Manual aims to develop awareness, reinforce knowledge, and assist those designing, implementing, or managing programs for children and youth affected by poverty, HIV and AIDS, and other diseases.

Provides a broad range of dynamic group exercises on preventing, identifying, and responding to child protection by non-specialists.

Regulations and tools designed to create the basis for reforming welfare institutions for the safe and appropriate administration of alternative care.

Child friendly leaflet explaining child abuse, the responsibilities of adults, and who to contact with any concerns.

Guidance and forms on preventing institutionalization of children and promoting family unification. The manual includes good practices and lessons learnt, training plans, care planning forms, and assessment guidance.

Conference programme, background papers, key policy recommendation from 2009 Wilton Park conference event

Policy recommendations and conclusions from November’s high level conference focused on gathering data, harnessing political will, strengthening systems, securing funding, and increasing public and political understanding regarding children without adequate parental care

This publication introduces the official text of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (General Assembly A/HRC/11/L.13) and provides questions for reflection on some of the key content areas outlined in the Guidelines. 

This document outlines EveryChild’s approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children’s rights.

Policy/analysis tools for manual to assist countries in strengthening their information system around children in formal care through data collection around 15 global indicators