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 discusses a task force report, which reveals that over the past 40 years, state and federal agencies have failed to live up to their obligations under the Indian Child Welfare Act. The purpose of the act is to ensure that Native American children remain within tribal families.
This article and video discuss how thousands of Australians consider visiting orphanages to be a popular activity to do on vacation. Vacationers will visit orphanages, meet children, and take photos. The visit usually ends with a request for donations. Some believe that they are positively contributing to improvement of these children’s lives.
In this New York Times article, Julie Hirschfeld Davis reports that President Obama recently announced plans to extend its current refugee program to admit Central American Refugees into the United States.
Family for Every Child, in partnership with the Centre for Social Protection at the Institute for Development Studies, just announced the launch of its Cash for Care: Making Social Protection Work for Children’s Care and Well-being Report.
According to the Rwanda National Commission for Children, 2294 out of 3323 have obtained foster families through the "Keeping Children in Families" program.
Rwanda’s "Tubarere Mu Muryango (TMM)," program, which translates to "Let's raise children in families" has placed over 2000 children in foster families.
A short piece from Australia discussing the need to extend the foster care age limit.
This news article from The Moscow Times shares the stories and lessons learned by Russian families who experienced the adoption process.
In this New York Times opinion piece, Kristof discusses one family’s story about the abuses they experienced while living in Honduras. His article highlights the dangers families are facing in Central America. He discusses how President Obama’s deportation policies are forcing families to stay in countries where their lives are at risk, and he argues that U.S. policies need to change in order to provide a safe haven for children and families at risk.
This article from CBC News tells the story of Therese Ukaliannuk, whose daughter, Marieyvonne Alaka, was sent to a residential school at the age of four and who died there at the age of eight.