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UNICEF,

Examines the work of UNICEF Sudan and its partners in addressing the issue of abandonment of babies, institutional care, and the process undertaken since 2003 to develop alternative family care programmes.

Helen Meintjes, Sue Moses, Lizette Berry, Ruth Mampane,

A report on residential care in South Africa in the context of AIDS and an under-resourced social welfare sector.

IRIN News Service,

Josephine Morgan comes from a poor family in Liberia. Her father, hoping for a better life for his children, agreed to an offer made by the head of an orphanage to take Josephine, her sister and her young brother.

UNICEF Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States Region,

A resource site based on the first Regional Consultation on Child Care System Reform held in Sofia in early July. The consultation brought together 120 key social welfare delegates from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, UN-administered Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.

Department of Social Welfare, Accra, Ghana ,

This document offers a brief overview of the Care Reform Initiative in Ghana: “Every child deserves a family” July/Aug 2006- August 2007.

John Budd,

In Georgia, UNICEF and EveryChild have teamed up to place children in need of alternative care in small, supervised apartments as an alternative to orphanages.

Save the Children,

This study aimed to gain insight into the migration experiences of children who cross international borders unaccompanied. 

Save the Children,

The study aimed to gain insight into the migration experiences of children who cross international borders unaccompanied. 

European Commission Daphne Programme in collaboration with WHO Regional Office for Europe and the University of Birmingham, UK,

A clear, concise, and evidence-based summary of the effects of institutional care on children. Identifies key steps to transforming children's services to promote alternative care. Links to training resources at European Union Daphne Project website.

International Reference Centre for the Rights of Children Deprived of their Family (ISS/IRC),

Review of various topics surrounding the area of adoption.