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Joanna E. Bettmann, Jamie M. Mortensen, Kofi O. Akuoko -- Children and Youth Services Review,

This study explores Ghanaian institutional caregivers' views of children's emotional and relational needs with the aim of understanding these caregivers' capacities to provide effective care for orphans.

Oge Chukwudozie, Clare Feinstein, Celina Jensen, Claire O’kane, Silvia Pina, Morten Skovdal, and Rebecca Smith - Family and Community Health,

This paper reflects on the experiences of Save the Children in implementing a multi-country community-based participatory research (CBPR) program to increase understanding of kinship care in DRC, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

The African Child Policy Forum & the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, with financial support from Save the Children,

This toolkit is designed to increase knowledge of the rights and duties provided in the ACRWC and ACERWC, educate government officials on the obligations of State Parties and inform civil society actors on the contents of the Charter as well as the mechanisms for engaging with the ACERWC.

Valentina Mazzucato, Jeanne Vivet, Victor Cebotari, Angela Veale, Allen White, Marzia Grassi - Social Science & Medicine,

This study aims to bridge gaps in areas of knowledge by quantitatively investigating the association between transnational families and children's psychological well-being. It analyzes a survey conducted in three African countries in 2010-11 (Ghana, Angola, and Nigeria) amongst pupils of secondary schools, comparing children in transnational families to those living with their parents in their country of origin.

Better Care Network, UNICEF, PEPFAR, USAID,

This country care profile provides an overview of key lessons learned in the children’s care reform process in Ghana, including successes, challenges and areas for progress, and gaps in learning and best practice.

Better Care Network, UNICEF, PEPFAR, USAID,

This country care profile provides an overview of key lessons learned in the children’s care reform process in Liberia, including successes, challenges and areas for progress, and gaps in learning and best practice.

 

Leslie Snider - Peace in Practice,

This caregiver guide, which accompanies an illustrated children’s book, is written for the caregivers of children affected by the Ebola crisis.

Leslie Snider - Peace in Practice,

This downloadable children’s book, accompanied by a caregiver guide, is written for the children affected by the Ebola crisis, their caregivers and communities.

Ghana Web ,

The Ghana NGOs Coalition on Rights of the Child (GNCRC) has recently urged the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) and others to provide parenting and counselling support services regularly to parents and children to enhance parent-child relationships.

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR,

This reportive piece from NPR covers the reunification of 18 children with their families in Liberia after being quarantined at an Ebola care center, or “shelter” in Monrovia.