This chapter provides an overview of a child care institution, the Osu Children’s Home, in Ghana. The chapter describes the referral process at the home, the ages of the children at admission, and the background of the children’s parents. The chapter poses the question: “why are children placed in institutions?” and offers several explanations, including abandonment, death of a parent, physical or mental disability of a parent, “destitution” of the family, or being in a conflict situation.
Centre for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana
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