The coalitions of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in Uganda are advocating for an amendment of the Children Act 2015 to promote adoption within Uganda.

This article describes the so-called “orphan industrial complex” and the ways in which it harms children, families, and communities in the Global South.

This article from BBC News sheds light on the efforts of one man in Sierra Leone, who has since died of the Ebola virus, to provide care to children who have been orphaned by Ebola and to reintegrate them into their communities.

A former orphanage director in Victoria, Australia may stand trial for the alleged sexual abuse of children under his care in the institution over 50 years ago.

Ces enfants sont témoins de la violence. Les explosions, les tirs et la mort sont leur quotidien. C'est pourquoi, l'UNICEF a mis en place 28 centres pour les enfants dans la capitale burundaise.

This post from Opening Doors for Europe’s Children features statements regarding the impact of Greece’s debt crisis on children from Mary Theodoropoulou, the coordinator of Opening Doors for Europe’s Children in Greece and chair of the Roots Research Centre, an Athens-based organisation that works on reforming alternative care for children.

This article shares the stories of adoptive families in British Columbia, Canada who have entered into “open adoptions,” meaning the adopted children and their adoptive parents maintain contact with the children’s biological parents.

This article from the New York Times, recounts several stories of children in foster care in New York City, and the ways in which the foster care system has failed them.

This article reports on the money-making system of orphanages and orphan tourism in Cambodia.

Government officials of the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB) of Nepal raided an orphanage in Kathmandu that was run by an NGO, according to this article from the Rising Nepal.