The Regional Learning Platform on care reform for Eastern and Southern Africa provides an opportunity for government, UNICEF and others involved in care reform in the region to share learning through webinars, document exchange, a HelpDesk, and pairing and mentoring. The platform and its corresponding documentation was planned and conceptualised by UNICEF Eastern and Southern African Regional Office (ESARO) and Changing the Way We Care.
Resources
- Building Climate Change Into Care Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa
- An Introduction to Care Reform
- Nine Lessons on Care Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa from the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Creating Synergies Between Social Protection and Care Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Caring Systems: Maximising Synergies Between Care Reform and Child Protection System Strengthening in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Supporting Foster Care in Eastern and Southern Africa: Evidence on When and How Foster Care Should be Used to Ensure the Better Care of Children in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Integrating Children on the Move in Care Reform in ESA: Evidence on Why Children on the Move Need to be Integrated Into Care Reform Strategies and How their Care Needs Can be Met
- Children With Disabilities and Care Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa
Case Studies
- Kinship Care in Kakuma Refugee Camp: Kenya
- An Introduction to Kafalah
- Supervised Independent Living for Care Leavers in Rwanda
- Reintegration from Residential Care to Kinship Care During COVID-19
- Reintegrating Children with Disabilities in Rwanda
- Preventing Family Separation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda
- Reintegration from Residential to Kinship Care in Uganda
Webinars
June 2023: Research on Care Leavers in Kenya
April 2023: Transforming Residential Care
Mar 2023: Climate Change and Care Reform
Jan 2023: Keeping Care in the Family: Strategies for Preventing Child-Family Separation
Oct 2022: Supporting Kinship care in Eastern and Southern Africa
Sept 2022: Workforce Strengthening and Care Reform
Jul 2022: Lessons on Care Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa from COVID-19
Jun 2022: Data and Care Reform
May 2022: Aligning Care Systems in Development and Humanitarian Contexts
Apr 2022: Experience Matters - Bringing Those With Lived Experience into National Care Reform