Uganda

The primary objective of this study was to collect baseline data on the number of children living in residential care institutions in Cambodia.

The attached study compared the care environments of family-based care and institutional care to determine if care environment contributed to differences in sexual behavior and/or sexual exploitation of orphaned and separated adolescents.

The topic of this webinar is child and youth participation in monitoring and evaluation. This video provides a brief context of child participation and participatory methods. 

In this video from The Dr. Phil Show, Dr. Phil discusses the foster care crisis in the U.S. and the negative impact over-reliance on foster care can have on children and families.

India’s Central Government announced as of January 16, 2017, Adoption Regulation 2017 will be operational.  New regulation is said to “streamline” the adoption process.

NORC seeks two Senior Social Welfare/Child Protection Experts to work in collaboration with NORC’s evaluation experts on the endline evaluation for a U.S. Agency for International development (USAID) funded Displaced Children and Orphan’s Fund (DCOF) project in Burundi and Moldova.

This training package is designed to enable transformative work with children affected by HIV and their caregivers. 

This article from Stahili discusses the importance of adding voluntourism in orphanages to the UN Year of Sustainable Tourism agenda.

Icelandic authorities arrested and held in custody a 17-year old asylum seeker who was carrying a false passport.  According to Icelandic law, unaccompanied asylum seekers below the age of 18 fall under the care of Child Protective Services.

Noel Anaya, a young man who has been in foster care nearly his whole life, reads a closing statement in court that summarizes his impression of the foster care system.