of family care for optimal child development. Recently the Royal Government of Cambodia has made a commitment to reduce the numbers of children living in residential care in Cambodia and to invest in initiatives focused on prioritizing supportive family care. However, before rolling out the programs intended to achieve the reduction goals, rigorous baseline data on the numbers of children currently living in residential care institutions was needed to illuminate the scope of the issue and serve as…
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Two national household surveys, the Demographic and Health Surveys and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, drive assessment of the Millennium Development Goals, Poverty Reduction Strategies, and other major international platforms in most low- and middle-income countries. However, little attention has been given to the fact that household surveys are limited to people living in households, therefore excluding some of the world’s most vulnerable populations and including the homeless, people living in institutions, and migrant laborers. The situation of children living outside…
Cambodia's Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY) conducted a mapping exercise to address a lack of information on the number of residential facilities providing care for children. The only information available to date was based on inspections conducted by the Ministry. This was limited to the residential care institutions that were officially known to or which had a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry. The assumption was that there were many more residential care institutions in Cambodia and a mapping exercise would be an effective way to identify…