Nigeria

This article discusses the complex consequences Ebola-orphaned children face, particularly the stigma they experience. It describes the challenges social workers face to reunite children with their families

Three former orphans with severe disabilities attempt to make the grueling ascent to Africa’s highest peak to help Russian orphanages. Their Journey is documented in a new RT documentary.

On the 24th September  Better Care Network and the CPC Learning Network organized a one day symposium entitled The State of the Evidence on Children’s Care at McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, New York University. 

The USA branch of International Social Service is hosting its 5th annual conference on Developing Child-Centered Practice in Law, Social Work, and Policy for Cross-Border Families on Thursday October 2, 2014 from 8:30am to 5:30pm.

This paper from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) offers some recommendations on optimizing cash transfers in order to have the greatest impact on those affected by HIV/AIDS.

Le présent document plaide pour un droit de l’enfant à une prise en charge de qualité compris comme un moyen pour les acteurs gouvernementaux et non gouvernementaux de penser leurs devoirs vis-à-vis des enfants privés de protection familiale ou risquant de l’être. 

This document reports on an Institutional Learning Process that has critically analysed the impact and effectiveness of Terre des hommes’ (Tdh) engagement in Albania over the last 14 years. It looks at the role Tdh has played in the emergence of a State Child Protection System (CPS) in Albania. 

This report was written by Keetie Roelen and Helen Karki Chettri from the Centre for Social Protection (CSP) at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), with inputs and support from Family for Every Child and Challenging Heights, Ghana. The report investigates the links between child wellbeing, children’s care, family cohesion and the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP), a national social protection scheme in Ghana which aims to reduce extreme poverty in the country and is centred on providing cash transfers to the most vulnerable.

This report from Retrak provides information on how to best count and develop estimates of the number of street-connected children in a particular area.

This report presents the findings from the Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group’s review of data-collection activities in primarily low and middle-income countries.