Uganda

Police in the Masaka District of Uganda have closed down an illegal orphanage for children under the age of 10, according to the article.

This article provides a brief overview of adoption policies in the UK since the 2000s, including the “introduction of the English Adoption and Children Act, passed in 2002, that placed the rights of the child front and centre of the English legal approach to child protection and brought English adoption practices in line with international legislation.” 

The 18th Biennial International Foster Care Conference “Tell Someone Who Cares,” hosted by the International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO), will take place in Sydney, Australia.

This study in India sought to develop the SAFE Checklist in order to assess site-level threats to child protection among children and families living in settings of adversity. The tool was field tested in two diverse sites in India (a construction site and a railway station) and the results demonstrated that the SAFE Checklist is a sensitive tool that captured the differences between the two sites from the standpoint of core child protection issues. 

On July 27–29, 2015, the Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally, in partnership with the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, held a workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to examine topics related to supporting family and community investments in young children globally. 

Pour les enfants de Guinée dont un des parents, ou même parfois les deux, ont succombé au virus Ebola, jeux et activités de groupe offrent un moyen de se joindre à des enfants de leur âge et de retrouver un moment de bonheur. 

Pour les enfants de Guinée dont un des parents, ou même parfois les deux, ont succombé au virus Ebola, jeux et activités de groupe offrent un moyen de se joindre à des enfants de leur âge et de retrouver un moment de bonheur. 

The OVCMIS is one of the key instruments for effecting implementation of the National Strategic Programme Plan of Interventions for orphans and other vulnerable children (NSPPI).

This literature review explores current international and selected national policy on independent living arrangements and examines the evidence of good practice from existing independent living programmes for care leavers in order to assess how both of the above can be applied to street-connected children.

The present evaluation examines the National Child and Youth Development Plan, which provides a framework for the development of children and youth in Thailand. The evaluation aimed to review the design and implementation of the NCYDP and to generate lessons in order to improve the operation of the current plan and to inform the development of a follow-up plan for the period beyond 2016.