The Better Care Network is an interagency network facilitating global information exchange and collaboration on the issue of children without adequate family care.
The global hub of knowledge to facilitate action for children without family care
COVID-19 Resource Center
Resources on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to child protection and children's care.
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Ukraine Response
This section includes
resources, news and other key documents related to children's care in the context of the current humanitarian crisis affecting Ukraine and surrounding countries.
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The OPT Humanitarian Crisis
This section includes news related to children's care in the context of the current humanitarian crisis affecting Gaza and other parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. This section is updated regularly.
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Visit the Transforming Children's Care Collaborative, aimed at establishing more strategic sector-wide collaboration.
Visit the resource hub on transforming systems of care, including the transitioning of residential care services.
Cross sectoral global coalition working to redirect funding away from orphanages towards family strengthening and address the issues of orphanage voluntourism and orphanage trafficking.
Browse the Practitioner Hub
Explore the Practitioner Hub, an online library containing practitioner-related resources organized around the components of the care system.
The October 2025 BCN Newsletter highlights growing global momentum around the Global Charter on Children’s Care Reform, now endorsed by 31 countries and 119 organizations. It introduces new guidance to support countries in developing and implementing their care reform commitments and features the latest research, news, webinars, and resources from across regions.
The Byline Times article “The Stolen Children Scandal in Syria Exposes a Deeper Problem in SOS Care” by Dr. Justin Rogers exposes serious allegations that the Syrian regime, under Bashar al-Assad, has been using orphanages—including some run by the global NGO SOS Children’s Villages—to hide children who were taken from detainees or regime critics.
As part of the Global Campaign on Children’s Care Reform, the UK government is encouraging countries to strengthen families, expand safe and nurturing family-based alternative care, and progressively end the use of institutions to care for children.
Countries that sign the Charter are encouraged to make their own commitments describing specific actions they will take to realise the aims of the Charter.
This toolset provides a concise, adaptable framework to help national leaders and stakeholders strengthen child protection systems that prioritize family-based care. It distills key international standards and guidance into accessible materials to support informed, strategic conversations on building “Family-First” systems for all children.
In this video, practitioners, faith leaders, and a Kafaalah caregiver share experiences in promoting and strengthening Kafaalah as an important part of family-based alternative care in Kenya.