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.
This article from Bright Magazine tells the story of Ly Seav Meng and other children who are placed in the care of orphanages in Cambodia, not because they are parent-less, but because their parents see it as the only way to provide education and opportunity for their children.
Appoġġ, a social service agnecy of the Foundation for Social Welfare Services in Malta, has launched a campaign encouraging people to take on the role of foster carer, in order to provide foster homes for the 250 children in out-of-home care who are not currently fostered.
This article from the New York Times tells the stroy of Mirian, and other parents, who arrived to the U.S. from Central American and whose children were taken from them upon arrival.
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This article from Freedom United highglights the ways in which Australians, through tourism and donations, are contributing to the fueling of the orphanage industry in Southeast Asia, and the moves the Australian government is making to address this.
This episode of 101 East from AlJazeera tells the story of indigenous families in Australia who have been separated due to a "systematic removal" of indigenous children from their families.
The state of Andhra Pradesh in India is introducing a foster care scheme in which prospective adoptive parents will be given custody of children living in government- or NGO-run orphanages and institutions for a temporary period, according to this article from the Hindu.
This video from the Global Journalist takes a "a look at the debate around institutional child care in developing countries and what might be perpetuating the problem of overseas orphanage scams."
This video tells the story of Rani Hong, born in Kerala, India, who was kidnapped from her family, sold into slavery, and then sold into adoption.
Government institutions and civil society representatives in Jordan have launched a three-year national strategy and action plan aimed at reducing physical violence against children in Jordan at a meeting convened by the National Council for Family Affairs and UNICEF.