Country Care Snapshots

Ghana

Formal Alternative Care Arrangements
Effective
Total Formal Family-Based Care
Foster Care
44 Children
93 Settings
Country Care Profile: Ghana, Better Care Network, 2015
201 Children
544 Settings
Department of Social Welfare, 2020
Kinship Care
64 Children
Country Care Profile: Ghana, Better Care Network, 2015
Total Formal Residential Care
4,432 Children
114 Settings
Country Care Profile: Ghana, Better Care Network, 2015
3,530 Children
141 Settings
Department of Social Welfare and UNICEF, Children Living in Residential Care in Ghana: Findings from a survey of well-being, DSW and UNICEF, New York, 2020
Larger Institutions
107 Settings
Country Care Profile: Ghana, Better Care Network, 2015
Small Group Homes
3 Settings
Country Care Profile: Ghana, Better Care Network, 2015
Transit Centres/Shelters
4 Settings
Country Care Profile: Ghana, Better Care Network, 2015
Lancet Global Study Estimate of Children Living in Institutional Care
39,233 Children
Desmond, et al, 2020