Better Care Network and partners are committed to advocating for the use and understanding of the Guidelines on Alternative Care.
The Better Care Network Secretariat as the co-convenor of the NGO Working Group on Children without Parental Care based in New York will continue advocating for the use and recognition of the Guidelines. Working in partnership with the NGO Working Group based in Geneva, one of the major tasks of the NGO Working Group is to promote the Guidelines dissemination and implementation. In the immediate aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, the NGO Working Groups issued a joint statement calling for the humanitarian response to uphold recommendations set forth in the Guidelines for Alternative Care in regards to care for children in emergencies, preventing family separation and promoting family based care in their community of origin where possible.
Better Care Network will continue to serve the function of disseminating and sharing information on the Guidelines via the BCN website and bimonthly e-newsletter announcements. On the BCN website we have a number of Guideline resources and tools produced by BCN partners.
If you would like to learn more about the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children or would like to share any reports, articles and examples of Guidelines implementation, please contact us. We will post new developments and updates on this page as they become available.