This article highlights the situation that The National Commission for Children (NCC), in Rwanda, is facing as it looks for new ways to address the challenge of integrating orphans who have reached adulthood into foster families. NCC has been trying to have all children in orphanages throughout the country join foster families, but finds it difficult resettling those who clock the age of 18. The law does not allow orphans aged 18 and above to stay in orphanages, which government has been phasing out in the last two years. According to the article, some orphans have previously complained of hard conditions in orphanages, with some escaping from the centres.
