Country Care Snapshots

Rwanda

Formal Alternative Care Arrangements
Effective
Total Formal Family-Based Care
19 Children
Country Care Profile: Rwanda (Better Care Network and UNICEF, 2015)
3,393 Children
Country Care Profile, 2021
Foster Care
19 Children
Country Care Profile: Rwanda (Better Care Network and UNICEF, 2015)
533 Children
Country Care Profile, 2021
Kinship Care
1,544 Children
Country Care Profile, 2021
Total Formal Residential Care
6,529 Children
Country Care Profile: Rwanda (Better Care Network and UNICEF, 2015)
Country Care Profile, 2021
Larger Institutions
6,529 Children
Country Care Profile: Rwanda (Better Care Network and UNICEF, 2015)
Small Group Homes
Transit Centres/Shelters
Lancet Global Study Estimate of Children Living in Institutional Care
17,933 Children
Prevalence and number of children living in institutional care: global, regional, and country estimates (Desmond, et al, 2020)
17,933 Children
Desmond, et al, 2020