News

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.

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Mark Townsend - The Guardian

Thousands of children arrive at Kokata's Sealdah Station alone each year; unknown hundreds of those children are abducted and trafficked into slavery or the sex trade. 

Aishvarya Singh - HuffPost South Africa

This article from the HuffPost blog discusses the negative impact orphanages have on children's physical, mental and emotional development. 

The Wire

In this podcast episode of The Wire, Kate van Doore discusses the unintended, but harmful, impact of volunteering in orphanages. 

Deborah Marshall - Griffith News

Kate van Doore describes how volunteering in orphanages is connected with child exploitation and why the establishment of a Modern Slavery Act is important. 

Michael Garcia Bochenek - Harvard International Review

This article describes the extreme psychological distress experienced by unaccompanied migrant children and the heightened adverse effects for those being detained and the reasons States are using immigrant detention despite its negative consequences. 

Paul Nelson - Times Union

Police of Schenetady, New York have seen a rise in calls in recent years from Northeast Parent & Child Society, a residential care home for youth referred from the court system, with 406 calls through July 14 of this year. 

Janelle Retka and Chhorn Phearun - The Cambodia Daily

Cambodia's Battambang province will be the first to implement the country's new deinstitutionalization policy.

Faith to Action Initiative

In this blog post, the Faith to Action Initiative shares five key steps for transitioning to family-based care, as stated by Dr. Delia Pop of Hope and Homes for Children at the 2017 Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) Summit.

Saskia Wishart - Stahili

This article from Stahili's Transparency Officer discusses what it means to be an ethical tourist, including five practical tips for ethical travel and tourism. 

Datuk Wee Beng Ee - The Star Online

After the death of a Malaysian child in foster care, children's groups call for more rigorous screenings of potential foster and adoptive families, based on standard operating procedures, to keep children safe.