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.
Vingt ans ont passé depuis la Révolution de 1989, symbole de la chute du Conducator Nicolae Ceausescu. Pourtant, force est de constater que l’empreinte laissée par la politique pro-nataliste est toujours aussi forte. La Roumanie présente la spécificité d’être le seul pays où les abandons d'enfants aient été encouragés et organisés par l’Etat. Cette politique de Ceausescu poursuivait un triple objectif démographique, idéologique et politique.
Summary information on recently published book on community strengthening in response to children needs in context of poverty and AIDS.
This article from BBC News explores some of the issues surrounding intercountry adoption in Liberia.
BCN is collecting resources to be included in our new toolkit for practicioners supporting the delivery of better care to children and youth.
Documents the potential hazards and misconceptions surrounding intercountry adoption
This page from the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism website offers documentation of and background about serious irregularities in international adoption in Liberia.
The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam points to poor regulation as the basis for denying intercountry adoptions.
A personal story about adopting a child from Guatemala.
Two families in South Africa absorb children who have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Their story.
Josephine Morgan comes from a poor family in Liberia. Her father, hoping for a better life for his children, agreed to an offer made by the head of an orphanage to take Josephine, her sister and her young brother.