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Este documento está diseñado para orientar a las personas u organizaciones que están apoyando un proceso de transición para pasar de proporcionar atención residencial a un modelo que promueva la atención familiar y comunitaria. El documento está diseñado en torno a las Fases de la Transición de Better Care Network. Se basa en el trabajo que Changing the Way We Care ha realizado en los últimos años para apoyar a diferentes proveedores de atención residencial, tanto religiosos como laicos, en su propio proceso de transición. Hay ejemplos y enlaces a herramientas relevantes, mensajes y…
Produced with KESCA, ‘Myths vs Reality’ highlights some of the key misconceptions associated with voluntourism, including how this could unintentionally support institution-related trafficking.
Background
The rights of persons with disabilities, to live in a family within their communities and be given equal opportunities and freedom of choice alike other citizens, is at the heart of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). However, this can only be achieved if states invest in ensuring that citizens with disabilities have access to inhome and community-based provisions from the early stages of their lives (Márton et al., 2013).
Like all signatory states, Rwanda is fully committed to the rights of children with disabilities and other special…
Millions of children in developing countries are not able to live at home, temporarily or long-term. Sometimes because their parents have passed away or because the problems at home are just too big. Other times because they have run away or are separated from their families by wars, disasters or child traffickers. The fate of these vulnerable children is a concern for many people. Some start projects, volunteer with children or support an orphanage.
Children without a ‘home’ is for them. What is the best way to help children without a safe home? What do you need to…
Miljoenen kinderen in ontwikkelingslanden kunnen tijdelijk of langdurig niet thuis wonen. Soms omdat hun ouders zijn overleden of omdat de problemen thuis te groot zijn. Soms omdat ze zijn weggelopen of van hun familie gescheiden door oorlogen, rampen of kinderhandelaren. Het lot van deze kwetsbare kinderen gaat veel mensen aan het hart. Ze starten een project, doen vrijwilligerswerk met kinderen of ondersteunen een weeshuis.
Voor hen is Kinderen zonder ‘thuis’ bedoeld. Hoe kun je kinderen zonder veilig thuis het beste helpen? Wat moet je weten over weeskinderen…
World Without Orphans Roadmap: Foundations for Active Engagement is a result of broadscale collaboration among global, regional, and national leaders across many faith communities. It is informed by experts from global organizations that lead the way in identifying best practices for caring for vulnerable families and children.
Introduction
This knowledge resource discusses and provides examples of practice tools and calming techniques (in English and Hindi) which counsellors and adults can use while working with children who are in institutional care. The paper reviews evidence on the impact of institutionalisation on children as well as evidence-based interventions that can help mitigate this impact. The latter part of the paper presents tools and calming techniques in the form of worksheets and pictorial representations. These tools are developed and compiled by Counsel to Secure Justice (CSJ), Delhi. These…
This 'companion primer' from the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) provides an overview of the ways in which adversity impacts brain development and how the use of appropriate interventions based on relationships can help reshape children's brains, leading to greater wellbeing and better outcomes for kids from hard places.
View the interactive booklet here.
Apolitical’s field guides are designed to help public servants understand an important policymaking issue, approach, skill or trend. Each field guide has between 10-15 learning materials: a mix of in-depth reporting, expert editorials, resources and regular assessments.
This field guide, produced by Apolitical in partnership with Hope and Homes for Children, should take approximately two to three hours to complete, and covers the following three learning objectives:
- Understand why experts say institutional care is harmful to children
- Learn about…
Resumen ejecutivo
El cuidado institucional es perjudicial para los niños.
Décadas de investigaciones comprueban que el crecimiento de un niño en una institución posee un impacto nocivo en cuanto a lo psicológico, lo emocional y lo físico, incluyendo trastornos de vinculación, retrasos cognitivos y en el desarrollo, y una falta de capacidades sociales y para la vida que luego concluyen en múltiples desventajas durante la adultez.
Se ha documentado un catálogo de violaciones a los derechos de los niños en relación al cuidado…