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. 

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In 2015 the world leaders made a decision to establish “End violence against children” global partnership and to eliminate all forms of violence against children by 2030 with the goal of making the following vision a reality: “a world where all children – girls and boys, grow up in an environment free from violence and exploitation”. Violence against children has an adverse effect on the child’s development, health and education. At the same time, it slows down economic development, causes damage to the human and social capital of a country.

Established in 1992, Shungu Dzevana Trust Children’s Home provides residential care for orphaned and vulnerable children in home-like settings. It also reintegrates children within the communities through identification for foster families and adoption parents. 

Siam-Care Foundation began as the British organization ‘Christian Outreach’ which was founded to care for those who were infected by HIV/AIDS and their families. The initial work focused on home based family care for the infected and affected family members including relatives and communities, supporting them to care for the sick and for the orphans, widows and others left behind by demised relatives as a result of HIV/AIDS. In 1996 ‘Christian Outreach’ was handed over to Thai nationals and continued under the name ‘Siam-Care’. 

The Young Forum is aimed at children and young people up to 25 years, and custodians who have children under the age of 18 and are in some form of social vulnerability. They offer advice and support in different life situations. The staff are social workers and lawyers with long experience working with children and young people.

SNAICC is the national non-governmental peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. They work for the fulfillment of the rights of those children, in particular to ensure their safety, development and well-being.

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Social Services of Cambodia (SSC) is a local NGO focused on empowering community based social workers through training, coaching and mentoring. 

The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child was founded in 1992, registered in December 1992 as a society under the Societies Registration Act 1860, by Supreme Court Advocate Anees Jillani.

SOS Children’s Villages International is an international NGO that works with communities and governments to prevent family breakdown and to care for children who have lost parental care, or risk losing it. SOS Children’s Villages Latvia is a social charity organization that provides a long-term family based care for children who have lost their parents.

SOS Children’s Villages International is an international NGO that works with communities and governments to prevent family breakdown and to care for children who have lost parental care, or risk losing it. SOS Lithuania's services include: family strengthening, professional family-based care, family reintegration, group homes, parenting support, recreation, and more.

SOS Children’s Villages is an independent, non-governmental international development organization which has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children since 1949. It was founded by Hermann Gmeiner in Imst, Austria. SOS Children’s Villages began to operate in Ukraine in 2003.