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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Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs,

This policy document replaces various uncoordinated, sector-biased programmes developed and implemented by the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports, Ministry for Employment and Manpower Development, the Ministry of Health and, the Ghana National Commission on children and other Stakeholders. 

One Sky Foundation,

In this video, One Sky Foundation describes its work to strengthen families and keep children out of children's homes in the Thai-Burma border district of Sangkhlaburi. 

 

Dr. Sarah Meyer, Liberata Muhorakeye, Dr. Lindsay Stark - UNHCR, USAID, AVSI, CPC Learning Network,

This report presents the methodology, findings and key learnings of a pilot study in Kiziba camp, Rwanda.

Hope and Homes,

This report tracks the progress and celebrates the success of how a new child protection system - encompassing prevention, emergency hospital care, alternative family care (AFC) and permanent solutions - was introduced into an Islamic context.

Catholic Relief Service - 4Children,

CRS/Haiti is seeking a Start-up Specialist to ensure timely and quality program design and startup of the 4Children program, in close collaboration with the Head of Health, Health and Child Wellbeing Program/Project Managers, 4Children implementing consortium partners, 4Children HQ staff and other CRS staff and partners.

Catholic Relief Services,

Based in Mozambique, the 4Children Mozambique Program Manager will provide overall project management and technical leadership to 4Children's project in Mozambique.

NHS,

Seen and Heard is an e-learning course on child abuse and exploitation, presented by the UK's NHS.

Lumos,

This fact sheet from Lumos provides a short look at the world wide problem of children in orphanages.


This document presents the full text of the speech delivered by Zambia’s Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare on the first day of the National Consultation to Accelerate Care Reform in Zambia.