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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India Alternative Care Network (IACN)

In 2018, many civil society organisations and individual practitioners in India came together to discuss learnings and challenges on issues related to the protection and well-being of children in different care settings. They identified the need for a common platform for the exchange of ideas, dialogues, interventions, learnings, knowledge and evidence. It is with that intent that IACN was formed in 2019 with the support of UNICEF India. IACN Secretariat became functional in 2020 and is hosted at Butterflies.

Iniciativa Niñ@sur

En el año 2005, en la I RAADH se aprobó la Iniciativa Niñ@Sur cuya meta general es articular los esfuerzos nacionales y promover acuerdos regionales orientados al cumplimiento de los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos universales y regionales como piso mínimo de derechos humanos de niños, niñas y adolescentes. En este sentido, uno de los ejes planteados es el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de protección de derechos humanos de niños, niñas y adolescentes.

Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts

The Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts is an interagency coalition that aims to ensure that the rights of children on the move and other children affected by migration are respected and fulfilled.

INSPIRE Working Group and Community of Practice

The members of the INSPIRE Community of Practice are individual representatives actively implementing or interested in implementing INSPIRE-related programs to end violence against children from the following constituencies: Academia, Bi- and Multi-lateral agencies, Consortia/Partnerships, CSOs/NGOs, Government bodies and Philanthropic Foundations. Due to overwhelming interest in the membership, there is no size limit.

Institut international des Droits de l'Enfant

The IDE’s mission is to achieve real implementation of children’s rights on the ground, together with more respectful changes in child-care practices. The IDE's experience of many years and the many requests it receives are proof that the challenge is great, but that discernible improvement of the systems is possible, if it is supported by political will and technical training.

Instituto Brasileiro de Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (IBDCRIA)

IBDCRIA-ABMP seeks to improve the performance of the various types of working professionals in the Child and Adolescent Rights Guarantees System (SGDCA) and the Justice System.

Instituto Refazer

Since 1995, Refazer has been working, together with the "Fernandes Figueira" Institute - IFF (FIOCRUZ / RJ), a reference hospital for maternal and juvenile treatment, in support of low-income children and adolescents assisted by this institution, offering them and their families eventual benefits and providing a place where they feel welcomed and safe.

InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV)

InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV), previously known as ICASN (InterCountry Adoptee Support Network) began in 1998 in Sydney, Australia as a support network created by intercountry adoptees for intercountry adoptees, of any country of origin.

ICAV’s informal network has grown to include adoptees and adoptee led groups from around the world. Today, ICAV provides a platform for adoptees to connect in, share, educate, and advocate to the wider public about the issues they face – political, social and emotional, including the not so positive aspects of intercountry adoption.

International Child and Youth Care Network (CYC-Net)

The International Child and Youth Care Network (CYC-Net) is a registered non-profit and public benefit organisation in South Africa. Its main objectives are (primarily through the internet and electronic media) – “to promote and facilitate reading, learning, information sharing, discussion, networking, support and accountable practice amongst all who work with children, youth and families in difficulty.” CYC-Net aims to promote and facilitate reading, learning, information sharing, discussion, networking, support and accountable practice amongst all who work with children, youth and familie

International China Concern

International China Concern is a Christian organization founded in 1993 by David Gotts after seeing firsthand in China the suffering of children with disabilities, who had been abandoned and left without hope in desperate conditions. In the beginning, ICC sent short-term teams into China to provide care in government welfare centres. Later, they established permanent locations which provide full-time family-style care for children in Changsha and Hengyang in Hunan Province.