Uganda

This document sheds some light on where funding discussions currently stand with regard to U.S. government programs for global children and youth issues. 

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance is collecting stories from practitioners with experience working with families impacted by violence. 

This exploratory study used cross-sector administrative records linked across multiple systems, including child welfare records and Medicaid claims, from a single state in the U.S. over a five-year period, to investigate the factors that predict entry into psychiatric residential treatment facilities for children. 

This animated video from ACCI Missions & Relief explains how short-term missions in orphanages are harmful to children, why volunteers should avoid volunteering in orphanages overseas, and what kind of programs should be supported instead. 

Claudio Yanez tells his story about growing up without a family in Chile's public care system. 

UNICEF Bangladesh is requesting proposals for the development National Adolescent Strategy (NAS) and mapping of the Child Protection System in Bangladesh. 

High prevalence of sex tourism in Zanzibar has spurred a five year National Action Plan to end violence against children and women on the island. 

The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar, with the support of UNICEF, launched a set of guidelines and minimum standards, alongside monitoring and oversight plans, aimed at bettering the lives of children in residential care. 

The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar, with the support of UNICEF, launched a set of guidelines and minimum standards, alongside monitoring and oversight plans, aimed at bettering the lives of children in residential care.

Most children living in orphanages have families, and orphanages are known to produce poor outcomes for children. Catholic Relief Services, Lumos, and Maestral International have joined together to reform care systems to prevent institutionalization, reintegrate children with their families, and strengthen family-based alternative care.