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Emelia Allan - UNICEF ,

This presentation provides an overview of child protection issues and care reform in Ghana. 

Akua Boatemaa Duah - Challenging Heights,

This presentation describes the social protection interventions being implemented to support children in Ghana, as well as the benefits and challenges experienced in administering these programs. 

News Ghana,

Ghanaian children called on the government to appropriately implement policies designed to protect children from being forced into acts that deprive them of their livelihoods and interfere with their ability to attend regular school.

Stephanie Findlay (AFP) - The Guardian Nigeria,

​Children orphaned by Boko Haram Islamists are overcrowding the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, whose population has doubled to over two million due to those seeking shelter from the conflict. 

Stahili,

In this blog post from Stahili, Madara Žgute reflects on her experience in an orphanage in Ghana and cautions against volunteering at orphanages.

Salifu M. Touray – The Daily Observer – AllAfrica.com,

A child protection awareness forum was held in the Lower River Region of Gambia to help promote positive discipline in every day parenting.

Fidelis Mbah,

Street children in Nigeria face risks of being recruited by terrorist organizations.  This program held by American University of Nigeria hopes to reduce children’s risks of recruitment.

Michael Wessells, David Lamin, Marie Manyeh, Dora King, Lindsay Stark, Sarah Lilley and Kathleen Kostelny,

Using inter-agency action research in Sierra Leone, this chapter provides a case study on how a highly collaborative approach can enable child protection research to achieve a significant national impact.

Ademola L. Adelekan et al. - Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science ,

This article presents the achievements of a care and support programme among orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Bayelsa State, Nigeria as well as the implications for future programming. 

Ademola L. Adelekan et al - IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS),

This paper presents achievements and implications of care and support programmes among OVC in Kogi State, Nigeria