Namibia

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 2.403 million
  • Population under 15: 37%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 64.8 years
  • Human Development Index: 126 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Upper Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 16%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.2 members
  • Female-Headed Households: 44%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years):  7%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2013

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Al Jazeera ,

Throughout Cambodia well-intentioned volunteers have helped to create a surge in the number of residential care homes as impoverished parents are tempted into giving up their children in response to promises of a Western-style upbringing and education. Despite a period of prosperity in the country, the number of children in orphanages has more than doubled in the past decade, and over 70 per cent of the estimated 10,000 'orphans' have at least one living parent.

BBC News,

When orphans in Ukraine reach adulthood, some are deemed "incapacitated" - a label that consigns them to a life in institutions. But many of these young people may have nothing wrong with them at all. It is an official classification in Ukraine that critics say strips the bearer of basic human rights.

Kate Blewett - BBC Four,

In this video, film-maker Kate Blewett finds out what a lifetime in the care of the state really means for Ukraine's forgotten children.

Diplomatie francaise,

Entretien avec une representante de l'ambassade de France en Inde au sujet des adoptions internationales.

Jill Duerr Berrick, Marit Skivenes - Children and Youth Services Review,

The study is designed to identify whether effective caregiving mirrors strong parenting among typical parents or whether a set of additional skills is required to parent foster children responsively. Some of the principle features of quality caregiving for children are described particularly in the domains of family integration, relationships with biological parents, and support for children's special needs. 

Juliana Ruhfus - Al Jazeera ,

This People & Power documentary from Al Jazeera investigates the orphanage tourism industry in Cambodia. 

Badra Moutassem Mimouni ,

L’article aborde la prise en charge des enfants privés de famille en Algérie. Ces enfants sont pris en charge dans des institutions appelées foyers pour enfants assistés (FEA). Ces foyers ont augmenté en nombre, des progrès ont été enregistrés ici et là, mais beaucoup reste à faire pour améliorer cette prise en charge institutionnelle. 

Cluster de Protection, Groupe de Travail sur la Protection de l'Enfance,

Ce guide abrege de la trousse d'evaluation rapide en matiere de protection de l'enfant (ERPE) a ete developpe par le  Groupe de Travail sur la Protection de l’Enfant (CPWG) .Ce guide est un outil de support a la mise en oeuvre d'une ERPE suit

Gillian Mann, Siân Long, Emily Delap and Lucy Connell,

Desk review of existing literature and research to track the extent to which the HIV pandemic has been a driver of growth in children’s residential care and the situation of HIV affected children in care.

Save the Children,

This video showcases the Family-based care program of Save the Children and its partners in Indonesia.