This policy brief explores violence against children in residential care institutions (RCIs) in Uganda and calls for regular supervision and monitoring of existing RCIs as well as promotion of de-institutionalization of alternative child care in Uganda.

This report presents the findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey (VACS), which provides nationally representative data to inform policies and programming aiming to end violence against children in Uganda.

The purpose of this endline evaluation is to assess the CRG, CP and HIV&AIDS achievements against the project goal and outputs.

The purpose of this chapter [from the book Assisting Young Children Caught in Disasters] is to highlight the impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on young children, particularly those aged eight and below, and identify interventions that have been shown to be efficacious in terms of the socio-emotional welfare of children.

The 4th Regional Parenting Conference is taking place from the 23rd to the 28th October, 2017 Mangochi, Malawi.

This three-day international conference aims to engage policy makers, practitioners and researchers in identifying solutions for fighting child poverty and inequality in Africa, and inspiring action towards change. The conference offers a platform for bridging divides across sectors, disciplines and policy, practice and research.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the determinants of the effective utilization of cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children by caregivers in Tigania West SubCounty which has 1320 beneficiaries in the programme. 

In this video, Dinah Mwesigye, a social worker at Retrak in Kampala, Uganda, describes the process of finding foster families for street-connected children who are not able to be reunified with their biological families. 

This video from UNICEF Rwanda shows some of the moving stories of children and their new families who have been brought together through the TMM initiative, which reintegrates children who have been living in institutions into families and the community. 

"I've always hoped to make a difference in this world. To bring goodness, peace or healing to a world that often seems inundated with loss, hardship and a vast array of obstacles that make life difficult for so many. When it came to the decision to adopt, it seemed like a no-brainer."