Better Care Network highlights recent news pieces related to the issue of children's care around the world. These pieces include newspaper articles, interviews, audio or video clips, campaign launches, and more.
The article reports that thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children in the United States could lose access to legal representation after the Trump administration cut funding and ended key contracts with legal aid organizations.
This Podcast explores a major child trafficking case in which families in Singapore may have unknowingly adopted babies from Indonesia who were allegedly trafficked through a criminal network.
This article reports on a deadly fire at an orphanage near Algiers, Algeria, which killed 11 children and injured 19 others after breaking out in the early hours of the morning.
The article examines how armed gangs in Haiti are exploiting children amid the country’s escalating crisis, with many children being coerced into recruitment, violence, and survival roles through threats, poverty, and lack of alternatives.
This article describes how UNICEF Malaysia welcomes the passage of the Social Work Profession Bill 2026 in the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) on 14 July as a significant milestone towards strengthening and professionalizing social work in Malaysia.
This article describes how Syrian families are increasingly taking in abandoned children—often found in public places due to war, poverty, and social stigma—providing them with care and a sense of belonging despite legal and financial challenges.
This article warns that Ukrainian children who have been unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred to Russia are at heightened risk of human trafficking, exploitation, and abuse due to their separation from families, lack of monitoring, and changes to their legal identity.
The article describes how Catholic nuns in India have helped more than 1,000 orphaned and abandoned children find permanent, loving families through a long-running adoption program.
This article tells the story of adoptive parents in Singapore who, after forming a deep bond with their child, are devastated to learn he may have been trafficked from Indonesia as part of an illegal adoption network.
This article describes how the Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening child protection and improving conditions in orphanage homes through stricter regulation, oversight, and collaboration with care providers.