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Sri Lanka's National Policy on the Alternative Care of Children outlines a comprehensive range of alternative care options and encourages the reforming of all formal structures that provide at-home and out-of-home services for children deprived of care and protection or at risk of being so. This policy also extends to children under care of the Juvenile Justice System. It provides policy solutions to programming for children at risk of family separation and facing deprivations such as child abuse, neglect, child labor, poverty, addiction, imprisonment, human trafficking, mental and physical…
The Action Plan on Children in Adversity is the first government wide strategic guidance for U.S. Government international assistance for children. The goal of the Action Plan is to achieve a world in which all children grow up within protective family care and free from deprivation, exploitation, and danger. The plan is grounded in evidence that shows a promising future belongs to those nations that invest wisely in their children, while failure to do so undermines social and economic progress. The plan seeks to integrate internationally recognized, evidence-based practices into all of its…
This document presents the full policy on the alternative care of children in Cambodia. It includes descriptions of the models of alternative care, including non-residential care (foster care, kinship care, adoption, etc), and residential care. The policy also presents minimum standards for the alternative care of children. The document highlights specific objectives for alternative care, including for those children affected by HIV/AIDS, those with disabilities, and those in conflict with the law. The policy also includes specifications for children in Pagoda and other faith-based care and…
This document sets out the strategy to build and strengthen capacity to provide leadership, coordination and operational oversight at the central, regional, and district levels under the CORE Initiatives Uganda to prevent OVC and HIV among youth.
CORE Initiatives Uganda is a 4-year project supporting the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development’s (MGLSD) efforts to lead, manage and coordinate the national response to OVC and HIV prevention among youth. Its purpose is to expand targeted HIV/AIDS services for youth and critical services for OVC by strengthening partnerships between…
It is estimated that 70,000 children below the age of 15 are infected with HIV in India and 21,000 children are infected every year through mother to child transmission. Nearly half of reported AIDS cases are in the 15–29 age group. Yet, India has a unique opportunity to use her strengths – low prevalence, concentrated epidemic, rapidly increasing ART coverage, strong government structures and family safety nets, growing recognition and advocacy for human rights and a robust media – to free the next generation from the burden of AIDS.
The Government of India is committed to preventing HIV-…