Organizations Working on Children's Care

This page offers a Directory of Organizations working on children’s care issues around the world, at a local, national, regional, and/or global level. The Directory is provided to encourage information sharing and communication between actors working in this sector.

Please note that the inclusion or exclusion of organizations in this Directory does not necessarily entail any judgement or endorsement on the part of BCN or its advisory group on the quality of their programs or services. In line with BCN's Mission, criteria for adding an organization to the Directory include evidence of relevant work in the areas of family strengthening, prevention of separation, alternative care, reintegration and transition from care, care reform, and other relevant areas. We are continuing to expand our directory and welcome suggestions of additional organizations to highlight.

Note: Choosing 'Global' from the drop-down menu below will produce a list of organizations that work at the global level (not a list of all organizations).

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1MillionHome

1MillionHome is a campaign of Chosen & Dearly Loved, a 501(c)3 organization. 1MillionHome is committed to keeping children in families and working to transform systems of care in a way that prevents separation.

ACCI Missions and Relief

ACCI Relief is the Aid and Development arm of the Australian Christian Churches movement. They are also signatories to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct for Disaster Relief and aim to meet the standards for Disaster Response as set out by the Sphere Humanitarian Charter.

ACCI Relief: Kinnected

In 2011, ACCI Relief (ACCIR) established the Kinnected Program, which seeks to preserve and strengthen families, scale down the overuse of residential care, and advocate for care reforms globally.

The Kinnected Program seeks to take a proactive approach to scaling down the use of residential care and assisting children within the context of their families. ACCIR is the aid and development arm of the Australian Christian Churches (ACC) movement.

Based in Australia, Kinnected works within the country to

Agape Children's Ministry

Agape Children's Ministry, established in 1993, is a Christian faith-based organization that reunites street-children and at-risk children with their families. Agape uses an individualized reunification plan for each child to successfully rescue, rehabilitate and reintegrate children back with their families.

Alianza Cristiana para los Huerfanos

The Alianza Cristiana para los Huérfanos (Christian Alliance for Orphans) came to Guatemala in 2013 when a group of leaders from different organizations come together to organize the first summit that would go beyond ministries and denominations to form an alliance with a stronger and united voice in favor of vulnerable children. In 2015, after holding the second summit, the Alianza Cristiana para los Huérfanos (ACH) became a legally established organization.

Alliance for Children Everywhere

Alliance for Children Everywhere (ACE) is a Christian Faith-Based organization that works with local leadership to partner together and develop programs that promote the institution of family through family empowerment, education, and child welfare.

Asociación Cambiando Horizontes

Cambiando Horizontes Perú is an organization founded on February 18, 2020, by Anthonie Den Oudsten and Maresa Vásquez Den Oudsten, with a deep vocation for service and a strong commitment to promoting the right of children and adolescents to live and grow within a family.

Association of Religious in Uganda

The Association of Religious in Uganda (ARU), ARU is an umbrella body for all Religious Institutes working in Uganda, it is led by the body of the Assembly of Major Superiors of Religious Institutes in Uganda (AMSRIU).

Back2Back Ministries

Back2Back Ministries is an international Christian non-profit organization dedicated to being a voice for orphans. Their goal is to love and care for orphaned and vulnerable children, by meeting their spiritual, physical, educational, emotional and social needs that they might overcome their life circumstances and break free from the cycle of generational poverty.

Back2Back Ministries has offices in Mexico, Nigeria, India, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and the United States.

Bethany Christian Services

Bethany Christian Services is a Christian faith-based organization that works to bring and keep families together through services in many countries. These services include foster care, family support, and adoption. These services have been designed to allow children to stay in their home country, with a local family whenever possible.

Bethany Christian Services has offices in: