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.
An indigenous woman in Ottawa, Canada is preparing a home birthing kit in the fear that her newborn will be taken into the Child and Family Services system if she goes into the hospital to deliver, according to this article from CTV News.
This piece from TTG Media, a travel publication, explains why visiting orphanages in detrimental to children, families, and communities and how travel agencies can help end orphanage tourism.
"The Kaduna State Government has banned fostering and adoption of children due to abuses by orphanage homes in the state, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, has said."
This article from Reuters discusses Ethiopia's recent decision to ban the adoption of Ethiopian children by foreigners and the need to support children to stay in families in their country of origin.
This special report from the Global Press Journal explains Uganda's recent "crackdown" on children's homes, highlighting the transition of one institution in particular, Hope Center Uganda, from a residential care home to a community center.
A photograph of a young boy in China with frozen hair has captured the attention of the public and has "sparked renewed discussion online about child poverty," according to this article from the BBC.
This piece for the New York Times Neediest Cases Fund tells the story of Charles Louis, a young man who aged out of foster care in the US and the difficulties he experienced in childhood and in foster care as well as in transitioning out of care.
In this piece for Modern Ghana, Jeffery Amo-Asare calls on people to stop donating to orphanages in Ghana and start supporting foster care and other family-based care options for children.
"India has suspended an American adoption agency for what the government says was 'negligent' behavior in the assessment of adoptive parents," according to this article and accompanying video from WFAA.
"Ethiopia has banned the adoption of children by foreigners amid concerns they face abuse and neglect abroad," says this article from BBC News.