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Committing Africa for Action to Ending Violence against Children
African Child Policy Forum and the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children,

This is a joint statement issued by ACPF and the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children following the Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Ending Violence against children in Africa held in Addis Ababa, on September 29th and 30th, 2016.

Serving Children with Disabilities: Formative Assessment Report
Jennifer Biggs Miller, Donna DeGracia, Maureen Dykinga, Deb Filer, Mary Hearst, Renee Hepperlen, Dana Johnson, Zeina Makhoul, Paula Rabaey, Holly Willis,

This document provides a formative assessment on the state of children with disabilities in Zambia.

Serving Children with Disabilities: Executive Summary
St. Catherine University and SPOON Foundation ,

This summary examines the conditions children with disabilities face in Zambia.  The summary asks if the quality of life for these children can be improved?  

HIV Stigma: Perspectives from Kenyan Child Caregivers and Adolescents Living with HIV
Megan Song McHenry, MD, Winstone M. Nyandiko, MBChB, MMed, MPH, Michael L. Scanlon, MPH, Lydia J. Fischer, BA, Carole I. McAteer, MS, Josephine Aluoch, BA, Violet Naanyu, PhD, Rachel C. Vreeman, MD, MS - Journal of International Providers of AIDS Care,

Stigma shapes all aspects of HIV prevention and treatment, yet there are limited data on how HIV-infected youth and their families are affected by stigma in sub-Saharan Africa. 

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In Uganda, Fostering a World Without Adoption
Bright Magazine,

Groups from across the East African country are working to build systems of "alternative care" for children living outside ther families. But do these efforts stand a chance next to the business of international adoption?

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In Uganda, Fostering a World without Adoption
Kathryn Joyce - Medium,

Kathryn Joyce discusses the issues that one mother in Uganda faced when she put her child up for international adoption. 

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Follow-On Coaching to Households: Para-Social Worker’s Guide
Making Cents International,

This Coaching Guide supports Para-Social Workers (PSWs) to provide households with targeted coaching to increase the adoption of new skills, practices, and knowledge key to child and family wellbeing.

Strong Beginnings – A Family for All Children: End-of-Project Evaluation Report
Eddy J. Walakira, Ismael Ddumba-Nyanzi, Luwangula Ronald - Terres des Hommes Netherlands and Makerere University,

Strong Beginnings (SB) was an 18-month project purposed to promote an alternative care model that places emphasis on family based care of children, improving the quality of care within child care institutions, build capacities of government and non-government agencies in implementing alternative care; generate evidence and promote learning. 

Global Strategy - Beyond Detention: Zambia - Progress Under the Global Strategy Beyond Detention 2014-2019, Mid-2016
UNHCR ,

According to this article, in 2015, the instability in Burundi and in the Democratic Republic of Congo resulted in 2,965 persons (mainly from DRC, Burundi and Somalia) applying for asylum in Zambia. Last year, UNHCR was informed that 147 persons of concern, including 24 asylum-seekers and 18 children were being detained for immigration-related purposes. 

Urban Congolese Refugees in Kenya The Contingencies of Coping and Resilience in a Context Marked by Structural Vulnerability
Julie A. Tippens - Qualitative Health Research,

This article examines how urban Congolese refugees in Kenya promote psychosocial well-being in the context of structural vulnerability. 

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