"If governments, NGOs, development partners and funding agents concentrated more on creating better health, educational and economic opportunities for parents and families in impoverished and marginalized areas, might we decrease the probability that a child would need the external support of a shelter?
At GoPhil, this has certainly given us moment to pause. Alongside a vast network of other NGOs, researchers and child protection specialists, we are now focusing on gaining a much better understanding of why children end up in these homes and orphanages and if they are the best way forward for them."
To read the entire post from Co-Founder of GoPhilanthropic Foundation Lydia Dean, please visit GoPhilanthropic's blog by clicking the link above.