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Strong Beginnings (SB) was an 18-month project (April 2014 to December 2015) supported by Terre des Hommes Netherlands and implemented by Child’s i Foundation (lead agency), African Network for Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN), Alternative Care Initiatives (ACI) and Makerere University. The project purposed to promote an alternative care model that places emphasis on family based care of children, improving the quality of care within child care institutions, build capacities of government and non-government agencies in…
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Background: Kogi State recognizes the necessity of meeting the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) with compassionate care as a result broad range vulnerabilities faced by these children and their families. This paper therefore presents achievements and implications of care and support programme among OVC in Kogi State, Nigeria
Methods: Five civil society organizations were engaged by Kogi State Agency for the Control of AIDS under HIV/AIDS fund (HAF) II project to provide care and support services for OVC. A total of 3700 OVC were reached with this intervention and…
This document is an evaluation of Retrak’s reintegration of street children and community-based child protection project in SNNPR, Ethiopia. The project aimed to provide services to children living unsupported on the street and reintegrate these children with their families, as well as provide support for caregivers
This evaluation reviews the project’s drop-in centers and reintegration; self-help groups; child well-being clubs; and community education programs. The evaluation concluded that the best interest of the child were maintained across all services.
This abstract relays the findings of a survey on informal carers' views and opinions under the current conditions of social support in the Czech Republic. The survey was based on theoretical concepts of caring societies, deinstitutionalization, refamilization, and integrated community care, and aimed to shed light on caring families' experiences and needs in the Czech Republic. The survey collected information about the most influential factors in determining whether the families continue to provide care for their relatives in the household. More than 50% of the caregivers provide care from…
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This briefing is based on a rapid review of the available literature on outreach work with children and young people. It is intended to provide the ReachOut project with an overview of different approaches to outreach; what it generally aims to achieve; what distinguishes it from centre-based work and how it is applicable to children and young people involved in, or at risk of, child sexual exploitation. We highlight what is known about ‘detached’ and other approaches that aim to reach vulnerable populations who are not accessing mainstream services. We hope it will be useful…
In this Ethiopia Child Protection Fact Sheet, UNHCR provides the main child protection highlights, issues, and trends for 2014 to 2016. These issues surround the large influx of unaccompanied and separated children entering Ethiopia. In 2015, northern Ethiopia recorded approximately 4,200 new unaccompanied and separated children arrivals. In northern Ethiopia 63% of unaccompanied and separated children live in community-based housing/alternative care/group care.
According to this article from Forced Migration Review, when the majority of aid comes from external sources, it can cause those who receive the aid to feel powerless. External aid, along with the stress of protracted displacement can force changes in family structures and caregiving practices, thus threatening the family structure. In the most extreme cases, researchers found that parents may leave the family or a child, rationalising that the children would be better off without the parent or on their own.
This article focuses on the Gihembe camp in Rwanda, which…
This Country Fact Sheet discusses Poland’s recent reforms to its institutional care system. The number of small group homes in Poland has tripled. As of 2015, there were 56,986 children in foster care and 31,951 children in kinship care.
This study examines the experiences of young female survivors of sexual violence in northern Uganda in order to explore the variety of roles (both positive and negative) that informal support networks played in contributing to survivors’ healing, recovery, and reintegration. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 female survivors of sexual violence between the ages of 13–17 who were living in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Lira, northern Uganda. Each girl participated in a series of 4 interviews over a 1-year period.
Girls participating in this study identified social…
Indigenous children in Queensland are 8.3 times more likely than the non-indigenous population to be placed under child protection. When these children are placed, it is preferred that they are placed with families within their communities so that they are not disconnected from their culture. All persons who work with children are required to obtain a Positive Notice Blue Card (PNBC). If a person breaks the liquor control laws, that person can be deemed ineligible for a PNBC, thus disqualifying that person for work with children. These liquor laws are primarily…