27-28 October 2014 at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The key objective of this consultancy is to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Rwanda and its partners in theTubarerere Mu Muruyango Programme (TMM, ‘Let us raise children in families’), to plan for the next ‘phase’ of the national Care Reform programme, based on reliable evidence and analysis of the current programme experience.

The Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) project invites qualified organizations to submit proposals for an independent performance evaluation of a child care reform project that will be implemented in Uganda by a consortium of non-governmental organizations led by ChildFund International. One Fixed Price Contract is anticipated to be awarded under this Request for Proposals (RFP).

This article details the introduction of a livelihood project for unaccompanied children in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, which aimed at strengthening the household economy of foster families and improving the care of fostered children. 

Family distraught at losing contact with son, now living 8,000 miles away in US after adopters told he was abandoned

This report from Retrak provides information on how to best count and develop estimates of the number of street-connected children in a particular area.

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

The initial goal of the development of these guidelines was to seek to regulate Guardianship and Foster Care of children in Kenya.

This presentation from IRC, given at the State of the Evidence on Children’s Care Symposium, outlines the findings of recent research on parenting interventions in low-resource settings.

Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications with updated UN Personal History Form P11 and updated CV, attaching copies of academic certificates by 16 September, 2014.