Sreyny Sorn, manager of the ABLE Project at Children in Families, gave a presentation at a side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 5 March, 2019. The event was titled “Promoting Quality Family and Community-Based Care for Children with Disabilities.” BCN nominated Sorn to speak about the ABLE program and how they work to place children with disabilities in suitable foster or kinship homes in Cambodia by supporting children and families.
Sorn described how she and the ABLE team recruit foster families to care for children with disabilites and how the team continues to support them after placement to ensure the needs of the child and the family are met, stressing the importance of inclusive family-based care.
It is wrong for children with disabilities to be excluded from family-based alternative care only because services are not available. It is discrimination, and a violation of children’s rights.