Executive summary
Introduction
The European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) commissioned SOS Children’s Villages International to undertake case studies of arrangements for ‘alternative child care’ in six non-European countries across three continents to help inform the EU’s future strategy for provision of support for children in countries outside Europe. This report is a case study of one of the six countries, Uganda. A companion report provides a summary of alternative child care across Sub-Saharan Africa. The results of the regional reports and case studies are synthesised in a report entitled Towards the Right Care for Children: Orientations for reforming alternative care systems - Africa, Asia, Latin America (European Union, Brussels, 2017).
Methodology
This report, a case study of Uganda, was compiled by a combination of a desk exercise - which involved reviewing documents sourced by a literature search and documents received from contacts in Uganda – and conducting interviews with key informants during a field visit which took place in July 2016. One interview was conducted by phone with an informant in the UK prior to the field visit.
