Large scale studies published in the 1990s and early 2000s generally showed that significant educational disparities existed based on orphan status and a child's relationship to the head of the household. Since the data relied on by these studies were collected, the global community has conducted major campaigns to close these gaps, through the Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This study examined these factors using eight country-years from five sub-Saharan African countries (Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Uganda, and Zimbabwe).

Through a study of the legal frameworks and court decisions of Malawi and Uganda, this article demonstrates that some of the most common restrictions on inter-country adoption do not serve the best interests and rights of the child.

This literature review explores current international and selected national policy on independent living arrangements and examines the evidence of good practice from existing independent living programmes for care leavers in order to assess how both of the above can be applied to street-connected children.

Gerald Dean Campbell, a man from Texas, in the U.S., who served as a missionary in Malawi was arrested for “engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places” and has admitted to sexually abusing 11 children at a children’s home in Malawi where he served as general manager from 1997-2009. 

On July 28, 2015, the CPC Learning Network hosted a webinar featuring Joanna Wakia, Monitoring and Research Advisor at Retrak, Charles Gwengwe, Executive Director at Chisomo Children’s Club, and Mr. McKnight Kalanda, Director of Child Affairs in the Malawi Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability, and Social Welfare.

Through this enumeration study, Retrak, Chisomo Children’s Club, and the Malawi Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability, and Social Welfare sought to address the lack of information on the number of children living and working on the streets in Malawi.

This article discusses professional discretion in relation to placing a child outside the family, as understood by Malawian social workers. 

This video documents how a child protection model from Malawi works as part of the Integrated (HIV Effect) Mitigation and Positive Action for Community Transformation (IMPACT) program.

In this paper, Retrak outlines its approach to conducting outreach work with children living and working on the streets.

Assessment of the current status of Alternative Care Legislation, Standards and Practices and identified Gaps in six countries: Kenya, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.