South Africa

Hope and Homes for Children is convening a series of Policy Dialogues gathering child care reform advocates and policy-makers on the topic of the link between sustainable development and the fight against child institutionalisation, promotion of child care reform and child protection systems strengthening.

This scoping review identified and synthesized evidence from studies across the globe examining adult justice system contact among individuals who have experienced child protection system involvement (including placement in out-of-home care [OOHC]).

The incoming Chief Executive Officer will be coming into the organisation at a time of change and will lead on delivering the refreshed 2024 - 2026 Strategy and build on Lumos’ unique comparative advantage and successful work in eastern Europe. The Strategy explicitly emphasises the organisation’s Child Rights orientation and reframes priorities in line with the changing global context for children and the significantly reduced size and resources of the organisation.

This case study documents the complex process undertaken by a donor partner in Ireland* to push for the transition of their partner residential care service provider in Ghana. It follows their journey through the early stages of transition and eventually leads to their decision to divest of their funding and partnership.

This study seeks to evaluate the real-world experiences, challenges, and best practices in implementing parent support programs in Botswana.

A new report by the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC), Climate Mobility and Childhood: Examining the risks, closing the data and evidence gaps for children on the move, considers how the well-being of children may be affected when climate change and human mobility intersect in their lives – or, what can be described as experiences of climate mobility. This Executive Summary provides the key messages and main findings of the report's four sections.

This report by the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC) sheds light on how climate mobility is impacting children’s well-being and offers recommendations for ensuring that children affected by climate-related migration are not overlooked.

This webinar looked at case management for preventing family separation in Kenya, exploring the role that case management can play in prevention and the tools and strategies for effective case management with vulnerable families. 

After months of languishing in an abusive boarding school in Jamaica — where boys said they were beaten, waterboarded, starved and whipped — Michigan teenager Elijah Goldman begged to come home.

Malaysian police have rescued 402 children and teenagers that they suspect were physically and sexually abused across 20 care homes.