The authors of this paper sought to explore the psychometric properties and validity of the Achenbach Youth Self-Report and Child Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale among orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) living in Lusaka, Zambia.

In this paper Development Pathways’ Stephen Kidd discusses the success of Uganda’s Senior Citizens’ Grant (SCG), with evidence from the evaluation of the programme.

The goal of this research project is to inform policy and practice in Uganda by providing an estimate of the number of children on the streets in Kampala, Jinja, Iganga and Mbale; insight into the characteristics of these children; and exploration of children’s perspectives of their engagement on the streets.

This Learning Brief draws on project documents,focus group discussions and individual interviews to document ChildFund International’s experience with Children and Youth Savings Groups for highly vulnerable children in Uganda’s Kamuli, Luwero and Gulu Districts through the Economic Strengthening for Families (ESFAM) Project.

This Learning Brief draws on information collected via focus group discussions, individual interviews, and project data to describe ESFAM’s experience with and learning from its MSA intervention, which aimed to encourage families to save for educational expenses, so that they would not have to send their children to residential care institutions for school.

This article aims to explore the experiences of Ethiopian unaccompanied and separated migrant children in Yemen.

This report considers a set of key overlaps and gaps in understanding of children’s early development and perception among experts, the Kenyan public, and people who work and make decisions in the early childhood development (ECD) sector in Kenya.

This report presents the findings from an assessment workshop aimed at informing action planning to address high-priority needs identified in alternative care for children in Uganda.

This report compiles presentations and notes from the Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation & Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) Family Care Uganda Learning Event, Economic Strengthening and Keeping Children in Family Care, held May 29-30, 2018.

For this study, forty men and women from five semi-rural villages in Meru County, Kenya participated in a Rapid Rural Appraisal to explore main and underlying reasons why children may be, or may feel, unwelcome in the home and thus migrate to the street.