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 explains that while Islamic law is often said to forbid adoption in the Western sense, where a child’s identity and lineage are legally replaced by those of adoptive parents, this misses the well-established Islamic alternative of kafala, a guardianship system that allows non-biologic
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The UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has found that hundreds of vulnerable children in England’s care were placed for months in “illegal” homes, settings not registered with the national regulator Ofsted, due to severe shortages of appropriate, lawful residential placements, lea
A 14-year-old orphan, Saabirin Saylaan, was murdered by Hodan Mohamud Diiriye, the woman caring for her, after enduring months of severe abuse, prompting national outrage and protests in Galkayo.
This article argues that visiting orphanages in Kenya during holidays or as part of voluntourism, while seemingly charitable, can actually harm children by perpetuating a system that values short‑term attention over stable, family‑based care and sustaining institutionalisation driven by poverty r
This article examines how children in Nepal are migrating either within the country or across borders—sometimes alone and other times with families—driven by a range of factors including lack of parental care, poverty, limited access to education and health services, abuse, exploitation, and disa
This article reports how the Tanzanian government has committed to strengthening alternative care services and the management of children’s homes nationwide to ensure they meet required standards and better support child welfare and protection.
This article describes how Mission Vatsalya’s policy framework is being translated into practice through convergence—coordinated action across ministries, departments, local governance bodies, and civil society—to strengthen family‑based care and child protection systems in India.
This article reports how Los Angeles County’s foster care population has dropped sharply — about 46 % over the past five years, a sharper decline than statewide and national trends — driven largely by deliberate changes in practice and policy that aim to keep families intact rather than remove ch
This blog, from Hope and Homes for Children, argues that the new Netflix documentary Masaka Kids: A Rhythm Within—produced with the involvement of Harry and Meghan and set in a Ugandan orphanage—presents a superficially heartwarming story that risks reinforcing harmful perceptions about institutional care at a time when global leaders, including the UK, are advocating for family-based care and ending orphanages.